El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-25

OF advantage TO America 81 Russia
maintained a policy Of enevolent
ave viii not repeat the mistake we
made last summer" said he. You
remember that after defeating koi-
claE and Denekin we transformed
our troops into a labor army what
was the result1 Poland mistook our
action for a sign OF weakness and
began her aggressive war against US
Hereafter we shall leave nothing
20 chance untH France and England
have finally given up their hopes OF
destroying rs We shall not slackeu
but Increase our military efforts TO
meet all eventualities.
Friendly Toward America
Ever since our revolution the cor
nerstone Of our policy has been the
aim 20 establish friendly relations on
can republic. We made this clear 20
American statesmen and we made
tentative offers Though ar Bulit-
but our efforts were IN vain. owing
70 the absolutely iaeXplicable policies
Of president Wilson and his admins
tration-
eve are not so naive as to believe
the Republican administrat ion- guided
by class interests VIII be more
friendly % proletarian Russia, but we
do hope that it VIII have clea-
vision Of the great economic adVan-
taEe which decent relationship with
Russia may afford the United States.
I'VE also believe that the new
American administration VIII not al
low Itself 70 be blinded by anti
Bolslrevist boufires. We think it
viii be more awake to the advau-
tages Of o benevolent neutrality on
E.ussia's part in case Of conflict
1erW cen Amerlca and Japan slrua-
ton which Is rapidly becoming the
dominating factor fl international
diplomacy.
1--WE are anxious 10 accelerate the
reconstruction OF Russia's economic
cninery, but we are well aware that
the gains OF foreign nations VIII not
be Inferior 90 our 0Wn- However. we
are not going 70 pay any political
III the ruined and exhausted vest
ern states can afford 10 DO without
Russia's iueLhaustible riches we can
Reciprocity Basis.
II England wants political con-
cessions she can have them only on
the basis OF reciprocity. As long as
she refuses 70 enter into any negolia-
tons We must presume that she Sc
cretiy harhors hostile designs and Is
preparing to do US harm in any part
OF the world where she can do So
our chief aim IS TO establish q
friendly modus vivendi with all cap
iralist states The British govern
really wishes 20 meet rs in this way
When I left western Europe our
enemies seemed to derive satisfaction
from the ridlculously wild rumorz
spread by their agents about demoral-
lzatlon and dlslltegrari OF the red
army, mutuies on the 'front.' and in
the rear. and imminent collapse OF
the soviet government.
rs their spies here report truth
fully these enemy governments ought
to realize that the soviet government
is not only getting stronger MILF
tarily. but never has been stronger
economically
Il was struck on NJ return 20
Russia by the great progress made
in the distribution Of food First
hand research disclosed that IN spite
OF the bad harvest this year the col
lection OF food has been better than
before, and we are secure until the
next harvest
Wrangel's Crushing Defeat.
'rhe dominating factor is our
swift, crushing defeat Of Gen. Wran-
gel, who left in our hands nearly
his whole army and ammunition
The sWiftness OF the blow demon
strates that ir was not due 20 our
preliminary peace with Poland No
one familiar with military matters
believes that any considerable con
tingent OF troops could in so short a
time have been moved from The
Polish front 10 the Crimea- Il took
only 90 days TO squeeze WranEel out
from beyond the Duieper and push
him into the Black sea Our often