Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-29
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

n RANCE led the way with a rea
II Polish policy. and in following
England and Italy have done
much toward erecting high ram
parts against domination of the length
and breath of Europe by bolshevist in
fiuences.
If the situation does not change from
the present, Europe may be regarded
as saved from ignominious dictation of
American government in carefully diff
Terminating between the real and soviet
Russia has played a great part in the
dsintegration of bolshevist influence,
while the victorious Polish armies strug-
Cling on the Narew, Vistula and Bug
rivers have written "finis" upon bolshe-
vik ambitions to Immediately thorough
ly sovietize Poland and, subsequently.
western Europe.
France led the way with recognition
of Wrangel and concrete assistance to
the Poles. Little remained for Lloyd
George and Giolitti of Italy but to fall
in line and resist the peace terms which
a victorious Russia would have pressed
on Poland, for in the first terms soviet
Russia sought to drive home the wedge
into the heart Of western Europe. A
spineless. incapacitated Poland, under
domination of local soviet forces, never
could have been a bulwark against the
advance of bolshevism.
Bolsheviks Demornlized.
Poland. keenly alive after the allies
awakened from their lethargy, has
fought gloriously victorious fight
against the reds. Bolshevik armies have
been completely demoralized. Nearly a
hundred thousand bolsheviks have been
captured or driven to points presumed
ly neutral. where they have been dis
armed. The loss in life among the
bolshevik troops has been terrible. The
hydra-headed monster. gnashing its
teeth in anticipation at the very gates
of Warsaw, has been previously wounded
and it today is Sinking back into the
jungles. Poland is safe for the time
being and Europe is safe from immedi-
ate invasion.
But the greatest victory has been in
the undermining of the prestige of the
bolsheviks in allied countries. The tide
has turned. and where radical labor ele-
ments of England, France and Italy
few weeks back were consistently aspir-
ing to union with the soviet Russia, to-
day there is little open appeal in this
direction. America showed the fallacy
of bolshevik theories and the pretense
that dominated the actions of the boil
enevlk government III MOSCoW. Hc
statement Of allied premiers demanding
that the Poles do not press beyond their
ethnographic boundary lines and that
there be waged no war against the Rus
sian people has had stimulating effect
upon those Russians who see that the
allies today are not arragned against
Russia as Russia, but only against the
nefarious regime in Moscow, which.
with vicious governmental tentacleS, has
gone far toward strangling the very life
Of the nation as whole. Russians OF
the better element may see in the ac-
tions of entente statesmen during the
past week keen desire to help Russia,
and this may go far toward starting the
wheels which eventually will grind into
dust the physical being Of the bolshevist
government and red leaders.
Chance Of Differences.
Up to the moment all is well with Po-
the bolshevist peril. What the future
holds remains to be seen, for, though
the allies apparently are in accord at
the moment, in so far as their Polish
policy is concerned, there are chances
of further division between the premiers
Millerand of France to lead the way.
Possibly the first difference will
come between France and the other
allies on the question as to how far
the Poles shall be permitted to go
in establishing their frontiers against
further bolshevik dangers. America
has asked Poland to state she has no
intention of pressing further than the
lines tentatively, but not officially
have answered that theyswill not ex-
coed their ethnographical frontiers,
but as this is a moot question be-
tween the Poles and the allies there