The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03
Russian COmmander-in-C Chief
Brings Disquieting News.
Says TeutOns Launching Oper-
atoms on Large Scale.
WILL INVADE UKRAINIA?
He Also Expects Vigorous Re-
newaI of Riga Offensive.
Discredit IntimatiOn Kerensky
Is for a Separate Peace.

Petrograd, Nov. General Tech
eremissoff. commauder-in-ch eff on the
northern front, who has just made
trip to Petrograd, said the Germans
were planning operations on large
scale. including landing of troops on
tbe shore of the Gulf of Bothnia under
the protection of their fleet He also
said he expected a vigorous action on
the Riga front The newspapers say
German offensive is expected in
Moidavia with the object of invading
Ukrainia.
Didn't Mean Separate Peace.
London. nov 3.-Most of the morn
ing newspapers print Premier
Kerensky's interview with the As
ISOLATED Press conspicuously, but the
comment is not general. The Petro-
grad correspondent of the Daily Tele-
graph. who is now in London, writes:
I premier KerenSky'S statement
seems to have been taken a little too
Seriously in some quarters. 1t even
has been construed as a hint that
Russia is toying with the idea of
separate peace.\ This theory should
not be allowed to establish ltself;
"Probably all Kerensky wished was
20 indicate facts familiar to close stu
dents of Russia for some time and
they are such as to arouse sympathy
rather than suspicion. 1t is true that
Russia is worn out and it has been
true for & much longer time than has
ELAPSED since the outbreak of the rev.
olution. Unfortunately until that
event military eXigiencies prevented
the truth from being told about Rus
sias share in the war which has been
greatly underestimate. The essential
fact is that what Russia had she has
given"
Russia Has Suffered Most.
The writer then tells of the inn
nense sacrifices in men that Russia
has made and recalls the revelations
in the trial of General Soukhomlinoff,
former minister of war of how Rus
sian heroes stood up with only sticks
And stones and fists against the or
sanized German troops.
He believes that the Russian cas-
ualties have been higher than those
Of any other of the main belligerents.
The writer also emphasizes the priva
tions of the civilian population and
the shortage of food since the middle
Of 1915 and adds:
. ALREADY people are dying of hun
ger in some of the northern provinces
and it is not pleasant to think what
the situation in such districts may be-
come early in the future.
what Kerensky wants apparently
is not a release from the bonds which
unite US but indulgence for Russia's
weakness and Russia certainly has
deserved indulgence for her efforts
and sufferings. All we can ask of
her is to do her best. We must not
be impatient if that is less than we
expected
The Daily Express, makes a similar
plea and says that no statesman ever
faced more appalling difficulties than
those that confront Premier Kerersky.
Urges Russia to Strike Blow.
The Graphic says:
We should hate to regard the
statements as authentic. They have
the ring Of pro-German propaganda"
The newspaper then says that Ker-
ensky ''If he has made such a state
ment should be reminded that France
and Great Britain have been in the
war as long as Russia, but are not
yet war weary and do not desire to
shirk their responsibilities Russia, it
declares, also has received generous
assistance from the allies and the
United States"
The Graphic concludes:
Now is the time to prove her de-
votion to the ideals of the allies not
by lip service but by good hard blows
on the weakened Austro- German lines
in the east"