Evening star., 1919-01-25

ClSS, DuL IlG has lOl CSpOuSC0 SLS Ooh-
shevik rule nor subscribed to the soviet
government.
Unitedly Oppose Bolshevism.
Since their inception the three prin-
cipal groups mentioned-the Arch
angel, Omsk and south Russia govern
ments-have been united by common
tie, their opposition to bolshevlsm
Only geographical separation. it is
administrations, and were it not for
that it is likely that they might have
come together before this. This
agreement does not mean, it was ex-
planned. that they have common po-
litical ideals. Among the leaders IN
political belief, ranging from extreme
socialism. but not anarchy, to the
liberal democrats.
Not only the fact that they all have
fought bolshevism, but also the fact
that they have separately espoused
no further program, has helped 10
unite them. With the prospect of
common meeting place, at Princess
Island where they together face boil
shsvism, all have declared their feal-
ty to each other, through pledges OF
allegiance to Admiral Kolchak.
A1exeif Original Leader.
Taking them chronologically. the
first of these three major movements,
that in the south of Russia. originally
was led by Gen. Alexeif. commander
in-chief of the army under the cZar,
who remained in the same position
upon the establishment of the pro-
visional government under kerensky:
Gen. Alexeiff is reported dead. and
Gen. Korniloff, who aided his move
ment by merging his army with that
of Alexeiff, and latter assumed COM
mand. was killed last spring. Gen:
Denikine then assumed command Of
the Don Cossacks and the kuban
Cossacks acknowledge his leadership.
Gen. Denikine's government, or mill
tary rule, covers broad and 1nf1uen-
tial scope of Russian territory. 1t ex-
tends from the north of the Caucasus
and along the River Don, rich agrf-
cultural region.
The Archange1 Group.
The second group. that at Archangel,
where American forces are stationed,
has q government Of which Tschai-
kowsky (not related to the composer)
is president. Its influence in the
as far as the protection afforded it by
allied troops. about 100 miles to the
south and $50 miles west to the White
sea- But the region west OF the White
sea, to the Finnish border, lying to the
south of Murmansk, is antibolsheviki
and sympathetic with the Archangel
government. To the east Of the Arch
angel area are sparsely populated
marshes. across which Tschaikowsky
adherents marched and met the 81
berfan troops Of Admiral Kolchak
along the River Plethora.
Tschaikowsky. though not a peas
ant, is one of the foremost leaders OF
the cooperative movement in Rus
sia, and he was member OF the so
cial revolutionary party to which
Kerensky belonged. the great peasant
party in the days Of the car.
Kolchak Heads Third Group.
The third group. that under Kol-
chalk, which many believe to be tn
most powerful force for democracy
and good government in Russia, now
Siberia. It had its inception when,
early last fall, q rump of the con-
stituent assembly met at Oufa, or
Ufa, where it was dissolved by the
boisheviki and driven to Omsk. There
it fiourished. Admiral Kolchak first
had a directorate Of Ave men. He
formed cabinet, and then. because
tator, though he has strongly dis
ayowed any purpose of remaining a
dictator after events will permit es-
tablishment Of a constituent assembly
and a constitutional government.
Kolchak formerly was an admiral
In the cars navy. He espoused the
cause OF the Kerensky government
and was in Washington for time as
a member of a commission sent to
the United States by the Kerensky
government. Associated with his gov
ernment at Omsk, as an assistant sec
retary of foreign affairs. is John Sou
kline, for a long time attached to the
Russian embassy here after the Ker-
Now Controls Siberia.
Gradually the Kolchak government
| spread its influence throughout ST.
IBERIA, and encountered little opposi-
| tion. aside from that OF the bOlshe-
Wiki, except from Gen. Semeoneff.
whose headquarters now are at chita.
! Semeoneff Is young Cossack, am
! bilious and forceful.
! About the same time that Gen. Den
| kline attacked the bolsheviki in Russia,
| even sooner, his adherents claim, he op-
posed them in Siberia. But his follow
ers, mostly Cossacks. had little money
and few officers. and they did not make
| much headway until allied troops were
landed at Vladiyostok and the Czecho-
sloyaks seized the Transsiberian railway.
! He was Jealous Of Admiral Kolchak' g
knowledged the leadership OF Dutoff,
who heads the Orenburg Cossacks, and
Dutoff, in turn, has pledged support to
the Kolehak e4 reg regime; e. who ,.,
figured largely in the last few days
because of his pronounced opposition
70 the meeting with the boisheviki,
and VINO Today is reported to have