The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-09

! eady in siberia should. however, re-
main until the end of the campaign
against the BolSheviki, as their pres
ence exerts an enormous moral influ-
ence on the Russia narmy and the
populations In the rear. and they are
aiding in the preservation of order on
the railroads.
| The allied forces in Murmansk,
Archangelsk on the shores of the Fin
niSh Gulf, Odessa. Sebastopol, kerch
and Novorossiysk however. are bound
to take "A much more important and
/ active part in the fight against Boil
shevism. which is threatening all Eu-
rope. The plans for the withdrawal of
I the allied troops from the northern
parts and also, the evacuation of
Odessa. are very detrimental for the
compaien against the BolshevilSi II
/ means. first, Of ALL the transfer into
the hands Of the enemies of civiliza-
I ton of enormous Russian and allied
military and strategic resources Arch
angclsk, Murmansl). It also means
! the surrender of very important
from naval and other points OF view
bases accessible 10 war vessels OF
which that part of Russia already lib
Grated from the Bolshevki has almost
none In this instance the help of
France, England and America Is earn
+
their naval units occupy and hold these
ports. and with the aid OF the troops
of Generals t'denitch and Maynard
take Pctroerad. The role of the United
States, should II not desire TO partlci
pate actively in military operations
/ can be limited to the supplying of
products and military equipment.
! Conceding that the actual military
/ operations against the Bolsheviki
J j -,.ty ,.sf A31f
/ Russian troops and that the Soviet
rule must be overthrown by means
: of Russian and not foreign armies,
( we maintain that the business of re-
building the Russian financial system
/ must ne. of necessity. undertaken by
the allies. Russia herself is absolutely
not III 4 position rn stabilize hey H.
I nanccs, 10 coordinate the money cir
/ culation and ia restore the exchange
rate Of the rouhle, and If the allies
arc sincerely DESTROYS to support Rus
STA, they must render her serious n
/ nanciai assistance pom the rational
J construction Of the finances in lib
! Grated Russia depend, to "A consider
/ able extent. all the other activities of
the Russian government in the for
nation of an army. the restoration OF
public order and safety.
AT present Russias finances and
(
ton. The value of the rouhle has
dropped to the very lowest point, and
at the present exchange rate of one
hundred reHhfes fer fet dollars tend
OF April all foreign transactions are
bound to come to an end. to the detri-
ment not ffonly Of private firms which
have established extensive business re-
lations with Serbia tthe Japanese
= through V1adivostok and American MS
81 orb i'm MAJ Wi ~iCss "A z.
feet the big orders placed in Amer
lea by the Russian government. AS
we have mentioned above. for the
purpose of aiding Russia the allies
have organized two commissions one
for the railroads and the other for
military affairs, both of which are
functioning successfully and are ex-
pected to be able to coordinate prop
erly the army supply and the trans
port system We believe that this is
the proper time 70 organize similar
allied financial commission with the
participation of representatives. of the
! Russian government for the purpose
OF introducing at once uniform
system of currency in Russia and the
attainment OF some stability of the
Russian rouble.
During her participation in the COM
mon cause of the allies Russia al
y
lebtor of France. England and the
United States Russia IS still pro-
ducing n consid cradle amount of raw
materials and needs great quantities
Of machinery, tools. cotton and manu-
featured products. II is, therefore to
the interest of her creditors and allied
friends to bring Russia hack to "A
stable footing and to arrange her II
narces. This is obviously impossible
4 without a wide participation OF the
allies in the organization of a regular
exchange of merchandise with Rus
STA, and a large loan 10 Russia se-
cured, perhaps, by some state re-
I sources
This allied financial commission
SHOULD in analogy wit hthe railroad
commission make its seat at Vladivos-
tok and from there lay down the plans
and fundamentals for it's work OF
course the Russian ministry Of finance
should have adequate room on that
commission. / have no doubt but that
the Russian ministry of finance will
turn over for the disposal OF the COM
mission all the materials ii has on
hand.
Summarizing in brief, we may state
that the Russian requests of the allies
in the matter OF aid in the fight against
the Bolscheviki and for the rebuilding
!, Of united Russian state, as | under
stand the scope Of such aid may be
4 expressed in the following points:
/. The supplying and the intensity
; ing of aid in the form of technical
military materials and the equipment
of the existing and constantly forming
army units (the Siberian. General
Denikine's( General Udenitch's arm
ies) and also the provisioning OF these
armiesand their rear with medical and
sanitary supplies.
i 2. The continuation and the devel-
Iopment of the aid given in reconstruct
ing the Trans Siberian railroad
g. The retention in Siberia of the
allied military detachments. II would
probably be advisable to replace some
of the units by fresh detachments.
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