New-York tribune., 1919-10-20

luence, but for German trade and in
1uence as well--not to speak of Ger
nan colonists and armies.
1t is definitely" reported from Ber-
in that the German dictator in the
Baltic land, General Won der Goltz, has
withdrawn at least as a result of AL
lied pressure on the German govern
ment. But Won der Goltz's with
drawal" may mean one thing and an
other. 1t is hardly likely that it means
the complete and sudden evaporation
of his Balto-German army. Even at
the best-even if the German assur-
ances, contrary to experience, are car
ried out literally-it will take some
time before the last German soldier
has quit the soil Of Courland. And in
the mean time more and more is heard
about the "Germano- Russian army Of
Colonel Bermondt- -Avalov. II would be
interesting to know the exact proper
tion of the two ingredients of this
army.
These Germano Russians profess to
carry on war of determination against
the Bolsheviki, but so far the chief
practical result of their activities has
been to drive the nationalist govern
ment of Lettonia and Esthonia into
negotiations with the Bolsheviki-a net
loss to the Allied cause.
Moreover, the army of Bermondt-
Avalov, openly pro-German and mon
archist-restorationist, is not the only
Russian force operating in the Baltic
coastland. There is the private army
of Prince Lieven, q Russianized Bait
grandee, which, although no less openly
monarchistic, was sailing of late under
we'll, if not pro-Ally, at least under
what may be called anti-pro- German
colors.
Now, it is understood that the Pskov
government and General Yudenitch
have no connection with the Bermondt-
Avalov game; it is further understood
that they are cooperating with Prince
Lieven. The practical value of this
distinction should be gauged in the
.ignt of the recollection that this is the
same Prince Lieven who, on August 28
last, had the imperial Russian and the
imperial German flags noisted side by
side in front of his headquarters at
Mitau.
Otherwise the Pskov government
seems all right. 1t acknowledges the
superiority of the government of Ad-
mlYal Kolchak at Omsk, and is thereby
mixed with the other members of the
lnti-Bolshevik encircling enterprise.
Moreover, it is reported that it consists
of number of honest and capable bust
ness men and technical experts, its
head. Stepan Georgievitch Lianozov,
being president Of the great Russian
oil concern, G. M. Lianozov e. Sons
There is a report from Berlin that
the "Staatsgericht," or court of i'm
peachment, will soon convene to ex-
anime the question of responsibility
for the war. General Ludendorff, for
mer Chancellor Ho.lweg and
former Ambassador Bernstorff will be
among the first witnesses to be ex-
amned. The opening of the perform
ance has been definitely promised"
several times without visible con-
sequences, and after the food of
revelations and counter revelations in
the newspapers, following Chancellor
Bauer's exposures in the National As
eembly, as well as the latest German
White Book, dealing with the last three
months of the war, not much remains
to be said 1t is, anyway. rather i'm
probable that convictions of anv kind
should result. But the Ebert govern
ment has promised to call a tribunal.
and 1T apparently can't postpone it any
longer. Nobody will be surprised
should it turn out to be merely an
er atz tribunal-ersatz being about the
only thing in Germany to-day tha. can
not be substituted.