Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-13
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OLDEASTERNF FRONT
Text of Proclamation of Supreme
Government of Northern
Territory" Encouraging.
SiGNERS MEN OF STANDING
Represent Chain of Provinces
Extending From Arctic to
Region Of Don Cossacks.
slGNERS MEN OF STANDING
tBy Associated Press. |

WASHINGTON. August 1.-The
possibility OF the establishment of an
eastern front that will be "A serious
menace at least TO the Germans is be-
ing considered by officials here il be-
came known to-day in connection with
the making public OF the full text OF
the proclamation of the supreme gov
ernment Of the northern territory"
The signers OF the proclamation are.
with two exceptions. members OF the
Constituent Assembly representing the
Provinces of Novgorod. Archangel.
Vologda, Viatka. kazan and Samara-
a chain Of provinces extending from
the Arctic TO the region OF the Don
Cossacks in the south.
This chain is in the form of a cres-
cent making Il complete front OF pco-
pies strongly proally in sentiment and
representing the best elements of the
Russian population. The sgners of
the proclamation announce that the
peoples representatives elected by uni
versal suffrage arc now forced to take
in the bands the government of the
northern region because as yet there
is no legal all-Russ!an government"
They pronounce themselves unqualif-
edly opposed to the Germans and de-
clare that the new government lis
convinced that Russia's and the allies
interest in the struggle against the
foreign enemy are one and the same"
Officials of the State Department ad
nit that there is reasonable ground
for hope that the eastern front will be
rc-cstablished by this new government.
extending as It does from the Arctic
to the Caucasus and embracing millions
OF Russians who see the imminent dan
ger to their newly acquired freedom,
sought for generations, in the domi-
nation OF their country by the Ger
man government.
NAMES OF MEN WHO SIGN
SUFFICIENT GUARANTEE
The names of the men who compose
the new Russian government and who
issued the proclamation are sufficient
guarantee. according to State Depart
mept officials, of tho strength Of the
movement. The hope of these men in
establishing the eastern front is
shown in their declaration that they
expect aid from the allies and one Of
the final paragraphs OF the proclama-
ton which reads:
1t knows that the allied troops
come not 10 interfere with the in
ternal affairs and their arrival is not
against the desires OF the local popu-
lation. Therefore. the supreme gov
crnment greets the allied forces en-
tcring the north to wage the contest
against the common enemy and sum-
mons the entire population to greet
them gladly and assist them by every
possible means"
The chain of provinces embraced in
the newly proclaimed government ex-
tends on the east TO the Ural Noun
;ains. beyond which is the Western ST.
beran government where thousands
OF Czecho-Slovaks and loyal Russians
are maintaining a stable government
ready and anxious to fight the Ger
mans. To the south are the Don Co.'S
sacks, backed by the Orenburg Cos
sacks. all trained warriors and we'll
armed. equally ready to war on the
central powers.
Recent advices show that the Ukrain-
ians. whose territory borders that OF
the Don Cossacks, are strongly antaG-
onistic to the Teuton powers. Allied
troops are in the north TO an extent
not exactly known to the public. To
the south the British are steadily driv-
ing northward from Mcsopotamia. AL
lied troops are landing at Vladivostok
to render aid to the Siberian forces.
So. it is pointed out. the prospect for
an eastern front that will seriously
threaten Germany and Austria Is
brighter than it has been since the
Russian dcbacle.
The flight of Lenine and Trotzky, re-
ported to-day in press dispatches, Is
regarded by officials Of the State De-
partment as significant of the weak
ening. IL not the utter loss Of power
by the Bolsheviki. The departure OF
the German embassy from Moscow to
Pskov shows. according to officials in
touch with Russian affairs, that the
Germans are afraid OF the overthrow
of the Bolsheviki by some OF the many
elements opposed to them in Moscow
CZECH FORCES NOW
SAID TO BE 100000
AMSTERDAM. August 12.-The posi-
ton Of the Soviet government in Russia
is considered very serious by the Mos
COW correspondent of the Tageblatt. of
Berlin. He announces that the Czecho-