The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-01-31
Britain Hurrying to Put Up a
Barrier Against BoIsheviki
in the Caucasus.
may REQUIRE 100000 TROOPS
ROLAND, Unwilling to Surrender For.
mer Kaiser for TriaI-AdmiraI
SIMS Sensational Charges
Against Navy Department
Administration Organ
6ooms Hoover for
President.
BY EDWARD w. AckARp.

SVVlet hussla's THREAT fRgainst Per-
sia' and consequently against all of
southern Asia, as was foresAen. has so
alarmed the British that tfieA are hur-
rying to the defense oftheikgreat in
terests in that part of tie wokd. Ma
val forces from-tsTe Mediterranean al
.-seeuy~aave been sent into RAJ Black
sea and troops. probablx~ abouf 70 600
OF them at first, may be dispatched TO
the CaueaSns-etsynce. Batum. at the
EASTERN point of the Black sea. Ia their
1rst objective, and from there they
VIII undertake to occupy and hold the
iine OF the Tifis-Baku railway running
70 the Caspian. Georgia and AzerbaI-
Jan, the two new republics which make
up the peninsula between the inland
seas, have asked assistance against
the soviet forces. and the barrier
against Trotzky's armies must be
built there. According to dispatches
from Paris the supreme council be-
lieves that ultimately at least 100000
troops will be needed in the Caucasus.
saRd perhaps the estimate will be dou-
bied fatees>, France. of course, because
OF her Interests In Syria, is concerned
oniS>in a lesser degree than Is Great
BritainStl the advansesaf The. bolshev-
Xxi towardSAsia Minor. As mr. share.
1t is understood France will relieve
the British of allSnFticipatioEl in the
military work in the iAebiscite urea in
Germany, the official announcement by
Marshal Foch being that<fha H1tish |
troops are mot ready" They had |
been waiting at Cologne for months
for this duty, however. so it is fair to
presume that they will be hurried to
the near East.
The British already have small |
forces in Persia and have begun the |
of the Persian army. but
the native troops cannot yet be count
ed on to any great extent. Aside from
protecting her broad avenue to the In
dian frontier. Britain is vitality inter-
ested In saving the immensely valua-
BILE oil fields of which Baxu is the CEN
ter. Moreover. under the secret treaty
negotiated last summer, Great Britain
Is bound to protect Persia.
Another move to check the boIshev-
ki Is reported from Warsaw, where
It is rumored that the Roumanians are
to occupy Odessa and organ
re its defenses against the soviet
forces.
Preceding these developments came
he news that the supreme council had
lifted the trade blockade against soviet
Russia, and the bolshevist leaders
nailed this as a sure sign that the al
les were about to make peace with
hem. Their belief appears to be un-
founded. though the disposition to
from all Intervention within
he boundaries of Russia is growing
nightly Even the japanese announce
hat they are about to quit Siberia.
vherf. however. their protege. General
has just declared himself
Iupreme ruler heant1se Admiral KoI-
:hak has adis1pp eared. The Czechs are
till aIong the trans-Siberian railway
psffie Lake Baikal region and bloody
conflicts between them and the Semen
if troops are said to be frequent.
The essential weakness OF the Kol-
opposition to the boil
sltvlKi Hznfathe movements led by
aeAskine. Yudenitch and others, lies in
he fact that all these leaders are rec
gnized as representatives of the reac-
ionary and monarchistic elements.
thus they cannot hold the support of
he great mass Of the people, who. If
ot bolshevists, are social revolution
SITS and social democrats. For this