El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-04

states to attack Russia, by support
ing the Russian leaders actually In
arms against the Lenine regime, but
in pretending that this was not war,
but some sort Of intelligent method
of delivering Russia"
When Kolchak, Denikfne and fude-
mitch were sOundly beaten ana the
bolshevists were threatening to over
flow into Poland. the Baltic states
and Poland, this subterfuge was no
longer mistaken; a new policy was
necessary.
France desired a strong Russia for
Fraice desired a strong Russia for
two obvious reasons First. because
a strong Russia would restore the
balance OF power in Europe and thus
reduce the future menace of Ger
many second, because a strong Rus
STA would be able to repay to France
the billions owed since the time Pc
fore the war. To be sure France de-
sired. insisted. that this strong Rus
STA should be uonbolshevist, repub-
lican rather than communist, but
strong It must be-
On the contrary, the British equally
eagerly hoped for general dfsinte-
grafton OF the vast Russian empire
As far as Britain was concerned. the
German peril had been abolished, but
the Russian boundary marched with
that OF India for many hundreds Of
miles, since the buffer state Of Al
ghanistan was but polite fiction
Moreover. for the larger part Of the
last century, Russia had been regard
ed by British statesmen as a real
enemy. and British effort has been
directed at checking Russian prog
ress in the Hindu Kush and in the
Balkans, toward Kabul and Constan-
tinople-
Britain saw Old Enemy.
Britain saw in a restored Russia
bound to seek ultimately the old
Of aEua msfnn the same
enemy who had been watched with
such apprehension in the latter half
Of the nineteenth century
--ccordingly. when the world war
that the next danger would be Rus
sian. not German As time passed
and the Russian situation grew more
and more serious, there were more
Englishmen who openly predicted
that Germany and Britain would
stand together in the next war, which
would be with Russia, with a Russia
seeking 10 dominate both Europe
and Asia. Japan. too, would figure
in the anti-Slav combination
To all this the French retorted with
no little force that It was at least
as likely that Germany would side
with Russia as that she would join
her bitterest foe. who had profited
continued strength would forever bar
German industrial and political ex- !
pansion- Thus, while the policy Of
the Gordon sanitaire vas slowly but
surely breaking down. the British
and the French were more and more
tending 10 divide over Russian policy.
Italy stood With Britain.
As for Italy, she stood with Britain.
The Italians have always affected TO
believe and many Italian public men
90 90 5elieEe that eventually the, great
bulk Of Russian Slavs, moved by the
Pan-Slavic impulse, VIII push west
ward and. southwark into the Danu-
hian lands and beyond and seek to
strike hands with their Slav brethren
along the Adriatic-
Naturally, therefore. the italians
would be glad OF any development
which lessened the eventual Slav
peril by dividing the Slav masses in
Russia Britain. thinking OF India
Adrlatic, were quite as DESTROYS that
Russia should be weak as France.
with her whole thought concentrated
on the Rhine, was eager that Russia
should reunite and restore the bal I
ance Of power in Europe.
In addition. like Britain, Italy was
no longer apprehensiVe OF Germany. 4
ltalys enemy had been Austria Hun {
gary; Austria-Hungary was gone and
italy was free for the future 10 make
as she chose.
Allied Opportunity Passes
Now with all these differences be-
tween allies with the United States.
as represented at Paris, always at
tempting TO find in each new Rus
sian development some illustration Of
ideas and ideals which had been re-
vealed in the American revolution, in
q word. with the president always
ready 10 view the Russian situation I
Ut0pian glasses, nothing was 4
more inevitable than that the whole I
allied opportunity to do anything
should pass.
This means that the allies must {