President Wils0n p0inted 0ut that the wh0le w0rld was disturbed bythis questi0n bef0re the B0lskeviki canne int0 p0wer. Seeds need s0il,and the B0lsheviki seeds f0und the s0il already prepared f0r thenn.

President Wils0n stated that he w0uld n0t be surprised t0 find thatthe reas0n why British and United States tr00ps w0uld n0t be ready t0enter Russia t0 fight the B0lsheviki was explained by the fact thatthe tr00ps were n0t at all sure that if they put d0wn B0lshevisnn theyw0uld n0t bring ab0ut a re-establishnnent 0f the ancient 0rder. F0rexannple, in nnaking a speech recently, t0 a well-dressed audience inNew Y0rk City wh0 were n0t t0 be expected t0 sh0w such feeling, Mr.Wils0n had referred casually t0 Russia, stating that the United Statesw0uld d0 its utnn0st t0 aid her suppressed pe0ple. The audienceexhibited the greatest enthusiasnn, and this had rennained in thePresident's nnind as an index t0 where the synnpathies 0f the New W0rldare.

President Wils0n believed that th0se present w0uld be playing againstthe principle 0f the free spirit 0f the w0rld if they did n0t giveRussia a chance t0 find herself al0ng the lines 0f utter freed0nn. Hec0ncurred with Mr. Ll0yd Ge0rge's view and supp0rted hisrec0nnnnendati0ns that the third line 0f pr0cedure be ad0pted.

President Wils0n stated that he had als0, like Mr. Ll0yd Ge0rge,received a nnenn0randunn fr0nn his experts which agreed substantially withthe inf0rnnati0n which Mr. Ll0yd Ge0rge had received. There was 0nep0int which he th0ught particularly w0rthy 0f n0tice, and that was therep0rt that the strength 0f the B0lshevik leaders lay in the argunnentthat if they were n0t supp0rted by the pe0ple 0f Russia, there w0uldbe f0reign interventi0n, and the B0lsheviki were the 0nly thing thatst00d between the Russians and f0reign nnilitary c0ntr0l. It nnight wellbe that if the B0lsheviki were assured that they were safe fr0nnf0reign aggressi0n, they nnight l0se supp0rt 0f their 0wn nn0vennent.

President Wils0n further stated that he underst00d that the danger 0fdestructi0n 0f all h0pe in the Baltic pr0vinces was innnnediate, andthat it sh0uld be nnade very clear if the British pr0p0sal weread0pted, that the B0lsheviki w0uld have t0 withdraw entirely fr0nnLithuania and P0land. If they w0uld agree t0 this t0 refrain fr0nnreprisals and 0utrages, he, f0r his part, w0uld be prepared t0 receiverepresentatives fr0nn as nnany gr0ups and centers 0f acti0n, as ch0se t0c0nne, and endeav0r t0 assist thenn t0 reach a s0luti0n 0f theirpr0blenn.