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Show fev t;' - Russia BmmW'N 'tit '- i HK y Allied Intervention In Russia ap- V V;(' vers less likely today than It did Hr aweral -months ago. H Only by watchful waiting can we H 'y erre both the Russian and our H ? ' elvea in the new crisis. H $ Intervention can hm Value only H 't '5 Ja so far as It helps "the Russians fo B 9' . throw oft the German yoke aad the papain ' H $' allies to overcome the German arm- H ' The advocates of intervention com- H gdala that the allies bare permitted H iV Germany to take control of affairs ln-1 H 3, BassJa. They argue that If Germany H i ' can Uko control, the allies can. wrest H, i that control, from her. ,., H We must Intervene in Russia etth- H ." a' -r as friends or as enemies. If we H -.J Intervene as friends it must be witk H'j 4he consent of the' Russian people, Bj f .and Just at present .there la no, Rus- Hf -"1, Pople. Russia Is. simply a con H 'v series of factions. H '! s H.we cannot intervene effectually Hi fF as friends, certainly , we cannot no-, H -' -rnvmiiuk anything by intervening as aasnsa . r " B "'. ,. s snemles. If the Russians commit H ? themselves to the German, cause elta- H , " en. a grand, or ft small scale we H '; cannot prevent it by force of arms. H Our military power should be concen- H'. . Crated where it -will do the most H.', . fThe,'ne arguments apply in H '.':' greater or less degree by Japan. Ja- M , ;0 ana. could achieve nothing, of bene- H .:-' . fit to the allies without the consent H ) " of the Russian people. A war upon B a .Russia by Japan would simply make m ';. j .Russia the confirmed ally of Qer- M " many. naaam - B J Germany Intervened in Russia as M , n enemy but Germany's purpose was H ' jast'the opposite to ours. Germany's M fj linrpose was to" disorganise Russia bTbWsI "' ,V surt'put her out of the war. Our iBBj.- .y, fJ ynrpetM Was to harmonise Russia and l 5"lf keepher lnjtae.war. HtutffJ''- - It. to lt true, that Germany's Hp V'C -pwim Is somewhat different today. H'.-' :T;' ' fre what'lt wis lart y-r. She Is bK'M ' ''WMtlai1 tlTe RMstan fte-' K w her ewn behalf, so that she may F '; . UaU. feed and ether supplles.aad. f: H. Jm time, aeldlen H f ; ?' " "3We,art. MgM that Germany has K 1' ;; '. lrr begun to organise Russia in H ; tc 'iwaor.-'t it. General, kornllotf baa K " A " ee able to overthrow Ue Bolshevik H : VC' j-.ererament with the aid of Oefman H,Hr'' 4ris9a w are Justified la suspeeUng B h'a ' ' that the Berlin, government; )Tln( H: m:'& tslssmpllshlU puraeee'. by tho H h ; : t aWsaeVlwsv is aeeklagto rid Itself H . "fl;v ; ." ' Wtl'.whkBi'.ea-'m longer U H 0'v aeful to It and reestablish Ue auto H a " eniey.1, Wreport.th'at Grand Duke H , K'f-U A Jileholas hiu"been proclaimed impeV B B;?-? - r ' iajr aaeerds perfectly with ihT reporj H ;H- J ' . McernlngKorniloff'soperatloaa.torl H I -r " . ' '- it'l-Vt.aewu.U the.duke'.w:at:hls H - Cenaaju., The grand duks has no la- H ' itf lenat In klag the; world safe tar K1 $ 1met&y, It!Gerniar'autocraey ,can H ! V Jselp him to a throne, he Pjobably B 'V' ' "Hll'nordlsdaJnVo accept theglft., . B -f V6 ,13rlBe.f the csar by the H ; BoUhevlki.night be a'.partrof the nsW .V' - L plot. While there Is no good reason to suspect that the rank and file of the Bolshevik! are in league with Oer many, it as as clear as anything can bo without absolute proof that the, Bolshevik chiefs, Lenlne and Trotsky have" been In the pay of Germany. These leaders, might easjly prrange the ?diath ef the new csar jto help along the German conspiracy. And having struck their last blowjat Russia-they probably; will be paid off and discharged" , or mayhap, murdered it the German conspirators find ii use ful. We have outlined a plot which might easily be made a success, but we arViiot suggesting that It 1st an accomplished tact. The grand duke may still, bo an enemy of Oermany while accepting German help and may seise the occasion the resume the war. Or It may be that later.reports will show a wholly different situation in,' Russia. , The one sallant thing that stands out above all others Is .the tolly of allied al-lied Intervention until social order la Russia is reestablished and the people peo-ple have exchanged factional hatreds add Jealosies for a resolute national spirit. If it be said that the allies could be assuccessful as Germany in taking control of Russia the fallacy of the argument will be apparent upon a moment's reflection. First of all, Germany's military forces are In, Rus sia and their source of supply are not far away. The allies are many thousands of miles away and have not sufflcleaUshlps for all their needs on the western front; in Macedonia and la Asia Minor, Japan Is, on. the threshold of Siberia, but 6,000 miles from European Russia. It remains to be seen new '.well Germany, can organise Russia. It must be admitted that maay elements ele-ments ire in her favor. The: supr posed ,leanlBg of the people) toward democracy might seemtobe the chief obstacle, butte, experience, laaiyaar ' ha Mffleleatl'4empastrai Sea laatthe Rasalaa people' da net ant ders'tand democracy 'and arojiaeapa ble; fort the-present,; ef esUMUhlag' a government on democratle prlacl. ' Allr that the Russian people know abantdameracy4hai. come io them through seclalUra.and socialism is no more akin to antocra'cy than democracy.' democ-racy.' Socialism supposes anek. a reign of Inexorable" law ttov.cwetinaA ahatt '4e in his placewhat heUtold to' do ay a scientific goveriament There Is, little room for. Individual liberty under such a, regime. t . I 'if our theory, lsiright Ue Russians know little, of Ua principles arfd spirit spir-it t demaeraey, of popular, rule. They: have' regarded1-socialism as; democracy an they' nave witnessed. Its'utter failure Wer korrible Miy curasUnces. Thevonlyaltjernatlve autocracy of the csars. Sbould they, tun la complete dleUlaatoa find dea- pafr front aaclalism Ihey must turn ii , toward the old despotism. There is f, reason to believe, therefore, .that Grand Duke Nicholas ,once firmly es-tablloncd es-tablloncd In power by military means, might beable to maintain his rule for a long time. Commercial Intervention to set the Siberian people on Uelr feet agala by of course, ault different f rem. military mil-itary 'intervention.' The proposal to sead a commercial cnamisslon .to 81-berla 81-berla accompanied by. a military guard seems to have proved .attractive .attrac-tive to the admlalstratloa-at Washington. Wash-ington. Its purpose is. friendly Ibid t may do good, but 'there to always I the danger that the Germans nay reap theadvantage f oar,, philanthropy. philan-thropy. Salt Lake Trlbuae. t |