The Washington herald., 1921-03-13
S0qlETNTRlCUE
SHOWNNREPORT
OF COdIdlSSARY
Tells Of Efforts to Arouse
Revolt in Poland and
Lithuania.
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rhe play Of intrigue going on IN
the so-cslled Russian border States.
the aggressive activity of the
French inperialists and the i'm
pstency Of the league of nations to
check the imperiaiistic political
fnolssr In the, European diplomatic
paderground, channels, is again
shown by; the following secret re-
port Of q prominent Bolshevik COM
missary.- whom I may not mention
By name. to Tchitcherine, foreign
minister Of the Soviet government
At Moscow:
The Lithuanian government is
extraordinarily weak and Inactive
II stiii places all its hopes upon
the 1eag,te Of nations The wilma
events have demonstrated that the
league of nations will not save
Lithuanis.
FIN the, foreground is now the
question of the recruiting of Ger
man volunteers for the Lithuanian
army. After approximately 5000
such volunteers crossed the border
the entente missions brought pres
sure to bear upon the Lithuanian
rostrnment to put q stop to such
reeruiting and to send back to Ger
many such volunteers as had al
ready been recruited. The French
mission. which conducts itself here
as Elf it were at home. especially
pressed the matter with great
energy.
Llthuanians Give Way.
The Lithuanian government was
compelled to give way and the Ger
man volunteers who had already
entered the Lithuanian service had
to be transported back to Germany.
Among the German volunteers were
also officers. In this manner has
Lfthuania missed the last oppor-
tnntty Of offering successful resist
anee to Polish imperialism. There
il no doubt that Lithuania has been
delivered over to the Poles by the
eHtente. The Lithuanian army is
too small and too poorly organized
p resist the superior forces Of the
Although there Is no reliable in
formation available at this time,
there are various indications from
which II can be said with certainty
that a secret agreement has been
entered into between Poland and
|Latvia which has fUr its purpose
and goal the partition Of Lithuania.
Latvia is to get Illuxt and North
|Lfthuania, besides Schaulen. and
/ the remainder of Lithuanian terri
TORY IS to fair to Poland. 1t can be
assumed, however, that Latvia will
in the end not gain much. as there
lis no limit to the Polish immigra-
|tfon.
See New Polish Realm.
'T am of the opinion that we shall
soon be confronted with the crea-
|tion of a gigantic Polish realm with
the motto from sea to sea baltic
! TO BLACK Seal" As Poland Is trying
not only to bring to realization her
|own but the French policy as well,
her pressure toward the Baltic
|gains especial expansive force. In
|contradiction to all this, the Eng
|lish policy appears very unclear. In
political circles here the occupation
|of wilma and the advance of the
Polish troops is interpreted as a de-
feat for the English and a victory
|of the French policy in the East.
- At first glance this really seems
to be the case. But upon closer ex-
Iaminatfon of the question one draws
|the conclusion that England is pur-
|suing farseeing goals and that she
|purposely exhibits but weak resist
|snce to French plans in the East in
|order to Keep France busy with its
adventure In the Baltic provinces
|znd in the Crimea and in this man
|ner exclude France from rivalry in
the Far East, and aside from that to
|exhaust the already disorganized
French economics still more.