How The British Invented Communism – Richard Poe

Thus, when Churchill telegraphed Lloyd George on May 5, 1919, requesting urgent help for Admiral Kolchak’s march on Moscow, the Prime Minister replied that he had no intention of helping Kolchak establish “a reactionary military regime” in Russia.173 To put it another way, Lloyd George demanded of Kolchak what no one demanded of the Bolsheviks—a commitment to liberal democracy. Churchill was therefore obliged to demand from Kolchak binding promises to appoint a democratically-elected constituent assembly; to grant independence to Poland and Finland; and to submit to the League of Nations the question of independence for other breakaway Russian provinces, such as Estonia, Livonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia and Azerbaijan.174 Not surprisingly, Kolchak refused these conditions.175 Words vs. Actions Later, when General Denikin was advancing on Moscow from the south, Lloyd George once more interfered.

Churchill was then trying to provide much-needed funding to Denikin, by giving him commercial loans and opening up trade with areas under Denikin’s control. Lloyd George nixed this plan at a War Cabinet meeting of July 25, 1919, stating that he was not at all sure “Denikin and the officers with him were going to play the game.”176 The Prime Minister noted that Denikin was “surrounded by persons of reactionary tendencies,” some of whom wanted to restore “a Czarist regime.”177 Lloyd George made clear, on that occasion, that he opposed restoring the Russian monarchy, even in a “milder,” constitutional form.178 This anti-monarchical stance seemingly contradicted an earlier statement Lloyd George had made to his War Cabinet on July 22, 1918.

At that time, the Prime Minister had said the “Russian nation should have the right of setting up any Government they chose. If they chose a Republican Government, or a Bolshevist Government, or a Monarchical Government, it was no concern of ours…”179 Consistency was never a strong point for Lloyd George, especially where Russia was concerned. But on one issue he was perfectly consistent, from the beginning. Lloyd George favored the Bolsheviks over any other faction contending for power in Russia.

First Edition, Second Printing, Second State 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 First Printing, May 14, 2024 Cover image by Ernst Sandau, 1913 Tsar Nicholas II and King George V, Berlin (Image now in public domain) ISBN: 979-8-9907510-0-2 (paperback) ISBN: 979-8-9907510-1-9 (ebook) OceanofPDF.com Dedication I dedicate this small historical correction to the memory of my Grandma and Grandpa, my father’s parents, Pejza Lazarevna Burde and Rafail Aronovich Pogrebissky, in the hope that these words—long overdue—may help ease their final rest.

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