Show Our r R Russian lS ian Policy POlicy I J-J J EVERY da day it becomes more and more apparent that our policy in Russia is insufficient It fails to satisfy sat sat- Congress and andt it t does docs not reassure the forces opposing op op- op- op posing Bolshevism The existing policy oli y while r regarded ns its intervention offers little hope for the future To o this this' his end the thc resolutions of Senator Johnson of California Cali Cali- fornia fornin calling for an c explanation of the thc American policy pol pol- ic icy warrant early Dearly attention tion Our relations with Russia in the thc interest of tho the Dation nation na- na tion lion and our forces in Europe must be bo brought toan to-nn i inc nc and reduced to a xi definite basis Consideration of the John Johnson on resolutions will bring this thi about Not Not- withstanding the fact that there is n a difference of opinion in the Un United te l States as to intervention in RusE Rus- Rus E sia a th there rc can c. be he no objection to the formulation of a i dlf definite policy The Thc present policy is regarded as ns intervention but it i i not is not intervention befitting the United States Tho The consider it an act ad of war and they have hn de dared clayed Avar var ar upon us The Thc Slovaks Czecho-Slovaks are not sat sat- with the support thc they are given gi and intermit clamor for more reinforcements Plainly the t tendency of If the present policy Js is wrong If we wo have hae no nob already determined cd intervention upon on a s scale befitting our national strength rrth it is time for us to make a n decision I While we c believe that intervention is an essential part of tho the worlds world's s campaign against Bolshevism many ninny arc ure clamoring for the thc withdrawal of I our troops in Rus Rus- sin sia If our oar intervention is iJ t to be bo given no inure force than at the present time tho demands for withdrawal command a n. new nc attention Whether the tio situation is to be Involved by hy courageous us intervention or b by indifference ence ia is to be determined d by the future Certain it il is is' S that vites viles no results can enn accrue from i a campaign l which invites in- in war but does not wage vago it Our course is not clear and until it is we cannot hope hop to solve olve the thc ing- ing problems created d by the Russian situation r a tes tes |