New-York tribune., 1918-06-08
Vladimir Bourtzef Asserts
Bolsheviki Must Be Crush
ed to Save Republic
Now Aid to Germany
Mrs. Pankhurst Says Answer
to Writer'S Plea Is
Only Solution

The way to save Russia, according to
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst. English suf-
frage leader, who is in this country on
war mission, is to answer the plea
of Vladimir Bourtzeff, a journalist and
representative of moderate opinion in
Russia. He is known as the "Sherlock
Holmes of Russia" on account Of his
exploits in unmasking the "arch
traitor, Azeff."
His plea was addressed to the Allied
governments about a month ago, but
copies of it were available in this coun-
try only yesterday. Bourtzeff calls on
the Allies to send their armies into
Russia, to drive the Bolshevik from
power, and then to defeat Germany.
Bourtzeff's Plea to Allies
The plea says in part:
Cali the burden of the present war
has been carried over to the Western
front. It is there that to-day the fates
of the European peoples and of de-
mocracy are being decided. In this
decisive struggle the Allies have been
deserted by Russia; their cause has
been betrayed by the Russian Maxi
malists and by those Socialists who
call themselves Zimmerwaldists In
spite of this detection, the Allies are
certain of victory; they are absolutely
determined to continue the struggle.
Tomorrow, when the hour of victory
will strike, it IS Russia, Russia alone,
who will deserve to be deplored be-
cause she alone will have been crushed
between the ranks of the belligerents
"The Germans would never have
succeeded in completely destroying the
Russian army with their troops. They
succeeded in accomplishing that only
through traitors in their pay 1t is by
means of money and treason that the
Germans are to-day masters in Ukrai-
MIA, Finland and the Baltic provinces
which are already stretching out their
hands to Great Russia.
"Our situation is horrible, because
the Germans are exploiting all our re-
sources and everything they are able
to carry out from Russia they are i'm
mediately employing against the AL
lies. In this way we are helping Ger
man imperialism, and Russia's name
will go down in history as still more
hateful than that of Germany. We are
finding ourselves at this moment on
the edge of a precipice. Shall we be
able to defend ourselves with our own
means? No. For US there is only one
means of salvation ieft--to seek the
assistance of our allies.
"a thousand years ago our fore
fathers, directing themselves to the
foreign princes, declared: Our country
is vast and full of resources, but we
are living without order. Come and
rule us To-day, after the horrible
experiences we have gone through, the
Russian patriots are directing to you
dear allies. the same appeal. We say
to you: Come and rule US, come as
friends, help us to free ourselves from
the traitors who are holding us by
The throat. Reestablsh in our coun-
try order and liberty. 1t makes no diff
ference to us whether our allies come
through Vladivostok, Kola or Arch
angielsk.
III am writing this appeal because
am absolutely convinced that all the
Russians, Socialists as we'll as bour-
geois, are in accord with me, for none
of us doubt that an Allied army, no
matter from whence it comes, will have
no other object but to reorganize Rus
sia and to make her strong and inde-
pendent. There is no possibility of
saving Russia as long as the 9olshe-
vk regime is in existence; with the
Bolsheviki there are privation, disinte-
grafton and dshonor. We are waiting
for the Allies to help crush the Boil
sheviki and then to repel the German
INVASION"