Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-03
CONDITIONS IN EUROPE As Outlined by Former Premier Nitt in Public Statement

policy has been all wrong. The en- tente must make up it's mind to look upon Russia, not as an enemy, but as a fallen friend who has overtax- ed his strength waging war on our behalf and has succumbed. Russia now is communist, but it's economic ' system is absurd and bound to fall Every one who has been to Russia has returned mortified It is a re- gime of absolutism and violence which gives rise to great poverty and impossibility of production.
 Says Reds Will Fall.
 "Bolshevik Russia soon will fall but with what right do we talk of the immortality of the present Rus sian government when for so many years we have admired the govern ment of the Czar, which added ty~ ranny to violenc ?When the com munist government has drained the cup of misery to the dregs it will fall, or rather be transformed into a democracy with marked traces of agarian socialism.
 "The entente now is following the palicy likeliest to induce people to 1 sympathize with Russia by sending arms to the generals fighting against the communists and refusing to rec ognize the Moscow government. To take up relations with Russia again we ought to ask only one condition fundamental in all civil relations namely, guarantees that the soviet government will not meddle with the internal politics of other countries. Instead, forgetting Russia is an au- tonomous state, in exchange for rec ognition we dared ask for guarantees that Russia would pay the debts con- tracted abroad before and during the war This is the way Shylock's mor- al sense worked. Have we not gone so far as to ask Russia's gold to be i given as a guarantee to her credi- tors in our countries? We must dis trust the soviet government so long as it does not give sufficient guar antees, but we must also remember not to behave to Russia as if we were a reparations commission Russia is no a conquered enemy but a fallen 1 friend
 "In conclusion, Germany and also many countries which formed anci- ent Austria cannot live. Russia is consumed by communist tyranny and violence and the Mussulman world is in ferment not entirely justi- fled. If America, which is the great est creditor and having the greatest reserves of raw materials, wishes to exercise its action in the world 1t must exercise it in favor of jus tice, which is indisputable for pros perity and peace. The restoration of Europe is dependent on the recon struction of Germany and the re- turn of Russia among the free coun- tries. The Russian people must be convinced we desire their resuscita- tlcn, having no interest in their past regime. Europe must find peace, be- cause by continuing the present dis order we risk new wars, which would mean the triumph of brutality and perhaps the collapse of our civili- zation.
 Duel of Races.
 "The European war has been a great duel between the German and ! Slav races. Italy, allied with the former, passed to che latter for lof- ty ideal of justice. Italy cannot therefore, prepare new conflict with the Slav race anxious to have an outlet to the Adratic. We have no intention of suffocating their de- velopment, but we must have cor dial relations with them. For this reason l have always favored di. rect accord between Italy and Jugo slavia, since any solution imposed by one side would be the cause for