Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-08
7 REPUBLICS
COMPOSE
RUSSIA
@NEK - e,
" EDWARD M. TR1EREY
scrambling the political Scram-
eggs Of Russia is the giant task
. Russian political congress has

Zen on It's ShOuluerS.
| No parley with the Bolshevists is
on their program.
They are aiming at nothing less
than a United States Of Russia.
Their plan is for the welding to-
gether of at least seven separate
republics now existing or claiming
to exist in what we once knew as
Russia.
Here are the men who are attend
ing the conference:
/ Prince Lvoff, president of the first
provisional Republican government
of Russia after the czar's abdica-
ton; he gave way to Kerensky, who
was minister of war in his cabinet.
s. Sazanoff, former Russian min
lister of foreign affairs; he as well
as Lvoff, represents the Omsk ISL
berian) governm emit; he also repre-
sents the kuban (South Russia) gov
eminent.
n. Tchaikovsky, president of the
Archangel North Russia) republic.
w. Maklakoff, ambassador to
Boris Bakhmeteff, ambassador to
the United States.
M. n. Giers, ambassador to Italy.
M. A. Stakhovitch, ambassador to
Spain.
I. N. Efremoff, minister of war in
kerensky's cabinet. . ..~
Other Groups; other Plans
Only the Omsk Kuban and Arch
angel governments are represented
in the conference. But the congress
expects to include in the ultimate
United States of Russia the gov
ernments of UkFania, Lithuania, Es-
thonia and Georgia.
And just to make matters CON-
plicated-entirely aside from the
BolsheVist giant that has them all
by the threats back in Russia-the
UkPainian, Lithuanian and Esthonian
delegations in Paris. None of them
are working with the Russian po-
litica1 conference.
The Georgian government hasn't
shown much activity around the
peace conference. But it has had
representative in Switzerland since
last November.
What the conference wants is rec
ignition by the great powers of the
de facto governments (which have
been constituted by these national
lists. They add that there govern
ments are inspired by democratic
principles and enjoy support from
the populations"
They also want the powers to
'give a lift" to provisional regimes
adequate to meet all actual necessf-
ties and primarily the financial, eco
nomical and military needs of the
populations concerned"
Members of the conference say
this doesn't necessarily mean mill
tary support. They do not commit
themselves very exactly. Nor do
they elucidate on the question of
money. 1919
They want the powers to agree to
this principle that only with the
knowledge and consent of the people
can there be solution to such prob
lens as territories of the Russian
empire within the boundaries of
1914, exclusive of Poland's ethro-
graphical limits" and the future
status of nationalities within such
limits"
The congress holds that mo def
mite action OIL such problems can
take place until the Russian peo-
pie are able to manifest freely their
will and to take part in the settle
ment of these questions"
Leaping suddenly from theory to
practice L asked how they proposed
to take the first step-how the Rus
sian people were going to get
chance to manifest their will'' with
Lenine and Trotzky hanging around
cracking the Bolshevist whip.
There was no answer to questions
like that