Evening star., 1917-11-09
Nv fhe Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, November 9-That the
Russian coup d'etat was engineered and
subsidized by Germany for the purpose
Of eliminating Russia from among her
enemies is the virtually unanimous
opinion expressed In newspaper edfto-
rial comment A despondent view OF the
outlook Is taken by some commenta-
tors, while others claim that the tri-
,rmph of the maximaIists is probably
passing phase and refuse to believe
that they represent Russia or that Rus
sia. will agree to a separate peace.
The Times partly blames the keren-
sky government for tolerating anarchy
and says:
premier Kerensky himself never
showed himself really able to rule the
storm and came-to say the least-wtth
diminished credit out of the Kornilon
episode For the moment the allies can
sit by and look on at this agony. GET
ting what comfort they can from the
reflection that the voice struggling up
from 1t assuredly is not the authentic
voice Of Russia Ihat the
real Russia will ever consent to sepa-
rate peace or acquiesce in all the eX-
fravagances Of the soveit manifestos 1t
IL impossible to believe.
Cannot Recognize Government.
The Morning Post. under the caption.
Revolution Made in Germany" says:
.sWhether the revolution will succeed
remains to be seen. There Is still
core OF good faith and loyalty In Rus
sia. The Russian people have a great
tradition Of national honor which, If
they have the choice. they Eill never
choose to break. Obviously
the allies can never recognize Rus
sian government whose first proposal
dealings with It. II remains only for
the allied nations to reach by some
means the heart Of the Russian people
themselves and the elements of Russia
lies. This Is task in which the United
States and Japan might exercise their
new-found power of friendly co-opera-
tion. France and England also might
ruins of the old
THE situation needs strength, en-
ergy and wisdom. Do these elements
exist anywhere in the diplomacy OF
looked vain1y for them. but We seem
to see them In the United States. which
IL acting with vigor and Intelligence,
from which great things for the future
are to be hoped" "....
Cites Week Support.
The Daily Mail says: 'Russia's part
in tho war has been a small one dur
ing the last eight months. and 1t can
hardly be said that this coup d'etat
makes very much difference to the
other allies. A passive defense ac-
cQmplishes nothing in this war;
"Social revolutions move in a fixed
orbit, and one OF the stages through
which they pass Is that Of chaos. dur
ing which the F,obespierres and Le-
mines hold power. The Robespierres
were not France and the Lenines have
no right to pose as representatives Of
Russia"
The Daily telegraph hopes that. "as
the authors of tie coup d'etat are re-
garded by most of their compatriots as
merely architects of ruin and as rep
resenting nothing but the worst weak
nesses Of the new Russia. the conse-
Quence Of their proceedings will be to
draw together the sane and patriotic
elements OF the nation and army for
the purpose Of ending the chaos" 1t
refers to the maximalist program as a
program of a handful of anti national
political desperadoes who have placed
themselves outside such law as exists
in Russia" And says. Tit would be
ueless to dicuss 1t as a scheme making
any appeal to sane men,"