The New York herald., 1921-01-13
RUSSIA MASSING
TROOPS FOR DRIVE
Continued from First PaSe.

corridor from Smolensk to the Prussian
frontier. They all feel very acutely the
necessity of being In geographical touch
with Germany in order that they may
carry on 10 better advantage their prop
many, which is they think an absolute
iy necessary preliminary to the Bolshe-
vization OF Europe.
They have now brought back from the
Crimea all the Red troops which over
throw WranEel and concentrated them
TO the number OF 100000 men In close
vicinity to the Lithuanian frontier. The
only thing lacking was a good excuse
for hurting these troops against Poland.
and that omission has now been sup
piled by Zellgowsky's seizure OF wilma
The Rods will consequently rush into the
fray for the rights of small nations a.
England intervened In the Franco-Ger-
man war for the sake of little Belgium
II the labor people in Great Britain
and America reproach her for having
disturbed the peace. she will merely
point to the high ideal for which she
Is lighting. The Lithuanians feel sure
that this Is what IL coming, but they
derive not the least satisfaction from
the expulsion of Zellgowsky from Wilma,
for they know that once the Reds enter
that city they will never willingly
leave IT,
That the BoIsheviki are concentrating
troops near the Lithuanian frontier is
certain. have Il from o sure source
that there are already from 10000 tn
100000 men based on Srno'ensk. Curl
ously enough, the Reds. instead OF con-
cealing this concentration. are exag-
gerating It. The Echo, their newspaper
in Kovno. Is filled every day with
boasts OF this military concentration II
says that In the Drissa- Borkhovichi-
Polotsk region the Reds have assembled
great bodies Of cavalry. that through
out the neutral zone there Is going on
a rapid concentration of infantry
corps. strengthened BY artillery and
armored trains" give this latter
phrase as 1t appears In the Echo: no
one with any military knowledge can
have written It, but its general meaning
is clear.
Budenny Bobs Up Again.
At Drissa the staff Of Gen. Budenny.
the famous cavalry leader OF the Reds,
has already arrived, and Budenny him
self with all his horsemen Is expected
in few days. Great masses of
mounted troops are advancing toward
the Drua- BreSlaVt region, which the
Poles are said to have occupied in de
flance OF the arn1istice conditions
"Tt is curious" muses. the same Boil
shevik organ. that the present concen-
tration OF Red cavalry Is taking place
almost In the same place where Buden-
ny's cavalry pierced the Polish front
last year. In fact, the present position
of the Russian and Polish troons re-
minds one very much Of the conditions
which prevailed on the eve of Polands
last defeat. There are In all sixteen DID
visions of Red cavalry"
The Bolsheviki also announce that the
line from Molodechno to Orsha is now
held by 10000 Red troops--infantry
and artillery--but this is undoubtedly
an exaggeration. Furthermore. they
say that there Is n great concentra tion
of Bolshevist divisions in the Gatchina,
Pskov and Luga districts, on which ac-
count the Esthonian Gen. Ledoner had
TO quit the Geneva peace conference on
December 13 and hurry back to Reval
! might finally add that information
OF the most trustworthy kind which
reached me to-day from Russia shows