New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
Kerensky Wants u. S.
Leaders at Stockholm
By Arthur S. Draper

LONDON, Aug. 22.-On high au-
thority can state that Premier Keren-
sky hopes American delegates will go
TO the Stockholm conference. The Rus
sian government has not changed its
opinion that much good and no harm
will come out of the conference.
Although the political situation IN
Russia has improved and the moderate
Socialists have strengthened their mold,
economic conditions steadily are grow
ing worse, with extreme privation, If
not famine, facing the people in the
early winter. Almost complete eco
homie Reorganization prevails. Even
now the railroads are totally democrat
ized and the food distribution system
mas collapsed.
With an economic breakdown, 1t is
only natural that the military organi'
cation should fail Those familiar with
internal conditions state that not even
Kornilof can perform the miracle of
building up the war machine lhey
expCct riots and other serious dis
orders i'm the late fall and winter, but
they declare Russia will not make q
separate peace because it would mean
that all the advantages won through
the revolution would be swept away.
Convention to Clear Air.
The great convention at Moscow
will meet Saturday, kerensky Will
speak. Then the world will have
more knowledge of which is the domi-
nent part i'm Russia and just what
course events will likely take.
As an instance of the cost Of living
in Russia, a diplomatic messenger from
Petrograd told me his trousers cost l70
roubles and that the simplest meal
cost Ia roubles. He said that for the
last two months even the noodle class
families never were certain of three
meals a day. Sometimes they got bread
in the morning. but sometimes there
was no supply until nine o'clock at
night. Bread and tea comprised most
of their menus. Meat, milk and sugar
have disappeared from most tables.
All the London newspapers which
opposed the sending of delegates TO
the Stockholm conference have modi-
fed their views since yesterdays vote,
ballots British labor reaffirmed its de-
cision 10 send men to Stockholm. Inc
newspapers consider that the suppress
sion of the pacifst element puts a dlt-
ferent aspect on the conference.
Allied Conference Proposed
"The Westminster Gazette" suggests
q change Of venue, urging the prompt
assembly here of a conference Of rep
resentatives Of the Allied governments.
1t says:
"Ail governments. our own included
are promising serious benevolent con-
sideration' 20 the Pope's peace pro
posals, and are processing to md IN
them something which corresponds to
their innermost thoughts and inten-
tiong. But the answer which they give
70 them must be a joint answer and
definite, concrete answer. The time
has gone but for mere geperalities and
rhetorical phrases.
"All governments, our own especially
will do we'll 20 remember that these
labor movements, with their unconven-
tional methods. express widespread dis
trust Of old-fashioned craftsmanship
that their sentiments are as far as pos
sible from what Wells calls surrender
pacifsm.'
Labor desires an object which is not
less but may be even more difficult 70
attain than an ordinary peace following
victory; nothing less in fact than the
complete destruction Of Prussian mill
tarism, with the building on its ruins
Of a new international society not bur
Gened with ornaments, living in peace
and security and respecting the rights
Of great and SMALL