Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-21

, as politically. Il great zeal of the eco
nomic distress which has paralyzed
Poland since her deliberation Is due to
the interruption of commercial rela-
tions with Russia. on which the pros :
perity of Polish industries and agri 4.
culture were largely based. The eco =
nomic dependence Of countries like
Iithuania. Esthonia and Lettland on
Russia is necessarily still greater, while
their national spirit is less developed
and their hatred of the Russians less
intense than that of the Poles.
Thus Pan -Slavism Is still mighty
asset in Russia's imperialist policy. It's
| reviving influence extends far beyond
the boundaries of the Russian border
states. Czecho- Slovakia Is notoriously
friendly to Russia. even to Bolsheyist
Russia, although the Czcchs are a far
too level headed race to be misled by
communist theories. The Czech states !.
men have not forgotten that Russia
protected and helped them in the dark
days when they were obscure and
hunted plotters for the independence OF
their country. The entire Czech ma /.
tion revdfes Russia as it's liberator
from Hapsburg tyranny, and that Is
why great Czech patriots like President
Masaryk and Premier Kramarcz, as
suredly not Bolshevists. have persist
entity advocated the resumption of rea-
tions with the Russian Government In
the councils of the Allies.
Even Bulgaria Turning to Russia
For less creditable reasons than
gratitude, Bulgaria, who BETRAYED tho
Slav cause during the war. now IL
turning again toward Russia for aid
and protection. Bulgaria Is secretly
seeking an alliance with Russia in order
to reconquer the territories of which
well merited defeat deprived her. II is
reliably reported that this alliance nj :.
ready Is virtually concluded and that
tho Bulgarians are only awaiting the
signal from Moscow to set the Balkans
afiame once more.
Or all the Slav nations, only the
Jugo- Slavs are still free from this sipis-
ter Russian nfluence-sinister because
it is implacably hostile to western de-
mocracy and inextricably linked with
Germany's plans of revenge. Jugo-
Slavia is still faithful to the Allies, but
their impotence and the magnetic at :
traction of the new revolutionary Pan
Slavism may prove too strong for her
also in the long run. Fear is power
full incentive to friendship of a sort,
and which of the new eastern and cen :
tral European states, cognizant of AL
lied weakness and vacillation, can help
regarding the new Russia, invested with
the combined prestige of Pan -Slavist
tradition, military glory and Red terror,
with fear and awe akin to admiration?
Rumania, not Slav state. is in
grave danger of being drawn into the
circle of Russian influence, like Poland
by defeat and revolution, and alread,
the Russian armies are gathering to
break through Hungary into Austria
where their reception Is being prepared
by the Russian embassy just established
in Vienna in defiance Of Allied protests
and the terms of the Saint Germain
treaty.
Russia May Realize Germany's Dream
1t is Germany's ambitious dream of
middle Europe that is being realized
through Russia s dramatic temperance
on the scene as a world power. In
spite of Allied victory the Teuton dream
is coming true. and the Teuton is going
to profit most by it in the end.
This is the tragic result of the sui
cidal delays of the Versailles Conference
in making peace, real, quick, vic
torious peace, that would have consoli-
dated Allied power and assured calm
and prosperity to the peoples for a cen =
tury at least. In pursuing the shadowy
ideal of perpetual peace" the Yer
sailles peacemakers sabotaged their own
victory, destroyed the patriotism and
fighting spirit of their peoples and
thereby encouraged the vanquished to
renewed aggression. The Allies have
lost eastern Europe, central Europe is
slipping out of their grasp The nations
they liberated, as well as the nations
they overcame, are turning from them
in disgust and contempt toward the re :
born world power of Russia, whose tri =
umph signifies either the revengcful vic =
tory of Germanism or the wreck of civ
ilization in Red anarchy.