The sun., 1918-07-31
LENINE ABANDONS
SOCIALIST DISGUISE
Washington May Be Patient
With Vagories.
Special Despatch 10 TEE suS.

WASHINGTON, July 30.-According to
unofficial advlces received here tonight
and credited generally in diplomatic cir
cles American Ambassador Francis and
the Ambassadors of the Entente Allies
have been ordered out of Russia by the
Bolsheviki and have landed at Kanda-
laska i'm Russian Lapland.
This explains reports received here
yesterday that Mr. FRAMES had gone to
Archangel, report which caused con-
siderable surprise, as no warning OF such
a move had been given. Admittedly the
United States Government and the
Entente Governments may be con-
fronted with marked change in the
Russian. situation IL the expulsion of the
diplomats turns out to be true.
Under normal circumstances indigni-
ties offered to an Ambassador. or the
virtual forceful election u an Ambas-
sador from the country to which he Is
accredited. would constitute an inter-
national offence Of the first magnitude
To BE Viewed with Charity.
But conditions in Russia are so far
from normal and the Bolshevik doc
trines have been such mixture of
fsnatiCisn and lunacy that the action
taken by those responsible for them will
probably be viewed with all possible
charity here and in foreign capitals.
There is, however. an indication of
pro-Germanism In the action of the
Bolshevk leaders, which may have a
direct bearing on plans of the United
states and the Allies to establish re-
lations with factions in Russia free
from this Prussian faint Reports say
that the Bolsheviki made an eleventh
hour attempt to prevent the Ambas-
n,
angel after their election had been
ordered
The sequence of events leading to the
election OF Ambassador Francis and the
Entente Ambassadors from Archangel
has presumably been as follows:
Mr. Francis and the Entente Ambas-
sailors were carrying out their work as
best they could at Vologda. when news
OF the landing of British and American
naval forces in the province of Arch
angel created a great stir among the
Germans and among the Boshevik
leaders in Moscow. These forces appear
10 have been landed to protect large
quantities Of supplies near Archangel
and along the railway line running
south from kola.
supplies Sent Before Collapse.
These supplies had been shipped to
Russia before the Russian collapse and
'he subsequent treaty of peace at Brest-
Ltovsk with Germany. Reports that
Germany. with permission of the Bolshe-
Wiki or at least without their opposition,
was planning to send a force to take
possession of these supplies necessitated
protective measures on the part Of the
Allies and the United States.
The Russian people in the province
~ Ar,l haA lt,ly ItYs
Of this German Bolsheviki collision, and
appealed to the Allies and the Americans
for help. Ambassador Francis, from
Noiogda transmitted news OF these hap
penings To the State Department and
Informed this Government that officials
u the Archangel province who had been
arrested by the Bolsheviki had passed
through Nologda.
Apparently the Bolsheviki did not
relish seeing either Ambassador Francis
" other Ambassadors transmit news OF
their plans to foreign countries. There
Nas long break in the cable cor
Tespondence between Mr.. Francis and
tho State Department, indicating that
measures were being taken to make
communication difficult
German Troops in Moscow.
The solution which the Bolsheviki
leaders appear to have found for their
dfnicuties, was to tell Ambassador
Francis and the Entente Ambassadors to
leave Vologda and come to Moscow. The
excuse these leaders gave was that Vo-
logda might be subjected to lombard
ment. As German troops were under
stood TO be in Moscow Mr.. Francis and
The Entente Ambassadors politely de-
clined tho invitation to proceed there.
As allied and American protection was
available at Archangeb they apparently
chose this place as the seat of their fur
'her sojourn on Russian soil for the i'm
mediate future.
But the Bolsheviki seem to have real
ited that their plans would be upset by
me carrying out OF this move. SO the
soviet at Archangel was instructed by
IRE Bolsheviki at Moscow TO refuse to
permit Mr.. Francis and his corfreres
10 stay there. To expedite their depart
ure from Russian soil the Rolsheviki in
formed them that two ships we're at their
disposal The Bolshe Wiki invitation to
oepart was apparently accepted. aud the
,ohsequences OF this development viii
doubtless appear later.
News May Come slowly.
AS yet there is nothing official to show
mat Ambassador Francis has left Rus
sia, and II may be some hours or days
.elore he succeeds In communicating de-
'aiIs 10 the state Department.
Hiekolai LenIne. the Bolshevik leader.
lis reported 10 have decided 10 reor-