The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-02
AMERICANS HAVE
LANDED IN RUSSIA
Important. Port of Kola, in
the Province of Archan-
gel, Is Occupied
COOPERATING WITH
FORCES OF ALLIES
Object of the Expedition Is to Prevent
Huge Amount of Military and Other
Supplies from Falling Into the Hands
of the Germans.

WASHINGTON, July 2.-Ameriean
armed forces, marines and bluejaekets,
have landed ON Russian soil and with
British and French naval forces are pro-
tecting the vitality important port of
Kola, in the province of Archangel, from
falling into pro-Gerlnan hands.
The Americans and allies are under
stood also to be protecting the huge
amount of military and other supplies
which accumulated before the Brest-
Litovsk peace pact because the railway
line running south from kola was not in
shape.to move them
The American armed forces have been
identified with this military enterprise
on Russian territory for some time, but
until yesterday censorship regulations did
not permit mention of it.
The American force left an Atlantic
port several weeks ago bound for Rus
sian waters. Both British and French
forces have been operating in this part
OF Russian territory for some time and
the arrival of the Americans has served
TO internationalize the force using mill
tary pressure in Russia and for Russia's
good.
The landing of armed forces at Kola by
the allies and the United States, SO far
as adyieessindicate, has been in no way
resented by the Russian people, although
Germans, and particularly the Finnish
white guards, acting presumably under
German guidance, have attempted to
make trouble and bring about situation
which would permit the port of Kola and
the important railway line, with the sup
| plies, to be taken over by the Germans
or pro-German Bolshevik agents on one
lpreteXt or another.
The fact that Moscow now reports
| state of war to have been proclaimed in
Archangel may mean that German plans
are again on foot to eradicate this prac
teal military assistance which the allies
and the United States have been effec-
lively rendering to the Russian people
/ Officials here do not yet understand
| the full meaning of the proclamation of
a state of war. 1t may mean that the
Finnish white guards again are seeking
to begin plans for the acquisition of this
territory. 1t may mean that the authori-
ties, because of the disturbed situation,
have declared martial law in the province
| of Archangel. Whether this will mean
complications because of the presence of
the allied and American forces there
cannot yet be foreseen.
i The supplies which the allies and
Americans are guarding for the Russians
are huge stores of supplies originally
sent from the United States and Europe.
In this respect the situation is similar
to that existing at Vladivostok
But the expedition at kola, although
essentially military in character and
constituting military Intervention, in
one sense differs from the landing of the
British and Japanese armed forces al
Nladivostok, because it is appreciated
that there is no thought of military in
PREVENTION on large scale into Russian
territory from kola. 1t is practically
impossible to organize effective interven.
ton from the White Sea ports, owing to
the extremely 'unfayorahle geographical
conditions. A large force is not required
either for the defenceiof the ports or foI
the protection of the railway.