The Washington times., 1917-06-15
ALLIES DENOUNCED
BYRUSSIAN COUNCIL
Socialists CriiCiSe American,
French, and British.
WILSON MADE CHIEF TARGET
Paci6sts Resent Our Entry Into
War, Despite Assurances.

PETROGRAD, June I5.-Clearly the
allies will have difficulty in finding
common ground with the Petrograd Coun-
ell OF workmen's and Soldiers Delegates
so long as its present frame Of mind
lasts The painting. struggling world
cannot pursue the Russian pacifists into
the airy. inaccessible haven Of their fan
cy. The reception Of the latest British,
French. and American notes should dissi-
pate all delusions.
One had thought that the British note
was clear. conciliatory. and thoroughly
democratic. and in the pleasure Of read
ing II one reflected on the beneficial ef-
feet OF the Russian revolution in pro-
noting democratic peace. on the Rus
sian government. according to state
ments OF ministers. the British note
seems to have made a good impression.
The way seemed open for hopeful and
healthy negotiation. But now the Rus
sian revolutionaries seem bent on under
mining the good work OF the revolution.
The publication Of the notes was the
signal for an outburst OF pacifist chau-
vinism in the greater part OF the Social
Lst press. The allies were included in the
condemnation OF the British. The notes
were savagely analyzed. and an old
bourgeois imperialistic contention was
discovered under a new form.
Wilson Chief Offender.
President Wilson proved to be the
chief offender. His careful statement
OF the humane objects OF the war was
dismissed as high-sounding phraseol-
ogy, and his mention Of that tabooed
word victory aroused boiling Indigna-
ton
But then America Is q sore point
with the Russian pacihsts. They can
not forgive her entering the war, and
they mistrust her. The British note
gives offense because Il suggests the
conquest OF German and Austrian Po-
land, and the French note because II
speaks OF Alsace-Lorraine.
There are variations. OF course, in
the criticism OF the note. In the No
vaya zhion, that organ OF bitter semi.
Leninite insinuation to which unfor-
tunately Maxim Gorky continues to
lend his name, pours out its venom
on the allies as It never yet has done
on the Germans.
~hc DstAO NdIOudT the organ OF Ile
MaKimalist Social Revolutionaries
works itself up into a fine fury Of in.
vective OF which the meaning, as far
as II Is discoverable, seems to be tha-
revolutionary Russia should arm in
order TO defend its pacinst position
against the allies.
Like Tom Sawyer.
The Rabochaya Gszeta, organ OF
the Right, or more moderate, wing
OF the Social Democrats, finds itself
in CONFLICT between irrsfragable doc
trine and common sense, while more
extremist papers simply cut the
painter and drift of shouting into the
unknown The Rabochaya Gazeta
ends by admitting that negotiations
may be continued with the allies on
the basis Of a revision of treaties, but
the process by which II reaches this
conclusion recalls the elaborate and
herculean methods by which Tom
Sawyer liberated the slave who was
already free in order that his mode
Of release might be in exact accord
ance with the story books.
The organ Of the Council OF Work
mems and Soldiers Delegates sum-