The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-09


- - - ,or,ch an attack Their ports
are on warm water" always open u 80"
Sebastono Is only go miles from Constahlnop'e
The allies have in the near easf iarEe, in
stores, as Lloyd George announcer III ~ ,hir
to the house of commons. Inc so'iF'o, Caot
various proposals TO restore relat'ohs VIZ" s.,I,s
Britain, have insisted upon surrender OF "rahs
forces thus admitting the correctness vi 'I
British nrime minister's Characterization Vi
Wrangers movements as "fOrmidable. 'i
more the Communist central committee IN Moe."
teegraphed to all its branches On July ~ Vi 'A-1
year: -o,,sod
His CNrangers) offensive has already cause"
the soviet republic great difficulties Each succeSS
of the general, even the most modest one uep -
Soviet Russia of great quantities of gran coa' an"
oil and spells a spread of starvation ueSti'u n,
lack of fuel and destruction of transport: Nv
Communist party should understand that hQuius-
ton of General Wrangeis undertaking IN an o."
solute necessity for Soviet Russia
AS a fighting force the new army VIII uep ~
mainly on the COssacks 1t was Denikine s laA'u'e
10 hold the allegiance of these warriors C"up,Tu
with endless dissensiOn behind his lines among DS
politicians that wrecked his hopes OF oVer'hio"
ing the soviet .,. al
WrangeI's arrangement with the CosSacKS AZ
lows for their complete independence IN the'r 20
nestic and civil affairs. According TO an agr@e.
ment made on April Is Of this year the Herman VI
the Don Cossacks recognizes Wrangel as hshesl
military chief>fn return for this autonomy p"n
wranpeI agrees to consult the Hoffman on all Ne-
gotiatious with foreign powers on questions per
tanning to Cossack troops and territories.
Thus Wrangel begins by avoiding the great mrs
take of Denikine He seeks cooperation OF al
foes of the bolsheviki, but not domination oVef
them. $500,
"NIy slogan Is" he said, with whomsOever you
pIease but for Russia.
He has before him the lesson of the shattUrtng
Of Denikines hopes in whose campaigns ne ayeo
a brilliant part. What the causes OF mat 1sliurS
were he himself has put thus:
"Summing them up, il may be said that strategy
,vos sacrificed to politics. and those politics were
NO good at ALL Instead Of uniting all the forces
that made 1t their aim to combat boisneVsm ana
insteed or pursuing one Russian policy. without
onv marty affiliations, there was a Noiun's1 army
noiicy sort of private politics whose leaders saw
an oil that did not bear the stamp OF the VM1nteer
$50 enemies of Russia. They fought the .Slshe-
~irI and they fought the Ukrainians. Getszians
ID Azerhaiians And 1t would not have taken
much TO have started war sEith the CossackA too
who composed half Of our army ana WIN thei'
blood cemented the connection with the REGULAR
troops on the batteneld
Tho territories of the Cossacks were neTifet
IN tho sweep of the Red armies toward the C.uca
-, They represent still, however, according I,
.Soi- snokesman in Paris. v. A. KharlamGv,
sorce of several scores Of thousands Of fgiltini
men.
AS for the attitude of the CossacEs toward Dol
shevist rule NJ Kharlamov says
.sThe democracy OF Europe should remesnbe
,b,s. The Cossacks are unable to accept thu 50
Wet regime; they are Organically incapable oi be
coming Communists. The COssacks are in rhet
overwhelming majority thrifty farmers These I
no such thing as Cossack prOletariat in existence
The Cossack is by nature an individuaIist. holding
very dear his personal liberty. Not in vain dI
the revolution affect the COssacks They eoin
RI defend their freedom, their rights and lIbeIte
with all their might