The New York herald., 1922-04-18
TUESDAY. APRIL is. 1922.
Russo-German Alliance.

NuSSO-German Alliance.
According to the dispatches from
Genoa yesterday, telling of the treaty
between Germany and Russia, the in
eyitable has happened.
With Russia an outcast among ma
tions, as she has been, and Germany
enchained by treaty stipulations. her
territory occupied by menacing and
irritating foreign armies, and forcet
at the point of the bayonet to sign
agreements pledging her to repara-
tion payments impossible for her to
meet, the getting together of these
two Powers in a treaty looking to
mutual cooperation and close work
ing agreement was inevitable. Psy-
chology and analysis and human feel
ing have spelled nothing else.
Moreover, disorganized, distracted,
disrupted Russia needs nothing. so
much as the organizing genius OF
Germany to help in her economic and
industrial restoration. In her ability
to guide Russia in this respect Ger
many can do more for Russia than
any other country can do.
Prior to thv war the Germans had
been conspicuorL IN Russian indus
try, Russian commerce and Russian
banking. No othe. pig nation knows
Russia as tie German nation knows
Russia.
More or less familiar with the Rus
sian language, Knowing the Russian
temperament and Russia's necess,-
ties, the Germans are prominently
equipped to do for Russia what Rus
sia most needs at this time.
The Soviet experiment has passed.
The Russian people and the Russian
nation have paiC the price of the
experiment The price is national
demoral.zation, economic. financial,
commercial, industrial and agricul-
tural on-demoralization
Of railroads, shipping, mining, and
complete wreckage of the social
structure, together with death roll
Of many millions, nobody knows how
many millions.
1t has cost the Russian people all
this to try out this communistic ex-
pertinent aimed at the destruction Of
all the economic methods civilization
and time throughout the centuries
have worked out as the best for man.
And now broken and bleeding Rus
sia Is returning, as was inevitable she
would return, to a recognition Of
these worked out basic principles Of
social life-sacredness Of property
rights with incentives for work, for
thrift. for achievements.
Guided by German organizing
genius, German instinct for govern
ment, for commerce. for industry.
Russia with her 160,000.000 people
and her boundless natural resources
will in another generation come
again to occupy her great place
among the nations Of the earth.
While Russia needs Germany, Ger
many in her distress needs reorgan.
ized Russias friendship, Russia's CO
operation and Russias resources
quite as much as Russia needs her.
The attitude of the Allies through
out the Versailles sessions, and ever
since then. has maje for German.
Russian alliance. Brandishing the
sword Of the victor over the van.
quished, enforcing humiliating condi
tions. imposing demands unbearable
to proud, self-respecting people
the Allies, in everything they have
said and done of this nature, have
all the while been driving the Ger
man and Russian nations together.
This obvious fact he stood out as
clearly and as boldly to III persons
capable Of divorcing prejudice from
sound analysis as Mont Blanc stands
out in the bright MONDAY sunshine.
In a situation like this 1t Is the
belief and has been the belief Of
TIE New YORK HERALD that human
Kindness will go enormously further
IN rlghunR after war conditions, In
the reestablishment Of poise and
good feeling. than harshness and
bitterness can possibly 80. There Il
no such thing as making good the
wrongs and crLelties and suffering.
OF war. Tho MANNED soldier cannot
10 rehabilltatod. Life cannot DC re
stored to the dead. Bereavement
sorTow, heartache cannot be assuaged
The destruction Of war is SO much
loss TO the world. Fighting the wal
over again IN our thoughts, in oul
hearts, gets nowhere. The water that
has passed through the mill will turr
no more wheels. Rebuilding Of