New-York tribune., 1918-09-01
President Of New "Sov-
creign Government" Calls
to Allies for Troops
Direct Appeal to u. S.
M. Tschaikovsky Says That
Much Has Been Accom-
pIishcd Already
ON Tho ADoeiafed pytM)


ARCHANGEt, Aug. ~ More En-
sonte Allied troops are needed 80 nid in
forming screen behind which n saw
Ruehin may ho formed to join Rusan's
alice in the war on Germany. Nicholas
Vaailovitch Tschakovsky, President Of
tho new Sovereign Government Of the
Northern Region Of Russia told The
Associated rrcss To day.
I'VE want to restore the Eastern front
against Germany. together with our
n'lics,' NJ. TrchnikovAky snid. "Wo
thought the only way TO do so, in addi-
tion to the agitation of our own people,
would be to have firm military basis
and screen to work behind and to pro
ttct us from immediate attacks by the
Germans and the Boishcviki.
More Troops Needed Quickly
'We understood perfectly well under
the stances of decentralization
thatSit would be impossible to restore
our own army in a short space of time
without having the nucleus of disc-
plined force upon which we could rely
in case of necessity
Therefore, we required 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 large number Of AL
lied troops"
M. Tschaikowsky explained that the
government did not rely exclus vely or
the troops of the Allies.
we have our own forces" he said
I'm 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, anc
with that we are confident of success
We naturally expect American aid We
! need soldiers, food and agriculture
machinery from America, and if the
Japanese finally decide to come from
the East they arc welcome, 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 ele-
ments opposing Germany and forming
new Eastern front. 1--WE decided tc
begin the government in the north be
cause we felt that the Allies could
best help us there" Mr.. Tschaikovsky
continued
GAS at present formed, our govern.
ment includes the provinces of Arch
angel, Murman, Vologda, Vyatka- ano
the northern part of Novgorod. Per.
haps Yarosav and Kostroma will
join US.
Cali the members of our government
hor Of ho ocAi if,,-
ent Assembly, which was elected by
the people We call ourselves a SOW.
ereign. instead of PROVISIONAL govern
ment because we believe in the need
of firm authority: We have no per
sonal ambitions"
M. Tschaikovsky said he felt the Rus.
sian people were capable of a republi.
can form Of government, despite the
general illiteracy, and cited the sue
cess of the village government. "The
leaders of our group, including myself
were in constant danger of arrest, anc
had many narrow escapes before the
Allies came to our aid" he said.
Leader, Disguised, Hid
"Spme of us came to Archangel early
in July and launched our plans. l cut
short my usually long beard and re.
mained in hiding in disguise. We
raised about 600 soldiers, with officers
and struck on the night of August /
The Allies came the next day."
M. Tschaikovsky, venerable and with
the white beard of the typical Russian
was born in Vyatka Province in 1850
His father was land owner and he is
distant relative of the composer ot
the same name. AS student ir
Petrograd he engaged in revolutionary
propaganda. He fled to America, where
he lived from 1875 to 1879, and then tc
England, where he was refugee fo1
twenty Eight years. He returned tc
Russia in 1907 and was arrested. He
was tried, together with Catherine
Breshkovskaya, grandmother of the
Russian revolution" and was acquitted
while she was convicted. M. Tschai-
kbvsky later visited America again on
lecture tour.