New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-18
Professor Shatzky Asserts
Government Is Firmly
Established
Army Preparing Drive
Ammunition for a Great At
tack Is Said To BE
Ready

That the Germans have been poison
ing the wells Of public information IS
the explanation offered for the Copen-
hagen reports of separate Russo-Ieu-
tonic peace negotiations by DR.. borls
+. Shatzky. of the University of Pctro-
grad. who recently arrived in this
country TO ests blish Russian infor-
nation bureau in New York City. Dr.
81 atzky said that the peace-at-any-
price faction in Russia numbered ap-
prox!mately 3 per cent OF the Socialist
party, and that its activities could by
no means dictate the course of the new
government, pledged to prosecute the
war to the end.
DR.. Shatzky does not regard ser!-
ously the reports from Russia relating
20 the arrest Of General kuropatkin
and other military commanders in
Asiatic Russia. nor the announcement
that the Council of Workmen and Sol
diers' delegates had resolved TO con-
tinue exercising control over the pro-
yisional government
" established" said DR.. Shatzky, land
the mere fact that Kuropatkin has been
arrested way out in Turkestan. to-
gether with several other generals, -
merely an incident. The Council OF
Workmen and Soldiers is IN complete
accord with the Provisional Govern
mont so far as the prosecution OF the
war is concerned. II may differ with
the government on q few matters OF
internal policy
Facts Msrcpresented
THE cables from Copenhagen and
Stockholm for the last few days have
misrepresented the situation IN Rus
STA. If one were 10 Judge from these
cables, Russia Is almost on the eve OF
soparate peace. As a matter of fact,
Russia was rever more united nor
more enthusiastically in favor of pros
ecJtirg the war 20 a final victory over
Germany than at present.
The Socialists VINO favor peace ri
any price are led by Nicholas Lcnnn,
whose influence and power have been
grossly exaggerated in the dispatches.
The great Socialist leaders OF Russia,
Prince Kropotkin, George Plekhanot
and Vladimir Bourtzef, have always
and now that Russian despotism IS
overthrow, they are more enthusiastic
than ever for prosecuting the war;
which has become an unmiXed fight
tctwepn democracy and autocracy."
How do you account for the quiet
on the whole eastern front If there are
no bona fide negotiations between Ger
many and Russia ?" DR.. Shatzky was
asked
{ "The Germans planned at first to
strike al us with all their might said
| Dr.. Shatzky. "Then they changed their
I mind, thinking that they might be able
10 negotiate separate peace. Major
! Moraht. one of the leading military eX-
perts of the Berlin press, advised
+ against attacking the new Russia N
+ the hope of securing separate peace.
Expects Russian Drive Soon
/ However that does not explain why
Russia has not attacked. ! am not a
military man, but | know that while
we have plenty OF ammunition and men
on the eastern front we need further
preparations. The revolution was not
ACCOMPLISHED without a good deal OF
internal shake-up. We are simply pre-
pairing. and expect to hear Of actiyi-
ties on the eastern front before long"
DR.. Shatzky said that food was being
distributed with great efficiency. and
that Dr.. A. l. Shingareff, Secretary OF
Agriculture, who had gained a reputa-
ton as Russia's foremost authority on
finance and economies, was reorganlZ-
ing the agricultural resources of the
country.
DR.. Shatzky is professor Of American
and English constitutional law in the
University Of Petrograd. He was sent
TO the United States by the Society for
Promoting Friendly Relations between
the United States and Russia, Of which
Baron Rosen, former Russian Ambassa-
dor to the United States, Is president
Or. Shatzky said he was convinced
when he left Russia in February that
A radical change in the government
would occur shortly. He expected TO
see Prince Lvofr appointed Premier and
q parliamentary government estab-
iished, but not the overthrow Of the
Car.