Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06
KUHN'S WAR REVIEW
Continued from Third Page

Self from the struggle may be ex
pected. even if the people have to
verthrow Enver Pasha and Taalat
PaSha. the bulWalkS of German in
f1uence in ConStantinople.
One of the chief conditions which
will be imposed upon the Turks Will
be the Observation-Disclosures of the
Dardanelles. This step in itself will
Immediately open up great prospects
from allied standpoint. They imme-
diately would gain access to the Black
sea and would be able to reach Russia.
there to begin their rehabilitation
work. This would facilitate the gen.
eral powers of regeneration, the allies
being able TO reach the heart of Russia
much quicker than through Siberia or
Archangel. They would once more
come i'll immediate touch with the
Rumanians and Rumania'S re-entrance
into the war would be a certainty.
The Rumanian peoples are again in
the clutches of anti-German war
fever. The armies of 100000 men
maintained for the protection of
Bessa ra bian interests after the treaty
of Bucharest are practically intact.
though the force of $4,000, left in
Wallachia is practically disbanded
under German regulations With
allied access to the Black sea this
. would be minor matter if the
war goes into next year. With
Turkey eliminated the problem of war
stores for rejuvenated Rumanian
army would be an easy one to solve
:: ::
Through the successful advances of
American, British, French and Rus
sian forces to
Allies Advance the south of
Archangel some
uA IAeA III AsusSAo' hopes are re-
yfved that ere long the Russians may
be able to place military force in the
field sufficient at least to offer a dis
tinct menace to the Germans operat-
ing on the eastern front.
American forces, leading the way.
have advanced over three hundred
miles along the River Naga to within
forty miles of NelSk, which is 4 boil
shevik stronghold. Everywhere the
allied forces are meeting with but
comparatively little resistance. AS
the Russian peoples become better &C
quainted with allied purpose and be-
gin to realize the perfidy of LenIn
and Trotsky and the distressing sit
uation in which these two agents of
Germany have placed Russia. they are
becoming again imbued with the war
spirit
Though the allied forces are pro-
crossing and there is every reason for
believing that they will eradicate boil
shevik influence from the whole of
northern European Russia ere many
months have elapsed too much cam
not be expected as to concerted and
co-ordinated endeavor against the
Germans. The Russians might as
well be ahorigineS in so far imme =
diate capabilities in turning out ade-
Quate munitions and war stores for a
move upon Germany is concerned.
The wanton destruction and system
attic paralyZation of RuSSia'S every
war resource by the bolsheviki max es
the new eastern front idea rather hard
10 visualize. but bigger miracles than
this have been accomplished in the
present war and there ever is a pos
sibility that the unexpected here may
be realized.
However. allied operations to the
south of Archangel and in Siberia are
fast sealing the doom of the bolShevik
authorities in Moscow.
One of the chief troubles encoun-
tered by the allies in their work of
regeneration has been the whetted
desire of numerous cliques and fac
lions III the northern provinces to
Seize authority under the new order
of things. The allies have made it
plain, however, that Russia now is no
place for the promotion of personal
ambitions. Minister of War Michae-
lof at Omsk recently attempted to
make himself dictator and overthrow
the recognized government, but he
failed dismally in this, the CZecho-
Slovaks and the duma making short
shrift of the war minister's plans
The Siberian political situation has
not yet been cleared. but there is
every reason to believe the allied
forces and civil authorities in this re-
gion will stand firmly back of the
present government, regardless of the
actions of some self-constituted lead
ers in this region.
At the best it may be said that Rus
STA is regaining her equilibrium, but
the processes are slow and. in so far
as military operations are concerned
not much can be expected during the
remainder of The war