Evening star., 1918-08-14
GERMANS TROUBLE
IN RUSSIA GROWS
Must Take Troops Soon From
France or Lose Ground
in East.
ALLIES HOPES BRIGHTER
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Copyright. 1913. BY the New York Evening
Post.)
Germany is having trouble galore
in Russia She must soon withdraw
troops from the western front or lose
some Of the territory wrested from
the ~Aelpless Russians through the
Brest-Litovsk Treaty. Day aftsr day
the Department Of State here receives
cabiegrains from difDefsnt parts of
Russia showing widespread artag-
onism toward Germany on the part of
the Russians, so that while the lat
ter have no organized army. IT will
take many hundreds of thousands Of
German soldiers to keep communities
tions open to get needed supplies.
German press comments are gloomy.
They seem to recognize that Germany
got more than she bargaiped for in
Russian. and that the bolshevik gov
ernment which negotiated the Brest-
Litovsk treaty cannot command the
confidence or support Of the Russian
people. Every report received here
indicates that the power of the soviet
Is defining rapidly, and that Lenine
and Trotzky will soon represent no.
body but themselves In the meantime
counter revolutionary movements are
astir throughout Russia. and Ger
many is not getting the food out Of
Ukrainia which she so eagerly an
ticipated year ago. Bitterness
against the Germans is indescrfbable.
and the possible arrival of the Czecho-
SIovak troops in that region with sup.
make the Ukraine an allied outpost.
Cause Of Disorders.
oficials here attribute the disorders
entirely to the misguided German
policy, which encouraged the bolshe-
Wiki and opened diplomatic relations
with the Lenine-Trotzky government
before determining whether the lat
ter could command popular support
therefore, have reaped all the disad-
vantages of bolshevik rule, and the
widespread discomfort which has
grown up in the Russian masses now
Is as much aimed at the Trotxky ag-
gregation as the foreign invaders.
Much satisfaction is derived here
from the situation by those who con-
tinually urged caution in dealing with
the internal affairs Of Russia The
United States has thus far not in
CURED the enmity of the people of
any faction, though Lenine and
Trotzky have shown measure OF
unfriendliness. but the latter have
for American friendship and what II
means to their followers, for they
have not included the United States
in the declaration of war against the
allies for landing troops on the MUIR
mansk coast, and 1t is well known
fact that American marines have par
ticipated in the movement.
Allies to Proceed Cautiously.
Affairs are turning in favor Of the
allies in Russia because Of the mistakes
of the Germans as wen as the; growing
recognition Of the fact that the entente
cause represents true democracy. There
fore 1t Is urged that the allied expedi-
tion into Siberia proceed cautiously so
that no step may be taken which may
forfeit the sympathy which the allied
powers now enjoy.
Siberian expedition will have more to do
with the future attitude Of Russia than
any diplomatic dealings which the al
lies will have with the Russians at
Archangel or other points OF contact, Tor
Germany is using the Japanese bugaboo
to stir up feeling against the allies.
This makes 1t necessary for the al
lies by their propaganda to emphasize
repeatedly that the expedition is in
ternational and that its object is not
to occupy any territory, but to reach
Germany through the back door by
bringing supplies to the Cxecho- Slo-
vaks and such forces Of Russians as
want to Join in the reconstruction Of
an eastern front. But whether q
fighting line is re-established or not,
the Russians themselves are helping
the allies by making 1t SO unpleasant
for the Germans that they must .ern-
ploy more and more troops to keep
their hold on the eastern frontier Of
Russia. Hitherto small police force
has been sufficient. The demand for
more German troops Is growing at a
time when casualties on the western
front are increasing and Ludendorn
Ia calling for an economy Of expendi-
ture in man power. Viewed from
every angle, the situation grows bet
ter for the allies daily. Russia IL cer-
tainIy Germanys Frankensteiu.