The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-09
Washington Believes Counter
Revolution May be Report
ed at Amy Moment
EMBASSY BELIEVES
TROUBLE PURELY LOCAL
Many and Powerful Parties in
New Republic Are Pledged
to Continue War and Main
tain Ideals Of Country

Washington. Nov. s.--Russis's pre-
clamation OF a seperate peace will not
end the war. Even If the reports
coming from Petrograd are true. that
the Maximaiists have succeeded in
overthrowing the Kercnsky govern
ment and will work for an immedi-
ate peace, the allies will go on. This
lie the general belief In diplomatic cir
cles here tonight
Counter revolutions may be expect
ed in Russia at any time: and there
was a suspicion in Washington tonight
that another possible one already In
under way II IL not believed that
mahy more German troops can be
withdraw from the Eastern front
M official confederation OF the ker-
ensky overthrow has been received by
the state department up to night.
= Until something more definite and au-
! ,horitative comes. Secretary of state
| Lansing will not express any view. Of
| ficiai or private.
! No one doubted the seriousness OF
the situation. No one doubts that q
seperate peace between Russia and
Germany ia possible; or that a general
peace offer may be made by Germany
! at any time. And no one doubts that
with Germany harrasxing rally as she
| lis doing today. the situation 10 even
more critical than Il would have been
| four months ago.
| But that United States and the al.
lies have already given their answer
TO any such proposals. OF peace
/ II ia an emphatic mo-
That answer h contained In Sesre-
tary Lansing's statement defining the
| Character OF the inter-aIlied confer.
ence to De held in Paris some timsAhii
month. The secretary calls II wal
| conference" Today while the gravity
of the situation was admitted, there
was no disposition on the part th'
government 70 change that definition
| II IL still a wM conference; and II viii
take up not only 1taiy's plight. btu
the situation on the Eastern front al
a coordinate part OF the same pro
hlem.
The Russians declare that there vii
he no separate peace. Al. the sr1,hsss,
here tonight II was stated that tn
uprising was local-"purely local.
This statement was given out aftel
the ambassador Boris Bakhmetien
now in Memphis. had been communi
Gated with by telephone. The oficia
1 statement read:
mo ofricial news has been received
from Petrograd giving the govern
ment's poln, OF view on the develop
ments reported there
IF there has been q radical Up
rising II 10 not surprising. II mus
be considered that Petroxrad 10 thu
hotbed OF all the propaxandists ant
radicals IL, the whole Of Russia
But Petrograd itself II not tn,
whole of Russia--only the place wher'
the extremists have had that success
they have had. Any extremist out
break there will affect only the city
II will be purely local. The rest o
Russia may be depended upon Il
maintain the honor and ideals OF tn,
government and the nation"
In making this statement hisi
Russian OFFICIAL called attention to tn
/ fact that less than week ago, whe'
flrst open evidence OF the presen
movem emf were seen, the mennbrs o
lth pan Russian committee. outside G
petrograd had turned down the pro
posals of the oetrograd branch ant
had urged the government to plac'
the Petrosrand members under arrest
The apparent indecision of Prcmie
Kerenskr in dealing with the Bclshe
Wiki, the EN- bassy was una bic to ex
plain Only unofficial advices OF tn
developments In Petrograd have reach
ed the embassy. During the previou
nigh, messages we're received from
the Pus,ian capital, nut they had bee
gent neSore the Maximalists were re
ported 10 have seized control OF tn
telegraph offices
The state departlnent itself has re
ceived nothing officis lily by cable. TIL
last message from Ambassador Fran
els came dated November 6; but 1t tsi
Of the nrorress of the railroad stiua
ttor IT mad nothing to do with tn
political crisis. On November 2. tn
department was In receipt of mes