The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1920. CIVILISATION AGAIN MENACED.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3547, 7 August 1920, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1920. CIVILISATION AGAIN MENACED.

With which is incorporated “The Taihape Post and Waimarino News."

I There remains no doubt about the struggle of the Bolsheviki in Russia having reached a stage of Seriousness in which it has once more become 9. grave threat to‘ the peace of the world. It is no longer deseribable as a. storm in the Russian teapot, for its leaders have commenced :0 dictate the conquerors’ terms of peaee, not only to those with whom they are at war, but ‘also with th-se countries constituting the League of Nations. 80-l----ishevik armies are sweeping over Poland, over a people who have striven for centuries to rid‘ tliemselves of the yoke of the oppressor; they are pr .- secuting a dual campaign, one of the most ruthless war, the other of frzldu- 1 lent ,tnmpn‘r-issit-inn with tl'he Allies} Under cloke of expressed willingnessl to negotiate with «the Poles, and of agreement for an inimediate armistice they are disarming their victims while conquering and destroying their counl try. How far the. League of Nations l can afford ‘to «allow Bolshevik armies 1 to go beyond their own frontiers does _not yet appear to have been determined, France alone having taken any visible action towards stemming the destroying avalanche. It is very quesltionable whether people in this part l of the British Emfiire have been allowleal to know the full strength. of the ' B-r_lsllevik power ;_lnd movement. VVith I surprising ezisuu‘.ness it has leal{e(l out, ' that Britain hasieontributed manymil-r lions of money to the anti—BolsheVik iezruse, to anti-Bolslnevik leaders who’ have been conquered one after tliel other and their lives sacrificed, and still the Bolshevik arms are marching I on towards the g-Cal of s—'up‘l'em:ley over l the bones of all who have allied sllem- ' selves with those opposed to them. The l .<e.riousness of the situation can nol ‘anger be suppressed; it must now: be decided whether Bilshevism is to'be definitely limited to Rnssin, or whether all Europe is to be Bolshevised, forl from experience it is well undel'stoo<,ll th-.i:°‘in the Bolshevik. word there isl no bond; their 11mlei'tal{i11gs and agree-

ments are mere \':lpuur. utterly valueless. Synlp:xthisel's with S/,>\*ietis;ll in this country, as well as in other pztrts of the British Exnpirn-1, have hm;-en no 3055 (I(?(3L‘i\’L‘(l by Bolshevlk eli.~r.-:m11b1i11g than have those who h:LvL- no .~:_Vnlpatlly with them. The demands of Bolshevik lezlders <:.h:Lngc with their uppuronf fortunes or \.'rul';'onc Gay they issue avermentzq proclaiming that t.he_y are fighting to be left alone within their own fl‘-..lltiel's, the next they are content with nothing -]o;<.~: than the pmsbcction of :1 <Vler’o‘rn:ill:ltiull to re.Vulution—isc the whore world, am": if is in thisj impol~tnn_t umxnccfioxl Hxcy plat3o~t.]lom- J :;Cl\*e.< on -.1 level with u much uggra-‘ \':ll'ed‘ I.’l'u.<s‘i:m milif:ll'i~<x.: in its mosti inhunizin zxhd 'l)l'l'ltVal f'.l-an. By (-.on—i

quo.<t.; omu-us.s'i.'on and I"01'ce In'l‘ital" irxm wculd lmw; Gel‘nlzmi:-‘ed ‘(ho wo~2'ld ':ls il‘,,fll:ul :ull'o:'u3y Gc"nlnll\i:x‘ud port'i«m.~: of Dz‘-nmnrk, Fl':l2;<-9 and I,‘<)lzln(lE \\'h:l! Prussizxn militarism failed in Bol.<hevik milii’:ll'isl)) i.-= 1.-uthlosély Gn<l(:-:lv—-otlring to attain, am}. 191; it he noted,

it is nl(~L?tin;,r with zxppzxliing .-u::ces.<. The P 0703 are being dx~i\'(m I'2“:rn their rtzlpiml-:'<"1ly, and o‘.'m' f.hoi‘:' bol'del's into 'm.*utl':l‘. I-el'l'i‘t‘ol'y \\'her«.\ they are In-ing llltO|'ll'3L]. 'Hllngar'y and’ Roumuniu ro:I.lis0 thu n:lf'lfl't_~ of the on-(-mniug‘ d:ln_<_g‘m' and :n'<- uliitin_<,»', and 01--gnuisingg urnlivs under '[*‘l‘onch nfiicers to (',(Hnhai' it‘. Hriizlin zmd Yhv i_:'uif(?d Hl:ltt.-5 are discussing Hm .<u_-I'i<,uus;lwSS of the siiu:lti<.sn, but neither Govul'il— (lesir<'.< ('0 175 nnort-3 flmn “pm .<omething' in the hat " fu assist. those

who mzrv be v-.'il}Tl’i(_-‘ lo .<'nonlrl<~r the rifle. ’.Vle:m_\‘vhile,. ]’Oli.-:11 .<wnlios have boon shat.t(>l'od aynd all PI-‘if.-:u??n has (lone ié to smzd an ul‘im:nfum In the Rtissians «10..m:u1<'li11g that the inv.'l.<ion rf iPo]:.lnd ('(‘.:lS(!_, or trnrlr.-» rol:lfimlS between Britain nnfi Russia will be disomxtinued. It ix said thgT’r the }2i-Mex) Imm! of (-‘r(\rvn:'.ny is m:l.’rel"l:aUy :I‘(ling Hm Brfshe-\-'ik '(’.OrLqllCi"’.’ -of P.'ol<.md4; ih:l' :2, .~rccl'ot 1-2-r-a.ty was (T-nf,ol'(‘d into wh(‘.'_'<~‘b_v Gorm:ln_v why to 100 k (in while the tragedy on Poland was enacted, and :19: 3 r(-‘\.<'zn'fl Prfldnd is to be handed aver to the Gcrnmm as sow!-ify for credits in'money am? goods. On Hm other hand the Germans are ifbw taking precautions against 't71é"";!o1-

shevism they are -willing sho-uld reign in 1-‘oland sprea.ding to their own country by the adoption of :1 niousu.re in itho Rciolnsizag fur‘ disarming all civigliansfi ‘High-handedness of Soviet re|pl‘esent.zL‘rives has been. responsible for ' a brenlulown. of Russo-Finnish negotiaitions, the Soviets en.ti~rely rejectzing‘ all economichiatters oii the basis of ithe status quo ante. Frenéh news'papers are publishing fantastic Bolshevik «_lemand.s i"1'on1 the Allies, ev‘c".". going so for as to delilzlil<l'tha.t: the German African colonies should be reiturned to Germany. France is noi icounting o-n British Illlll1‘:l,I’y aid in ! saving something for Poland, but French‘ troops 11ea1"tl1e theatre of mar inay be ordered to co-operate with the Poles. The other menace that. looms threufeningly ngainsc the ,-i.3o'lSllC\"lSl{S ‘is the combination of l-lungary and !Rournan‘i:L, which will vel'y'coiis'i«ler--ab‘); smongilien the forces of Wi':in9,'u.l iin Ukmniu, VVhetller the 'tllrowin.g in :01’ VFrench, Hungarian, and Roumnninn forces will be adequate for turning 3 the Bolshevik iide remains to be soon, but it is scarcely believable l'l1:l1 the isweep of revolution ovor Poland, lik--I'zli.nia and- B(.'s.ia.rnbi:l will be allowed‘ ‘to proceed“unchallenged. Nothing further than is above stated. is puliliolyl ’kl]OW]l about what the World has to! fear from widespread soc.ial rovoluiion. Syinpal.l'iisei's with the Snvio: and with the Sinn Fein, in the New Zealand 'l”ur- i lia-1110-Ht are subtly suggesting that} books on Russia, thit. are not allowed to enter Ihis"°oount-ry, would put quite’ another aspect on Bolshevik intentions, but, lllaking__all other Eiiowfinci‘-.s. it_isl beyond doubt or question tliEi?‘BoTshcv- " iks Seek to revolutionise the n'orld;i that they have been guilty of all that, is most frightful in war; that they‘ have surpassed the hitherto known liniits of huinan cruelty_, and ba.rbzu'ity' in I reeking their vengeance on the helpless and innocent equally with that on the lowest, most brutal and (lebauulm(:l' criminals. It is obvious that Bolshex-'— I iks are now holding back the “Der Tag” of peace fl]?-It the people of Now i Zealnnd, as well as other people, are. praying and longing fior; nzliey are} either xvaging war or engineering: revolution. in every civilised colnnlunity,l ‘and they are well on the way to pro‘ cipitnting another woflil war that will be fraught with strong probabilities that it will ‘carry with it the destruction of civilisation. This is not any

exaggeration; from i\rli:l‘t is lmmvn in ‘gtliis Dominion itkis :1 I'L‘:_iS«)l121“l‘l1_Y and pt.-r’r'ccf.iy logical conclusion. 'Evei-y----‘where. the great danger to civilisation lies in :1 few ‘snatching the power of the coniniuiiiiiyy The voice of the poople may be the‘ vcice of God, if it is, the voice of God" is no longer lieurd in the high places of govel"nmeiil:. The voice of the people is s-uppi~es:<od by usurpcrs of govorninent; the few are ruling ‘the many; the h‘i.d(lon hand of greed is setting up minions who doifs bidding‘; minol'it.y _;:(>voi'liiiieiil’§ everywheire have haltors round the necks of the peop‘le,’io-adiixg and pushing them where they will, and there ‘can. be no peace Until hidden hzinds are severed and the voice of’ the people once more roigns .<npi'Cine. The ‘thonsunds ‘of human c<.vl'pses are sfifl men—tally visible from the boa.n.‘ii.'u] bl'idgo.s over the Neva, :11 ].”eti'ogr:id, chokizig the great .<ti-omn, tossed t.h<-rre by the rod-h-under] gang who r:oinlnii.te.<l ;<u."h afv:oc'l'i"ios in the muno of Labour. Ii" nmy we‘l be asked \\'h_v Britain. Amor-ié.-zi uni] other Allied nations do not s(‘:nd an :11‘my to quell the 801511-evil; 4Ji.~‘turb:)noe, at the sunie fimo there must. be iaktm into IL'(3l]Si(iCl'2li'i(Hl tho pro.<r*nf '~'l.’x-;:pr'o.<:<erl voice of.HIG 'p(*0;»?(~‘ ——!lhE! x,rn~'.a:€- of God. The pvople have berm im{:.o.~.o<i upon in the hrenkin_Q' 11-"» inf. and in Hizii fact may be dis-rt-'V(-;"@J ‘.\'h_\'* Bo]s'ilo\'ism is” sllc.r:<'.<s..f'ni}_v i.'.':zg‘iv_;* war‘ :i<__-faiiiSi' ¢-'i\*iiis:lHon.