New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
building grave menace to the, Allies
in the Far East.

in the Far East.
The Allied spokesmen have repre-
ted that. instead of improving, in
tt9nAt conditions Of Russia are going
frcC, bad to worse. The Bolshevik gov
- nent has conceded German demands
AIMED at the political integrity of the
country and is declared to have shown
no disposition to conciliate the ele-
ments IN opposition. embodying the
best of the Russian people.
When news came that the Bolsheviki
were offering no resistance to the eff
forts of the Finnish German troops to
cut the railroad to Archangel and Kola
and seize the military stores at those
places. and the whole Murmansk coast
as we'll, the military advisers of the
Entente pointed out the great danger
that impended to the closure of the
only channel of communication be-
tween the Entente powers and the in
terror of Russia. except that in Siberia.
Even under these menacing condi-
tons America lkss held back, while the
State DepartmeN continued to gather
information as to what was going on.
Now the department has been unable
to hear from Ambassador Francis for
almost two weeks. and it is feared that
IN that time the Germans have made
great headway in Russia.
Supreme War Council Acts
Yesterdays meeting in Paris of the
Supreme War Council is believed to
have taken action which influenced the
Administration here, although the mill
tary censorship has prevented the pub
lication of any statement as to its
character Lord Reading, the British
Ambassador. was an early caller to- day
upon Secretary of War Baker. and soon
after it became known that President
Wilson had summoned the Cabinet Off
GERS and naval and military chiefs to
the White House.
While the conference was in progres SIS
junior naval officers brought maps, in
cluding one of the Transsiberian rail-
way. giving 8 key to the nature of the
conference proceeded, and when it was
ended the officials went at once to
their homes or to their respective de-
partments.
1t was made evident that the results
of the conference would be made known
officially only through the execution of
the plans agreed upon.
1t is regarded as probable that
further decisions must be made by
the Supreme War Council at Paris, for
it is believed that the conclusions
Piles involved and leave to the techni-
cal officers of the Supreme War Coun-
Gil the working out Of details and the
issue of necessary orders.
1t was necessary preliminary to
the adoption Of any line of joint ac-
ton that the war council should first
be able to convince the American gov
ernment that conditions in Russia and
Siberia have come to the point where
a policy of inaction was dangerous,
thus supplementing the representations
by the British, French and Italian am
bassadors
News from Vladivostok to the effect
that General Dietrichs has taken COM
mand of the Czecho-Slovak soldiers
whc control that port and many miles
of the Siberian railroad. was noted
with interest in diplomatic quarters as
solidation under capable leaders of the
anti Bolshevik elements in Eastern 81
IBERIA which might afford the nucleus
for a patriotic Russian army to destroy
German influence, first in Siberia and
then in European Russia
1t is regarded as an embarrassing
fact that these Czecho-Slovaks are not
themselves Russian citizens and so
may be regarded as an alien element
~ ~i'S 'oeA'S PNPoinei iooe VIII
are counting upon the Czecho -Slovaks
hope thai when they have clearly de-
fined their disinterested motives, the
Russian people will be willing to join
them in great numbers to free their
country from the German invaders and
establish a constitutional and repre-
sentative government.
The American navy stands ready to
meet any demand upon it in connec-
tion with the new plans and Secretary
Daniels is said to have let it be known
that adequate naval conveys are to be
had wherever and wherever the army
requires them.
The army men who opposed Allied
military action point to the tremen-
dous natural difficulties which would
attend such an e%ort and the fact
that it would mean a division of effort,
subtracting from the influence the
United States could exert on the major
front in the West.
Difficulties of transportation might
be overcome by the transferring Of
Allied and the utilizatidN of neutral
shipping, but the approach of early
and severe Siberian winter would
throw action there far into 1919. Be-
fore then, experienced observers here
argue, operations in France will have
begun to show definitely the "master-
ing superiority of the Allies to which
General March, chief Of staff, referred
recently.