Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-11 | Page 4 | Red Army of Russia

Hfiy i : oo RED ARMY OF j RUSSIA. ,.j 0nei of England's most thoughtful IB 1 public men is Sir Phillip Gibbs. editor IH I of Review of Reviews, who has been lecturing in this country, He favors dbarmamcnt and Bays Ihe English IH masses would welcome release from ttie ataegering taxation which war I i equipment has produced. But Sir : J ' j Phillip points out that before there i '-m be widespread disarmament, the 1 i soviet government of Russia must be B,, i taken into consideration. J iij J "Ya can't get in touch with the i I 1 Russian people," ho says, "unless you 1 deal with the soviet government. Rus i 1 11 lB the key to the whole situation fl in Europe The nations of Europo can H a npt disarm as long as there remains Hfl '. the menace of tho Russian army. jt Hj' I 1 J; istthe greatest standing army in Eur ope. WHiother the invitation to a eon fpreneo on limitation of armaments would mean recognition for soviet Russia or not, you can't, encape the coneluslon that- Rusnla must bo brought back into line of civilized idenls before a general disarmament can bo effected." Tho red nrmv of Rtispla I? ono of the big probloms which must not be overlooked. While the threat of Bolshevism Bol-shevism remains, Europe is seriously menaced and, if Europe should become helplessly weak in tho face of Iho forces of tho soviet, modern civilization civiliza-tion would be endangered.