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Show BOLSHEIIST MEICE IS 1DESTI1TEB Invasion of Russia for Purpose of Destroying Bolshevism Opposed by Lloyd George PARIS. Jan. IS. (By the Associated Press.) Thc communication concerning concern-ing thc Bolshevist menace recently Issued Is-sued by the war office at London "was in consequence of a departmental pol- Lloyd George, the Associated Press is I informed upon first authority. Winston Wins-ton Spencer Churchill, the British soc-jretary soc-jretary of war, has himself told Mr. Lloyd George that he did not know about thc issuance of thc communication communica-tion but that he believed the prime minister under-estimated the danger from thc spread of armed Bolshevism. Tt has been explained to thc prime minister that the war office associ ates of Mr- Churchill, knowing how strongly he felt on thc subject of Bolshevism, Bol-shevism, undertook to Influence public opinion in thc direction of their chief's convictions. If Mr. Churchill's views were accepted, accept-ed, the allies would Invade Russia for the purpose of destroying Bolshevism in Us home, while Mr, Lloyd George's view is that-such action would amount to war against soviet Russia and would only solidify the Russian people. Mr. Lloyd George compares the situation situ-ation respecting Russia today with that of France after 1703 to the end of the century Military pressure from without, the premier affirms, united th? French people behind the revolutionary revolu-tionary government, so that they were able to only make headway against foreign enemies but win victories. That is precisely what Europe mlghi see, he holds, if Mr. Churchill's point of view were allowed to influence the British and Prpnrli pnh(nof Hence, Mr. Lloyd George on the very day the communication was is sued by the British war office, insisted insist-ed upon the supreme council partially raising the blockade against Russia, the allied prime ministers intending to show indirect acceptance of the changed chang-ed conditions in Russia by permitting free trade in food, clothing and other non-military commodities without diplomatic dip-lomatic relations. . These trade arrangements are not yet clearly defined. They were made through representatives of Russian cooperative co-operative societies in Paris, who say they have been informed that the soviet sov-iet government equally countenances trade without regard to political relationship. |