El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1921-01-07
NATIONS STRUGGLE
FOR WORLD POWER
NOT PEACE, IN 1920.
Communism and Conservatism Must Come to Grips Europe
and Japanese and British Empires Must Meet Supreme
Test Before Settlement Can Be Reached
Is Opinion of Noted Writer


/ talk got nowhere. the Polish attack
compelled the BolsheViki TO draw
/ their forces from Persia and the
/ Afghan frontier The announcement.
however. was far from satisfactory
The Bolsheviki showed unexpected
power Although defeated in front
Of Warsaw, they took all the fight
out Of Poland.
That nation. lacking supplies. its
credit fraI- its western frontier in
danger from Germany, is no longer
a serious menace 10 the Russian die
tators- The subsequent humiliation
Of WranEel and recapture Of the Cri--
nea left the western powers no point
rom which 10 start an attack against
4 vitOl points in the Bolshevik defence
As 1921 opens the Russian army.
next TO the French, is the most pow
erful land military machine in the
world. il is already sending one
strong force southwark IN Persia, an
other is gathering on the Afghan
border, still another has struck hands
with the Turkish Nationalists across
Armenia's PROSTATE body. The strate-
gists at Moscow feel able az the same
time TO send another army OFF into
Siberia 10 deal with the Japanese and
10 proclaim IL Is Of such power and
numbers that ihwin not need to draw
on the other fronts 10 complete its
task.
Severe Blows to Japan.
The beginning OF 1921 finds her in
this position: Through the pressure OF
the other great nations she had 20 ac-
cept the FOur-Power Consortium,
which gives TO the United States,
Britain and France an equal voice
with her in all matters affecting
China, including ShantunE, Manchuria
and Inner Mongolia
Her puppets who commanded the
Chinese armies have been overthrow
Agitation at home and pressure
from the Bolshevikf and Chinese have I
compelled her to withdraw her troops /
from practically all Of Siberia, so that f.
she retains only a precarious hold on I.
the railroad in Manchuria and the Z
seaports.
Dut 10 the Chinese boycott. unwise .
speculation, costly military adVen- 7
lures and after-war depression her I
financial and industrial machinery T.
are under severe strain, with the bal /
ance OF trade still running heavily T.
against her and not enough money j
coming in 10 keep her people en-
ployed- Into the new race for trade F.
ana power she viii come badly .
handicapped; and her mikado and I
militarists may count themselves .
lucky II they escape revolution
Swing Toward Conservatism.
SO far as Europe is concerned. and 4
that includes Russia. the swing OF .
the year has been toward conserva-
e
which followed the wa Every ma
ton Of the continent has learned that
concessions to radicalism are ev-
lremely costly, not only financially .
and economically, but in lives
Think OF the Austrian parliament .
granting TO the government credits OF J.
crowns in one week. .
Lnat rs an extreme case, but as Mr..
hoover says Money is no longer be-
ing printed In Europe; it is being
Strong hands viii have 10 take hold
or the situation before Europe can
pc put on Its feet, and Europe in its
desperate plight is now certainly
55urnlng back TO those old and strong
-utces' Lne crown ana the church
Is me only elements which can end
llsoruer and restore conditions which
VII make living possible. Even
( rance mas had to make its president
stronger and TO make peace with The
vatican in order to combat the forces
Of disinteg grafton.
America Leads Small Nations.
a most curious development is the
leadership Of the small nations which
lesplLe the emphatic refusal OF our
people 10 assent 10 entrance into the
league as drawn at Paris. or ner-
maps II is because Of this refusal.
AT any rate, at the Geneva confer
-lce the little fellows got in behind
me policy which the United Stafeg
las pursued throughout its history
lpposllon 10 the extension OF i'm
lerlal rule and promotion OF the omen
LOOT lot al in the lands which are
lQl able 10 look after Themselves
ne Monroe doctrine made that polfcy
--lecJlFe on this hemisphere. the Hav
locLrlne extended il to China and
p LEU president Wilson. entirely
sue from any membership in the
easue' put forward the doctrine that
ne territories taken from the de-
ealeu nations should not be added
Il empires, but must be governed for
ne oenellt or the whole world
behind this idea at Geneva were
lot only the fully Independent small
j lions. but Canada. Australia and
'ogth africa " lille little was gained
.hq Ar. balfour, the chief British
lelesale, was moved to inform the
assembly, bluntily that its sentiments
p tnls matter would not have anv
,LLect now or later. an issue was
lraWn which viii figure largely In
~ the world politics OF the coming
Britain. because Of her great uneu-
.log Lnent problem and radical labor
movement az home. because OF her
lnancial strain due 70 her zttempt
. gam TOO much territory and eceon-
,ntc power as the result Of the war.
-na because OF her differences with !
~ UNDRESSING dOmninons. viii suffer
leLore midsummer crisis which viii
lfdln ner to the utmost Its fruits
nay pc either revolution or the an
|lleaLlOn at homo and fn r+ha- go