Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-08-07
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction in
Europe Follow the Great
World War?
ERROR IN MEETING MENACE
Allied Governments Can Not Be said
10 Have corbated the eolsheNik
Movement in a Wise or
Prudent Manner.
Article XXX.
ax FRANK coMgRFoRo.

Two things have tended 10 spreau
and deepen the unrest of the world
STAGE the signing of the armistice-
the attitude Of the allies toward the
soviet government. and the attitude
oe the conservative press and the EN-
plnyers of the world toward the work
Tag class.
=. President Wilson summed the stu
alton up in statement made in inc
Oisce of NJ. Pichon at the DUAL
DOrsay, Paris, on January 16, 1919.
The conference was called for pre-
lininary discussion regarding the sit
uation In Russia. The notes of the
conversations of the conference par
slclpated in by Mr.. Lloyd George, Mr..
Balfour, Mr.. PichOn and Baron Son
Mimic give the substance Of the presi-
dents position In the following words
He Uhe president) did not believe
that there would be sympathy any
where with the brutal aspect Of boil
shevi5m. If 1t were not for the fact of
he domination of large vested inter-
ssts fu the political and economic
world. While 1t uSght be true that
this evil was In process of discussion
aud slow reform, 1t must be admitted
that the general body Of men has
grown impatient at the failure 20
bring about the necessary reform. He
stated that there were many men who
represented large vested interests in
the United States who saw the neces-
sty for these reforms and desired
something which should be worked
0ut at the peace conference. namely.
the establishment of some machinery
- provide for the opportunity OF in
f.viduals. greater than the world has
eser known. Capital and labor In the
United States are not friends. Still.
they are not enemies in the sense that
rhey are thinking Of resorting to phys
ilnl force TO settle their differences.
Iiut they are distyuStful, each OF the
ether Society cannot 90 on on that
plane. On the one hand, there is a
minority possessing capital and
bruins; on the other. a majority CON
slsting Of the great bodies of workers
who are essential 10 the minority, but
do not trust the minority, and feel
that the minority viii never render
them their rights. A way must he
found to put trust and cooperation
between these two.
President Wilson pointed out that
fine whole world was disturbed by this
question before the bolSheviks came
Into power Seeds need soil. and the
hoishevik seeds found the soil already
prepared for them"
Unrest and Its Causes.
There was unrest before the war.
II was due to the fact that the few
had more than they could use, while
the many had less than they needed.
The complaint against conditions was
taking form. Unrest was tcnding to-
ward action. There was lass con
eciOusnesS. II was more Than un.
frienSineSs, 1t was growing in'o pos.
ItIve hate The war depression crys.
talliZed It. and the war shock from
which the world suffered anickened
the eagerness for action. The desire
for a change was more than agitation
Ii had grown into determination and
resolution. Once the people had
eoubts about their ability ID get free
fecent lives through political action
After the war suspicion of the work
ne class that the powerful interest.
would and could defeat them on tn,
political field became positive convic
Tor
The great mass OF toilers Of tn,
world coming out of the war in Thu
frame of mind looked with sympath,
upon the Russian experiment Will
holshevism. II was the kind of sym
Iathy one has for the under-dog in
eight. and Russia had been an under
'iog in the struggle for life aud lib
erty through all the ages.
Definite Policy Lacking.
Unfortunately for the world toda,
he Allied Governments Of the worll
tdNt- ffttAl NtttA0Nl u BFAilttt DNllt'N ia
vard the sovie, government In Russia
their attitude has been one Of uncer
amy; a purposelesS antagouism a
salShcvism. From the beginning TN
Allies hive opposed the soviet prC
gram and the holShevik methods hu
their opposition has taken no cor
structive form: IL has led 10 nothing
II has amounted 20 dlSortlrrl
scheme ~ Interference. general pla
Of annoyance At first the people 4
the World were told that the AM,
would Intervene and save the Ru,
SLAMS from the rule Of violence In
posed by the Red" army under n
command of Leuine and Trotzkv. III
Allies did not intervene: it was we
that they did not hut they lid VIII,
us worse. they intermeldled. Wor,
4 ufi. the Allied governments fauf
0 keep the public fully. freely m
rankly advised as 10 what the ho
he,ik plan was and the mejhos
eng used 20 govern the gre,
Russian people The world. in &
ignorance Of the real plan. the mea