Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-30
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SOCIAL I5EASE
SAYS BAkME TEFF.
All Middle Europe Is Like Man
With Fever and Can Only
Be Treated by Reducing the
Temperature With Food.
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Paris, March 20, Cby the Associat-
ed Press. -" Boshevism is not a po-
| litical movement; it is a social dis
ease, and must be treated as SUCH
said Boris Bakhmeteff, Russian ann
bassador 10 the United States today in
discussing the efforts to check Boil
shevism.
"All middle Europe is like a man
with a fever" he continued. Before
the disease can be treated the tenn
perature must be reduced, and the
only way TO do that is by supplying
food, clothing, medicines and Other
things necessary to make life nor
NAL, And. in my opinion, German
Bolshevism should be fought before
that in other countries by such treat
ment.
Tho world is threatened with a
lapse into barbarism comparable with
that in the fourth century when Greek
and Roman civilizations were sub
merged. In Russia tonight practically
the entire population is mad. Boil
sheviki and non Bolsheviki are I'M
balanced by the struggle and hard
ships, and are incapable of sound
judgment. Hunger and suffering
have rendered the Russians forgetful
of the old standards and they are in
different to fate The hopelessness
can be overcome only by food and
manufactured articles necessary for
bodily comfort"
Commenting on the military situa-
ton in Russia. M. Bakhmeteff said
summary of the Russian committees
dispatches from Archangel, Omsk
Kuban, the Don and Ukraine showed
conditions favorable everywhere ex-
cept in the southeast where the Don
cossacks were much affected by the
announcement of the proposed Pm
kipo conference. and virtually gave
up the struggle for a short time, saw
ing that it was impossible to fight the
Bolsheviki when the allies gave such
recognition.
However. the Don cessacks had
been reorganized under General Ro-
gaewskv who had succeeded General
krasnoff, and was at the nrese1t time
cooperating with Gene'al Denikine.
nj. Rakhmeteff expressed the be-
lief that the entire Ukraine would
fall under Bolshevk control, except
ing Odessa. He said this was newt
able as Ukraine had not settled her
asrarian troubles. and peth1ra. the
Ukraine peasant leader is far from
being well organized.
On the Perm and Ufa fronts. in NJ.
Bakhmeteff's opinion, the Kolchak
forces are in excellent condition and
will doubtless advance rapidly in TO
Bolshevik territory when the extreme
~ cold weather abates and the spring
floods suhslde late in May. The Kol-
chak government is able to collect
taxes and, said the ambassador, MANY
other evidences of confidence in Kol-
chaks democracy are being displayed
among all classes.
The Russian commission, according
to M. Bakhmeteff has learned thar
practically all the money for the
Spartacan movement in Germany was
supplied by the Russian Bolsheviki
leaders, Lenine and Trotzky, who
shipped the government platinum,
gold and silver reserve to Stockholm,
where it was exchanged for German
marks.
Reports from General Denikine at
Ekaterinodar indicate that his troops
have been suffering terribly from lack
OF anaesthetics and medical supplies
of all sorts. Amputations have been
made without anaesthesia, the sol
diers undergoing great hardships in
the hospitals. The Russian commits
sion has been negotiating with the
American Red Cross, which has prom
lsed to relieve the situation.