The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-08-08
A Rosy View of
Russia
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AmbaHsador Hakhmctcn. who On
Joys the unique distinction OF having
continued to represent a government
FOR. many months after b a govern
ment was dead aud buried, is eack In
Washington with mos, hopeful views
after eight raOnfhs spent In Paris
working on behalf 81 the various am
IL Bolshoyik factions. Koichak Is now
IN supreme command OF all the intcr-
estg which wish to see Lcninc ana
Trotzky done away with. In u mill
tary sense he b. doing ~splcndidly. FOR
thOugh his " armies hsVe been
hurled back IN disaster, General Den
kline, thanks To munitions and other
equipment furnished by the allies. Is
crumpling up tho BoishoViat resist
ancc. and bcn kline himself within tho
paSt fcw weeks has agreed that kul-
chak b. his superior officer, by an
exchange OF note. u has been dis
and the Rig -Four are Ia complete ac-
cord. wanting the same thiufH n
recognizing hat there iH only uhc way
to ret them. Tho kolchnk govern
mcnt ne oou ~ IL hns killed oil
enough Of the Bolshoyiki to cause
the rest of them to surrender, Intends
TO DE thoroughly liberal, though 10
must be understood hat suppressed
nhtiunalities'' within the boundaries
Of the former Russian empire are not
20 go too far with any nonsense
about INSTRUMENTATION Their rights
will hc respected, hut they cannot cx-
poet 90 set up separate statos Of thcir
own, Al these points are found In
Mr. fakhmcicn's statcueut 10 tho
press. issucd on Thursday, In which
he urges continued and hearty sup
port Of kolchak, who H. he thinks.
tho u hope ~ the Russian liberals.
II Is rather hard to harmonic his
confident expectation Of support from
tho Allies with the known facts about
% uOllcy 81 several nations. The
United States has withdrawn an It's
men from ArchanFcL and tho force
in Siberia Is there. so President WIN
SON says, Tor the sole purpose Of
keeping the Trnnssiperlan galway
opcn. and b. rofrhining scr%upuiouHly
from Interference In Eussia's Internal
puurrcls though that railroad is. OF
course, kplchak's best ally. The
British government tus just auuuunC-
ed D. q every English soldier will soon
Doe out % Russian territory. The Itnl-
ian government q few JAYS ago an
u"uuc"d its complete Withdrawal from
tho Russian enterprise. ana France IN
aid 10 have adopted the same course.
This morning We get the new from
Paris that the puisk govcrunf nj Is
shartly 10 be moved back To- lrkutsk.
and that large masscH Of suldipTs on
both Sides have refused 10 tight any
more.
There IN only one basis ON which
We ran explain the character pf MIR.
H~hkhnictcn'F statement. n must be
that he is Ia possession OF facts which
have not been youuhssfcd 10 the
American public. our state dcpari-
mcut iH known to nav Investigated
conditions In Russia FROM several
puints pf vantage. bat We have been
givcn sinruiarly little Information us
90 shat has been discovered. n Kol-
chak aud The Boishcviki are an thaI
Mr. Bakhmctem say they are. we
certainly want 20 have as little ~ pos
sihle to do Win the former. Bat the
question ls Tar TOO important for the
American people to make up thor
minds ON the basis ~ bland Hssur-
| Hucps ~ u few men. When Mr.. Inns