Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-26
~GENERAL DENIKINE, who it


ruler in Russia, Admiral Kol-
chalk having resigned in his favor,
rs one of the ablest and most demo-
cratic and patriotic leaders of Rus
sia outside the Bolshevik area. His
political headquarters are at Rostov,
on the Sea of Azof, at the mouth of
the Don, and he Is the successor
as we'll as one of the most loyal fol-
lowers of the old Don Cossak leader,
General Korniloff. When he organ
lied his volunteer army of the Don
in an effort to redeem southern
Russia from Bolshevism he made the
following statement:
THE future holds out for us the
gle for the entirety of ruined, dis
membered and Inundated Russia; a
struggle for the perishing Russian
culture, for the devasted immense
national wealth; for the right to live
and breathe freely in a land where
Jaw has been replaced by the reign
of a mob; a fight unto death, if
necessary. The form of the Rus
sian government of the future is de-
pendent on the will of the consti-
tuent assembly which is to be con-
voked Immediately upon the re-es-
adjustment of law and order in the
land"
At present General Lenikine's au-
thority now extends not only over
the Cossack region but over wide
stretch of territory between the
Nolga and the Dnieper. He COM
mands the Black sea coast between
Georgia and Bessarabia, and has un-
der his control such important cities
as Kharkov, Kiev and Odessa. His
staff is in quiet restful Taganrog,
while his political counsel has pitch
ed it's quarters in Rostov.
AS to the type of man that Deni-
kline is struggling Russia" presents
this very timely pen picture:
During the regime of the the czar,
Denikine enjoyed the reputation of a
radical. Several facts will show how
he acquired such a reputation under
a bureaucratic regime.
When Denikine was at the end of
his course in the academy of the
general staff, the pendants and
routine worshipers of the academy,
who We're displeased by his uncom-
promising and often curt truthful
fact that he had proved to be a brilli-
ant student there was no room for
him in the general staff. Denikine
thereupon addressed a personal let
ter to Nicholas II, in which he re-
quested that his standing be investi-
gated and that he be either punish
ed according to law If found guilty,
or allowed to. proceed unmolisted
along the road which he chose as
| his lifework.
We do not know whether his letter
reached the cZar or not, but 1t is
certain that this letter found its way
| to the desk of the minister OF war.
Denikine was invited to the ministry
and was ordered TO forget forever
about the general staff career. The
! irrepressible nature of Denikine
however, could not acknowledge
such q sudden breakdown of all his
/ hopes. On the next day all the Of
! Undergraduates of the academy were
to be received by the czar in audi
ence, and Denikine appeared with
the other officers at the palace. Upon
his arrival he was informed that as
he was being dropped from the rolls
of the academy his introduction to
the emperor was not in place. But
even such a categorical statement
| pOulO not DTedh uOWn yOuH6 VI
Ificer's iron will. Denikine remained
lin that palace, and in order to avoid
scandal he was allowed to remain
among the officers and to occupy the
place he was entitled to, at the head
of the class.
When Mich olas II turned to him
with the customary qusstion-whert
he, Denikine. expected to serve after
leaving the academy-Minister Of
| War Kuropatkin would not permit
the young officer to open, his mouth
and reported:
"Your majesty. this officer ha:
been declared as undeserving to serve
in the general staff. shall have
the honor to report to your majest.
about this case in detail"
Nicholas passed him by. Deni
kine's last hope was crushed.
Soon, however, some OF his luckie'
friends, who were serving In Sh'