New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

you mean by talking about massacres!
Who are you, anyway ?"
The chairman beat his gavel, half q
dozen persons interviewed between the
sailor and tho so-called monarchist, and
IN the tumult the hall somehow was
cleared
An hour later, shortly before
o'clock, when the meeting reassembled
the division into two factions was un-
mistakable. The charges Chernotf had
lodged against the men he character
l2ed as monarchists-the first Of whom,
Brazol, is lieutenant in the Russian
army and vicc-pres sdent of the Rus
sian Army Officers Assocation-~cen-
tired around the status of General Kol-
chak, the present dictator at Omsk.
AT the time the Omsk government
WAS established. Chernofr declared, the
central executive committee of the
Federation of Russian Organizations in
America, which has called the present
convention, passed resolution indors-
ing that government and pledging it
support. The committee headed by
Brazol was asked to cable this abroad.
Meanwhile the Omsk government was
dislodgcd by the Kolchnk coup d'etat.
The Brazol committee thcrcupon, Cher
notf charged, tried to divert the assur-
ance of support to Kolchak, who
ChernoT insisted is monarchist, a
rcactionaly and an anti-rcvolutionist.
Was Chernotf right? If so, should
the delegates favoring him be allowed
to remain at a convention supposedly
anti olshevik? .? This was the question
the delegates came back to settle 1t
was fundamental and. they said, until
1t was settled nothing could be done.
Meanwhile there was the matter Of
Delegate Bulavko and the massacre
pressing for early attention.
Lead Pencil for Gavcl
To the two special policemen at the
amusing. John Brow, vice chairman,
took the chair and called the meeting
to order with lead pencil, because
the gavel had been mislaid somewhere
Or broken. And Immediately John
Brow set tho assembly off into a
brand new paroxysm by announcing
that the time had come to do some
thing and stop discussions.
For more than an hour then, dele
gate after delegate arose to argue the
question as to whether or not talk
should be permitted From the plat
form John Brow argued back Shouts
and accusations filed the air. Fists
were brandished. In the midst of the
excitement q resolution was offered to
deposc the chairman as undemocratic
and generally unfit
1t has still to be acted on SO has
resolution offered by General Oberuc-
heff al the morning session, which de-
clared against dictatorship Of any
kind and was the means of starting
the original disagreement over the
7nonarchist issue. But the right of all
delegates 20 unlimited discussion was
Overwhelming con6llAed. And i'm
meGisteiy thereafter prokor Atroshen-
ko of the Detroit McAsncviki, rose
to utter fcrvcnt denuuciation of
DelegateBuIavko or any one else who,
in the face Of this war, draws racial
lines. In the midst of cheers re de-
manded Bulavko expulsion.
Before q vote could be put, however
the opposition was again on its feet
A number Of hst fights seemed immi-
nent. A. A. Boublikoff, one of Keren-
sky S ministers. the man who said he
arrested the Car, again put motion
to adjourn. Again it was carried
Then Delegate Bulavko went forward
and deposited a paper on the chair
mans table. 1t was his resignation.
Amid another outburst of cheering he
withdrew.
But the question Of Brazol still re-
mains 10 be settled. The convention
il going 10 open at 8 o'clock this morn
in.t 90 take it up.