MONDAY, MARCH- 31, 1919.
THE ALLIES IN RUSSIA.
(Continued from Paga.6) Not unnaturally, a game with large prizes and so smalf a risk is likely to become popular, and we have now the news of the arrest of the new All-Russian Government at Omsk by ta group of officers whose action has been approyed by Vologodsky, him- self a member of the Government, who has now nominated Admiral Koltchak as "Supreme Governor," in other words. Dictator...
THOSE ROUBLES YOU HAVE.
the
The Japan Chronicle of March 15, saysThe ups and downs of the roubare very extraordinary. At one time the equivalent of Y100 was. considerably over 1,000.roubles, but it was said then that this was purely a Japanese speculative manipulation. the quotations in Britain giving three times as high a value to this cur- rency. Partly, of course, it was a legitimate local difference due to the demand for goods which could be im All this plays into the hands of ported only into Vladivostok and paid the Bolsheviks. They caricature the for only in paper. About four month. idea of Alling the hungry with good ago there was a rapid recovery, the things and sending the rich empty.
being in th away but reducing the hungry to aequivalent of Y100 more desperate condition than before. neighbourhood of 350 roubles. But They now need a new cry, and it ever since then the price has been would be wild folly to allow them declining, and during the past week any plausible chance of pretending that the Allies are intriguing with the decline has become very rapid, rafitary adventures, and having over 800 roubles now being demanded comes to Russia for selfish reasons for Y100. There are also roubles: are faithless to the Constitutional and roubles, the old regime being principles of their own lands.
the most valuable, with a progressive THE CHOICE FÜR✨THE ALLIES.
decline in subsequent issues. The If the Allies act in accord with partial withdrawal of the Siberian their professed wish to make the expedition, with the cutting up of the world safe for democracy," and show Tanaka detachment and the prospect a due regard for men who represent of more serious business, has made its the Constituent Assembly, they will, due contribution to the decline, and I believe, receive such cordial and the continued issue of notes by the widespread Russian support that the Bolshevik Government cheapens the Bolshevik peril will me I away with-
notes It is said that the notes are out any exhausting effort on our made in Germany but that cannot be part. If, on the other hand, the regarded as signifying any unprece Allies should be tempted from the dented immorality on the part of the straight path by the specious persua enemy, as a huge consignment was tion of militarist adventurers, then it only just stopped in time from being may well be that the idealism of the shipped on the Pacificast. There Russians will be captured by ais, of course, much wirepulling by Bolshevik appeal to their latent speculators in high places, but the patriotism and by a cry of "A free history of that factor in determining Russia for the Russians and no policy may never be completely foreign despotism," and we may find cold. that we have started an adventure from which it will take years to extract ourselves, and which, if it does not plunge the world again. into war, may land us with a fresh Ireland of 150,000,000 prople to manage.'
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FAIR PLAY FOR GIRLS.
Too Many Overtax Their
Strength
It is unbelievable that, with the
A girl who earns her parents' ad- fessons of history before us and work miration by growing ripidly, benning ing hand in hand with President taller than them cives bedre she is well Wilson, we should commit such a embarked on womanhood, hardly la
She often outgrows ber blunder as that above suggested, but fair play.
મુંબ not the less is it well to keep theseech, sad unless her development
carefilly watched and her blond kept ap alternatives clearly in mind, both to the mack, she will becoma pule and that we may understand the situation armis, suffering sometimes grant and because any wavering of besita prisery, and will run a great risk of go tion anything that even looks like ing into a decline. connivance, with the adventurers— will increase the difficulties of the situation and prolong the process of settlement.
The choice lies between a steady and clear support of constitutional freedom or a policy of opportunism to trouble and sure to expose us land us in discredit. Manchester
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