Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-18
TURMOIL. IN RUSSIA
DUE TO INTRIGUE
Idea of Separate Peace "Un-
bearabIe," Is View of
A. J. Sack.
GERMAN AGENTS BLAMED

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SPOKANE. Wash. November IT,
. "Petrograd is only Petrograd and not
the whole Of Russia. Now. as in
March, 1917. the idea of a separate
peace is unbearable to the Russian
mind.
1--WE will share the burden of this
war with our allies and we will do 1t
not only for sentimental reasons but
because we understand that German
troops released. would mean an i'm
mediate danger for our own liberty
and democracy"
With these words A. ]. Sack. director
OF the Russian Information bureau,
New York, addressed a large audience
here, and he has made similar state
ments In a speaking tour through the
tion of the Russian people that sep
arate peace would endanger their new
ly found liberty
Mr.. Sack, Maj. Stanley washburn
members of the Russian speaking mis-.
sion nave made a deep impression In
the Tar west section Of the country.
Blames German Propagandists.
Mr.. Sack holds that the present stu.
alton In Russia resembles that in
March, 1917. because. he stated. 1--WE
propagandists. who had preached the
supposed benefits of separate peace
and the best elements of Petrograt
itself revolted and established a peo-
pies government, which recognized az
one Of its main tasks the prosecution
OF the war until the military clique ir
Germany is broken and conditions are
established for lasting peace"
1t has been stated by Americans In
the west and northwest that the Rus.
sian mission has been valuable to the
United States in that it has served te
show what pacifist propaganda has
done to Russia and what it might dc
to the United. States il allowed tc
flourish. :
Object of the Mission.
Tho Russian speaking mission wa.
sent out. 1t is stated. because not one
American in a hundred, it was believed
was informed Of the insidious German
propaganda in Russia, nor what Russia
has been able to do in this war, mol
what 1t is developing as a by-product
In, nationalism as the war progresses
Many persons who have viewed the Eu.
ropean war as a detached chaos, it was
said. have been brought to a better real.
ization of the fact that the war touche.
American life and interests closely.
luz sl& uIuCdHCe OIL the RUSSIAN de-
feats. the mission speakers say, lies
in the influences from enemy countries
and from lack Of weapons with which
to light. This pro-German- activity In
Petrograd is charged with keeping
back the supplies and munitions the
russian army SO sorely needed.
In two days recently Maj. Washburn
spoke to $4,000 persons. He has am
phasized the point that Russia did not
meet defeat by superiority Of German
troops. but because Germans had
everything with which to fight and
Russians had little OF nothing because
Petrograd has been pro-German since
the beginning Of the world war.
Estimate Of Maximalist Uprising,
Since the news of the Maximalist up.
rising in Petrograd Mr.. Sack has beer
outspeken in his conviction that thf.
element represented only a small pro.
portion OF the population in Russia, Oh
in Petrograd. for that matter. He ha.
stated repeatedly that disturbances II
Petrograd would be considered onI,
minor phenomena In a future view Of
the trend OF events in Russia.
Commander Hwoschinsky of the Rus.
sian navy, wearing the white cross OF
St. George, has been another popular
member Of the speaking mission. HI
said. In Seattle: at is not q group OF
traitors in Petrosrad-men without
honor or love of country-that car
speak for Russia make the statemen,
that Russia will never stop fighting un.
til long and honorable peace IL
reached"