The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-09
FALL Of CAPITAL
NOT FATAL, SAYS
|. RUSSIAN PRELATE
Archpriest, Friend Of Head
Of Government. Talks
Of Revolt.
FRIEND OF PREMIER:
FRESH FROM RUSSIA
Rev. V. V. AlexandrOf Speaks
During Brief Stop in
MissOnla.

THE fail of Pctrograd Is not the fall
Of Russia and the Maximalists move
men, IS nothing moro than an /. W, ".
| revolt that has temporarily gained con
troll OF the city
This was the comment made BY Rev.
Vladimar Y. Alexandrof, archpriest Of
the Russian orthodox church Of North
America. who steppSd off the east
bound North Coast Limited yesterday
| and heard of the fall of Petrograd.
Father AleXandrof is one OF the most
| prominent Russians in America and
has just returned from his country
where he spent several months in the
Russian capital. He Is n personal
| friend Of Premier Alexander Kercnsky
and acted as interpreter for the Amer
lean commission while in Russia
| When handed a newspaper contain
/; ing the story OF the fall of petro-
grad Father AleNandrof glanced over
| the story hurriedly and then looked up.
Then with broad smile on his face
| and his voice contained IA note Of
pride as he said very slowly:
| kerensky Not Defeated.
| THAT doesn't mean n great deal and
/ Mr. kerensky, the savior of my coun-
try is not defeated by any means. He
| has the great mass of Russians be-
hind him and he will win yet"
| During the few moments that the
train spent at the depot Father Alex
androf told a Missoulian reporter what
he believed the deposition of kerensky
would mean. He did not seem to take
the matter very seriously and he re-
neatedly made the remark that every
thing would come out all right
Father Alexandrof Is a man of about
80 Years old. but one would judge him
much younger To look mt him and hear
him talk. He speaks excellent Eng
Iish
When asked his opinion Of the crisis
in Russia his black eyes sparkled with
mirth as he said:
MY goodness. You American news
paper men seem to know az much
about ii already that there is nothing
for mo to say" lie paused to watch
: the effect OF his sarcasm before he con
tinncd more seriously:
Petrograd Not Russia.
Well, in tho first place pctrogra,
is not Russia and inst because a hand
fnl Of individuals resembling the /. "
W. rise up and take charge of n cit,
Is no cause To feel any great discnm
future. II Moscow should fall into thei
hands and several more large cities
then there should be some reason Ii
fear the results.
Before left Russia tho governmcn
had practically moved to Moscow an,
by now | suppose the heads of all th
. departments have left for that cit,
Mr. Kerensky contemplated this mov
OF the radicals. for he mentioned IN
possibility OF 1t several times to ms
but when he was urged to take dras
tic steps to put IL stop to it, he refuse
| saying that such action would only ee
! the government in more trouble.
!, "There is a great deal that we i
, America have not heard about and
q Mr.. Kerensky was SO easily depose
q there is every reason to conclude tha
his move was prompted by diplomacy
q judge that this first report is yer
meager and unreliable.
g Separate Peace Not Likely.
so far as separate peace Is con
o cerned, can not make myself heliev
that II Is as easy as some may thinl
I OF course there Is an element in Rus
sia that Is Very anxious to have peac,
and this is not a bad element eithe
They are class of people. ignorant t
some extent. who want to leave tn
army and go back to their homes an
= work. Democracy il what they hay
been fighting for and when they get
at home. what more can they as
for? They do not understand that TIL
entire world must have 1t to insure
lasting democracy for themselves.
MIR. kerensky is one man who ha
fully understood what the defeat
Germany means to the world. He hf
realized what IA separate peace wou
!. result In and has been laboring nigl
and day to get his countrymen to Sha