Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-11-23
DR., David Soskice, Private Sec
retary to Kerensky, Reaches
Stockholm With Story of
Conditions in Nation.
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BY RAILROAD MEN
Transportation of Ammunition.
Refused to Either Side butt
BoISheviki Had Enough, Isl
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Stockholm, Nov. 22.-"No matter
how dark the situation in Russia is
today--and it is dark, indeed--it must
rot be forgotten that Russia is coun-
try of unlimited possibilities, said
DR.. David Soskice, confidential secre-
tary to A. F. Kerensky, the deposed
Russian premier, and his right hand
man, to the Associated Press CORE
spondent today.
THE Bolsheviki were in control of
Petrograd and many other places
when ! left the capital on Friday"
continued DR.. Soskice, but they can
not maintain power. / consider four
weeks the utmost length of time that
they can last. They have no support
except that which they have won by
false promises. They are today say
ing to their adherents: We have Civ
en- you peace and land, the decree is
sued on Friday declaring air the fac
tories and workshops now the prop
erty of the workmen."
The future government, DR.. Soskce
believes, will be a homogeneous-all-
socialistlc government.
viii Not Make Peace.
In regard to whether the future
government in Russia would be forced
to conclude peace, Soskice expressed
the opinion that this would not be
the case.
But" he continued, the future
government will have as one of the
planks of its platform a demand that
the allies again state their war aims,
and thus cut the ground from under
the feet of German militarists. Be-
fore the present trouble began the
government had worked out a scheme
for forming volunteer army. The
next government will carry out this
plan and will have the cordial help
of Great Britain and America. This
army probably will not be capable of
great offensive action, but it will suf-
flee for defensive purposes"
Railroad Men Are Blamed.
DIR. Soskice attributed the final
downfall of Kerensky to what he al
luded to as the misdirected humani-
tarianism of the railroad employees.
The railroad men, DR.. Soskice said,
refused to move trains conveying sool-
diers or munitions for either side.
The result Of this was disastrous to
the Kerensky forces. all of whose
supplies came from the front, whereas
the Bolsheviki had enormous stocks
In Petrograd. Their troops covered
the. distance on foot and the munitions
could be transported by wagons.
Detained in Tornea, d. Soskce had
abandoned hope of getting to Hapar-
andsa. when two men who heard he
was the. correspondent of an English
newspaper interceded for him with
out knowledge of his identity and po-
sition. One of these men, M. Radak,
is an Austrian Pole who was expelled
from Russia by Kerensky as a Ger
man agent. The other was known
in Stockholm as NJ. Ganetzky, al
though his real name is Burstenburg.
Both he and Radak are members of
the Bolsheviki foreign representa-
"
the Messenger of the Russian revolu-
ton.
Both had been summoned to Petro-
grad by Lenine.
Meets American Minister.
DR.. Soskice said there were rumors
German officers were on the Bolshe-
Wiki staff. He instanced as evidence
of German activities the discovery in
the possession of one sailor in Hell
singers of 100000 Finnish marks
and of 100000 marks in the pos
session Of another.
DR.. Soskce declined to say where
Kerensky is at present The secretary
left stockholm tonight. Learning he
was in the city, Ira Nelson Morris,
American minister, asked him to come
to the legation, where he was closeted
with the minister for an hour. Mr..
Morris then took him in an automo-
bile to the British embassy