New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
ussia is The Invisible Guest at the Washington Conferen
Power of Republic, Though Silent,
Will Be Felt i'm the Deliberations
Russian Policy Of Allies Particularly French Will Have Important Bearing
Upon Future History Of Europe; Reaction Country if Bohevii
Are Overtlrown Will Depend Upon Present Attitude

manipulated his policy with great skill.
He has been In turn, and at the right
time, the friend of tho intervention
lists, in favor of the blockade, against
Intervention, for tho removal of the
blockade, and for peace with the Soviet
government. And, amazing though it
may seem. the Premier has used the
various groups of sentiment SO Judi
ciously that each in turn has claimed
him as its friend. He has chosen his
position SO we'll and has reared his
diplomatic edifice with so much art
! fulness that even at this late hour the
public is unable to grasp the purport
of his policy toward Russia.
But here again it must be stated that
the fault does not lie with Mr.. Lloyd
| George, but rather with the public.
Underneath the changes in tactics there
has been a simple strategy. If, in
order to understand the British objec-
tive, we were to turn from Esthonia,
Latvia and Poland, etc, where British
| 1utCACotS etAC CVAAIuCASAdA why, w HSA
Asiatic empire, we would most likely
arrive at a clearer understanding of
the issue. The pro-Soviet "Manchester
Guardian" objects to a united Russia,
because Of it's proximity to India and
the consequent anxieties and expendi-
lures. Upon the point Of safeguard
ing the British Indian possessions Mr..
Lloyd George is of one mind with "The
Manche ster Guardian"
Poland and the Baltic Gordon have
still to prove that they can keep Paris
from harm. But they have already
proved themselves an instrumentality
for mischief in Russia. If one we're
| to define the results of the anti-Soviet
barrier policy it would run something
like this: A number of small national
tiles, some Of them torn out of the very
heart of Russia, are dominated by an
ambitious and aggressive Poland, in
dependent only in their freedom to
wrangle with one another and coerce
Russia. The result Of foreign coercion
in Russia cannot be other than to re-
duce still further, if that is possible,
the vitality of the Russian people. A
Russia continuously in turmoil will
have no time for internal reconstruc-
tion. Nor will the Slav people be in
position to gather sufficient strength
for the overthrow Of the Soviet regime
and the establishment Of democratic
| government.
Believes Allies Prefer
Turmoil in Russia at Present
I What is more, as the struggle among
the Allied nations for industrial su-
premacy develops the Entente would
rather not have a constructive, eff
cient government in Russia. If Russia
and the border states can be kept in a
turmoil the Allies will be by that much
ahead in the race for reconstruction.
Thus France and England are Of the
same mind concerning their attitude
toward Russia, but Mr.. Lloyd George
had the skill to steer his course so as
to conciliate the diverse elements Of
public opinion in his country. His
lHCtHOuS WcIo OOt Va ASC~'oSlty RVulC-
what erratic, but the end was quite
the same--a Russia reduced to Charm
lessness."
Internal conditions among tho En-
tente nations make firm stand against
Bolshevism as general principle i'm
perative. AS far as Russia was con-
cerned Intervention and the blockade
were Of no avail against the Bolshe-
visits. On the contrary, they were even
more effectual than the Red Guard in
vention and blockade against Lenine
were moral demonstration against
revolution" at home. That is why AL
lied intentions went just far enough to
symbolic general abhorrence Of Boil
shevism, but never far enough to help
the Russian people effectively against
its Bolshevist rulers.
Lloyd George never tired Of assert
ing that England must not abandon
friends" in Russia. But the Entente
statesmen were careful not to embar-
rass their friends with too much aid
This in great measure accounts for
the frequent fluctuations in the mill
tary fortunes Of Kolchak and Denikine
They invariably exhausted the supply
Of Entente help when they were at the
point of succeeding. The success of
these generals would not have meant
anything to the Russian people in the
way of freedom, yet for a time the
Entente considered afiliation with
them expedient-up to certain point
1t must be admitted that as demon.
stration to the people at home of the
governments hostility toward Boil
shevism Intervention in Russia was not
effective. But in Russia proper it was
the cause Of untold misery. The only
ones who derived actual profit from
Allied Intervention were the Bolshe-
Wiki. II gave them q reason for con-
scription. IL consolidated their forces
and made it possible foS them to shift
responsibility for their work Of eco
nomic ruin and their tyrannous meth
ods by attributing the cause to inter
; vention. Allied Intervention helped
more to entrench the Bolshsviki In
Russia than anything else, with the
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