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Show BOLSHEVIST MENACE. The spread of Bolshevism in central Eurorie is viewed with grave concern in H of the allied capitals, and in some quarters it is thought that military ac-tiimlwill ac-tiimlwill bo necessary. There is also soirrci' disposition upon the part of some of the' European newspapers to place the blamo for the present conditions in Hungary upon the conference at Versailles Ver-sailles on account of the delay in making mak-ing peace. On the other hand, the Pall Mall (Jazette declares that "the proclamation proc-lamation of Bolshevism in Hungary has given ft shock to the peace conforenco, which is precisely what it intended to do. The change in the- government of Budapest was effected not by violence, butfriy collusion. It is a rehearsal of tho tactics by which Ebert and Scheide-niann Scheide-niann think of greeting . the terms of peace" This view is borne out by the tho fact that president Ebert declared in a speech on Sunday that "Germany cajmot and will not sign a peace which iny-ujvcs. the. annexation of Dsfnzig by Poland." Undoubtedly the Germans now in control at Berlin would be more than willing to make common cause with Lenino and Trotzky, with the Hungarians and all other Bolshevists, if they thought for an instant they would be able to make another stand with even a remote prospect of reversing revers-ing the recent decision on the battlefield battle-field on the western front. Tho Westminster Gazette declares that "cynics and militarists are blaming blam-ing President Wilson and the league of nations . "for this unhappy state of thinirs," but it argues that "if the peace conference had gone on in the old-fashioned way and imposed terms as victors, the conference could not have settled everything." The paper adds that the conference must remain in permanent per-manent sessiou until its duties are taken over by the league of nations. That seems to be the only way in which Bolshevism can be combated unless un-less allied armies are put into the field anA the war renewed. President Wilson' Wil-son' .warned the world that there was danger of the spread of Bolshevism in central Europe, and congress appropriated. appropri-ated. $100,000,000 to feed the starving people in the hope that if the stomachs of the people were filled they would be more tractable. But the food situation situa-tion is still desperate, and the agitators have been able to overthrow the government gov-ernment in Hungary and force Kn-rolyi Kn-rolyi into tho background. On top of this 'grave development comes news from Berlin that T. G. Masaryk, the president of Czecho slovakia, has resigned. re-signed. This indicates that Bolshevism is rampant among the Czecho-Slovaks as .well as the Hungarians. When we consider the fact that the Budapest; agitators ara in eommunica-tion'with eommunica-tion'with Lenine and Trotzky, we can easily perceive the danger. The council at Paris is considering the situation. One -of the first things to be done will be lo-send General Haller"s three Polish divisions to Danzig regardless' of the j protests of the German government, for it is the evident intention to preserve Poland, no matter what happens in the surrounding territory. It is difficult to j believe that the Germans, having saved their country from being ravaged, by signing the armistice last November, will deliberately take the risk of anni-i anni-i hilation by resuming hostilities. But j one the seeds of anarchy are sown ) thero is no lolling what may happen. There are two French divisions in Buda-; Buda-; pes and Serbia, and Kumanian troops are. said to be available for use in llun-i llun-i garv should their services be needed, i The Germans, Hungarians and Bus-siap Bus-siap Bolshevist may believe that, owing- to the fact that hundreds of thousands thou-sands of the American, British, Cana-' Cana-' dian and Australian troops have been ; demobilized, they could holt their own I in the field. We regard this as utterly ; foolish. Tf hostilities should be ro-i ro-i sunio'l allied warships would enter the ' Baltic r'i'd there would soon be nothing i left of the gnat German seaports. 1 Moreover, there are enough allied troops along- the Bhir.e to devastate the western, west-ern, part of Gerrnuny ia short order, j This would undoubtedly mean the inov-j inov-j ing forward of the French boundary ; line'to the left bank of the trn-at riv.-r and the ti i-avpoaraii'-'- of Germany as a I f i i'st-class power. The slaughter would I: be ty-ighruil, and, at the close of the awful sfi'Mggl". all the nations engaged in it v.-mM he physically and f inaneialh-e.vhaiisted. |