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New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
Message Intended
To Heorte72 Faction
T.oyoI to Allies
(By The Associated Pres.>

WASHINGTON, March 1t@In his
first formal word TO Russia since that
revolution-t torn country under the
leadership of the Bolsheviki deserted
the Allied cause, the President indi-
Gates the purpose of the United States
20 disregard the hard terms upon
which the German-Austrian war lords
nave promised peace 70 the Russians,
and to demand an accounting upon q
very different basis when victory at
last shall be achieved by America and
the Allies
The President does not urge the
Soyiets to reject the peace treaty,
though the delivery Of his message at
this time may be interpreted as sug-
gesting such d course. In fact. 1t is
conceded in Official circles that there is
scant ground for hope that the con-
cress and what remains of govern
ment in Russia will refuse to give APP
proval TO the German terms. Trotzky,
tho Bolshevik Foreign Minister. has re-
signed and from Lenine, the Premier,
who apparently controls the regime,
nothing is expected.
But there seems to be still a strong
belief here that difficulty for Germany
in the East by no means is ended; that
as the humiliating nature of the leu
tonic terms begins TO be realized by the
great mass OF Russians ana tne
tyranny of war lords in occupied ter
ritory shows itself there will be new
uprising that will make itself felt
The hope here is that the determina-
tion of great numbers of the Russians
to fight oppression will find expression
in some way that will give the Ger
mans much TO do in the East until the
ultimate victory in the West, about
which no doubt is entertained. puts
the United States and the allies in the
position to give that direct and effec
tive aid of which President Wilson
speaks.
Coming at the time it does, the Presi-
dents message may serve to lessen
misgivings in Russia over the proposed
intervention by Japan in Siberia. The
understanding here is that there is no
difference OF opinion among the Allies
that any operations undertaken by
Japan to check German Vaccinations
in the East and protect the war stores
at Nladivostok will not in any degree
threaten permanently Russia's terri
-crial irtacrity
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12

was practically the only food of Rus
sla. Germany has taken.
And peace, even if it is ratified by
the SovietS, will not last. Dispatches
say that Russians recognize that the
conditions are too onerous, and the
facess ssant provocation of Germany is
too great. Moreover. the withdrawal
OF the government from Petrograd 20
Moscow weaAens Lcnne. for the Rol
shevist government was largely a Pet
rograd government Patriotic feeling
IS stronger III Moscow than ut the old
capital, and the pressure of Germany
IS more remote.
Japan's Plan Held Up
The plans of Japan with regard 20
Siberia seem to have been haltesl. and
It may be that they Will depend some
what upon the result of the congress
OF Soviets. II the opponents of peace
Win they may invite aid from the
Allies. MIR Wilson asks them to do 50.
In that case Japan may enter as q
representative of the Allies.
In any case, the pledge Mr.. Wilson
makes To Russia runs against any sell
:sh design Of Japan as much as It
does against Gefmanyss evil purposes
He assures the people OF Russia that
thii country will avail itself of every
opportunity to secure for Russia once
more complete sovereignt and indc-
pendence in her own affairs and full
restoration to her great role in the
life Of Europe and the moder. world
Mr.. Wilson's policy is apparently to
induce the workmen Of Russia to throw
off the leadership of Lenine and invite
the aid OF the Allies. A few days will
show what may be accomplished in this
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
Says Mexico Never
viii Cede Territory


SAN FRANCISCO, March 11-Mexico
viii never cede to Japan or any other
nation naval base or other footho!d
on Mexican soil. Colonel M. Perez Ro-
nero, Mexican Minister Plenipotcntiary
TO Japan and China. declared today
while here on his way to his home in
Mexico City for q vacation.
1T would be against MeXico's own
interests to give any power foothold
in our country he said. "All we want
is to be let alone
The Mexlcan government has worked d
wonders in the last few years and is
steadily progressing toward the resto-
ration of normal conditions. The mis-
understandings that occurred between
the United States and Mexico have hcon
removed entirely and thc best OF feel.
ing now exists"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
Cadets To Be Final Rulers
OF Russia, Writer Predicts
On First Anniversary Of Revolution Editor Sums Up
Political Situation and Asserts Constitutional Democrats
Ultimately Will Form Government; BolsheviIx to Pass

To-day as the anniversary of the Russian euohfion. the
tic Duua the qpord the sanity
moderation acith the
rerotion Paul Mliuhof and Prince Lrof oo2dig
Radicals, beginning the pomer theirs
the noderoe Kereny A months and
that the
dealt and the Bosheui leaders. Another
Niholai Lenie end Leon Totahy They aod
topping the Kaiser has THRONE completed the dcoosaou
the Russian erenualy peace Go7nag
oH and only Nikolai Lnine o Germany permitted pass through
ier lines 10 reach Russo
M Yahorlevtch, the author OF THIS toravdloohiug
tic editorial Of
He Pe1ogrod Unrcsy after
codor Of "e Jenc Iac huroig
amd political editor Of "Rsskoyo
published IN Ncv Yorh.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
BolsE1evik roops
Continue Attack
On Finn Guard
Desperate Clashes With
White Army Reported;
Loss Enormous

STOCKHOLM, March 10. - Heavy
lighting is continuing in Finland be-
tween the Finnish White Guard and
the Russian Red Guard troops. accord
ing to an official statement issued Sat
urday FROM the headquarters of the
White Guard at Nasa.
Violent encounters are reported on
the Satakunta and Savalaka fronts.
Sanguinary fighting is proceeding by
day and by night, without interruption,
at Ahvola, in Karelia. The statement
announces that the Russians. despite
enormous losses in the Ahvoa fight
ing, keep continually throwing fresh
forces into the fraY.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
I ell eople I ruth,
Senator Lodge Urges
Massac achusetts Statesman De
c!ares That Is the Only
Road TO Victory

BOSTON, March 1l.-United States
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge advocated
a policy of dealing with the American
people according to the standards Of
truth that characterized George Wash :
ington, at a patriotic mass meeting
here tc-niglt in honor Of the Arch
bishop of York.
"Wc have had enough of telling what
VIC arc going to DO" he said, what We
want to know is what we have done. Tell
the American people the truth. 1t is
all right to keep back from the public
Information that would help the enemy,
but there is no sense in keeping from
the people the information that the
enemy has, and deceiving the ecplc.
"A nessimist may be a public dan
ger but ~ fatucua optimist is n
worse danger. Let the people know
the truth and if the truth is bitter
and disheartenlng. they'll set their
teeth as they did in the Civil War and
win. The road to victory is the road
tC TRUTH
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
Gar Planned to Join
Enemy, Says Tolstoy

"lf it had not been for the revolu-
tion, which has temporarily put my
country out of the war, Russia would
now be an ally of Germany and Aus
tria," said Count Ilya Tolstoy last night
before 900 members OF the Canadian
Club al the Hotel Biltmore. Nicholas
would long since have joined forces
with the two monarchs OF the Central
Empires, and the Entente Allies would
have Russia as a foe, so count the
revolution as Of great benefit to the
Allies in spite of what has happened.
''lf you ask me what l think Of Rus
sia, answer, Russia is all right
shall make the same answer if the Ger
mans capture Petrograd and Moscow.
Don't think for a moment that Germany
can swallow Russia. Every German ad-
Vancc into the country means a Boil
shevik defeat. and after the Russians
have been pounded sufficiently, they
viii come back and fight. Let them
lose half Of Russia. The Russian peas
ants viii fight all the harder to kick the
Germans out.
"Pleasc remember that Russia was
not prepared industrially to fight six
months against Germany. and she stood
out for three years. Our peasants
fought with sticks and shovels, and we
have lost at least 5.0000 900 men in the
struggle. and yet the Russian peasants
will fight again. Russia WIN not win
the war, but she will help. | don't be-
lieve there viii be a military victory
but do believe there viii be victory
for the idea for which the Allies are
iighting."
The other speakers were Majo,
Lauchlan MacNeal Watt, "rhe Piping
Parson" of the Gordon Hlghlantiers
who plays bagpipe for the soldiers
When he IL not preaching; Major Don
aid Guthrie, of the Canadian Black
Watch Regiment, and Sir George Reid
member Of the British Parliament. who
Told humorous yarns of soldier life.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
Russians Attack Jews
Authorities Make No Effort to
STOP Persecution in
(sa5icsa

Serious anti-Jewish riots have oc-
CURED in Cracow. Lemberg and other
towns in Galicia, according to ad-
vices received by the Provisional Zion
ist Committee. Hundreds OF men and
women were seriously injured, and the
rioters pillaged shops, stores and
homes. Polish students were the ring
leaders and We're not interfered with
by the authorities.
The rioting was fomented by the
broadcast distribution of circulars and
anti-Semitic leaflets. which were
handed out even in the public schools,
government buildings and railroad
stations
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
Japan Asked TO Aid
Stranded American Shin

SEATTLE, March 1.-THE Japanese
government has been asked to send
tugs TO aid the American steamship
Umatilla, which is aground off the
southern coast OF Japan Word to this
effect was received to-day from the
American Consul II Yokohama.
The Umatila. of the Pacific Steam
ship Company's feet. was comman-
aeered some time ago by the United
States government. She was en- her
way to Singapore with cargo and sew
eral passengers. No mention was made
Of the passengers in the cable. The
Umatilla vert ashore March 5 A few
days later it was enormously reported
that she had been foated and continued
her VOYAGE
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
People Won by
Big Promises

The people have been won by big
promises. They viii demand from
every government not only the distri-
button Of all monarchical and church
lands. OF all government end private
property without compensation, but
they think that this reform must on
tlrely change their existence The
peasant n Russia hopes as much from
land reform rs the Socialist expects
from the establishment Of socialism.
The Cadets can not and will not make
these promises to the people, and even
should they make such promises. the
people would not believe them. Some
other force must clear the way for the
Cadets.
It is for this reason that the Cadets
are at present 30 Indifferent 10 powc.
and are willing TO give up The reins
Of government. 1t is TO their interest
that they should rise in power later.
when the most impo/ft.t changes viii
have been accompli.Ioe ~. tic glow
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
Political Parties
After Revolution

aside from the Bolsheviki, there were
the following parties: The Octobrists,
represented by Rodzianko and Clutch
kof; the Constitutional Democrats,
With Miliukof; the 2opulists, headed
By Peahekhonof, and the Socialists
kevolutionists, the party Of KcrensLy,
Sayinkov and Chernof. Other groupg
can be added to these. for they had
representatives IN power. Among thcge
a group Of Moscow Industriallsts, con.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
Redsnond's Son Candidate
For F fathers Seat in Common

LONDON, March 1l.-Captain Will
lam Redmond has become candidate
Tor the Parliamentary seat for Water-
ford, made vacant bv the death Of b;s
;atner' John Redmond, the Nationalist
leader. ''' ''e
FGinor. ''''''
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
Spanish Cabinet Stays

MADRID, Sunday, March 1o.-Pre-
mier Marquis de Aihuccmas, who yes
tcrday presented the resignation OF the
Cabinet and declined to form n new
ministry. tonight yielded to the argu-
mcnts OF King Alfonso and agreed to
continue in Office
No changes will he made in the
Cabinet.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
mostly composed Of the "third ele-

mostly composed OF the "third ele
ment.'
The National Socialist party has
brilliant leaders. but it lacks hold
among the masses. whereas the labor
ties have great power among the peo-
pie, but are lacking in leaders. It is
still young party that has not found
itself. 1t was strong during the first
two Dumas, and it is powerful at the
present time among the circles of the
reorganized Zemstvos. But the lack of
theorcticians in It's midst pushes it to
the side.
In country used to "theores." to
scientific drapcry Of all social move
ments and truths, to brilliant men Of
science and orators, the laborites can
not come forward as leaders. But the ~
represent the peasants. and it is they
and no other element which viii repre-
sent the actual and practical interests
of the PEASANTS forming as they do the
great mass OF Russia, which will play
the most important political part under
democratic regime.
During the elections to the Consti-
uent Assembly and to municipal repre-
sentation all three populist parties
often amalgamated and obtained record
votes This tendency toward unity eX-
lists among these three parties, and it is
possible that some predominant force
will step forward. CT perhaps there
will bring forward a leader in parlia-
ment and in the government
think that this more conservative
oriontation Will find it's inception under
Chernotf and will live long after him.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
Austrian Ese;cElsratla
Vctcs Big War Credit

AMSTERDAM, March 1.-THE upper
house OF the Austrian Rcichsrath. a
Vienna dispatch says. has adopted a
provisional war credit of 5000 900 900
kroner FOR the next four months. Dur
inG the debate on the bill DR.. Won Seyd-
Ter, the Premier, emphasized the neces-
sity for reforms in the Austrian Con-
stltution.,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
viii Shed No
Tears for Leninc

The people. however, specially the
more educated, understand that there
is vide gulf separating those who
create an institution and the institution
itself. Many of the members Of the
soviets realize that since the work is
finished the initiators can get cut No
tears will be shed for Lcninc. Many
Of his comrades in the party and Of
his collaborators in the work are al
ready looking askance at his -alsc die
tatorship and exaggerated selfassur-
ance. reaching into realms os cruelty
and lust Of blood. They will help his
downfall and viii calmly accompany
his political corpse to eternal est.
We consider that the crisis is so GER
tain and so close that it is already pos
sible to speculate as to the coming
men in power. Who will form that
government in Russia which will help
To- cxtricate her from her difficult po-
sItion and lead her back along he road
20 internal and external government
organization?
Such speculation is not oasolcss
No government can exist in Russia at
the present time if it lacks character.
Every government must present a def
Hitcly outlined programme based on
some special point of view. The whole
problem Of Russia now lies in govern
mcnt policy. A country which has
thrown off all ties, all traditions Of the
past, shaken and weakened, easily
pushed in one direction or another,
lacking It's own basic standards such
country is especially in need Of a
definite government policy.
Where ~ the next government in
Russia There is no need for guess
work, for just few simple premises
| will suggest the correct answer.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
F5{iissdcsburg, q German
Fcebyeaisey, Is SUI

COPENHAGEN, March 1.-THE Hin
denburg, large German icebreaker,
struck mine south of the Aland Isl
ands on Saturday and sank, according
to the "Dagens Nyheder' Several
members of the crew were drowned.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
Sank Enemy Ship;
Angered Bolsheviki
Russian
Russian Submarine Captain
Forced 70 Flee Country
After Successful .Attacl,

SAN FRANCISCO, March 10.-Cap-
tain l.. TrohnoH. former commander OF
& Russian submarine. arrived here to-
day from Russia. fugitive, he said.
from his native land because he had
aroused the ire Of the 3olshevik gov
ernment when he torpedoed German
vessel in the Baltic.
After sinking the German vessel, ac-
cording to Captain Trofno.f, he hast
ened to Kronstadt, the Russian naval
base. expecting that his exploit would
earn him honors. He learned, however,
that instead it had brought him dis
pleasure. and he and his men were
ordered to face trial by court martial
Confronted with this situation. Cap
tain TrotinoI said, h disguised him
self and fed from Petrograd to Japan.
where he boarded ship sailing for
America.
The only successful submarine at
tack on q German war vessel since the
Boisheviki came into power, which has
been mentioned in the cables occurred
during the German expedition against
the islands at the mouth of the Gulf
of Riga. At that time a second class
German cruiser was sunk, but the ex-
plot was credited to an English sub
marine.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
ChernoH VIII!
Meet Opposition

ChcrnoI will meet unfailing opposi-
tion both from the Left aud from the
Right. But slowly. and parallel with
the Chernof party, other popuIist
forces viii grow up-ihc National So
cialists and the laboritcs, groups that
are more truly Russian and which are
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
Cannot Meet
Big Problems

The second reason lies in the in
ability of the Octobrists to face those
big problems which history is creating
IN Russia-the agrarian and national
questions These two powerful factors
of Russian life take root in t, @ revo-
luton, which has lasted in Russia for
exactly hundred years. To solve
these two problems involves the con-
solldatlon of the revolution, and this
lies outside the ability or the aims of
the Octobrists.
We think that the party represents
the past, for it Was the organ of the
murdered Stolypin, a weapon of that
strange constitutional-autoc Do!-
icy which reigned during the years
i9O6-'l7, and which caused WIDESPREAD
CONSERVATION.
1t is possible that the elements now
forming the Octobrists viii eventually
fundamentally change. The creation OF
new government ideals and forms of
lndustnal development, an accumula-
ton of political and economic cxpe-
rlence. may push them to the front,
and they may JOIN the ranks Of the
liberal bourgeois parties Of Europe,
the heirs Of the great French Revolu-
ton. But this cannot be before the
final disarmament and liquidation Of
the all-embracing and pregnant Rus
sian Reyolution-an event our genera
tion will not see. Until that time the
Octobrists will be only the party Of
reaction.
At the present time 1t is the Con
stitutional Democrats, or Cadets, as
they are known, who occupy the lib
eral- bourgeois scat. They represent
the idealists and intellectunls with no
definite following among the industrial
classes with interests; the party
which historically could only have
risen in Russia, whore 4 special class of
",lnteilectuals' grew UP to perform its
historic mission.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
Bolsacviki' S
Power to Pass

In summing up, il is possible to state
with approximate accuracy that the
power is going to pass from the Bolshe-
wiki TO ChernofT or to his party, which
alone or in coalition with the socialis-
tic elements Will retain authority so
long as the need for more moderate
government viii not become apparent.
The government will then pass from
the socialist-revolutio to the more
conservative consolidation OF the popu-
lists, composed of laborites or some
similar consolidation, thus preparing
the ground for the Cadets, which we
think will mould the true parliament
tartan life OF Russia when the country
viii have regained its balance.
There may be temporary digressions,
but as whole this win be the inevita-
bic development of government in
Russia.
We can only be mistaken if two
things happen: First, the return of the
autocracy and of the Romanotfs, or,
second, the immediate deafening thun-
der Of a social revolution VIII revcr-
berate throughout the world.
These two alternatives arc more than
problematic, and, consequently. their
possibility is far removed from actu-
alitV
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12

nccted with the Octohrists; the pro-
gressive party, and the Socialists the
Mensheviki from the first Soviet We
VIII try to reach the truth by the well
known method Of elimination,
The Octobrists and Moscow-indus-
trials can be candidates only in the
case OF a restoration of monarchical
Russia. These parties represent tho
only truly bourgeois, properticd classes.
those classes which in a parliamentary
form of government form the liberal,
constructive wing of the parliament
and are always the "Centrc'
In Russia these two parties cannot
play this part for two reasons-the low
stage of industrial Development has not
given rise to men Of great executive
ability and of wide wisdom. Our Octo-
bNsts are almost without exception
representatives of Moscow traders or
merchants sons, men used to the most
primitive methods Of production and
barter: Or they are lard owners barely
emerging into the industrial field and
accidentally influenced by the free
thought of the town. The absence Of
people of wide civic outlook and ideals
deprives this party Of any possibility
of action in Russia.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-12
By A. Yak

ne era OF BOlShcVlk experiments IS
passing, having cost Russia the con-
quests and struggles of two and d
half centuries. The great country is
slowly regaining its composurc. 1t is
not only among the bourgeoise and the
wealthy peasants that this change is
apparent; not alone among the social
istic rarties opposed to the Bolsheviki,
but this new spirit is becoming APP
parent even among the Bolsheviki
Themselves
In parliamentarian country no
ministry could have remained in
power for even the shortest period
when, facing such vital problem as
that of peace, it had found half the
delegates voting against its policies.
In Petrograd the question of peace was
decided in the Soviet by a majority Of
one voice-that of Trotzky member
of the Cabinet In any other country
such a situation would have been
solved by the resignation of the min
istry
Pctrograd is now facing this dilem-
ma. But Lenine is not tarlamcn
tartan; he is a dictator. Consequently
he sent deputies to Brest-Litovsk a
second time. Fortunately conscience
is not slumbering in Russia, and one
protest followed another regarding
this expedition of peace delegates to
Germany Moreover, the answer to
these peace negotiations of Leninc
was the mobilization of detachments in
different localities and the publication
by Soviets Of an appeal to the people
begging them to protect Russia and to
fight against the enemy to the last
breath.
Spells Revolution
Among Bolsheviki
This SPELLS not only parliamentary
death to Lenine, but also his complete
political iiasco. 1t spells revolution
among his followers. Had Russia still
her full powers, were she not so tort
ured and exhausted, the peace between
the "Commmiss and Germany
would have found expression in an i'm
mediate bloody revolt. which would
have swept before it the trap set by
the Bolsheviki
But Russia is weary OF blood; she
doubts the usefulness OF force, even
for the alta Mment Of higher aims. 1t
is this spirit which has kept Lenine IN
power, although the country and many
of his followers are against him. How
ever anger and patriotism are rising,
and the smallest failure on the part Of
the present government will hurl 1t
down from its pedestal, resting as it
does on a foundation Of sand. The
people, to whom the Bolsheviki have not
given the promised democratic peace,
freedom. not even land, viii not pro
tect Lenine or any of the "commis-
soners."
1t is very possible that defenders
will come forward at first TO protect
those new forms of government created
by TIE commissioners" the so-called
Soviets. This new type of govern
ment. which superseded the habtual
administrative forms, such as the
courts, police, municipal institutions
and even the national parliament,
/ placed them in the hands of the Sow
cts. This pushed to the fore of the
government the coarse, uncultured and
inexperienced masses of factory
workers, who were pleased and fiat
tered by them, and it is possible that
the people viii fight for them on the
ground that all efforts against them
are counter revolutionary