The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-07
WILL SPEED HELP
FOR HUN-CURSED
SIBERIAN PEOPLE
President Issues lnstruc-
tons for Completion
of Details.
CABINET TO ASSIST
Wilson Requests and Re
ceives Suggestions at
Meeting Of Person
mel Of Mission.
CABINET TO ASSIST

Washington. August 6.-President
Wilson issued instructions today 10
have completed with the least posi-
BILE delay all details necessary to place
in operation the announced plan for
aid for Russia,
He requested and received from the
members of the binet at the regular
meeting suggestions on the personnel
If the economic mission upon which
the success of the reha bilitation move
ment depends. Announcement of the
selection will be made within a day
or two from the White House, II is
said
General Peyton c. March. chief Of
staff, tomorrow will outline the scope
of the military plan as related 10 the
United States and all details consist
lent with publicity at this time. All
disposition OF the forces to be sent
he left to the interallied war council
Two representatives of this body al
iready have reached Russia and others
are en- route.
On leaving the White House more
/ than one cabinet official took occa
Esion to say that President Wilson was
much sratified by reports which show
conf lete accord among the govern
ments of all the allies with respect to
the projected activities in Russia,
An official report received at the
state department told that American
and allied troops had been landed
at Archangel with an enthusiastic re-
&c ption from the Russian population.
The message did not designate the
American units and ii Is thought they
were marines. which have been on
duty with warships in that vicinity.
1t is officially known here that GER
tain British and French units have ar
rived at Siberian ports, but details by
which the forces can he better iden-
tilted are withheld until the announce
ment is made from London and Paris.
Reports TO the state department re-
ceived through Swedish sources show
that conditions in European Russia
are steadily growing worse. not only
are disorders on the increase. but the
Bolsheviki government is becoming
more arrogant Trotzky end Lenine
are declared to be working in closer
accord with the German invaders than
at any previous time.
State department officials now ad-
NIT that due TO the German influence
Trotzky and Lenine forced the Amer
lean ambassador. Mr.. Francis. and the
democratic representatives of France
and Great Britain to leave Nolcda by
cutting communications II is known
here that when the threat was first
made by the Bolsheviki leaders Am @
hassador Francis issued a statement of
protest in which he reiterated the
friendship of the United States for the
Russian people.
copy OF the statement was for
wardet to the state department via
Moscow, but was confiscated at that
point and suppressed by the Russian
government authorities in control
These details have been received in
messages from Mr. Francis since
reaching Murmansk, where he Is now,
The spirit with which the Czecho~
Slovak forces are expected to cooper
ate with the interallied expeditionary
forces Is indicated by the following
communication received by Preside lent
Wilson today from DR. r G. Masaryk.
president of the International Council
of Czecho- Slovaks.
MIR. President; With the deepest
satisfaction l thank you for your de-
cision to help out Czecho- Slovak army
in Russia. You have repeatedly an
nounced the principles OF liberated
mankind, of the actual equality of ma
Itions, and the principles according to
which governments derive all their
just power from the consent of the
governed
The decision of the 3rd of April to
us constitutes a guarantee that these
American principles will be realized
1t is for these principles that our ma
ton has been contending not only in
this war. but already long ago; 1t is
for these principles that our boys are
shedding their blood on the endless
plains of Russia and Siberia.
Your name, Mr. President. as you
have no doubt read, is openly cheer
ed IN the streets of Prague--our ma
tlon VIII be forever grateful to you
and to the people of the United States.
And we know how to be fraterul"