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| new invasion. At the very least it is not
unlikely that Bolshcvism. always posi-
bility where misery is acute, may sweep
| over Poland, too, as II swept over Hun
! gary, following the military defeat OF
the war and the destruction of the Hun
garian empire by the Paris conference.
The truth is obvious that Poland, as a
serious factor in the new European situa-
ton, at barrier to BolsehvIst advance
westward, has collapsed. Ii has been SUI
fered To- go to ruin without Allied assist
ance because British policy, which is sup
porting the Greeks in an imperialistic
campaign in Asia Minor, ut best no more
justifiable than the Polish effort in the
north. opposed Polish expansion. or TO
put it more directly because, exactly
as French policy opposes British ana
supports the Turk in the Near East.
British policy in Poland opposed French
and thus permitted Polish ruin,
In the British mind n strong Poland
necessarily associated with a france,
| suggested French domination Of the CON
/ tinent, exactly as the Ango-Greek asso-
citation in Asia Minor means for the
/ French n British control of the Near
/ East. And the French in Asia Minor have
! precisely initiated the British in Po-
| land. II remains 10 be seen whether the
/ ultimate consequences will be rs disas-
trous. not alone for those Immediately
! concerned but for the whole of Europe
ms well. ~,
| That either France or Britain VIII now
undertake by sending troops to Poland
/ to defend their Polish friends IS NEON
/ ceivable. French troops are occupied
/ either Mt the Rhine or IN the new cam
paign in Syria. British troops arc en-
gagged in occupying Constantlnople. hold
1 ing Mesopotamia and garrisonng the
uneasy regions Of Ireland. Egypt ana
India. The single aid that the western
allies can give Poland. aside from war
material is an extension rather than an
abolition If the blockade of Russia
This NAV suffice, at least for the mo
nent although this is doubtful, but
whatever happens now western prestige
! is lost in Poland Her western friends
have suffered her ruin, and It is exceed
| inplv doubtful IL Poland will risk her OK
| isfence II indeed she survived the pres
ont crisis. 10 serve France or Britain IN
the future and the hour may come when
such service might be of utmost value 20
the French along the Rhine or TO the
| British on the frontiesr OF India
The sacrifices of Poland Is one Of the
saddesf circumstances of contemporary
history. II is the direct consequence OF
Anglo-French rivalry both on the CON
tincnt and in Eastern Europe and ASIA
Minor. In Poland Lloyd George has
PLAYED exactly the politics Disraeh PLAYED
in Turkey nearly half a century ago
throwing Christian populations back ts
the TUX TO diminish Russian influence
in the Near East. subjecting BulgarIars
and Armeuians Ia Turkish massacre
that British influence at the Golden Horn
might be predominant,
As for the French, they could only
support Poland bv surrendering 10 tbs
British sll their claims In the Near East
and using in Russia troops which are nov
in action IN Syria. II may vet prove that
this would have been the wiser policy
But in any event poland, called into ex
stence less than two years ago and ex
tolled as the shining example Of AllieC
concern for enslaved peoples and smallci
Municipalities. lies in ruin, as consequence
| Of abandonment. while the world press i
| filled with the reports Of British anc
colonial campaigns in Eastern ASA Tbs
| lesson for the lesser peoples is obvious
nor will the Germans, in their own Tins
! fail to make use of II