Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-09

Civil War Feared.
kererskVs fan and the collapse or
his government in Petrograd into the
hands of the Maximalists. who pro-
pose a separate peace with Germany.
is regarded here as threatening Rus
sia with the civil war which all her
friends hoped to see avoided.
The state department entirely
without official adVices Of its own,
was silent, wishing to avoid making
any statements until the situation
could be accurately assessed on the
basis of intimate reports from Am
bass tdUr Francis at Petrograd.
TIE Russian embassy, too, pre-
ferred not to make a statement until
later and until after there has pecn
opportunity for communication with
Arc rcbassador Bakhmetictf, who was
tray cling in the south.
The embassies of the entente al
lies, realizing that the development
mcans, first of all, probably rear
rangement of their war plans. We're
shocl ed, but not disheartened at what
| is considered triumph of insidious
! GeI nan propaganda.
rhe general opinion here among
! those in position to he best informed
/ of Russian affairs is that kerensky
an1 his followers will probably at
| orce set up a new government NJ MOS
| COW, leaving ielfoSidu 10 tlle 'l'N'7
malists and those trCoTs who adhere
] to them.
An armed clash is counted among
the first probabilities, but 1t Is said
here that the greater part of the
army is expected to remain loyal to
the Kerensky government. Whether
the new revolt will go the quick way
of the Korniloff rebellion, no one
here ventures to predict; the reali2a-
ton is that IL is infinitely more Sc
rious.
War Council to Plan.
The war council of the co-bellis or-
ents just about to assemble In Europe
to arrange policies of coordination of
fighting forces, is now faced with a
new and great problem at its very
outset. Coming close on the Italian
reverses the Russian debacle brings
the allies, including the United States,
face to face with action to rearrange
4 their fighting power to deal the heaV-
lest possible blows on the battle fronts
while Russia works out her part and
destiny in the great struggle for world
freedom and Italy holds back the IN
vaders pouring thru the Alps.
The immediate effect upon the par,
the shifting of world events turns the
burdens of war more and more 10
the American people, cannot be dis
cussed accurately at this time. TEC
treasury already has authorized cred
its of 1000, 600 to Russia and oi
that sum probably half already has
been drawn upon for supplies bought
in this country
An American commission of emf
igs there
ing order out of chaos on Russia
transportation systems and has al
ready increased efficiency In some de-
partments at least 60 per cent.
Meanwhile, millions of dollars worth
of supplies have been piling up al
.Vladivostock and the Americans have
been applying the best methods tc
move them across Siberia.
Japan May Get Busy.
Japan, at the same time, has beer
supplying aid to Russia in practically
every way, principally in way of mu'
nitions, for which the Russian gov
| ernment has been able to pay prac
| tically nothing at all as yet.
! A factor in the situation Is the pos
sibility that Japan might send troops
| into Russia to support the proVislona
| government, help restore order ant
| drive the revolving factions up on t,
| the firing line. No one here whC
would be authorized to speak on thu
subject cares to do so, altho it hai
been discussed by Japanese ELSEWHERE
and the consensus of their opinion
as published has been that Japar
would find some difficulties in supply
ing an army sent into Russia. More
over, the argument has been advanced
that Japans forces were needed t
preserve order in the Far East.
Some idea of what Russia faces oi
her fighting lines may be gained from
the latest report to the Russian EN-
bassy here. It was on November
and showed that the Russian troop
were engaging 14s divisions Of enem,
troops, including Germans Austrians
Bulgarians, Turks, probably in al
some two million men. The possibilit,
Of those troops, or any part OF then
being released for drive against tn
western front. to join the invaders II
Italy, or even for Balkan service
where many military experts believ
Germany Is planning an attack ol
Greece, Is one of the questions whicl
the inter-allied war council will hav
to consider.