The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-13
.BOLSHEVN WILL
FALLN NOVEMBER
Says Former Officer of I'M
perial and Kerensky Re-
gimes Visiting Memphis

European nations will be put to the
necessity Of the card system Of ration
ing bread so long as the Bolsheviki re-
main in control of Russia" declared
Lieut.. Alexander M~alacnott, Of AIoscuW,
formerly atde-de-camp to the COM
mander-in-chief of the Second Russian
army under both the imperial and pro-
y%isional governments in the world war.
Russia being the greatest wheat pro-
ducing nation in the world, Europe
has TO depend upon her for bread, ne
said, but under the chaotic conditions
which accompany the BolsheVik re-
gime Russia can not produce enough
wheat to fill her own bread basket.
Even the United States can not sup
ply h deficit" he added.
Lieut.. Malachon made this statement
to The News Scimitar Tuesday, seek
Ing to show the interest when kurO-
pean nations are bound to feel In the
overthrow Of the Russian Bolsheviki
The Russian officer is in Memphis Wis
iting several friends, whose ~acquain-
lance he formed while they were visit
ing in Liverpool and in his own COuu
try before the war. Prior to the war
he conducted a cotton factory in Mos
cow n this connection brought MIN
in contact with Memphis cotton people
on business abroad.
Lieut.. Malachott Is an uncompromis-
ing anti Bolshevik, and a member of
the Russian committee in Finland,
which is dedicated to the overthrow
of the soviet regime and the institution
of a stable government in Russia. lie
predicted the collapse of the Benine-
Trotzky organization by November of
this year through internal r%ottenncss
and external pressure of the four mill
tary movements against IL. These
movements are as follow: The Rus
sian and allied drive by the Archangel
pnNnrnTnnDf in North. RnGglas thu Arm Y
of Gen. Deniken in South Russia or the
Caucasus; the Siberian army under Adj
miral Kolchak; the contingent under
Gen. Udenitch from Finland.
Lieut., Malachoff escaped from Bolsh-
\ evik Russia without passport after the
collapse Of the kerensky government,
when the officers Of the old army were
confronted with the option Of joining
the red army and fighting the allies or
facing a firing squad. The credentials
upon which he secured passage to
America were issued by the FINNISH
government.
The Russian anti Bo1shevik peoples
are now experiencing from the Bolshe-
wiki much worse oppression than they
had to endure under the czardom, sald
Lieut.. Malachoff. mo Russian is Sc
cure even in his own home, nj is per.
petually liable to prescription, ares
and conviction without trial, The so
Wet government, or proletarian dicta'
torship, not only is not representative
but is bitterly hated by the asst ma
jority Of the Russian people. 1t Is nov
on its last legs and the impending rec
ignition of the all-Russian government
with headquarters now located at Omsk
will speedily put an end to It,"
Asked when he expected to return t.
Russia, Lieut.. Malachoff said, with
shruE of his shoulders; When tn,
Bolsheviki are put down. II they fal
today, | go back to morrow" While il
this country he is looking out for tn,
possibility Of resuming the importation
Of cotton as before the war, when con
ditions will permit.
Both a limited monarchy and re
public are favored by the supporters o
the l-Russian government, Lieut.. Ma
lachoff said. For the intelligen
classes a republic would be preferable,
said he, but for the Isl uneducate,
masses and by reason of the gerat va
riety of nationals in Russia a Unite
masses and by reason Of the great va
vorably regarded" a