The Cordova daily times., 1919-02-12
BOLSHEVISM IS DEADLYENEMY
 0FDEMOCRACY

LONDON, Jan. Correspondence of hte Associated Press) Five repre- sentatives of Russian political organ izations who are now here have is- sued a statement in which they assert that they are of the opinion that the salvation of Russia requires, first of all, that Russia should be liberated from the Bolshevikii. They ask for the active help of the entente allies for Russians who are fighting Bolshe- vik rule.
 The delegation includes two moder- ate Conservatives, one Liberal and l two moderate Socialists. They were sent to the allied countries to inform the governments and peoples of Rus ia's critical position. The members of the delegation are Vladimir Gurko, Nicholas Shebeko, formerly Russian ambassador at Vienna; Sergius Tretiu- koff, formerly president of the Rus | sian Ecumenical Council; Alexander | Titoff and Constantine Krovoposkoff. The two last named are moderate So- cialists. This mission when in Paris was headed by Professor Paul Miliu- koff, leader of the Russian Constitu- tiona1 Democrats, and formerly for eign minister, but his name is not in- cluded among those who make public the appeal for help for Russia.
 'The German domination in Russia and it's artificial splitting into inde- pendent parts," says the Russian rep resentative, ''is contrary to the aspira- tions of the masses and of all the sane elements which demand the union of the whole country in single | state whose ultimate fate must be de- termined by the free decision of the people inhabiting Russia.
 For this purpose active help is re- Quired from the allies for all those parts of Russia which are in conflict with the Bolshevih and who are striv, ing to reunite and regenerate Russia. "In the south this help must be given first of all to the voluntary army which is fighting against the Bolsheviki in the Northern Caucasus Besides, to create order, 1t is neces- sary to occupy temporarily the most important towns and railway juno tions in the south of Russia, so as to prevent the advance of the Bolshe- wiki from the north and the spreading of anarchy, that already has ruined the north of Russia.
 "A barrier against the Bolshevism spreading from the north will enable the voluntary army to consolidate and to grow. It will be possible by con- scription to convert this voluntary army into vast army in the south of Russia, and, together with Siberia and the northern territory, to crush the Bolsheviki and to reunite the whole of free Russia in the coming spring.
 therefore allied help is not re- quired for the purpose of taking an offensive against the Bolsheviki but to create conditions that will enable the sane elements to organize them selves, to create a government mech l anlsm and an army. All the rest as 1 we'll as the internal organization of the country must be left to the Rus l sians themselves
 Quite separate problem is the salvation of Petrograd. During the | Bolshevik regime the population had diminished to 600,00O. The liberation | or this city at the earliest possible date by the allies is called for by 1 considerations of humanity now that the allies have access to the dying capital through the Baltic sea. If in time of war America considered it her duty to save Europe from the yoke of Prussianisfn, now at the mo- ment of the approaching peace new task is confronting her-the salvation of the Russian democracy and of the Russian state from the tyranny of Le- nine and Trotzky, nay, the salvation of the whole of Russian civilization. from the BolsAevik barbarity. If the help is not given quickly and decis- lively. Russia, instead of free demo- cratic country. will be cruahei in a state of unheard of dictatorship that will make stable and lasting peace impossible. that will be a constant threat not only to its neighbors but to the whole of Europe"
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