Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-12-09

NEW YORK, Dec. S-Colonel Vladi-
mir |. Lebedeff of the Russian army,
former secretary of the navy in Prince
Lvoffs and Kerenskys cabinet and
one of the leaders of the party of so
clalists -revolutionists, has come to the
Onited States to enlist the sympathies
or the American democracy for the
movement of the Russian people who
were fighting for months on the Nolga
front. together with the CZecho- Slo
walks, sustaining the line against the
bolshevik. Deprived of the aid from
the allies which these Russian forces
had been led to expect, they have been
compelled to retreat, and today Russia
IS menaced by the Bolshevist danger
unless help is given her. 1t is to enlist
TINS help that Colonel Lebedeff has
come to this country. Later he is go
ing on the same mission TO France.
Colonel Lebedeff was an officer in
the Russian army in 1904. He took
part in the Russo-Japanes war, and
was wounded He was decorated for
bravery in the far east. In 1905 he
Joined the revolutionary movement in
Russia, had to leave that country and
lived in exile abroad mostly in France.
A the very beginning of the war,
in 1914, Colonel Lebedeff organized a
detachment of the Russian political
immigrants in France, and with this
detachment entered the French army
as private soldier. He fought on the
French and Macedonian front for two
and half years, up to the moment of
the March revolution in Russia. He
was wounded several times was dec
GRATED with the CroiX de Guerre, and
was promoted to rank of officer After
the March revolution of 1871 Colonel
Lebedeff went back to Russia and was
invited to enter Price LNoffs cabinet
As secretary of the navy.
Upon entering this office, Colonel
Lebedeff undertook strict measures for
establishing discipline in the Russian
fleet. During the bolshevist revolt in
July 1917, Colonel Lebedeff was at the
head of the forces which suppressed
this revolt Shortly after that Colonel
Lebedeff left the cabinet because the
provisional government would not CON
sent to his program of immediate strict
measures against bolshevism. After
leaving the cabinet, Colonel Lebedefi
jo-operated with the Granddaughter OF
The Russian revolution" Catherine
Breshkovskaya, in editing revolu-
tionary and patriotic daily VOLTA Ma
roda.
In June of 1918 the colonel entered
the new ministry, which was organized
m the Nolga by the committee of the
constituent assembly. 1t was as
member of this ministry that he or
sanized the detachments known as thu
Army of the Russian People which
nave made such notable stanC
1gainst the bolshevist elements. Act.
ing in cooperation with the Czecho
Slovaks, the attachments of the Army
of the Russian People took Syzran
Simoirsk, Kazan and other importan
Nolsa cities. In Kazan the forces un
der Colonel Lehedeff took possession
OF S00,000,000 rubles in gold, two
thirds of the gold reserve Of the oil,
Russian empire. This vast sum hat
been in the possession of the bolshe
Wiki and part of this gold would hav
been transferred to Germany in ac
cordance with the supplements to tn
Brest-LitOvsk treaty. At the sam
time these forces. under Colonel Lebe
def, captured large quantity o
silver, securities and other valuables
all of which was forwarded by the Col
onel to the directorate of five, chosel
at the congress of Ufa. and sitting a
Omsk.
Colonel Lebedeff was sent to thi