The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-08-20

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'front.' Poland alone of all the coun.
tries In Europe, refuses to deal with
hermahy. You cannot bring German
goods into Poland. German com.
merce is shut out by law. The from
tlers are closed against her goods.
This Is the substance of what the COM
mander OF the Polish German frontier
said to me: Germany Is Offering to
sell goods to Poland at prices from
~ to % per cent cheaper than Eng
land and France. We intercept daily
these proposals on the frontier. Ger.
many offers TO give longer time to pay
for the goods. should say on the aver.
age she offers to give credit for twice
the period offered by France or Eng
land" Could one wish better evil
dence that Germany Is coming back?
what two tests more clearly show the
commercial strength of an individual
or people than the ability to under
sell ones competitors and give longer
time credit?
Japan Is penetrating Siberia ST.
IBERIA is rich in gold, platinum, timber,
furs, bristles, coal and salt. Generals
Rozonoff, Semlnoff and KalmInoff, the
leaders Of the Kolchak government,
have been betraying and peddling their
| country to the yellow masters of the
Far East. The japanese are today
working concessions In the Ural noun.
tains. They are overrunning Siberia.
| The Paris conference decreed that
! 5000 American soldiers and an equal
| number of Japanese soldiers should
enter Siberia for the purpose of saw
! ing the trans-Siberian railway. These
armies were not given a license to
loot. When Major General Graves
led the American expeditionary force
into Siberia it numbered less than
the quota authorized by Paris. Cen
eral Graves found the Japanese army
there in great numbers. Instead Of
the 5000 soldiers authorized by the
Paris conference Japan has almost
10000 soldiers in Siberia. 1t was IN
derstood that the use of the railroads
by the American and Japanese mill
tary should be for military purposes
only. The truth is that the Japanese
government has used the railways to
carry out rich spOils.
Economic Exhaustion in Russia.
Notwithstanding the successes Of
the Red" army, successes easily ac-
counted for, partly due to the reorgan-
izatiOn of the army by German "unter
officers" partly due to the fact that
the majority Of the people, although
opposed TO soviet rule, are more op-
posed to the Yudenlch, Petlura, Denl'
kline and KOlchak armies, movements
suspected of seeking to re-eStabltSh
the old order in Russia Russia is fast
l succumbing to economic exhaustion
The world faces two great dangers II
something Is not done. One is the
conquest Of Siberia by the yellow
PERIL" the other, the complete Prus
sianiZing of Russia. Japans greed
boldness and ambition is known. The
Allies gave courage to her ettrontery
when they turned Shantung and 4o'
600 900 Chinese over to Japan. Shan
tung IS the heart of China; 1t Is, as
we'll. its soul. 1t Is the cradle OF mel
great prophet COnfucius. EX-Emperoi
William, through a fraudulent com
pact with Car Nicholas, seized rights
| in Shantung. When the war came or
Janan sat on the fence. France anC
England urged her to come in WIFI
the Allies. She did, but only after sht
got her price. BY private engagements
with France and England. German
"rights" (truth would have writer
them German "wrongs") in Shantuns
were TO be turned over to Japan II sh'
Joined the Allies. America was KEEP
in the dark as to this secret arrange
ment Vivandi and Balfour came II
America and told us many things, bu
nothing about this secret compact. W.
were induced to urge China TO cas-
her lot with the Allies. She dld. Al
China asked was that, when Germany
WAS conquered, she be given her own
Shantung. After the war was owe
President Wilson in Paris sought u
restore Shantung to China. Japan 90
iected and presented her claim. sh.
based it on the secret agreement witt
England and France. For the mrs
time we learned of this secret agree
ment. Finally we consented to CIV
Ianan the determination of Shantune
We struck the word self" out OF tn
,rrosa characterization. l am no
prophet, but If I would look for tn
next outbreak of bolshevism in Asia
II will be in China. Shantung VIII
he the reason, the course of the Allie
the cause.
If the Allies do not adopt commo'
sense policy toward Russia European
Russia will fall under the power o
Germany. The people of Russia looI
mon Germany as more OF trlen,
than the Allies. The blockade of the Al
lies brought starvation to the very pee
=, Durefo who are ODDOSeu 4