Evening star., 1919-01-25
PROPOSAL UN|TES
ANT|-BO[SHEV|STS
Various Factions in Russia
Line Up in Combined
Opposition.
DOUBT ABOUT UKRAINE

Whether all Russian factions agree
or not to the proposal for a meeting
with allied representatives at the
Princes Island February Is, it daily
becomes apparent from the meager
Russian advices received here that the
fact that such a proposal was made is
having wholesome effect.
This effect is to line up all the fac
tfons, provisional governments and
political groups Of Russia in combined
opposition to the bolsheviki.
All Line Up Against Bolshevism.
If the meeting does take place it al
ready is assured, according to persons
in Washington in touch with Russian
affairs. that the issue will be sharply
drawn between bolshevism and a
coalition OF all other Russian elements
represented. who are determined to
save Russia from bolshevik domina-
ton.
Among the factions" other than
the bolshevikf, as the proposals term
them, which will gather for the
epochal conference, 1t now seems fair
ly assured that three will be repre-
sented, if the meeting takes place.
Non-Bolshevists to Be Represented.
These are the Omsk government, of
which Admiral Kolchak is dictator;
the Archangel provisional govern
ment, headed by Tschaikowsky as
president, and the southern Russians
from the Kuban and Don Cossack re-
gion, held together by the army head
ed by Gen. Denikine. to whom Gen.
Krasnoff of the Don Cossacks has
pledged allegiance.
More problematical is the repre-
sentation of the poles, Lthuanians
and the Esthonians, and also Of the
Ukraine government. Both the Lith-
uanians and Esthonians are organ
lied in some way, just how is not
known here, to oppose the bolsheviki,
uons,. SO it is probable they will in
trust their cause to the other groups
who also stand for g. united Russia
and the overthrow of the Lenin- -Trotsky
regime.
Poland May Not Attend.
Poland, now q part of Russia, and
therefore included within the scope
of the proposals, has declared for her
independence, and her claim was in
dorsed in an address to Congress by
President Wilson. Practically all Rus
sian factions, except the bolsheviki,
acknowledge Poland's claims. There
fore it is likely that Poland will re-
main away from a conference dealing
with purely Russian affairs.
The position of Ukraine is the most
doubtful Of all. To understand why,
it is necessary to go back to the be-
ginning of the movement for a sep
arate Ukraine. This movement was
fostered by Austrian. and later by
German propaganda, and abetted by
intellectuals Of Ukraine. who based
their hopes more on cultural and lit
erary grounds than upon political
ones.
Ukraine never has acknowledged
cided to discuss a separate peace at
Brest-Litovsk, the Ukrainians sent a
separate delegation. The bo1sheviki
tried to evict this delegation, but the
Germans, for reasons which are not
quite clear, decided to treat separate
under the Brest-Litovsk treaty, was de-
clared separate state.
France Recognizes Ukraine.
France recognized this independ-
ence, hoping to find in Ukrainia the
nucleus. of force to combat the boil
recognized that they might have the
friendship of an anti-bolshevik ele-
ment in case the bolsheviki grew tired
of playing the German game, and also
because they hoped to. get the food
stuffs that the Ukraine produced.
The Germans, incidentally, were dis
appointed in that hope, and got only
about a fifth of what they wanted.
The peasants cannily insisted that the
Germans pay for what they bought,
which the Huns were not able to do.
After the provisional government of
Russia was overthrown by the bolshe-
Wiki Skoropadsky formed cabinet,
and he was supported by many Ukrai-
mans who did not care for the Ger
man influence, but preferred it as a
lesser evil to bolshevism. Later
SkoropadskY was overthrown by q
peasant upI4sing and Petlura became
the Ukraine leader. He is a man Of
highly radical and bolshevist tenden-
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