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Show CAMPAIGN BY BALTIC NATIONS AGAINST RED FORCES IS CRUMBLING Border Countries, With Exception of White Russia, Rus-sia, Evince Small Interest in Making End of Bolshevists. By KICHAED HENEY LITTLE. Chicago Tribune Cable, Copyright. REVAL, Aug. 31, via Copenhagen, Sept. 2. The entente seems to expect little nations on the edge of Russia and the anti-Bolsheviki Russians to clear up Russia and to make an end of Lenine, Trotzky and the 'whole Bol-sheviki Bol-sheviki outfit. AVhat Kolchak is doing away over toward Siberia or Deniken on tl:o south is unknown here, for communications com-munications are almost entirely cut oft', but the campaign to make Ihe world safe for democracy is limping very badly bad-ly in the Baltic neighborhood. The linns, Esthonians, Letts and Lithuanians have settled down on their own frontier, making no effort at pushing push-ing the fighting into Bolsheviki territory. terri-tory. The white Russians in liberated Russian territory have been driven out of Uskov and are being edged back every day, until there is not much of liberated Russia left in this neck of the woods. Little Baltics Fear Reds. The entente apparently wants the Augean stables of Russia cleaned out, but they seem resolved to let George do it. Goorge means the little nations na-tions bordering Russia, and the white Russians. And George seems to have lost interest. The trouble with the little lit-tle Baltic countries is that they are much afraid of the Bolsheviki, and while the entente has assured them that they are behind the Baltic countries, these countries are fearful that the entente en-tente is too far behind them to do any good, if the Bolsheviki decide to punish pun-ish them for daring to oppose them. There seems to be a general understanding under-standing now between the Bolsheviki and Baltic nations to the effect: "You leave us alone, and we will leave you alone" situation that will not go far towards unseating Trotzky and Leniue. White Russians on Aggressive. The white Russians have been the only army on the aggressive, but their forces have dwindled badly in the last few weeks, more than 20.000 men evaporating, evap-orating, probably going back again to the Red army. Consequently, the white Russians are no longer attacking, but are hanging -on doggedly to the liberated lib-erated Russia still left to them. There H a big. cheerful element of Russians, not at all particular on which side they fight. When the Bolsheviki have plenty of food and clothing they fight for the Bolsheviki. When the)-hear the)-hear that new shiploads of flour, coffee, cof-fee, and especially cigarettes, have arrived ar-rived for the white Russians, they desert de-sert the Reds by regiments and come over to join the White army. When tic White army get down to the bottom of the flour barrel, thousands of these warriors disappear during the night and ! bolster up the Bolsheviki army again. |