The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-11-09
Situation Very Serious, Of
ficials at Washington
Admit.
REBELS PROMISES
CAN'THOLD, THEY SAY
Separate Peace Between Ger
many and Russia Has No
Effect on u. S.
Special to The Tribune.


WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-Russian
proclamation Of separate peace will
not end the war. Even if the reports
coming from Petrograd IRE true that
the maximilists have succeeded in ov-
erthrowing the Kernesky government
and will work for an immediate peace,
the Allies will go on. This is the gen
eral belief in diplomatic circles here
tonight. Counter revolutions may be
expected in Russia at any time. and
there was suspicion in Washington
tonight that another possible revolu-
ton is now under way. 1t is not be-
lieved that many more German troops
can be. withdrawn from the eastern
front.
No official confederation of the ker-
iensky overthrow had been received by
the state department up to tonight.
Until anything definite and authori-
tative comes, Secretary of State Lam
sing will not express any view Off
cial or private. No enc doubts the SER
iousness of the situation. No one
doubts that a separate peace between
Russia and Germany Is possible or
that a general peace offer may be
made by Germany at any time and no
one doubts that with Germany haras-
sing Italy as she is doing today the
situation is ever more critical than it
would have been four months ago.
But the United States and the AL
lies have already given their answer
to any such proposals of peace. It is
an emphatic "No."
That answer is contained in Secre-
ta:y Lansing's statement defining the
character of the inter-Allied confer
ence to be held in Paris some time
this month. The Secretary calls it a
"war conference" Today while the
| gravity Of the Situation/was admitted
there was no disposition on the part
Of the government to change that def
milton. 1t is still war conference. At
the Russian embassy here tonight il
was stated that the uprising was local
purely local." This statement was
given out after the ambassador, Boris
Bakhmetieff, now in Memphis, had
been communicated with by telephone
The official statement read, "No Off
cial news has been received from Pc
trograd giving the governments point
of view in the developments reported
there.
"If there has been a radical upris-
ing, it is not surprising. 1t must be
considered that Petrograd is the hot.
bed of all the propagandists and rad.
icals in the whole of Russia. But Pet,
rograd itself is not the whole of Rus
sia-only the place where the extrem,
lists have had what success thew have
had. An Extremist outbreak there will
affect only the city; it will be purel,
local. The rest of Russia may be de.
vended upon to maintain the honor an6
ideals of the government and the ma.
tion."
In making this statement a high
Russian official called attention t.
the fact that less than a week ago
when first open evidence of the pres
emit movement were seen. the members
OF the Pan Russian committee outside
of Petrograd had turned down the pro-
posals of the Pctrograd branch and
had urged the government to place
the Petrograd members under arrest
The apparent indecision of Premier
herensky in dealing with the Bolshev-
Xxi, the embassy was unable to ex-
plain. Only unofficial advices of the
developments in Petrograd have reach
ed the embassy
In the meantime the revolutionary
government, if it may be called such,
will not have the recognition of the
United States. The credit that has been
extended by this government will be
withheld. The stream Of supplies
that has been flowing from this coun-
try will be stepped until a stable and
responsible authority is established to
account for them.
Some sources in Washington fear
that the developments will result in
civil war. |