The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-01
FOR SALVATION
OF RUSSIA OYER
THROW BOLSHEVISM
Declare Five Representatives of Political
Organization Of Russia, Who Are
Now in London-Entente Is
Called on to Rid Coun.
try of the Peril.

London, Jan. 81 correspondence of the
Associated Press Five representatives
of Russian political organizations who
are now here have issued a statement in
which they assert that they are of the
opinion that the salvation of Russia re.
quires, first of all, that Russia should
be liberated from the bolsheviki. They
ask for the active help Of the entente al
lies for Russians who are in fighting boil
shevik rule,
The delegation includes two moderate
conservatives, one liberal and two moder-
ate socialists. They were sent to the al
| lied countries to inform the governments
and peoples of Russia's critical position.
The members of the delegation are Vlad-
| imir Gurko, Nicholas ShebekO, formerly
Russian ambassador at Vienna; Sergius
| Tretiakoff, formerly president of the
! Russian ecumenical council; Alexander
Titof and Constantine krovoposkotf, The
two last named are moderate socialists.
| This mission when in Paris was headed
by Professor Paul Miliukof, leader of
the constitutional democrats and former
ly foreign minister but his name is not
included among those who make public
the appeal for help for Russia.
"The German domination in Russia
and its artificial splitting into independ
emit parts" says the Russian representa-
tives, lis contrary to the aspirations Of
the masses and OF all the sane elements
which demand the union of the whole
country in a single state whose ultimate
fate must be determined by the free de-
cision of the peoples inhabiting Russia.
"For this purpose active help is re-
quired from the allies for all those parts
of Russia which are in conflict of the
| bolsheviki and who are striving to re-
unite and regenerate Russia.
''In the south this help must be given
first of all to the voluntary army which
| is fighting against the bolsheviki in the
northern Caucasus. Besides, to create
order, it is necessary to occupy tenn
porarily the most important towns and
railway functions in the south of Rus
STA so as to prevent the advance Of the
| bolshevilxi from the north and the spread
| ing of anarchy, that has already ruined
! the north of Russia.
"A barrier against the boIshevism
| spreading from the north will enable the
voluntary army to consolidate and to
grow. It will be possible by CONSUMPTION
to convert this voluntary army into a
vast army in the south of Russia and,
together with Siberia and the northern
territory to crush the bolsheviki and to
reunite the whole of free Russia in the
coming spring.
"Therefore the allied help is not re-
auired for the purpose of taking an of
| fensive against the bolsheviki but to
create conditions that will enable the
same elements to organize themselves,
to create government mechanism and
an army. All the rest as well as the in
ternal organization Of the country must
be left to the Russians themselves.
"Quite a separate problem is the sal
walton of Petrograd. During the bolshe
Ivik regime the population had dimin-
ished to 100000. The liberation of this
city at the earliest possible date by the
rallies is called for by considerations of
humanity now that the allies have access
to the dying capital through the Baltic
sea. If in time of war America con-
sidered it her duty to save Europe from
| the yoke of PTussianism, now at the mo-
ment of the approaching peace new
task is confronting her-the salvation of
the Russian democracy and of the Rus
sian state from the tyranny of Lenine
and Trotzky, nay the salvation Of the
whole of Russian civilization from the
bolshevik barbarity. If the help is not
given quickly and decsively, Russia, in
stead of a free democratic country will
be crushed IN a state of unheard of die
tatorship, that will make a stable and
lasting peace impossible, that will be
a constant threat not only to its neigh
bors. but to the whole of Europe"
The bolshevik army, say the Russian
army delegates, now has increased to
| 100000 men, According to the state
ment, the socialist members of the dele
CATION are of the opinion that soviet
rule in Russia is the deadliest enemy to
| daruoorarV