Show PROBLEMS FACING STRICKEN WORLD shall chaos or reconstruction in europe follow the great world war DANGER IN GERMAN AMBITION touton idea Is to exploit russia 4 while the people fear the allies seek geek return of the old regime article by FRANK COMERFORD by their policy of intermeddling the klites allies have lost the confidence and good food will of tho the russian people I 1 io do not mean tho the bolshevik government 11 mean the great mass of the Rus russians rhey havo have resented strangers in their land and outside interference ling lina been an unwelcome welcome it has strengthened the bolshevik power and created distrust of f the allies in the minds of the people of russia our soldiers in siberia were constantly being asked why are arc you here it was the one lu fuestion estion they could not answer the nus russians look upon germany ts is their only friend german penetration is going on before czar NIC nicholas nichalas 1 regime ended it was estimated that over half the industries of russia were owned or managed by germans since the war the germans have doubled their efforts to russia they have assiduously cultivated the good will vitt of the people german commercial agents spook the russian language they tire are in touch with russian needs they are not interfering ter fering with tho the russian problem they are selling belling to russia and giving longtime long time credit the russians book upon them hem no as friends and on oil the allies with suspicion the consensus of opinion in russia Is that the atties allies are bent upon exploiting russia end and del delivering iverine tier her to the old regime prussian officers in soviet army under secretary of state for foreign affairs of the polish government tot told me of n document in his possession which showed lint flint gen von ter der goltz of the prussian irmy army offered to furnish unter cers for the ilia soviet army nt lit a wage of 33 marks a adny with the further tinder understanding standing that hat tile bolshevik government would give these officers a bonus of marks ench cadi nt at the cadji end of their first yar of service thera to Is much evidence that flint the bol accepted the proposal and that tile the red army amy Is being zed the under secretary of state stale added that aliat it lic wils was convinced a treaty existed between be tween the soviet government and tile lie prussian minister of war in october of 1910 1010 the following dispatch to the dally daily hall blatt of london was printed the Trel Frellie helt lt says that the soviet government has asked as iced the german government to send workingmen men to russia to aid ald in the revival of russian industries those these ingmen will vitt be under the ho order of on engineers nod managers from german factories and russia will thus bo be peaceably invaded by the germans at the express desire of the Bov soy lets I 1 was in warsaw nt at th alio ethne time and I 1 sought confirmation of this dispatch from many responsible officials I 1 learned that this dispatch was true nod and that the invasion ling lias begin during this time germany had intact no an army of over veteran prussian troops under gen ell von tier der goltz while germany ila had an alleged republican form of government ern ment with doctor ebert as president no steps were token taken to demobilize this his powerful prussian mill tary force the peace table sitting I 1 in n paris recognized the menace to the 1110 security of europe presented by the von der goltz army there was much ado about it foch was summoned to conference the result was the demand ninde made through cell general biral foch that von der goltz bo be stripped of command this was compiled with but the prussian army was undisturbed von der goltz continued 0 to o bo be tile commander of tills this force nitwit notwithstanding list and ing his formal resignation of the command germany still powerful let there bo be no doubt in any ones mind that germany Is coining back in fact she has come back germany ling never felt that sho she was defeated the will to win to conquer still lives slie she Is preparing for tile tie crisis and when it comes tile allies allia will find tier lier BS an economically prepared as she wits was ready in a n military sense in 1014 germany was not devastated devil stated by the war nono none of tho the fighting wits was done on german soil soft germany looted and pit hinged russia belgium and arance raw materials timber enal and machinery the trains bringing food and soldiers to the fronts did not return empty they back to germany ler ninny household goods live stock mineral timber limber machinery tills this went on for four years germany tool took millions of men and women from aussin belgium antl france prisoners tind civilians she used their tabor power to keep up her economic life for the thebe benefit nellt of those who doubt present economic preparedness I 1 want to give a hit bit of evidence I 1 gathered at the polish german opi ninn front in n huppee silesia Si lesIn I 1 talked to the he commander of the polish military pouce poke in cani charge e of his frontier lie he had been a vice consul of tho the austrian Austri tio government in chicago in october 1019 ho he bad charito of tho the GO 00 mill tary stations of the polish german front poland alone of ull till tile the countries in N europe drope refuses to deal with you cannot bring german goods into poland german corn coin la 19 shut out by law tho the frontiers tire closed against tier her goods tills this Is the substance of whitt the commender commander of tho german frontier told said to nio me germany Is offering to sell goods to poland at prices from 20 to 25 per cent cli cheaper caper than elmland find and franco we intercept dally daily these proposals on ilia alio frontier germany offers to give lon longer ger time to pay tor for tile the goods I 1 should say on the ho over aver ngo ago she offers to give five credit tor for twice the period offered by france or england could ono one wish better evidence once that germany Is coming back bacat what two tests icsis more clearly show the commercial strength of fin an individual or it a people than tile the ability to under bell s ell ones competitors and give gho longer time credit japan la Is penetrating siberia siberia b roii Is rich in gold platinum timber furs bristles coal and malt bait generals Ro Il and the leaders of the kolchak government have been betraying and peddling their country to the yellow masters asters ro of the far hast east the japanese are today working concessions in the ural mountains n ns they are overrunning siberia the paris conference decreed that american soldiers and an equal number of japanese soldiers should enter siberia for the ilia purpose of saving the ilia trans siberian railway these armies were not given a license to toot loot when major general graves led jet tile the Amer american lenti expeditionary force into siberia it numbered less than the quota authorized by carls general graves found the japanese army there lit in great numbers instead of the soldiers Bold lers authorized by the lie claris conference japan ling has almost soldiers in siberia Slber ln it was understood der stood that flint tile tho use of the railroads by tile the Amer american lenn and japanese military should he be for military nry purposes only the truth Is that the japanese government ling lias used tile the rall railways ways to carry out rich ilch spoils economic exhaustion in russia notwithstanding ito 1 successes of the red lied army successes easily accounted for partly duo due to the nation lynt loii of the briny by german officers partly due to tile fact that hat the majority of the ho people although opposed to soviet rule are more opposed to tile the Yul lenich Pet lurn donl deal h kino hine ine and kolchak movements suspected of seeking to reestablish establish re the old order lit in russia russin Is fast to economic exhaustion the world faces two great dangers if something Is not done one Is tile the conquest of siberia by the yellow peril the he other tho the complete r ionizing of russan japans greed boldness and ambition Is known the allies gave courage to tier lier effrontery when they turned shantung and chinese over to japan shantung Is tile he heart of china it Is as well its soul out it la is the cradle of tier her groat great prophet confucius ex emperor william llam through a fraudulent coin calil pact with czar nicholas seized rights lit in shantung when the war come came on oil japan sat on ilia fence franco france and england urged tier her to come in with the alie allies site did hut but only after she got tier her price by private engagements alth franco france and england german rights truth would have written thom liam german wrongs in shantung tung were to ho be turned over to japan if ole felie joined tile the allies america was kept in tile lie dark ns as to this secret arrangement and balfour came to america and told us many things hut bilt nothing about this secret compact we were induced to urge ungo china to cast tier her lot with tho the allies she did all china asked was that when Gor germany ninnY was conquered she bo be given tier her own shantung after the war was over president wilson tit in parts sought to restore shantung to chinn china japan ob ejected nod presented tier her claim sho she based it on the secret agreement with england and france F for or the first time we learned of this secret agreement finally wo we consented to give japan the lie determination of shantung we struck tile the word self out of the phrase self determination I 1 nin am not n prophet but if 1 I 1 would look for ilia next out outbreak brenk of bolshevism in asia lt it will bo be lit in chinn shantung will ho be the reason the course of the allies the cause it if tile the allies do not adopt n common policy toward russia european russia will anil under the power of cennane Cen nany the people of russia look upon germany as mora more of a friend than the allies the bloc blockade kilde of the allies brought starvation to the very people in russia who are opposed to the he soviet scheme meddling in trio russian problem by the allies has caused suspicion old aid given to yu dentch Pet lura and kolchak ling lias made tile the ras russians fear that flint tile he object of the allies Is to put pat the liam R us hack under tho the old yoke voice the table ling has been without a north star it has steered without a definite objective in fact it ling has not steered nt at nil it hns fins been at sea adrift so far asil as n policy toward russia Is concerned bolshevism may break through nh couture tint and consolidate germany or prussia nifty may SOW seize upon weakening and become her ally hither either event promises trouble the iho pence peace of the world Is in danger before we can hope for industrial pence peace before we can cure unrest and got get back to nor normal mill the russian problem must b Q tattled settled tills this Is it a problem for expediency ill 1 1 l and vac variation must give wily way before world patriotism alila ills Is tho the problem tile the world awaits nialta a plan 1 l western Wt rn newspaper union |