Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22

are flirting desperately.
Far-reaching economic
financial and diplomatic re-
lations have been planned during the
course of recent weeks, and new
agreements to supplant those effected
at Brest-Litovsk have been proposed.
All were designed to effect such close
working arrangements that the pow
er of the alliance could not be ques
toned in any quarter of the globe.
Naturally close working agreements
depended upon complete domination
of all territories lying between the
two nations. Both have already de-
sired the complete overthrow of al
lied plans to create a strong. indie
pendent Poland, such as would pre-
vent a complete union between Russia
and Germany. The Germans We're in
high dudgcon when it appeared that
the Russians. with whom German Dip
lomats had reached agreement. were
about to capture Warsaw and through
ignominiouS peace terms sap the life
blood of the restored nation. Russians
likewise talked boastfully of conquer
ing the world.
Today both Germans and Russians
are skulking as only those with nefar-
1ous purposes, when frustrated, can
Skulk.
Driving Russians Back.
The Poles have turned Under the
able guidance of Gen. Weygand, the
famous French military leader, they
are driving the Russians back at
greater speed than even they retreat
I'd to the very gates of their capital.
The immediate menace to Warsaw has
been removed.
If present military plans succeed
Trotsky and Lenin will find them
selves in an extremely dangerous sit
uation in Russia, for it is only
through the power of their at pres
ent co-ordinated army that they have
managed to resist and awe those san
er elements of Russian life who ever
Fave been ready to strike for the COM
plete restoration of the country.
Just how far-reaching the Polish
success may be remains to be seen,
but it would appear that President
Gen. Pilsudskis armies are on the
eve of not only delivering Poland, from
military standpoint, but also of in
surfing the future untrammelled ex-
istence of the country, which, neceS-
sarily. will mean the Illustration of
Russian and German plans for CO.
operation.
The allies, at this juncture have it
within their power to strike the fatal
blow to the inSidiouS doctrines of boil
shevism and eradicate an element ex-
tremely dangerous to all Europe.
For the really first time since their
assumption to power. Lenin and
Trotsky are in danger of losing their
pre-empted crowns.
Should the allies carry through
concerted program of assisting Po-
land, now striking the main bolshe-
visit armies, thus absolutely insuring
the Poles success, if not the extinc-
ton of the greater part of the soviet
armies, then the nefarious regime in
Moscow cannot live.
Bolshevists Are Menaced.
Should Polish successes continue,
and should France make it possible
for Gen. Wrangel properly to equip
and marshal his armies of 10000
men to advantage in the Crimean
countries the extremity of the bolshe-
visit regime would know no end, for
, it is extremely doubtful that success
full resistance could be waged against
armies bringing to bear converging
movements in the direction of Moscow
Just how grave the peril to the boil
himself. the chief spirit and guide of
bolshevist things military. When it
appeared that Warsaw was about to
fall Trotsky declared that the soviet
regime intended to exterminate Po-
land and do it quickly in order to deal
a decisive blow against Gen. Wrangel
to the south. The Wrangel thorn has
been exceedingly hurtful to the boil
sheviks, but they evidently have con-
sidered that in order to perpetuate
theories of world domination the
crushing of Poland would be of chief
Importance, inasmuch as they then