New-York tribune., 1918-08-05
Information Bureau Direc-
tor Sees Resurrection of
Nation in Intervention
Czecho-Slovaks Form
Nucleus of Big Army
A. j. Sack Thinks Teutons
Will Be Forced to Use
100000 Men in East

This is the beginning Of the rcsur-
rcction of Russia" A. J. Sack, director
of the Russian Information Bureau in
the United States, said yesterday in a
statement commenting on American
and Japanese plans for support through
Siberia. The statement, he said en-
bodied the opinion of Russian officials
in the United States.
Such support as was planned for the
Czecho- -Slovaks, he said meant that the
Eastern battieline would be reostab
lshed by the spring Of 1919. The
Czecho-S -Slovaks, he pointed out, were
prominently the anti-German party in
Russia, and the success of their ILL
equipped battalions gave the lie, he de-
clarcd, to the assertions Of the Boil
sheviki that the Bolshevist party in
Russia had the backing of the nation.
Once the Eastern front was reestab-
lished, Mr.. Sack said. it meant that
from 100000 to $500, 600 German or
ployed there, and the further east the
rev line was the more difficult would
the enemy find it to maintain his COM
munications in a hostile countryside.
Epoch in Allied Policy
Mr.. Sacks statement follows:
"The statements just made by the
United States and japanese govern
ments mark an epoch in Allied policy
toward Russia. These statements, COM
ing simultaneously with the great
Allied victory in the West, spell de-
cisive defeat for German militarism in
the near future.
Three points are outstanding in the
new Allied policy toward Russia: First.
the solemn declaration that the Allies
are coming as friends and are ready to
do everything in their power to free
Russia from Germany's yoke, to re-
store to Russia her lost territories and
to preserve the Russian democracy by
giving her the possibility for free de-
velopment. Two other points refer to
practical steps to be undertaken inme-
diately by the Allies in Russia.
The Allies have decided to render
Russia general, economic, financial.
!echnlcal and military help in support
movement is a definite anti-German
movement. Since the Bolsheviki and
the so-called Soviet government, which
the Bolsheviki dominate, tried. as tools
In the hands Of Germany, to interfere
with this movement and to disarm the
Czecho-Slovaks, the Czecho-Slovak
movement became naturally not only
an antl-German but also an anti-Bol-
shev1st and antiSoviet movement.
Bolsheviki in Minority
while the best elements of the Rus
sian democracy, not only the liberal
but also the revolutionary and social
lst factions, have fought bitterly
against the Bolshevist rule supported
by German bayonets, the Bols sheviki
through their own reports and through
'he reports OF those foreign correspon-
dents who, for one reason or another
cnose to serve the Bolshevist cause. re-
peated continuously that the Russian
masses were with them.
The success of the Czecho- -Slovak
detacnments, amounting not to more
than 100000 men, only partly armed
and equipped, is the best illustration
Of the fact that the Bolsheviki and the
Sovlets, which they dominate, have no
large following among the population.
that their rule was and is q tyrannic
rule, supported partly by the bayonets
of the Red Guards, we'll paid body Of
armed men under leadership very often
Of criminals and former agents of the
Car. and partly by German bayonets
The Czecho-Slovak army, small and
poorly equipped, is now holding the the
Siberian road, almost the entire Volga
region and important positions in the
south. '''0
Strategic Centres Held
"The Czecho-Slovak positions present
chain of important strategic centres
stretching from Vladivostok to Novo-