The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-09-16

i
tries In Europe. refuses to deal with
Germany. You cannot bring German
goods into Poland. German COM
merce is shut out by law. The from
tiers are closed against her goods.
This Is the substance Of what the COM
mander Of the Polish-G German frontier
said to me: Germany is offering TO
sell goods to Poland at prices from
20 to 25 per cent cheaper than Eng.
land and France. We intercept daily
these proposals on the frontier. Ger.
many offers to give longer time to pay
for the goods. should say on the aver
age she offers to give credit for twice
the period offered by France or Eng
land" Could one wish better evil
dence that Germany Is coming back?
What two tests more clearly show the
commercial strength Of an Individual
or people than the ability to under
sell ones competitors and give longer
time credit?
Japan Is penetrating Siberia, ST.
IBERIA is rich in gold platinum, timber
furs, bristles, coal and salt. Generals
Rozonoff, Seminoff and Kalminoff, the
leaders of the Kolchak government,
have been betraying and peddling their
country to the yellow masters Of the
Far East. The Japanese are today
working concessions in the Ural noun.
tains. They are overrunning Siberia.
The Paris conference decreed that
5000 American soldiers and an equal
number of Japanese soldiers should
enter Siberia for the purpose of saw
ing the trans-Sberian railway. These
armies were not given license to
loot. When Major General Grave.
led the American expeditionary force
into Siberia II numbered less than
the quota authorized by Paris. Gen.
eral Graves found the Japanese arr
there In great numbers. Instead o
the 5000 soldiers authorized by the
Paris conference Japan has almost
10000 soldiers In Siberia. 1t was I'M
derstood that the use of the railroads
by the American and Japanese mill
tary should be for military purposes
only. The truth Is that the japanese
government has used the railways to
carry out rich spoils.
Economic Exhaustion in Russia.
Notwithstanding the successes Of
the "Red" army, successes easily ac-
counted for, partly due to the reorgan-
ization of the army by German "unter
officers" partly due to the fact that
the majority of the people, although
opposed to soviet rule, are more cp-
posed to the Yudenich, Petlura, Deni'
kline and Kolchak armies, movements
suspected of seeking to re-establish
the old order in Russia, Russia Is fast
succumbing TO economic exhaustion.
The world faces two great dangers II
something is not done. One Is the
conquest of Siberia by the yellow
peril :" the other. the complete Prus-
sianizing Of Russia. Japan's greed
boldness and ambition is known. The
Allies gave courage to her effrontery
when they turned Shantung and 49,
10000 Chinese over to Japan. Shan
tung is the heart of China; 1t Is, as
well, its soul. 1t is the cradle Of her
great prophet Confucius. Ex-Emperor
William, through a fraudulent COM
pact with Car Nicholas, seized rights
in Shantung. When the war came on
Japan sat on the fence. France and
England urged her to come in with
the Allies. She did, but only after she
got her price. BY private engagements
with France and England, German
rights" (truth would have written
them German "wrongs") In Shantung
were to be turned over to Japan II she
Joined the Allies. America was kept
In the dark as TO this secret arrange
ment. Vivandi and Balfour came to
America and told us many things but
nothing about this secret compact. We
were induced to urge China to cast
her lot with the Allies. She did. All
China asked was that, when Germany
was conquered. she be given her own,
Shantung After the war was over
President Wilson in Paris sought to
restore Shantung to China. Japan OBJ
jected and presented her claim. She
based It on the secret agreement with
England and France. For the first
time we learned of this secret agree
ment Finally we consented to give
Japan the determination Of Shantung.
We struck the word self" out OF the
phrase self-determination. / am not
a prophet, but If / would look for the
next outbreak of bolshevism In Asia,
II will be In China. Shantung VIII
be the reason, the course of the Allies
the cause.
If the Allies do not adopt common
sense policy toward Russia, European
Russia will fall under the power of
Germany. The people of Russia look
upon Germany as more Of friend
than the Allies. The blockade of the Al
lies brought starvation to the very peo-
pie in Russia, who are opposed to
the soviet scheme. Mcddling in the
Russian problem by The Allies has
caused suspicion, aid given TO Yu-
denich, Petlura, Denikine and Kolchak
has made the Russians fear that the
object of the Allies is to put the Rus