The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-06

 moment to utter such a. cry shows his desire to be heard by those now gath ering at Washington.
 This Is "a problem of culture and
 economies such as has never been heard In the history ofsmankind, It is so great that the whole world must
 be held by it It Is so fertile that 1t will suffice for the endeavors of real ists, as well as ldealists. The Wash ! ington conference will instantly have a firm footing surer than any rhet- oric or documents if the Russian problem is placed in the forefront or it's deliberations. The conference could then prove that the good VIII of the chief European and Asiatic | powers does not consist in reality oi hollow declarations.
 Russia VIII Not Die Russia, which has survived Tartar rule and the bloody, indolent Czars, will not die of bolshevik blunders. II only indifferent help and the charity of commercial credit is afforded. cen turies will pass before Russia Is ca pable of doing her bit for humanity. The proposal which the writer out lined during the summer is now pos sible of realization. It is this: Mo bilization of the international army | of labor to reconstruct Russia. Ten to twenty producing nations, whose sons were not intimidated by mines or poison gas Gould easily accom- plish as much as the armies did In i constant peril of death Necessary l railways could be built quickly ana 1 new industries created and whole towns be rebuilt.
 If Russia Is left free to make choice of government and to hanale i her internationaLfelati there IS no need to fear that the labor army would favor, openly or secretly | counter revolution.
 Except for the labor of her peace army. Russia must pay everything If red corpuscles are again to flow in her veins. All the former belligerent states could send continGents. This would create remunerative work for | the unemployed. For officers and | technical experts could quickly un- | load the surplus of rawstuffs and i create new markers without which | America, Asia and Europe cannot i prosper.
 Organize Pence Army
 Marshal Foeh and Herbet Hoover | now can discuss face to face how the ! general staff of this unarmed army 1 could be organized, consisting ot 1 strategists, transportation experts, manufacturer, bankers, engineers. farmers. The mobilization should not | take longer than that of G war army
 No country should recruit more men than it can readily spare and each
 should supply the goods 1t has in eX- cess. The United states has an all most unlimited supply of commodi- 1 ties. England has ships and coal. Germany can supply chemicals, pot l ash, agriculture and technical ex- perts and machines and be repair
 base and laboratory.
 China has rice weaving materials and the finest agricultural arts. Hol- land and Scandinavia have fish fats while Rumania would supply oil, anu | Czecho<Slovakia would furnish indus trial initiative. The Japanese in Si- beria can prepare great regions or fertile ground which have been un- touched, but which contain treasures of all sort as well as homes for whole colonies of people.
 The miserable petty disputes which | are an outgrowth of the old Euro- pean spirit would be forgotten in the ] enthusiasm of such splendid con 1 structive work. The people who yes- | terday were enemies would be united tomorrow on the peace front. They would learn to know, to understand and to esteem each other in this com mon work of civilization. The Wash lngton conference will thus commence with deeds, not hollow words, and would instantly be exalted above the general negative work of the League | of Nations and find the path to req | sonable and just world constitution.