The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
Tschaikovsky Urges Troops
Be Sent Quickly to Form
Screen From Germans.
TELLS PLANS IN DETAIL
-Four Provinces Are Nucleus Of
Government Seeking to
Overthrow Bolsheviki.

More Entente allied troops are needed
% aid In forming q screen behind which
. new Russia may be formed to joir
Russia's allies in the war on Germany
Nicholas Vasilovitch Tschaikovsky
'President of the new Sovereign Gov.
eminent of the Northern Region OF Rus.
STA" told tho Associated Press to-day.
1t was the Hrst interview accorded by
the President to . representative OF the
foreign press. and NJ. Tschaikovsky
I. frankly discussed the position. history
and aims of the new Government.
) I'VE want to restore the eastern from,
against Germany, together with ouI
allies" M. Tschaikovsky said. I'VE
thought the only way to do 80, I'm add.
! tion to the agitation of our own people
: would be to have Arm military basis
I and screen to work behind and to pro-
T, tect us from immediate attacks by the
: Germans and the Bolsheviki.
> I'VE understood perfectly well under
the circumstances and decentralization
that IL would be impossible to. restore
our own army In short space Of time
without having the nucleus Of a discip-
lined force upon which we could rely
/. In case Of necessity.
= Therefore, we required a screen in
the shape OF at least some allied forces
We have some. but we need TO move
quickly and therefore we certainly need
Immediately number of allied troops.
Americas Aid Is Expected.
y M. Tschaikovsky explained that the
Government does not rely exclusively on
the troops Of the Allies. I'VE have our
own forces" he said. "In the short
space of few days, with the aid of the
Allies, we recruited In Archangel alone
over a thousand men. What we want Is
allied assistance and with that we are
confident of success. We naturally ex-
pect American aid. We need soldiers,
food and agricultural machinery from
America, and If the Japanese finally de-
eide to come from the east they are well
come too. We should like Americans to
come with them"
He explained that the Government
plans to extend its authority as its
troops progress, joining all the elements
opposing Germany and forming a new
eastern front
I'VE decided to begin the Government
IN the north. becAuse we felt that the
Allies could best help US there.
las at present formed. our Govern
ment includes the provinces OF Arch
HnBel, NOiOSud, Nydtk6 ana
the northern part Of Novgorod. Per-
haps Yaroelav and Kostroma will Join
US" NJ. Tschaikovsky continued.
"The idea Of our Government was
born at Moscow. We include all groups
except the Extreme Left and the Nom
archists. Siberia already has a SIM
ilar government and soon our groups
will form regional governments in CEN
trail, eastern and southern Russia. We
are ready to Join in some sort of feder.
alton and then call a constituent as
sembly.
Personal Ambitions Denied.
."All the members Of our Government
were members of the former Constituent
Assembly. which was elected by the peo-
pie We call ourselves a sovereign, in
stead of provisional. Government, be-
cause We believe in the need of firm
authority. We have no personal am
billions"
NJ Tschaikovsky said he felt the Rus
sian people were capable of a republi-
can form of government despite the
general illiteracy, and cited the success
Of the village government.
'"The leaders OF our group, including
myself were in constant danger Of
arrest and had many narrow escapes
before the Allies came to our aid he
said.
Some of US came to Archangel early
In July and launched our plans. 1 cut
short my usually long beard and re-
manned in hiding in disguise. We raised
about 600 soldiers, with officers, and
struck on the night Of August 1. The
Allies came the next day"
NJ. Tschaikovsky venerable and with
a. - nf ha
was born in Vyatka Province in 1850.
His father was a land owner. and he
Is a distant relative of the composer Of
the same name. AS a student in Petro-
grad he engaged In revolutionary propa-
ganda.
He fed TO America. where he lived
from 1875 to 1879 and then went to
England. where he was a refugee for
twenty-eight years. He returned to Rus
STA in 1907 and was arrested. He was
tried together with Catherine Bresh-
kovskaya, Grandmother of the Russian
Revolution" and was acquitted, while
she was convicted.
Has Lectured In America.
NJ. Tschaikovsky later visited Amer
lea again on a lecture tour. Since he
has been in Russia he has been direct
iieves will prove the real basis of a new
commercial Russia.
b delegation OF members OF the new
"Sovereign Government OF the North
ern Region OF Russia" headed by Presi-
dent Tschaikovsky conferred recently
with David r. Francis. the American
Ambassador, and the other Ambassa dons
here. as to .he probability OF the Allies
aiding the new Government financially.
The Government has been handicapped
considerably by the last act OF the late
soviet Government. which was the re-
moval of all the available currency in
the banks. The delegation reported that
considerable progress had been made
politically by its ENJOYS sent to villages
within the territory now occupied by It's
troops and those Of the Allies,
AT point about seventy-five miles
south OF Archangel there is considerable
military resistance facing the Russian
allied forces. This hostile force is COM
posed mostly OF Lettish mercenaries of
the Soviet Government. and is equipped
with artillery
CZECH ARMY UNABLE