The Washington times., 1919-10-03
K0LCHAK BEATEN,
DEiIkEN MElACED
Real Facts in Situation Not
Given People, COrrespOn-
dent Says.

NOVO ROSSICK, Oct. 3.-The stu
alton in southern Russia is very in
volved, and 1 do not think that the
sort. Of information which is sup
piled to the English public at home
tends to help either to understand
the position Of ahairs or to form any
judgment omit.
Practically all the news sent out
emanates from the information bu-
reau Of the volunteer army, and Is
naturally tinged with propaganda
cOloring. There has been a tendency
to suppress unpalatable facts which
might have the effect Of creating a
discussion in England as TO the wis
dom Of British interference in south
Russian affairs.
At the beginning Of August-and
there has been little change since
the military situation was az fol-
lows: KolchaS, far away In the
northeast, had suffered a series Of
very serious reverses and was hard
put to fend off hnal disaster. Dani-
kin, in the south, had made very
big advance on an enormous front,
but latterly had been driven back in
several places.
The BoIsheviks. as a military
power. have become Of late much
more formidable: their troops are
better disciplined and are handled
with much more vtgor and intelli-
gence than formerly. The purely
lighting command IS now in the
hands Of eX-offcers OF the old Rus
sian imperial army, and these men,
forced servants Of the Bolshevik
regime. are supervised, coached. and
kept straight BY German officers.
Denllzin Advances.
DenilSin has swept onWards from
the Black. sea, and has planted the
standard OF sane government we'll
into the heart Of Russia. He son-
trolls the greater part Of the coal
producing and cprn-ErOwing areas
Of his country, and Is gathering to
his standard many men from the
provinces through which he is
marching. but there are others who
do not welcome his arrival and who
might, should an opportunity arise,
combine to stab him in the back.
In the rural districts the inhab-
itants generally are overjoyed at the
return OF decent conditions OF life,
but in the many big industrial cen
ters which Denflzin now occupies
there is q strong Bolshevist element,
and the bulk OF the working classes
look with q good deal Of suspicion
and distrust on the liberating armies,
fearing that they will mean a re-
turn to the old conditions Of life and
stan n Patriotic.
Probably II is the constitution Of
Denikfn's staGl that IS responsible for
the dtstrust Of the proletariaE u is
known that the general Is surrounded
by men who held high rank IN the old
imperial army. They are good men,
fred with a splendid patriotism, and
out only to save Russia from anarchy
and chaos. but they have the defects
Of their qualities, defects arising out
OF q purely military training and the
narrowed outlook OF q soldiers life.
Denikin IS bound TO intrust to these
men the provisional administration
of reclaimed provinces. and there Is
a danger that their rule, carried out
on military lines, may prove irksome
and distasteful to masses whose
minds are seething with Uniformed |
IDEAS Of personal liberty and political |
rights. It Is easy to imagine the dis |
lster that would occur should there |
be a rising OF these people in Deni- |
kin's rear.