The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04
CONSERVATIVES 0F
 RUSSIAN COLONY
 WILL HOLD MEETING
American BOlsheviki Are Astounded When They Hear News While in
 Convention

New York, February 3.--Consternation
 the self-styled Russian colonial Congress in this city, when news was disseminated today that another Russian convention is to be held here February to Il by the followers of Alexander F. Kerensky,
 the deposed Russian premier The con-
 vention it was said, will have delegations
 from all important cities in the United
 States. It could not be learned who is at
 the head of the movement but Alexan-
 der Stoklitzky, in calling today's session
 of the congress to order, said that vain
 efforts had been made to get this wing
 of the Russian colony in line with the conference.
 Although the bolsheviki are in control
 of the present assemblage, a persistent
 minority has created so much confusion that virtually nothing of a constructive
 character has been accomplished since
 the opening session Friday
 CONSERVATIVES ROOTED
 During the discussion of the supposed
 plans of the opposition there were cries
 of Let them go their way!" They rep
 resent the capitalist classl and hoots of
 derision. When order finally was re- stored, the chairman read many tele- grams of congratulations from organiza-
 
 One from the Russian workers of Eliza
 beth, N. J.. read: Hail to this revolu- tion,' and another from the social revo- lutionists of Niagara Falls, N. Y.; God
 speed you in liberating the labor of the world"
 Gregory Weinstein personal friend of Leon Trotzky, the holshevik foreign min ister, and one of the promoters of the present congress, urged the necessity of | h,.ix, an &t-1 States into the enduring bonds a per-
 manent colony for our individual inter- ests in the United States and for our general welfare collectively in our rela- tions with our government in Russia" He said that the Russian revolution in it's analysis was an uprising of the work ing people, and that the same spirit had
 caused the strikes in Austria and the
 revolt in Germany.
 They also have their bolshevik in
 England" he declared, land warn you
 that we are going to find 1t necessary
 to carry the spirit throughout America" !" A. Koltchin, spokesman for the mem sheviki. or conservatives, in replying to lWeinstein, said he represented several or ganizations of Russians in the United States who did not believe in the radical methods now employed by those who had usurped power from the real revo- lutionists who had overthrown the Czar.' "To state it frankly he added, there is no real government there"
 In the midst of the uproar over this statement, young woman shouted: 'The Russian students of New York city are one of the bodies MT. Koltchln Is supposed to represent here, but they did not instruct him to oppose the bol- sheviki. He is not representing us cor rectly"
 Naun Berkhus of the Cleveland group of anarchists. said that while the an- archists always were opposed to any government whatsoever, he was glad the
 working people of Russia had overthrown
 the so-called revolutionists under Keren : sky. Nevertheless. he declared. the an-
 archists present could not consistently vote to indorse the bolshevigi government simply because 1t was a government" A protest was sent to the chairman by
 Ellis Ranen. representing the Massachu-
 setts Jewish Socialist Bund saving that
 the Jewish federation of labor had been
 refused a vote In the congress.