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HOW AMERICA CAN HELP RUSSIA Special Cable to The Daily News. (Copyright, 1918. The Chicago Daily News Co.) Moscow, Russia, April 1">.?There are three positive things that the allies can ilo for Russia and incidentally for themselves in Russia. One is to foster Russian resentment against Germany and also encourage the revolutionary spirit for war. The second is to preserve in Russia the spirit of democracy for which the allies are lighting. Third, by saving the Russian democracy we shall shut out the Germans in larire measure ami upon Russia fur ourselves as the world's greatest future market for manufactured articles. There are two negative things the allies can do. hirst, they should do nothing that will ultimately turn the country over to the Germans. Second, they should make no concerted invasion of Siberia and they should not permit Japan to invade Siberia, for such an invasion would immediately result in the turning of Russian resentment away from Germany and against the allies. The invasion of Siberia would result in the fall of the soviet government, a German eontrolled government replacing it in Europe and a Japanese controlled government replacing it in Siberia. Neither of those empires wishes Russian democracy to succeed. Autocracy is lonely. A Japanese invasion of Si beria cither with or without the cooperation of the allies would be the most serious blow that could befall the allies in Russia. I.enine Talks of War W ith Japan If we are able to assure the soviet government that such a move will not occur we shall see a wonderful change in the Russian situation in the next six months. The recent Japanese landing at Vladivostok gives an indication of Russian sentiment. Lenine, speaking the other day on this subject, said: "We may have to declare war on Japan because the Japanese imperialists wish to annex sections of free democratic Siberia. Serious complications with England and France would he nrohahle and it. ninv result in war should they, as allies of Japan, be unable to restrain her spoliation of Siberia." Leon Trotzky says openly that Japan and Germany have reached an agreement, although, in view of Germany's attitude in the far east, that sounds improbable. Nevertheless, the soviet leaders declare that they intend to fight Japan should she continue the movement toward Siberia. They insist Japan has searched for numerous pretexts for an invasion of Siberia and the occupation of Vladivostok and the Siberian littoral. German Prisoners Not Arming There were rumors for a time that German war prisoners in Siberia were arming themselves with the object of seizing the Trans-Siberian railroad. 1 lus was disproved by a special American and British committee of investigation. During the German drive on the western front ihe Japanese suggested that an invasion of Siberia might cause a diversion of German troops from that front. Any sane military judgment would disprove this theory, yet the Franco-British general staffs requested Gen. I'ershing to use his influence in Washington to bring about the plan suggested. When Japan shall invade Siberia here is what will happen in Uussia: j First, the soviet will declare war on Japan and send against thatrcoun tl J? C4II ?V<l|iUi'U 41I.IL ell U 11 WW preparing to fight against Germany. Second, it will recall all the soviet troops now lighting a guerilla war-1 fare aKam^t Germany in the Ukraine and will send them to Siberia to fight against the .lapane.se. Such ac-j tion will injure the western front, because the lino,ouo soviet irregulars in the Ukraine are now detaining a certain number of German troops. Third, the soviet will immediately appeal to Germany to aid Russia in lighting Japan, because, although Russian resentment against Germany is now growing by leaps and bounds, there exists a ready made resentment against Japan. That is the reason why Germany wants Japan to invade Siberia. This would forestall the future conflict of Germany with the new revolutionary army and would turn a potential enemy of Germany into a certain ally. How America May Co-Operate If A merica decides to give strong co-operation with the soviet forces, here is an immediate program that may be suggested: Send American army officers of every branch of the military service tjiimbprinj' from fnrt\r t.r? 9ffff for the purpose of helping to organize the new revolutionary army and advising its leaders regarding strategy. 2. Send five to ten oil experts? men w-h* can get oil out of the ground ? for the purpose of taking part in the reorganization of the Baku oil field. :i. Semi five to ten coal experts to; get coal out of the ground in the i Donetz basin. 1. Send a commission on other natural industries like iron into the | Urals, and so on. 5. Send a finance commission to aid I | the soviet in solving the Russian fijiiancial muddle, ignoring for the time being the repudiation of debts, which,! I believe, will not be permanent. Our legal position regarding the repudia tion is secure through the allied pro; test concerning it. Huy Up Russian Products (?. Send an industrial commission for the purpose of purchaing articles in Russia and shipping them to America, so as to prevent these ar. tides from going to Germany. This will be in the nature of an extended blockade. Russia will exchange raw materials, such as flax, platinum, I hides and so on, on the basis of bar1 ter. -! 7 Appoint a commission in America for the purpose of arranging tonnage and selecting certain supplies and American manufactured articles, 1 choosing those which Russia needs , most and sending them to the Russian ports of Vladivostok, Archangel and Murmonsk. Ir? the same bottoms that bring the manufactured articles remove raw materials of equal value that would go to England. j K. Establish immediate credits in America for the purpose of purchasing manufactured articles intended for Russia, which would be exchanged for an equal value in raw materials on reaching a Russian port. '.). Prevent immediately the available natural resources of Russia from going to Germany through taking them ourselves and sending back to Russia just sufficient manufactured! articles to pay for them. Thus Rus-j sia's debt to the allies will not be in-, creased, while Germany will be deprived of large quantities of needed i I war material. j Hundred Americans on the Way Some allied co-operation has already been started. Today there are | five allied military missions working that are close in the confidence of Trotzky and other leaders engaged in I organizing the new revolutionary I army. One hundred American railIway perators are traversing ?danjchuria on their way to help the soviet i ?nfnoll? -e uvvuuiij vvr cvavuatc lIlUlULlUIld XIUII1 Petrograd to> points beyond the Volga and out of reach of the Germans should they again advance. The soviet is showing extreme willingness to place the munitions beyond the reach of the Germans. This of itself should be evidence of its good faith. Here is a general summary of the situation: The bolsheviki used socialistic formulas for the purpose of obtaining control of the Soviet's organization and outsing Kerensky. The soviet power is permanent, unless it is deposed by German or Japanese inperialistic force. The soviet government today is not socialistic. I Neither is it a proletariat dictatorship, because the soviet government lis founded on the power of the soviet ! organization, which, in turn, is! | founded on a Slav basis, the principle1 of which is democracy or the village' m i r. ; . I Ninety-three per cent of the people! ! belong to the proletariat or the peas-J | ant masses. The other 7 per cent are| monarchists, nobles, capitalists and j landowners. These are the ones who| jcomplajn of a porletarait dictatorship. Russian Democracy Will Not Die I Russia is rather suffering from | birth pains than death throes. The soviet is championing a new form of democracy. While essentially different from the Anglo-Saxon idea, it is, real democracy nevertheless, which, with the passage of time, will cer-' tainly spread into Slavic Austria. Democracy is the idea underlying the allies' struggle. The Russian Soviet's I democracy will never die, regardless of the allied attitude. The country is strong of freedom, but unless the allies support it perhaps Germany or Japan will succeed either in stifling or rifling it. Democratic Russia is getting angry with Germany for the first time since ( the world war began. The Russians now fell Germany as an individual menace; previously they thought ( Germany menaced only the czar. The western world does not seem to understand Japan's landing at Vladivostok. Japan's movement toward Siberia threatens to turn Russian resentment from Germany to Japan and Japan's allies, because the . allies are unable to check Japan. Situation Better for the Allies The Russian situation is better for the allies today than at any other time since the revolution began. There are potentialities, that will materially aid us to win the world < war. Had we known Russian psy- \ cology or spent as much time studying Russia as Germany spent we i should have understood. We were i like the boy testing the water with ] his big toe, hesitating to take the ] plunge. I Let us get abaar-d. Let us play our,] ally's government for better or for worse, lest Germany beat us to it! CItOWDER PRAISES WORK OF BOARDS More Than Million and Half Men Mobilized With Last Twelve Months Registration yesterday of another million young men, who have become 121 years old within the last 12 months, j brought from Provost Marshal General Crowder figures indicating the mobilization of 1,5015,708 men by the local boards, within the year. The provost marshal emphasizes the faithful and loyal effort of the local and district boards, on whom practically the entire hulk of the work fell. General Crow'der's message in part was: "Well, may we pause today, while another million of our youths enter trie lists, and survey the results of the .year's work. Each registrant has been examined and his availability for military sei*vice has been determined. In other words, these million of men have been classified in such a manner that the nation may now call for them to come forward into the army. No call can lie so large that it will not be filled immediately, whether the numh.er be such as may be filled by those who have been found to stand in the first rank of availables or so great that men standing: in the second, third or fourth ranks of availability must go forward. In other words, all these millions of men who one year ago were an inert mass have become a mobile army. Each has found his place and each in his proper turn has marched or awaits the order to march. "These results could not have been accomplished except through the devoted and unselfish labor of patriots. The local and district boards have ' scored an unprecedented triumph and have earned the undying gratitude of . the nation. Their achievement is one of the great successes of the war. ' They have already sent into camp, including those under orders for June niobilization, an army of more than a million and a half men. They have al- i ready produced as soldiers one man > out of every six registrants and the > world stands in profound astonishment as it view's this accomplishment. 1 "Statistically stated the local boards E havp SPllt sillH nro ivw- 4-V.?S? ; ~ ^ ... V oviiviiH^ l/IICU IC^iSl 4 trants to camp in the following numbers: September general, 296,678; 1 October general, 163,644; November *? general, 35,721; December general, 20,320; total furnished to January 1, < 1918, 516,363. January specialists, 1 2,024, general, 21,263; total, 23,288. February general, 78,672, specialists, ( 5,107; total, 83,779. March general,!] 121,915, specialists, 10,560; total, 132,484. April general. 166,813;school, 7,344, specialists, 700; total. ^ 174,377. May general, 345,862, school, j 10,175, specialists, 17,026; total, 373,063. Total furnished to June 1, 1918, ^ 1,303,354. June general, 252,468, schools, 25,073, specialists, 11,813; total, 292,354, a grand total of 1,595,- * 708.?The State. j1 UNION MILL NOTES. |( \ M iss Eunice Moore spent several j days with friends in Columbia. 1 Miss Sunie Mabry of Pacoletwasj* the guest of Miss Genevieve Thacks*. 4.1.;_ 1 tun tins wut'K. L. B. Duster and family of Lock-,1 hart spent Sunday with the family of' J. Y. Keisler. 1 Miss Florence Waldrop has re- 8 turned from a visit to relatives at i Campobello. James Bozo-nan of Lancaster spent a few days last week with his parents. Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Bozeman. J. D. Jones was a business visitor in Spartanburg yesterday. Mrs. Katv Oallman has been rea! sick for several days. Mrs. John Hix and Mrs. Mary O'Shields spent a few hours in Union en route to Columbia to see Wilson O'Shields, who is in the hospital it thnt fitv Miss Mnmi<> Keisler entertained Monday evening at the "Cheer-Al!" room in honor of her brother, Fred, nnd his jruest, Evans Tucker, both of the U. S. army. Refreshments were served and all present enjoyed the 01 casion. J. B. Williams, who has been bos* weaver here for several years, has accepted a position as boss weaver wit';, the mill in Williamston. He went to assume his new duties Monday morn n<jr and is succeeded here by J. I,. Bobo of Anderson, who arrived Wednesday. ell w'ill be at the home of II. L. Thackston until his family arrives. Valmar. AMERICANS DO WELL Par,is .Tune 5.?The appearance of Americans troops in the preat battle ra?in>?'i ;?> -.11 *u_ n? IO ivcibm VII ill <4 11 tilt; I *11 IS |W|?'IS, which emphasize the significance <>f this. The Petit Journal says: "The new exploit, coming after Cantigny, is new proof of the valor and magnificent ardor with which our allies are animated. It is with grateful emotion that France records these first exploits?full of promise for the future." ( ^ ' '' ' F^S^cBy PACOLET, ROUTE 2 Pacolet, Route 2, June 4.?We had i nice little shower of rain last light, but a real good rain is badly leed. Mrs. Palmer has returned to her ionic at Jonesville after spending teveral days with her daughter, Mrs. Boyd Gallman. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Dillard were juests at Mrs. Eva Brown's last Tuesday night. Mrs. R. R. Coleman spent the weekaid near Spartanburg with her irnther, who is quite sick. Miss Winnie Mayes of Pauline was he week-end guest of Miss Minnie VIcBride. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Jones end :hildren of White Stone sper.t Sunlay on the Route. Madison West of Glenn Springs vas the week-end guest of Milton Mc3ride. Mr. and Mrs. Marion West of Sulphur Springs spent Sunday at Vlarkus West's. 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