The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-13
The Problem On The Muir
man Coast g.,

From Tho Outlook:
AS early as the first week in June the BoIshev-
list government circulated through it's wireless
stations, copy Of agreement between it's for
eign minister, Tchtcherin, and the late Count
Won Mirbach, the German ambassador. Among
the terms Of this agreement was one providing
that, in return for the cession by Finland to the
Russian republic of two places close to the Rus
Finnish frontier and the Russian republics
promise not to fortify them. that republic should
cede the western part Of the Thurman coast in
Guiding Kola Inlet, to Finland. This would of
course mean the barter for practically nothing
Of ce-free ports of inestimable value.
Meanwhile a secret agreement between Ger
many and Finland revealed by which Fin
land engaged to give Germany the of any
outlets to the Arctic ocean which Finland might
obtain.
These amazing bargains needed to be instantly
met by the one language understood by all par
ties to then-by force. 1t met To the
British and French armed forces already installed
at Kola Inlet on the Thurman coast American
rumored that American troops had appeared in
the neighborhood of Koa and Archangel. If so,
they must have been dispatched by the supreme
Allied commander, General Foch, from some Of
the large number of Americans now training in
English and French camps.
According to a report from Stockholm Rear
Admiral Kemp of the British navy has pro-
claimed that Serbian troops have been added to
the British, French and American forces occupy
ing the northern section of the Thurman railway.
He announces that these forces will advance
southwark, in accordance with the requests of
populations for help. One would think that
Polish troops from France would be still more
desirable. Certainly it is vitality necessary that
an adequate supply of troops should protect the
Thurman railway and, what is equally desirable
get into sympathetic touch with the peoples Of
northern Russia.
The German press has not been slow to scent
the new danger to Germany. The Berlner Tage-
blatt admits that British, French and American
troops on the Thurman coast have grown to sew
eral divisions and marching rapidly inland.
They have proceeded south as far KEN, the
White sea- KEN is also railway point half
way between Kola Inlet and Petrograd. The
seizure Of KEN may check the German F Finnish
movement towards that port-a movement which
has its double motive the gaining Of har-
Dor for immediate use and the prevention of the
Allies from sending farther inland the stores of
food, clothing and munitions which arrived in
ana have been detained at the Kola Inlet towns
since the Bolshevili attained power. The Berlin
Vosssche Zeitung credits the Allies with the
biton to link up the Thurman coast with the
Cossacks and Czecho- SIovaks who are opera ting
between the Volga river and the Ural mountains
and beyond for which purpose, the ,Vossische
adds. the Archangel and Vologda railway offers
excellent facilities.
So it does. Let us save Russia while there is
time. Strength to the Allied movement whether
on the Arctic or the Pacific coast!