New-York tribune., 1918-09-12
Hunger Is Growing Every
where and Bolsheviki
Are Helpless
Deeds of Terror Fail
To Cause Diversion
Conditions Will row
Worse Until Allies In
tervene in Strength
By Arthur s. Draper
Especial Cable to The Tribune
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LONDON. Sept. II - Implacable
forces are driving the Bolsheviki to
deeds Of terrorism that are forerunners
Of a debacle which Is certain to engulf
the Lenine and Trotzky regime Famine
IS sweeping over Russia, and this is an
enemy that Bolshevism is powerless to
overcome. II is relentless; it strikes
everywhere.
The Bolsheviki have launched feeble
counter attacks, now against the Brit
ish now against the Czecho Slovaks, q
a diversion. Their enemy, famine, has
pursued them relentlessly. and each d.
version has only succeeded in carrying
them deeper into the mire Of despon
dency. Still, the Bolsheviki are the
strongest force in Russia, which is in
dicative of the chaos of that demoral
lied disorganized and hungry country.
Good judges see no prospect OF their
immediate overthrow. There is no or
ganized anti Bolshevik army that could
take Moscow.
White Guards Increase Famine
Isolated bands Of White Guards are
operating in various parts of the coun-
try. destroying railroads and bridges
and threatening and pillagng towns
conducting a sort of guerilla warfare
and increasing the amount and extent
of the famine, but only indirectly
weakening the Bolshevist regime.
Conditions IN Russia viii grow worse
before they grow better. The inter
vention of the Allies viii prove sue
cessful as it increases in power and
extent The Bolsheviki have an army,
partly Russian, partly Lettish. The
Let's are always the extreme Socialists
and were the chief factors in the revo-
luton of 1905. They form the back
bone of the army, and until it is over
thrown or won over conditions must
remain desperate indeed.
The latest Archangel episode is in
dicative of the general condition of
Russia. One Chaplin. a Russian officer,
collected a group of brother militarists
who had no use for the Socialists and
proceeded to arrest the Achayedosky
government, which had invited the AL
hes to come to Archangel. These Rus
sian officers are impatient with the
Socialists and are anxious for a pure
ly military government. SO the Allies
must play the part of ,mediators, dis
arm the Chaplin group and endeavor
to organize a coalition government
Allies Have Tried Many Policies
Whether this compromise will prove
any more effective than other attempts
of a similar nature is matter OF
speculation. 1t is a repetition of the
Horvath episode. The Allies have triet
many policies with Russia They have
supported or tried to back many move
ments, none of which has been sue
cessful
The next logical step will be the sub
stitution of the Zemstvos for tn.
Soviets. While the Allies are consid
ering the Zemstvos, which are NOR
representative of the people than tn,
Soviets because the latter cater tt
only one class of people, the Germans
are undecided as to whether to bacl
the Bolshevik or monarchical forces.
A month ago the Germans considere,
that the Bolshevists had run thei
course and that the monarchical gov
ernment should be reestablished, bu
conditions have changed materially re
n Gently. The Russian Church Nigh
y prove a useful ally but the Bolshevik