Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-18

 DISCUSSING
 B0LShEV|K|S
President Takes Up Rus sian Situation With Hope of Arriving at Definite Policy.

Washington, Dec. 1.-The Russian
 problem already has been taken up , by President Wilson. with French , statesmen, it was learned here today. and the determination of definite
 policy on which all the allied countries
 and the United States may agree will be one of the first things undertaken at the preliminary meetings which are to precede the peace conference. /; Russia's plight and the attitude to be adopted by the victorious associated nations is recognized as one of the
 most serious problems of the confer ence. Every proposed solution so far is said to have been blocked by the un- answered question of who is qualified to speak for the Russian people. The government at Omsk of which the United States and other govern ments have expected much, is now in the hands of dictator and split into l factions The entente nations have not given up hope that the Omsk authori- ties may yet evolve a stable form of government for Russia, but this has not been accomplished now and none of the allied governments has recog- nized the Omsk regime officially, although all of them are dealing with Russian representatives, who are in close touch with Admiral kalchak and his government.
 Prince Lvoff, who was premier in ! the Kerensky cabinet and who has devoted much of his life to the de- velopment of the Zemstvo system in Russia, and Boris Bakmeteff, Russian ambassador in Washington, appointed by Kerensky, as we'll as Professor Paul Miliukoff, Kerensky's minister , of foreign affairs, are on their way to
 Paris or already there with other
 prominent Russians to do whatever they can to aid the allies in the solu- tion of the Russian problem. But whether they represent the people of Russia at this time is question which is privately admitted cannot be an- swered here.
 Far from according any recognition to the Soviet regime at Petrograd, the
 United States some time ago called upon all civilized nations to condemn the Bolsheviki reign of terror. Even when set of leaders is recognized as Russian spokesmen, the United States and the allies must face the great question of how they can be aided in setting up stable gov ernment and in preventing famine, for the benefit of Russia herself, and in the interest of the peace of the world.
 Until the armistice was singed, troops
 and supplies could be sent to Russia
 only through Siberia, distaOnce two thirds of the way around the world, or by Archangel, which was not feas- ible for extensive operations because
 of the transportation facilities. Now,
 however, the Black Sea- th.. Baltic Sea, and the Railroad lines through Ger
 man and Austrian territory offer bet ter means It is believed by officials
 here that the lane route through Ger
 many and Austria would be the best and most practical way of reaching Russia.
 | It is stated that in considering
 whether a oint expedition should be
 sent to deal with and thereby inter-
 fere with Russia's internal affairs,
 the representatives of the United | OLdLcS d1u CAc dlllOS uCCluO
 whether the BOlsheviki movement is
 such a serious menace to civilization
 as to justify extraordinary steps x
 eliminate it.
 To aid him in the conference with
 the allied leaders, President Wilson ] has taken corps of Russian experts
 with him to Paris.
 Washington, Dec. 17.-Represen,a-
 tives of all political groups in south
 ern Russia except the Bolsheviki and
 Absolutists, have appealed to the
 American and allied governments to
 sent an expedition into southern Rus
 sia to combat the Soviets and prevent
 anarchy there.
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