DANGERS TO BE AVERTED.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3431, 10 March 1920, Page 8

DANGERS TO BE AVERTED.

('rt‘l'lll'¢lll'\' is the one country east Of the lihlrw which presents the appearance of stahllif)‘. 'l'llo Olher countl'.ies_, new und old, are ill V‘“'.Vi“g dl“ grees subject to the condiltionvs which create Bolshevism. ’.l‘hoY are Stl'iCk(‘!l with faniine and destitutiom '<lH<l in some parts with inconceivable :ni.=.ery. They have neither fowl nor the motorials of in<;'lustr_y_. nor the means to pay for them. 'l.‘hey are prevented from urrting togetlier by HlO nationalist spirit which is expressed in President \Vilson’s gospel of self-determin-ation, and to which each OWES its separate existence. The Rllssiall GOVermnenr rnay pledge itSolf T 10? ‘fo spr'ea<.l Bolslrevisrn among the border States, but there is no need of agents in the presem-.e both of f:1v0u1‘al)le con<lilion.s- and. of the example of suceess. lßriti.<h and .-&mel'i.c'arl olficials liave wm-l<ed hard among these people, and e.~'pee,ially among the .r\uSt1‘ianS, the most :Iti'llcte(l of them all. ‘lo keep tllem f"‘om .\'l:ll"\'2l,l‘l()]'l. But .-\lneri('.an crmlit llzls been wittlulrzixrn when ‘it was mos.‘ neerleél, Efila all the Allied Governments know that the one <:omli~ tine of permanent relief is the restoration of indust:-_v and or: go‘\'r>r.vinl nt -is its il’n«li;<pertszll)‘le prOte(’lt.ion. It was freely predicted that this winter would 5:00 :1 Rolshevil; revolution in ('lerrnun_y, where the Sp2n'taci.'<l’ have not lo.'~‘t the enor{_>;y to rehel. The re~ public has survived the winter in sat’et_\'. hut the Allies have good reason to Elllstzllll from :1 line of <3on<ln(-,t whieh would expose it to attack. (‘rern.mn_V am] the Aillierl Countries were \\'fl!'lN‘ll s}’ an l~\uSt1'ian st:lt'esnlml (lurlllc} war that it‘ the_\' refused to mulce peare lll(‘_\' woulrl all .<llf'l'er :19. Rrxssia had .=utl'el‘erl. if not under similar conditions. at least through the tforr-0 of exzinrple. The Allies will not no__w do mrytlring to create the same eonr,lition;< in Gernrany, 01' to expose tlremselve< to e.\'alnp*lcs nearer home. '.l‘he_v will be more likely to nlrv<lit'y other clmxscs of the .Peae.e Treaty it it is t'ouml necessary to do so in order to enable the German people to resume w:::'i< and to he in :1 pos;.’t'ion to t’ul.til'. <l"“-:“_';~ r»hliga'tionS. "The 'el'Ce<l um} practic::- of Bolshevisrn are not tliirigs w'ni~:tll' statesnren ean ll(]lHll(‘ with 2». \'iew of proving their own r'iqllt-"»:>zg-rre.:,~ or -‘0 salisffwing; the pas:~"ir.»rl.< of their <eon.~'titnents. ’l‘lm_y rlm.-n‘:-:2 the t.'oilnl‘=.n.t"r.,-;~. of our ('.lVl'llSation th." nlllll‘{l'a‘lSlll of the (“rer-rn-r:!_~ {ill} ll».-.‘"o1'<' them. 'l'he_\f \\’Olll/ll (lestrnj-.' the ':ibert_\’ of the I'n:lividual, the :ultllo:Et§* ot.’ the law, and the e.\'i.<tonce 3-? rro}»ert_V. The)’ threaten all n:ition:s taiilqe, and they can only he <lr\’r‘.‘:a‘«"v’¢ it’ every‘ n:ltion. howeV‘el' remote. :Ir:l<n;>wle(lg'cs its iutr:re's7‘. -in en()p(‘!"‘a"lm_>‘ with the people of Europe in Ol'(l(‘!’ to en2»‘:>!e them to recover from the ma,teria.l and spiritual <iisint<.=..2‘:-.a----tir’;-n Of’ the W{lr_