Show I I I I Spectre of Russia I Rises to Affright World Peacemakers Meaning l of Entangling Alliances i Will Tin Be Bc More l Than Plain When American Help Hell Is Asked sl to Iron Out European Unrest By James J. J Montague UNIVERSAL SERVICE STAFF CORRESPONDENT Recently Returned From Paris NEW YORK March 11 Secretive Secretive ns as they arc are about most things the iN statesmen now tinkering at nt the thc peace treaty in Paris make no secret of oC their fear of Russia The Thc object of the tho negotiations now going going- forward is presumably peace universal peace universal peace But there can be no peace even en in iu Europe with Russia Hussin in m in revolution and with her revolutionists rc read ready to overrun overrun over over- run Germany and nil all central Europe Here Hero is where the tho danger to America in the league of nations lies The first thin thing to be done by the thc league is securing European countries against war An And any one ohe oC ot the h peacemakers kers if he be is frn frank k will tell you ou that this must be done by b y pacifying Russia Hussla H L I uw ow u ii J. J European countries in me tue I entente could pacify HU Russia sla by themselves them them- solves selves there thore would ho bo no danger to America But If it America Is expected to te help them them and and as a member of or tho league she naturally will bo be cx to o help them them America America must supply an army to help t thorn them om with Not ot ot Voiced lint hut Thou Thought ht This Is a thIng thIng- that is not talked I about much in Paris but It Il is in the tho thought of ot most of ot the statesmen who I are engaged In framing tho the league 1 doubt If ther Is any settled plan as asto asto asto to how it is to be bo done no now I j But once the league Is form formed cd once we vc arc are committed to it and antl menaces the countries who ar our follow fellow members of tho the society what is is hero thero to do but to help heip end tho thu menace menace men men- ace nee There Is really little accurate or comprehensive com corn Information about bout actual con conditions In Russia Emissaries who go thither seldom came cam out again The failure of or the Princes 1 Island land parley par par- ley nipped an any pro prospect p Cl of or getting In In- In formation But Dut no one ono doubts that Russia Russin must either cither be ignored Ignore to the peril of Hu- Hu u- u rope or the entente deal In some fashion or other with her And three months In Paris convinced con mo me that all the entente statesmen cherish tile tho hope boDe that in F porno rno mo Wa way or other we shall have a hand In the settlement when it comes tr 4 I v JuStat present there are arc a a a. number 1 I 1 of ot ns in Paris representatives Paris representatives of oC some some- of or tho the overturned governments I who who arc uro frankly soliciting armed In In- In ter to put lut down the Bolshevik I 1 I These men believe or pretend to beI be- be lIe hie-e. hie that troops would do the work werk But that is not nol ci edited credited by men 1 better informed The Tho French foreign minister M. M PI Pichon Pi- Pi chon a admitted tl ti tn a party of ot newspaper per men that t ho did ld not know how soon the soldiers lers now south of Archangel could be rescued Ho lie also alMo said Maid that tho the Ing ha i food fod tl and mone moneIn money I lit In In fact all tho the foo food nn and all the mOlle money that Is to be had bad In nu Russia are are IIa-are arc gainIng gain gain- ing Lag strength all the tho yum n 1 that thit is the Jelle of every er oi who vito has lm had 41 J Jany an any opportunity to learn of ot Russian Co con conditions n d i t I o as This being the thc case what hat short of or armed In intervention ca lan can the en entente tente I do o to In Injure Itself against the dangers of oC thc Bolshevism And nd If Jr arme armed into inter Is to b bo be determined upon how can tho the United States au an a league member allow Intervention to proceed without its aid Will U Decline eUne Put that straight up to tho the AmerICan Ameri Amen can people and I 1 am am sure there would woul be bc one ozie answer ans The They cheerfully went wont into the thc war against but the they will look I upon a war to to quell riot and city anarchy In Russia Hussla as another matter maUer Put it up to American soldiers In France an and Germany German as aR I 1 have havo done and you will find that any proposal to fight in Russia meets with disapproval emphatic Our sol soldiers lers know what overseas fighting righting moans means And thc know kios' that hard hartl n as it was as to fight In Prance France it will be bo still sUIl harder to fight I In Russia where transportation conditions ha have o been shot to pieces and where the tho countr country coun coun- tr try can SUJI supply practically nothing lo to live on In tho the e estimation of ot one general of of- r- r fleer with whom I 1 talked talle it will take from ono one to two million men to pacify Russia an and the Job cannot be bo done Inside In- In side of or live five or tr r ton years rears I It ma may he 10 that it will be Lu necessary for tor or ean nations to do O this Th Their heir lr people must live 11 nett door the to lO Russians Tho They Thoy II Continued 0 on page page- 2 I I I I RUSSIAN SPECTRE RISES i iI I TO AlARM PEACEMAKERS i I I Continued from Page 1 i have havo known what it meant to live ll next I dour door to th the Germans an and llave e seen seenI I that the only W way out was to fight I Held Not U. U S S. S I j But America a is aCIO across a wide oce ocean n from Russia Hussla and American soldiers rI at t j least least feel that It Ills is not Americas America's business busi busl- ness to mix in Russian Hussian pacification Alrea Already y our boys bos In France and Germany Ger man many aro are very ver ery weary of their Jobs A call cull for Cor volunteers might bring forth a tew rs of or fortune who lik Uk to toight II fight ight for the sake of ot fighting But n u as sentiment of oC American patriotism could Ibe be awakened b by an appeal to enter land of oC Anarchy and put JUt down own the Bol- Bol sho that tho peace place of ur Europe might be more secure There is no nII altruism al- al 1 I truism amon among our soldiers that wi will wil cx- cx tend as far as that I It is for this reason that the lea league ue J of nations plan is not lading finding favor or in tho eyes of or our troops abroad l They hey feel Ceel that they the have ha done one their full fun dut duty I j to our allies whose cause they still upI uphold up up- I hol hold despite certain personal differences differ differ- between French and American soldiers an and between British and Amer- Amer i lean ilean soldiers They feel als also that the I foundation of or a league of oC nations In to a I Iw world worl orld s still till troubled b armed by-armed armed bands of or men is force ant an ant that if Ir force Is to be applied applied the they will be expected to apPI apply apPly ap- ap ply PI Ply it Fighting Men Ur-n 1 I Therefore however the constitution n noC of oC the league may bo be drawn rawn unless Iti it i specifically forbids s tho u use ubo o of or Amerl- Amerl can troops In Russia or 01 in a e lat lat- j I I I I ridden Germany and Austria it win will not find favor in the eyes of or our fighting fight fight- ht- ht Inot In Ins ing men I What tho they want to do is to come home I They will como corno home borne an any ana a way they can They stop as las long lont a ama as ma may be required in mU muddy dy embarkation camps spend as many days as may tuna bo boI I necessary crowded into the tho bellies of oC o slow 10 transports so Ion long as it means incans I I home c coming m n But cut su suggest gest to them that after aCler all allI I that thc they have done ono the they enrage engage in inand I another and what ma may bo be an even en greater war with no definite American i Issue at al stake slake c and ami the they will ivill resistor register their thell sentiments very strongly I That is why I believe o tho the lea league ue of or orr nations l Idea ca as now projected eted will not r bo ho supported b by the American people The rho American people arc first of ot all for the boys bos wh who fou fought ht and will carefully consult the wishes of ot those boys bos before the they will commit I themselves es to a n poll policy C of or long continue continI continued continued contin contin- ue European service for American I I troops I |