THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, MARCH 8. 1919.
REIGN OF TERROR
BASELESS, SAYS
RED GROSS HEAD
Intervention In Russia Con
demned by Robins; Advises
Against Recognition of Bol
shevik Government.
Washington, March 7. Interven
tion in Russia was condemned by
Raymond Robins, former head of
the American Red Cross mission in
that country, testifying today before
the lenate committee investigating
propaganda, as unfair to the Rus
sians and unwise from the stand
point of the United States and the
allies.
Mr. Robins said American sol
diers and munitions should not be
used to crush a revolution which, he
declared, represented the wishes of
the Russian people.
Opposed to Intervention.
It was his opinion that interven
tion would solidify Russian factions
in support of the bolshevik govern
ment, strengthen bolshevik tenden
cies in England and France and ma
terially assist in laying a ground
work for the spread of radical doc
trines in this lountry.
Recognition of the bolshevik gov
ernment was advised against, but the
witness repeated that if the Russians
wanted bolshevism they should have
it; and he gave it as his opinion that
the Russian did want it. At the same
time he reiterated his belief that bol
shevism constituted the greatest
menace that had ever threatened the
democratic governments of the
world.
Peasants Have Arms.
Mr. Robins denied statements by
previous witnesses that Russian
peasants had no arms and were un
able to overthrow Lenine and Trotz
ky. As a matter of fact, he said,
there were 12,000.000 rifles availa
ble in Russia and many of the com
munities and towns possessed ma
chine guns.
' Responding to question by Sena
tor Nelson, the witness said he
agreed that intervention should be
resorted to if it was true that thou
sands were being slaughtered in a
bolshevik reign of terror, but he en
tered a plea against such action be
ing taken simply because there was
a prejudice and lack of understand
ing of what he claimed to be the ac
tual conditions in Russia.
Can Remove Trotsky.
The witness thought the Russian
people could get rid of Lenine and
Trotzky at any time they desired.
.Mr. Robins emphatically denied
that the bolshevists had treacherous
ly attacked the Czecho-Slovak forces
after the latter had been disarmed.
He said the conflict grew out of "de
signs which have not been laid upon
the table" and in this connection de
clared that he knew that France had
tried to keep the Czecho-Slovaks in
Russia after offering to assist in
getting them out, as a means of
overthrowing the revolution "at any
cost." He charged that the Czecho
slovaks took bolshevist villages and
shot some bolsheviki without trials.
In Picture Gallery.
Mr. Robins denied Madame Bresh
kovkaya was driven out Of Russia
by the Lenine-Trotzky government
lie said Lenine always knew where
the revolutionary leader was and
was not disposed to interfere with
her unless she became active in
counter-revolutionary propaganda.
Mr. Robins said he asked Lenine re
garding his disposition toward the
aged revolutionary leader.
"I haven't any. She's in the picture
gallery," Lenine was said to have re
plied. The witness also denied that news
papers opposing the bolshevik party
had been suppressed while he was
in Russia, at least.
When Major Humes asked wheth
er his interpreter, Alexander Gum
berg, a Russian Jew, who had re
ii4?d in the United States, was con
nected with the bolsheviki. Colonel
Robins denounced lying charges
that his interpreter was a German
agent," and produced a copy of a
contract between Edgar Sisson and
Gumberg, formerly of the committee
on public information, calling for
payment of $5,000 to the latter
to aid American propoganda work.
Calls Northcliffe Bolshevist
Mr. Robins did not agree with the
theory put forth by previous wit
nesses that "a small group at the
top" was running the government in
Russia. Mention of conditions in
England brought from the witness
a reference to Lord Northcliffe as
"the well known bolshevist of tng
land."
Mr. Robins concluded his testi
monv with the statement that
American intelligence and institu
tions would be sufficient to throw
out bolshevist ideas. The senate re
oort. Mr. Robins thought, could
assist in "mobilizing the conscious
ness and intelligence of the land to
combat the spread of bolshevism.
Iowa and Nebraska People
See Omaha Soldier Honored
r. f;na 1 Marrli 7. fSne-
cial Telegram.) Hundreds of Iowa
jeople as well as some trom weoras
' ka witnessed the impressive cere
mony at Fort Des Moines this af
ternoon when Lieut Allan Tukey of
Omaha was decorated with a dis
tinguished service cross for valor
shown in action at Soissons in July.
CoL George Juenemann, commander
of the post, pinned the medal of
honor on Tukey's breast He was
then congratulated by officers pres
ent and with Colonel Juenemann,
reviewed hospital troops.
England Unwilling to Talk
On U. S. Senate's Opposition
To the League of Nations
Irish Press Unanimous in Attack Upon President Be
cause of His Failure to Intervene in Behalf of
Emerald Isle Sinn Feiners Call Wilson World's
Arch Hypocrite and Traitor.
By ROBERT WELLES RITCHIE.
Staff Correspondent of Universal Service.
(Special Cab I Dispatch.)
London, March 7. Is President Wilson returning a
beaten man in the eyea of Europe because of the American
senate's opposition to the league of nations covenant? What
effect will the republican senators' round robin have on his
prestige?
These are the questions for which I sought answers thi3
afternoon from members of parliament and editorial opinion.
My almost universal experience m approaching public men
was that I found them unwilling to talk, believing it was not
fitting for them to comment upon strictly American political
affairs and out of defense.
Wilson's Fighting Speech. '
While yesterday afternoon news
papers carried heavy type stream
er headlines such as "Wilson's Fight
ing Speech," featuring the presi
dent's farewell address in ' New
York, the press generally is chary of
comment The Westminster Gazette
alone among the conservative organs
treated the subject editorially, say
ing: "We hope the league will be
much more than a debating society.
The world will be bitterly disap
pointed if it does not become a prac
tical factor in the governance of the
world."
But from Ulysses Rogers, Univer
sal Service staff correspondent in
Dublin, comes a report of violent and
bitter reaction against President
Wilson in Sinn Fein press because
of his failure to intervene with Bri
tain in behalf of Ireland.
The Irish World says:
"Wilson bids fair to be ranked as
the arch-hypocrite of the world a
silver-tongued traitor to a trustful
democracy. The world has put this
liar on a pedestal and made him a
small god. Cromwell and his Bible
was merely a messy butcher in com
parison to Wilson and his morals of
social philosophy."
Another Dublin paper, Nationality,
says Irishmen in Ireland may be un
able to get in touch with President
Wilson, "but Irishmen in America
can and will."
"Puritanical Piffle."
Add to this the venom of Horatio
Bottomley's weekly dose of anti
Wilson mania in today's John Bull,
in which the radical editor not only
refers to General Pershing's de
fense of the American soldiers' con
duct in Paris and "a scene in Max
ims in which Americans played a
leading part," but refers to the presi
dent's Boston speech as "puritanical
pifflle."
Joseph Devlin, successor to John
Redmond as leader of the Irish Na
tionalists, is quoted in the Dublin
Dispatch as saying:
"Whatever regret one may feel
over here is better unexpressed. It
would be unfortunate If President
Wilson's opponents should be able
to seize upon statements of British
ers to use as ammunition against
him."
Spencer Leigh Hughes, M. P., lib
eral coalitionist, makes this state
ment: "To say you are sorry for a man
immediately puts that man in an
unenviable position. A strong man
needs no sympathy and Wilson is a
strong man. Perhaps Britain at
large does not appreciate the part
that politics is playing or seems to
be playing, in the opposition to the
president But what a disaster for
the whole family of nations, if
America should persist in remaining
aloof from the grave problems of
the world peace after having pledged
herself at the entering of the war to
'make the world safe for democ
racy.' "
The Daily Chronicle says:
"Europe is watching America
with anxiety. The league of nations
idea is too big to be done away with
by party contention."
Daily News:
"President Wilson is answering
his critics characteristically and ef
fectively." , Daily Telegraph:
"The league project is surrounded
by unanticipated difficulties and ob
stacles." Wilson Opposed to Sinking
Surrendered German Fleet
Washington, March 7. President
Wilson is opposed to the sinking
of the surrendered German fleet In
a letter to Representative Fuller of
Massachusetts, dated March 1 and
made public tonight, the president
said the proposal to destroy the
ships "seems to me like the counsel
of those who do not know what else
to do."
He added that the question of
disposition of the vessels would be
considered further on his return to
Paris.
Bolshevik Revolution
Is Launched in Finmark
Christiania, March 7. A strong
revolutionary agitation is being car
ried out in Finmark (the northern
most part of Norway) by an organ
ization which is planning a revolu
tion on the Russian pattern, accord
ing to a report from Kirkenais to
the Aften Posten.
The organization plans to carry
the revolution into Finland and
Scandanavian countries.
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Will Award Medals
Washington, March 7. Appoint
ment of a board of award to con
sider the cases of all officers recom
mended to receive medals for dis
tinguished service in the war, was
announced today by Secretary Dan
iels. The board is headed by Rear
Admiral Austin M. Knight and in
cludes in its personnel Rear Ad
mirals M. T. Endicott. Charles J.
Badger and Dewitt Coffman.
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BELGIAN PACTS
TO BE CONSIGNED
TO SCRAP HEAP
Holland Will Be Summoned
Before "Big Five" to
Discuss Revision of
Worthless Treaties.
Paris, March 7.The report of the
commission on Belgian affairs,
charged with investigating the dif
ferences between Belgium and Hol
land, was submitted to the council
of the five great powers today. It
advises that the treaties of 1839, es
tablishing the status of Belgium and
Holland, be revised by the council
as they are now "useless and dis
advantageous to Belgium."
These treaties sre identical, ex
cept as to the signatories. Bel
gium and Holland signed one. and
Holland and Belgium each signed
one with Great Britain, France, Aus
tria Russia and Prussia. Three
of these powers have disappeared
and the treaties have become "scraps
of paper," which Germany violated
by invading Belgium.
The proposed revision of the
treaties, will restore Belgium's com
plete sovereignty end eliminate her
neutrality, which afforded no protec
tion and is now distasteful.
Vote .Strike in Madrid
Madrid. March 7. (Havas.) The
federation of workmen here voted
last night to go on strike on March
10. The strike movement outside
of Madrid has spread from Cata
lonia to Salamanaca.
For Coldi ant Qrta
Tak. LAXATIVB BBOMO QUININB Tablet. Look
for B. W. OroTS's stnstnrs on the box. SOo. Ad.
Outlaws Terrorize
Southern China, Says
American Missionary
New York, March 8. (Special.)
Outlaws are terrorizing southern and
western China. American mission
schools have been compelled to
close, because children, constantly
in danger of kidnaping, dare not
venture upon the roads. Belles of
villages and sons of wealthy men
have been carried off and held for
ransom.
The Chinese government is help
less. Its police force is entirely
inadequate. Other nations, pre
occupied with the world war and its
aftermath, have been unable to lend
assistance to preserve order, or pro
tect their citizens in the ravaged
territory.
Reports of these conditions have
just been received at the national
headquarters of the missionary cen
tenary of the Methodist Episcopal
church in New York, from the
Methodist missionary in that terri
tory, Rev. W. M. Crawford, station
ed at Changton.
Districts Cut Off.
Entire districts, sccording to Dr.
Crawford, have been cut off by these
outlaw bands, who have seized and
closed the principal roads, rivers and
other avenues of access. And the
villages and towns within those dis
tricts are at the mercy of the ban
dits. Dr. Crawford's report draws the
veil from internal conditions in the
new Chineses nation. Business is
dead, he writes, and politics corrupt.
A single force remains stable, Chris
tianity, as represented by the mis
sionaries and the mission institu
tions. Here's Thickest Ice.
The heart of Greenland is said to
consist of a block of ice covering
600,000 square miles, and averaging
a mile and one-half in thickness.
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