The New York herald., 1921-01-16
Will Be Lost Real Object Spread of Com
Patriotism of People and Polish Alliance
Fails Be Perfected Despite Minister'S Plea at Warsaw

Russian revolution is the necessity to pro-
proletarian economic control all over the
world. So far the western nations have
succeeded in preventing this by maintaining
the Polish and Rumanian barriers, which
have separated the Reds from Germany and
from the infiammable areas Nof central Eu-
rope, that is the so-called succession States
which have replaced the Hapsburg Empire.
The attack upon Poland failed. A more or
less fencible barrier has been maintained
through the Baltic States. Rumania has
guarded the southeastern front.
But the collapse of Wrangel opens new
condition for the Reds. 1t disposes of the
last danger of domestic revolt 1t establishes
the Red rule over Russia, as 1t has not been
established before The army has been re-
stored and it has been abundantly re-
equipped from the stores captured from
WrangeI. All the losses of the Polish dis
aster have been made good. And right at
hand, near to the field of the Wrangel cam
paign, is the Rumanian frontier, behind
which are conditions which at least hold
out promise of easy victory and almost
unlimited opportunity for later exploitation.
In reality 1t is to the southwest that
opportunity seems to beckon the west. A
new attack upon Poland might succeed, but
1t would involve the possibility of defeat and
the certainty that French and even British
aid might ultimately be forthcoming for the
Poles. BY contrast no European nation has
adopted Rumania as its ward. No European
statesman is likely to be able, even If he
undertook the task, TO persuade his fellow
countrymen in time that the attack upon
Rumania threatens them and calls for their
intervention by arms. These are the reasons
why informed observers look upon Rumania
49, Da1o or1 f1.a nl>at,l Ia
Of the next Russian attack. And, be 1t
further noted, such observers do expect an
attack.
Given the common peril from the Russian
side, will not the Rumanians and Poles COM
bine against the Russian offensive? APP
parently not, and here again touches
upon another source of weakness. few
weeks ago Take Jonescu, the Rumanian
Foreign Minister journeyed to Warsaw to
seek to arrange an alliance against the Rus
slams. Rumania had just joined with Jugo-
Slavia and Czecho-Slovakia in an alliance
against the Hungarians. The ostensible
purpose of Jonescu's visit was to invite
Poland to join this group, and not impos-
sbly to extend its field of action to include
the Russian menace. But the Poles are
friendly to the Magyars and not in the
least concerned with the possible effort of
the Hungarans to regain provinces lost to
the Czechs and the Rumanians. On the
other hand they are bitterly resentfu of the
course of the Czechs in claiming and
acquiring half of the Teschen district
which Poland regards as rightfulIy hers.
Jonescu's Mission for Alliance
OF Poles and Rumanians Fails
part by her own feelings. urged an alliance
In, uu abOt ho IN
participate and declined all association with
the CEechs pending the resettiement of the
Teschen dispute. Moreover the Poles
realized that the Czechs We're at all times
far more sympathetic with the Russians
than with themselves. The result was ap-
psoximate failure for Jonescus mission
Poland and Rumania were not joined i'm
any common agreement for mutual aid In
case of Russian attack and Rumania will
be compelled to meet any spring offensive
on the Bessarabian frontier without Polish
assistance elsewhere. There is a resultant
coldness between the French and the Ru-
manians while the Italians, usually the best
friends the Rumanians have in Europe are
inclined to resent Rumanian agreements
with the -Slavs. who are by no means
approved of in Rome.
Rumana is, then isolated exactly as
Poland was isolated last year. She cannot
hope for French or italian assistance, she
can hardly expect even sympathy from
the British, who are up to their ears in
trouble in Asia Minor and might well be
relieved to find that the Bolshevist activi-
ties were confined to Europe rather than
pushed dangerously into the Asiatic sphere
of British interests. She cannot hope for
Polish support. for Poland resents Rumanian
association with the Czechs. She cannot
look for aid from the Jugo-Slavs, for,
although they have agreed to assist her in
ropressing any outbreak of Magyar ire
dentism, they are still at odds over the
B8nat and resentful of Rumania's insistence
upon redrawing Of the frontier facing the
Serb capital of Belgrade.
To isolation there is now to be added if
Bolshevist propagandists are successful, the
moral issue incident 20 the Bessarabian
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