New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

Trotzky-Lenine regime may be delayed
some weeks. but it is inevitable" OFF,
cial information received here thus sum-
closing act Of the Red drama is already
under way, according to reports from
military attaches and special agents
Only the INERTIA" of the anti-Bol-
shevik groups has permitted the present
Moscow government to remain alive be-
yond September Is, one official who has
made special study of the situation
said. The Bolshevik organization. the
reports say has been so poor at the
foundation-the confidence Of the masses
that only a push was necessary to
start the fall. This push has been lack
ing because there was no eff ,ient CO.
operation between the anti-Red leaders,
ana the absence of initiative or abil-
ity on the part of any one of them to
start the forward movement
Three Factors Contribute
General Denikines advance toward
MOSCOW, the campaign Of attrition waged
py the Northwest Russian Volunteers
and the stitfening of Admiral Kochak
ana his Cossacy allies, the reports say.
nave furnished more than hoped for:
pressure.
a continuation of this pressure hv
any one of these forces for one week
vii finish the NATTER" declares one
military expert. "The British alone,
through their assistance to the nortn-
western group operating in the Estho-
ma sector can turn the trick
This officer is frank in his belief
that Great Britain has been the only
one OF the associated nations to lend
concrete aid to the anti B olshevik lead
ers. Not only has Great Britain boil
stored up the Denikine line with tanks
and ordnance. he asserted, and stiff
ened Kolchak with materials and mor9l
not confirmed that British warships
have participated in the advance on
Fetrograd by shellin9 the Rcd forces
at kronstadt and its defenses. A
strong force Of veteran aviators is
assisting the fleet.
PctrOgrad No Longer Vital
Official dispatches TODAY did not
report the fall of Petrograd, which.
however, was announced in Paris. The
iall OF the former capital is considered
OF MINOR Importance as compared with
the results of Dcnikine's advance.
Moscow can be isolated and captured
at any moment, it is thought, if the
leader of the southern army and his
associates decide upon concerted at
tack, but the objective now seems TO
be the Saratov- Belaschow- -Pensa tri-
angle of communications, which CON
trols the vast Ural reglon. Should
Denlkine arrive at Saratov on the
Nolga, officials here say the entire
southeastern empire of the Bolshevili
u f"'l irto Dcnikine's hands without
q further blow. That would result in
so.atlon oi all the Bolshevk forces
west of Moscow with the exception Of
a thin supply line through Perm.
Ukraine Turns Against Reds
Official reports from Tic Ukraine.
once stronghold of the Reds. declare
1t is now almost Who'll anti Bolsnevik.
The entire Ukraine will be free of
Bolsheviki by spring without outside.
assistance" says one government dis
patch received here.
Although the Red armies still num-
Der more than 5000 men, counting
reserves, the necessity of dividing the
lorces into SO many widely scattered
armies, the increasing effect of the im
pared morale and the ack of efficient
cooperation from the interior, due 20
the collapse Of industrial life, military
experts here do not consider that figure
as indicating anything like the true
military strength.
Red Route to India Blocked
Reports to the Russian Embassy to-
day indicated that 1874 900 square miles
OF Russian territory had been freed of
the Bo]sheviki since September 20, and
that the advance of the anti Red forces
had cut the route over which Bolshevik
propaganda might spread to India and
Aighanlstan from Moscow The capture
of $4,000 prisoners, zoe machine gums
ninety cannon and four armored trains
by the Kolchak forces also was re-
ported
Another report to the embassy said
more than 10000 of the most prominent
lntellcctuals of Russia were being held
hostage in Moscow under sentence of
DEATH many already having been ex-
ecuted The remainder, it was said,
wou d be executed if General Denikjne
attempted to capture the city.