New-York tribune., 1919-06-22

fight Of modern European history
The Bolsheviki attacked in the
north. Petlura, the Nationalist
general, cherished some sort Of a
hope that the Allies, who were en-
deavoring to encircle the BoIshe-
wiki, would come to his aid. Sure,
enough; an Allied contingent unden
General Berthelot, composed mainly
of French and Greek troops, landed
at Odessa, and the Rumanians ad-
vanced from Bessarabia. 1t was
then that the painful surprise was
sprung. Immediately after their
landing the French organized "all.
Russian" volunteers and attacked
the Ukrainian forces of Petlura
and the Directory. =
For brevity's sake a list is given
here of the various campaigns that
were being fought in the Ukraine
before the end of 1918:
l. The French Rumamian- Creek
Russian army vs. the Bolsheviki in
Southern, Ukraine. a'
2. The French RumaniansGreek-
Russian army Us. Petlura in Central %
Ukraine.
3. Petlatre vs. the BoLsheviki /.
IN Northern Ukraine.
a. Demikime vs. Petlura in Eastern
Ukraine.
S. Deniki,ae Us. the Bolsheviki in
Eastern Ukraine.
6. The Ratnaunians Us. the Ukrai. j.
MANS IN Bessarabia and Bukovina~ -
z. The Run,amiams vs. the BoIshs-
viki in Bessorabia.
8. The Ukrai',ians vs. tho Bolshe-
ciki IN Bessarabia.
8. The Poles vs. the Ukrainians in
Eastern Golaciq.
10. Everybody in general against
the gangs of brigands and nsaraud-
crs, many of them jobless German
soldiers of the disintegrated army Of
occupation. -
Precisely how the situation stands
at the present moment it is wellnigh /.
impossible to tell. The following
facts may be stated with reasonable
assurance: a
l. That tho French and thejr nslr-
diaries, after penetrating to the
north to a considerable distance, s0ere 7
aoithdrusO.,, and that later on Odessa
and Sebastopol, the main Allied
bases, s0ere evacuated. r-a
2. That the capital, Kiev, has =
changed masters three times, being
taken from Petluro by Bolsheviki, !.
then recaptmred by PetIura, final !.
ly, after being evacuoted BY tho :.
latter. seized By Zele',y, tho quasi
Bolshevik Independent leader, who
holds the city noW.
8. That Kharkov, in tho Eastern
Ukraine, and Odessa are at present
Bolshevik 'stvonghoIds. -
A. That In Eastern Galicia the sit
nation is controlled by tho Polish
army Of General Hcller, composed to .
a large ertent Of PoLsh-Amsricam
volunteers.
S. That IN VoEhy,sia, wester7s
province Of the Ukraine, Petlurd (;
has recently made progress. captnr- )
ing the tosvns Of Berdichev and Pros
kurov. He is, however. nseracsd by "a
tho Poles in the west and south ard ,"
by the Bolshevfki in tho east.
6. That the Cossacks of General /.
Denikine haze suffered severe set .
back at the hands Of the Bolshevik;, =
but are moa0 recovering for ms'u !
offensive.
z. That the greatest dRager Of al
is the typhus epidemic, s0hich is TAX
ing cts toll BY the ten thousand, and /.
schose spread, n. tho absexes Of nsedi- I
cal supplies, cannot be- stopped. =
This, in brief outline, is the stu
alton in the Ukraine to-day. After
the foregoing it is perhaps no exae-
geration to say that, compared to the 4
Ukrainian problem, questions like /.
that of the Saar Valley or DantSjc. ss
appear as mere diplomatic hagasssl
telles. And the problem of the !
Ukraine is merely a part of thef fgen-sss
eral Russian settlement.