The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-09

tary intervention in Russia. This plan had been cooked in exile cen ters. It was widely welcomed by the French because of recommendations couched about as follows:
 Europe cannot recover economi- cally; Germnay cannot pay repara- tions; unemployment cannot be over come in export countries until Rus sia's immense natural resources car be exploited. Since trade is impos- sibie with the bolsheyiks, and the Moscow rulers will not relinquish their power it must be taken from them by force. This will be easy If the mistakes of Kolchak, Deniken and Wrangel are avoided. The Red army, with the ruined industrial equipment of the country to depend upon, cannot resist a modernly equip ped force armed with improved heavy artillery. Add to this poison gas and constant endorsements and the bol- sheviks are overcome"
 Set Up New Cxnr
 Thus was the recommendation re- warded. The Russian exiles would form their army. France would fur nish the equipment and after the va riety a constitutionalist-c czarist gov ernment was to be organized and the monarchy re-established with Grand
 
 1905 constitution. as the probable ruler. The latter would not take any risk unless he were to be petitioned by democrats and absolutists alike, and the object of Miliukov's trip was to accomplish such unity. The czarists knowing nothing of this, planned to kill him. Before the sen ator who was mistakenly killed in his place was buried. the German <,Nx fxa1 .fA cilors and other ministerial officials to the railway station to greet re- spectfully the same bolsheviks. whom, earlier they jailed and deported.
 Obviously this present government whose foreign minister in a wretch ed speech recently called Poincaire of France the European dictator, and Lloyd George of Britain a fallen star now will incur fresh mistrusts and antipathy by flattering Moscow, but it's persistent belief that Germany's troubles will prove the greatest at- traction at Genoa is the greatest proof of the truth of the Biblical adage of those who have eyes but see not and who have ears but hear not.
 No Common Policy
 A German understanding with Rus sia In 1918, with mutual respect fo= each others independence, would have been wise. but for myself I do not consider that 1t is now to our inter est to create an impression that Ger many and Russia have any common policy through festive receptions to bolshevists, luncheons and dinners, Really this Is only the dilletanteism of a government desirous of showing the world how versatile it is But in western Europe this notion will be accepted as new proof of Ger many's cunning deception which hav- ing hitherto professed enmity toward the boishevists, now unites with them to escape debtors reparation. The atmosphere of Genoa, after all, largely depends on Russians. If ! Krassin and Tchicherin behave as Radek. in his latest recommendations suggests they do; if they summon the l prolotariat of the world to push the cowardly bourgeoisie forward with their fists" and prepare for the world revolution which Moscow vain ly has awaited then France, a land Of small proprietors, adverse to col lectivism, won't maintain long. This cunning Russian Northcliffe (Radek) perhaps Is tactically wise in saying that the soviets must march in with warlike revolutionary music so as not to appear as cuiprits or as beggars.
 Collective Work
 The problem of Europe's distress and the Russian catastrophe only can be solved by collective work of all of the states. The Soviet leaders fearing being overwhelmed by a su- perior force want to keep these states separated and trade with each indi- vidually. They also refuse to de- mobolize the Red army of 100000 of which one-third are highly trained and developed soldiers, elite troops. Even if they promise to demobolize they will not do so. This army is. after all, their only firm support at home and abroad, but Lloyd George rightly realizes that demobolization of expensive armies always liable to military adventures is the first con dition for economic recovery and later