Evening star., 1921-09-25
SERBIANS FACING
REBUFF. BY ALLIES
Aggression Against Albania Will Not Be
! Permitted = Russian Bad Faith
:. Again Demonstrated

! not permit the league to interfere
with Serbian intentions in the least.
| As: a. matter Of fact Serbia. will pay
some attention to the larger powers.
for should Italy and Great Britain
| unite to uphold league decisions
ulate. Furthermore, in case of resist
ance to- the allies. Serbia cannot but
antagonize financial and commercial
interests, notwithstanding the friend
ship OF France.
Albania n Plnything.
Albania. small as she is, undoubted-
ly. always will remain plaything
for the larger powers. but at least
| they will give the Albanian peoples
some chance of deciding what they
want. There never again will be
case such as Montenegro. where by
packed elections and actual force OF :
arms the Serbians swallowed an en-
tire people and country.
In view of the whole European sit
uation there is every reasor to be-
J lieve that Serbia Is about to give an
example of how q nation may for
sake vainglorious boasts and walk the
chalk line of rectitude. Until she
, sive political ambitions there will be
little peace in the Balkans The fact
must be taken into consideration that
four-ffths of the people in Balkan
territories outside Serbia are jealous,
therefore opposed to Serbian aspira-
tions. while the rule of Belgrade over
it's own peoples has not been thor
oughly established, particularly in
Croatia and Magyar regions of the
northwest.
If the league of nations acts eN-
peditiously in the case of Albania and
forces Serbia to close her political
wings. upholds right and justice in
so far as the future of the Albanian
peoples is concerned. then it will have
done much to Justify its existence and
an organization in Europe to perpet-
uate peace: but should it fail. then the
league might as well curl up and die.
in SO far as future influence is con-
cerned. If the league cannot end
conflict between two member ma
, conflict where one or other. of tine
contesting powers is without the or
ganization:
Bolshcvik Bad Faith.
Notwithsta nding all reports of
change OF faith on the part of Rus
sian bolshevik leaders: notwithstand-
/ ing repeated assurances in the past
and Tchitcherin, foreign minister.
that the soviet regime has abandoned
plans look Ing toward the bo1sheyiza-
tion of other countries. and their re-
peated assurances that the colonial
posse essons of countries with whom
trade agreements have been signed
will not be disturbed, the Russians
are carrying on active preparations
!, for revolt in the north and north
western sections of India. Bolshevist
agents have established "consulates'
in Afghanistan, have imported vast
number of arms and unlimited guam
titles of munitions and have taught
the Aghans and Nepalesc their use
This will mean that instead of pre-
vious disorganized attempts against
ed and equipped to a point where
their efforts may he far reaching.
| unless the British go to great lengths
in protecting their. tenure in India,
as Undoubtedly will be the case.
War Vow Threatened.
This is but another instance of the
utter disregard bolshevik leaders
have for their word and for any
agreements they may have effected.
sheyiks to desist. and that the Russo
British trade agreement may be alb
rogated. But it is not expected that
the threat will have any great force
with the Russians. who surely will
counter with baseless charges against
the British. Further evidence of the
belshevik lack of knowledge of what
good faith means is demonstrated in
TrotSkyS remarks in regard to war
against Rumania and Poland. He de-
cIares that if Rumania continues to
assist Gen. Petlura and Poland con-
tinues to aid and abet Gen. Savinoff
in continued plotting against White
Russia and southwestern border
states Russia will go to war. 1t has
been long known in the chanceleries
of Europe that Russia would endeav-
or, sooner or later. to seek revenge on
Poland. abrogate the treaty of Riga
and seek new fields of aggression in
Rumania. Trotsky, who has been in
western Russia for the past week re-
organizing his armies, may use these
f1i,nsy excuses for action. 1t is also
well known that a leopard cannot
change his spots. and. therefore. there
is nothing remaining but for all ma
tion and strife, in which the bolshevik
the bolshevfk regime and anticipate
anything in the way of disorganiZa-
ton and strife. in which the belshevik
leaders are pastmasters. Bolshevik
propaganda through misguided tenn
porary visitors from other nations
and bold pronunciamentos of change
of faith have fooled no one in the dip
lomatic world except the exceedingly
unsophisticated.