Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-28
ILudendorf Sees
World Catastrophe
bY WaV BOlsheVisn1

Washington, July 27.-(By The AS
seciated Press)-Nictory' fer Soviet
Russia over Poland would result in
Boishevism sweeping all over Europe
and eventually the entire world, in the
opinion of General Eric LudendeFf,
the famous German war leader. His
views are set forth in a specially pre-
pared and hitherto unpublished me-
morandum on the Dangers of Boil
shevism'' written last month and re-
eeived here today in official circles
'Poland's fall will entail the fall of
Germany and Czeschoslovakia" Gen
eral Ludenderff says. Their neigh
bors to the north and south will fol :
low. Fate steps along without ele-
mentary force. Let no one believe it
will come TO a stand without envelop-
ing Italy, France and England in its
Seas can stop it,"
Addressing himself To the Civilized
nations as man who knows war"
General Ludendorff pleads that his
message not fall on deaf ears.
Then it will be too late" ne de-
clares, and the present civilization
will crumble as did that Of Greece and
Rome. And the cause will be the OBJ
tuseness Of government and the leth-
arsy of the Bourgeoise. as the latter
always and everywhere, likes to stay
quietly at home on days of decisive
events.
"Belshevism is monster that must
advance to exist. 1t is advancing
now and in gradual progress from
East to West and is crushing every
thing between the Midland Sea and
the Atlantic Ocean.
1T was easy to foresee that the
Bolshevist armies would attack to-
words the middle of May and defeat
the Poles. as they have now done.
The world at large must, there
fore, figure with a Bolshevist ad-
vance in Poland toward Berlin and
Prague. Lithuania is already joining
Soviet Russia and is demanding a
slice of the Prussian province of
Prussia.
The moment will come when the
Bolshevist army will menace Ger
many and Czechoslovakia directly.
of Bolshevism in my interview with
the press early in February. BY
warnings were a cry in the wilder
ness. These menaees are now a real
ity. Lenine has advanced his lines
to the frontiers of China, Afghanis-
tan. Persia and India and is now
preparing to continue his victorious
progress.
The Belshvist enterprises encoun-
ter resistance east of Lake Baikal on
tie part of Japan and General Semen
off. The tenacity and the superior
shrewdness of the Janpese makes It
probable that the Rolshevists will
meet with reverses in that quarter.
However, the Bolshevists have the
inner line in the direction Of India
and Persia no less than in Europe
Japan's turn will be later as they
figure.
The Bolshevists have England's
world power to face in both direc-
tons. but in addition to that We
must remember they must face what
the world calls civilization, besides
A conflict between the Belshevists and
England is not the only problem
The world could afford to be an on
locker in that case. The real prob
lem is a conflict between civilization
and harbarism in which the interest
of civilized nations are one. They
can afford to follow their sheyeral
ways. as dictated by their several in
terests, only when this conflict is at
tended to.
The predigous combative re-
source of Belshevik propaganda
tackled both it's far flung fronts long
ago with perfect logic. We must get
used to regard propaganda as a COM
bative resource of the first rank. The
Bolshevists wake an even more mas
terful use of it than Great Britain.
France and the United States did to
compass the ruin of Germany during
the world war;
Referring to Bolshevist nropasan-
da in Germany. Ludendorff saws:
The proof of it's success is that
the Bolshevists already are an ad-
vance guard stationed in Germany,
which yearns passionately for the
conquering approach of the Bolshe-
visit army, as the signal to hurl its
own following into the fray Even
the remainder of Germany refuses
to comprehend that Bolshevism is
mere destruction and cheerfully al
lows it's vigilance to be drusged. 1
venture to assume that the Roishe-