Middletown transcript., 1917-11-10
THE RUSSIANS
WILL FIGHT It OUT
Gen. Kerensky Did Not Mean
They Would Quit.
$31, 100000 IS ADVANCED
Evidence Of Confidence The Washing
ten Government Has In The Petro-
grad Governmcnt-U. S. Pay
ments On Loans

Notwithstanding with
drawals of German troops from the
Russian front for the Italian cam
paign, there still are lat German, Aus
trian, Turkish and Bulgarian divisions
facing the Russian Army.
The Russian Embassy announced
that it has received from General Des-
sino, representative. of the Russian
Army with the British headquarters,
the following figures on the strength
of the Austro-Gernan troops On the
Eastern front:
-Four German infantry divisions
and three Austrian infantry divisions
have been withdrawn from Rumania
and Galicia Immediately prior to the
attack on the Italian front. At tho
same time German divisions have been
transported from the French front.
"The total quantity of enemy troops
which is being maintained at present
against the Russian armies are Sc in
fantry and 10 cavalry German divi.
sions: 80 infantry and II cavalry Aus
trian divisions, and seven Turkish and
Bulgarian infantry divisions, making
ts"al of lat enemy divisions"
LansIna's Statement.
Secretary Lansing, deploring any
Interpretation Of Kerensky's state
ment to the effect that Russia was
about to quit the war. authorized this
statement:
Far From Yielding.
Reports received from Petrograd
by military and telegraph show that
Premier Kerensky and his govern
ment, far from yielding to discour.
agement are still animated by
strong determination to organize all
Russia's resources in a whole-hearted
resistance and carry the war through
to victorious completion. At the same
time this government, like those Of
the Allies, is rendering all possible
assistance"
The Russian Embassy also issued
statement:
Russia is not out Of the war and
has no intention of quitting" said the
embassy statement. "No word in
Kerensky's interview gives warrant
for an assertion of that kind. AS
matter of fact, the Premier stated
the exact opposite"
No Blame Against Allies.
What Premier .Kerensky's ex.
pressed" the statement continued,
twas only a feeling of the Russian
people that aid and support should be
extended to them and that the en-
couragement from the Allies is justi-
fed to a nation that has borne such
heavy burdens and is now in a period
Of fundamental readjustment. No
word in the interview was intended to
express any blame or sarcasm against
Allied action.
"A cable received lately, and which
was given out to the press, shows
the real military conditions on the
Russian front. The best answer to
the malicious assertion that Russia is
out of the war will be the fact given
by this cable that we are holding at
the present time on our front lat d.
visions Of enemy troops" .
AS another mark Of confidence In
the Russian government the Treas
ury authorized the immediate advance
Of $31,700,O00 out Of the credits Of
1925 100000 already authorized This
would bring the total actually paid
the Russian government out OF cred
its previously authorized, up to $780,
BOO, 900.
Credits totaling $325. .000, 900 to Rus.
sia have been authorized by the Treas
ury. Including the latest transaction
there remains available for Russia
$134, 100000 and there is no intention
to withdraw any Of the unexpended
credits. Indications are that the at
titude of the American government
toward Russia, so far as the extension
Of financial aid is concerned, Is un.
changed by Premier Kerensky's state
ment.