The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-18

Washington, Dee. 1.-The Russian problem already has been taken up | by President Wilson %Gth French statesmen, it was learned hero today ' and the determination of a definite policy on which all the allied coun-
 tries and the United States may agree l will be one Of the first things un- dertaken at the preliminary meetings which are to precede the peace con ference.
 Russias plight and the attitude
 to be adopted by the allies is recos nized as one of the most serious prob
 lens of the peace conference. Every possible solution so far is
 said to have been blocked by the un- answered question of who is qualified to speak for the Russian people. The government at Omsk of which
 the United States and other gov
 ernments have expected much, Is now
 in the hands of a dictator and split
 into factions, The entente nations
 have not aiven up hope that the OmsR duAhDiiLit9 nlfig NEA CfNlNE q Del blI form of government for Russia but this has not been accomplished now and none of the allied governments has recognized the Omsk regime Of ficially although all of them are deal ing with Russian representatives who are in close touch with Admiral Kal- chak and his government,
 Prince LvOff, who was premier in the Kerensky cabinet, and who had devoted much of his life to the dc velopment of the ZcmstvO system in Russia, and Boris Bakhmeteff, Rns- sian ambassador in Washington ap- pointed by Ke"ensky, as well as Professor Paul Milukoff. Kerenaky's minister of foreign affairs, are on their way to Paris, or already there with prominent Russians to do what eyer they can to aid the allies in the solution of tie Russian problem,
 Bu. whether they represent the people of Russia at this time is a question which it privately is admit ted cannot be answered here.
 dA ltOiu GU anu ltGpHiiAANAs 10 the soviet regime at Petrograd. the United States some time ago cafiec upon all civilized patiOu3 10 con demn the Bolsheyi1i reign of tercor.
 EYen when a set of leaders is rec ognized as Russian spokesmen, the United States and the allies must facu the great question 0f hom they can ibe aided in setting up stdble govern ment and in preventing famine, Tor the benefit of Russia herself, and iu the interest of tbe peace of the world
 Until the armistice vas signed troops and supplies could DC sent TO Russia only through Siberia, q dls tance two thirds of the way around the world or by Archansel, wbich was not feasible for extensive oper- atlons because of the transportation facilities Now, however, the Black Sea. the Baltic Sea. and the railroad lines through German and Austrian territory offer better means.
 IL Is believed by officials hero that the land route through Germany anu Au9tIld NouFu Dc LhS D-Hi "hU most practical way ol reaching Rus sia.
 It is stated that in condslderlng whether joint expedition should be sent to deal with, and thereby inter- fere with Russia's internal arfalrs. the representatives of the United States and the allies must decide whether the Bolshevlh movement is such serious menace to civilization as to justify extraordinary GtaDs to eliminate it.
 To aid him in the conference with the allied leaders, President Wilson has taken 2 corps of Russian experts with him Go Paris