The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-12-18
RUSSIAN QUESTION
TO Be considered
Also at Peace Conference.
Food Situation and Boil
shevism Demand
ATTENTION OF THE ALLIES

"A lEN lON OF i ne ALLIED
Washington, Dec. 1S.-The Rus
sian problem already has been taken
up by President Wilson with French
statesmen, it was learned here yes
terday, and the determination of a
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 meet
ings which are to precede the peace
conference.
Russia's plight and the attitude to
be adopted by the victorious asso-
ciated nations is recognized as one
Of the most serious problems of the
conference. Every proposed solu-
tion so far is said to have been
blocked by the unanswered 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 factions. The entente nations
have not given up hope that Omsk
authorities may yet evolve a stable
form of government for Russia, but
this has not been accomplished now
and none of the allied governments
has recognized the Omsk regime.
Prince Lvoff who was premier in
the Kerensky cabinet and who has
devoted most of his life to the de-
velopment of the Zemstvo system in
Russia, and Boris Bakhmeteff, Rus
sian Ambassador in Washington, ap-
pointed by Kerensky, as well as Prof.
Paul Miliukoff, Kerensky's foreign
minister ARE on their way to Paris
with other prominent Russians to
do whatever they can to aid the al
lies in the solution of the Russian
problem. But whether they repre-
sent the people of Russia at this time
is a question which it privately is
admitted cannot be answered here.
Prince Lvoff has recently been in
Washington where he discussed the
situation in his country with Presi-
dent Wilson and Secretary of State
Lansing.
Alexieff, Denekine and other Cos
sack leaders are in control in the
Cossack districts on the Don and at
Orenburg and are maintaining a
government more nearly stable thar
any other in Russia at present, un-
less it is at Archangel, which is op-
Grating in accord with the allied
forces in the north.
Far from according any recogni-
tion to tho Soviet government at
Petrograd the United States some
time ago called upon all civilized
nations to condemn the Bolshevik
reign Of terror. Even when a set
Of leaders is recognized as Russian
spokesmen, the United States and
the allies must face the great ques-
tion of how they can be aided in set
ting up stable government and in
preventing famine, for the benefit of
Russia herself, and in the interest
of the peace of the world. Until the
armistice was signed troops and
supplies could be sent to Russia
only through Siberia, a distance two
thirds of the way around the world,
or by Archangel, which was not
feasible. Now, however, the Black
Sea, the Baltic Sea and the railroad
lines through German and Austrian
territory offer better means. 1t is
believed by officials here that the
land route through Germany and
Austria would be the best and most
practical way of reaching Russia.
1t is stated that in considering
whether joint expedition should be
sent to deal with and thereby inter
fere with Russia's internal affairs,
the representatives of the United
States and the allies must decide
whether the Bolshevik movement is
such a serious menace to civilization
as to justify extraordinary steps to
eliminate it.
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