The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
Send ARMY To RUSSIA
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eraI Scott admitted, related to the Pc
riod of some weeks ago when the
Russian drive had not been stemmed
and turned into a rout.
Administration Not Anxious.
Georges Bahkmetieff. Russian Am
bassador here, said some time ago
that Russia was not in need of our
troops. He said her great need al
this time was for munitions and rail-
road material, particularly the latter.
1t Is considered likely, however, that
the recent defeats in Galicia and Ru-
mania may have changed his mind.
The administration Is frankly not
anxious to send new American troops
into the fighting on the Eastern
front. It will mean campaign
harder than any American has gone
through since Valley Forge.
Diplomatic Difficulties.
Chief of the diplomatic difficulties
in the way of such a move is the
fact that we have never declared
war on Austria. The German ana
Austrian armies are fighting side by
side on the Eastern front. The same
may be said of throwing American
troops into the italian front.
A possible solution OF the prob
lem, which the administration may
move to effect at any time, is to
pursuade England and France to
send their surplus men to the Rus
sian and Italian fronts while the
United States takes over larger and
larger sectors of the Western front
fv Pa Gin xuh
forces would be opposed only to the
Germans.
The Root mission arrived in
Washington at 1880 yesterday
morning. They called at the State
Department and were escorted by
Secretary Lansing to the White
House.
No report of the missions confer
encs with the President was made
public. Before seeing Mr.. Wilson
Mr.. Root said this to newspaper
men:
Russia will pull out. The only
thing that can now break up Rus
sia is Germany. If Germany can
overwhelm Russia the republic Is in
danger"
Germans Hostile.
Evidences of German hostility both
within and without Russia came in
reports from Ambassador Francis yes
terday, telling Of huge sums of Ger
man gold used In Russia and great
amounts Of counterfeit money from
German sources aimed to corrupt the
new republic.
Russia has remarkable self-con-
troll" Mr.. Root said. without police,
there has been little disorder. The
people have remarkable sense of
cohesion and cooperation. The Rus
slams take kindly to orderly procedure.
For instance cooperative buying and
selling is more successful in Russia
than 1t is here.
Have Radicals In Hand.
"Russia's new government will take
time, of course. But 1t Is now a
government of actual force. / read
the other day that a disloyal gen.
eral had been shot. That shows that
the government has power. Only the
radicals who want no government
are now in opposition. They had
that crowd well in hand before we
left"
Russia's new government. Mr.. Root
predicted, will be closely modelled
on that Of the United States, with
the provinces governing themselves
in local matters as do our States.
He said that autonomy for the
ukranians and Firms had been de-
cided on before he left Petrograd.
Gen. Scott is enthusiastic on the
Russian soldier.
The soldiers have reached the real
isation of the necessity of military
he said. After a hum.
dred years Of serfdom they were,
of course, intoxicated with freedom
and the privates tried to run the
army themselves. They now realize
their mistake. They obey their on
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