The producers news., 1929-08-30

discovered tha intervention
against the Bolsheviks might turn
out to be more serious affair
than at first supposed. In the
meantime the aggressive activities
OF Russian counter revolutionary
White Guards, sworn enemies of
the Workers Republic, have by
their provocative tactics and tor
ture of Russian nationals brought
the situation to a new crisis. "Dis-
arm the White Guard Bandits" is
"a cry which is reported to be
sweeping over the Russian Repup-
lie. Although information in Wash
ington indicates that the Soviet Of
ficials have sought so far as pos
sible to restrain their Outrage ed
people, it is recognized that the
point of action has arrived. Re-
porting on this phase of the situa-
tion, Mr.. Walter Duranty, Moscow
correspondent of the New York
Times, declares that no nation in
history has shown so great a de-
sire for peace under such accumu-
latlng evidence of aggression as
have the Russians. "They have.n
he writes, "shown exemplary pa
thence under great provocation and
have done their utmost to preserve
peace, but when their nationals are
tortured in Manchuria, their bor
der villages raided by Russian
counter revolutionaires, action be-
comes necessary"
That such action will inevitably
follow if the Chinese continue to
arm and encourage the White
Guards is now generally accepted.
That a war in the Far East will
with equal certainty involve a
number of the larger powers and
possibly lead to a world war is not
so clearly understood. Yet this is
the most important factor in the
situation: the nations are on the
verge of a new world conflagra-
ton which their scheming politi-
clans and big business representa-
tives have again forced to the front
IN their common hatred and fear
of the Bolsheviks and in their riv-
airy with each other. If hostilities
should be prevented, only the un-
usual desire for peace, what Wal
ter Duranty calls "the exemplary
patience" of the Soviet government
can be credited for blocking a new
world war-more accurately, post
poning that war which the antag-
onism of the big powers is in any
event due sooner or later to bring
on. The developments of the past
six weeks have already clearly
shown that the politicians and
agents of the big business powers
are capable only of fomenting and
plotting war and Intervention; that
they are totally incapable and un-
willing of preventing such an even
tuality once the forces which thev
have set in motion begin to oper-
ate. Notwithstanding the Kellogg
Peace Pact, widely heralded as a
preventative of war, despite the
League of Nations, of which at
least China is member, the ma
tinos have by their own admission
failed to prevent aggression, the
illegal seizure of the means of
communication and transportation
of friendly people, and the tor
ture of its citizens.
So completely futile, indeed, has
the Kellogg pact already proven
as an instrument of peace in a
world of war, that State Depart
ment officials, in order to main
tain the prestige which the docu-
ment gives the United States, are
seeking frantically to re-interpret
its meaning. The invasion of
Manchuria by Russia, they declare.
would not in fact be an evidence
of the failure of the Kellogg pact.
Such an invasion, they insist, would |
be only a regular" move to re-
cover illegally seized property and
for the protection of a countrv's
citizens. The United States, itself |
sent its forces into Nicaragua IN
protect railroad. Other nations
have sent similar expeditions
These are not really war moves
they arguei
Behind this seemingly friendly
attitude of the American State De,
partment for the Bolsheviks msu
be seen a completely opposite set
OF motivating forces. The f;~st
moves against Russia by the CHI
ese war lords were inspired tbrn