The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-11
SEES WRANGEL
COMING STRONG
Gen. Maurice, British Military
Authority, Has Faith in
South Russia Army.
OPPOSES OUTSIDE HELP
Writer Says Only salvation of
Country From Soyiets Lies
in Own People.
By MAJ.-GEN. sIw rRErgse1Gx MAURICE


Special Gable Hespai 10 TIE HEaALD.
Copyright, 1920, 5B 'Nr Nrw YORK HERALD.
LONDON, Oct Gen Baron Peter
Wrangel has secured for his army a
position in soi Russia which in all
probably ~ IL be able to hold
throusa the winter. while there
Is yer, good ect nat he will be
able to iraprqvt & materially.
This ea reen lie to two causes.
First. thst the 3olshevists have for six
months ras taen directlng their prin-
cipal mill afy rTort gainst the Poles.
The Bolsrevisis have shown them
selves gooa stTa egisi and have fol-
lowed the soure mginry principle of
trying to dc one tljng a. a time. When
first the efforts OF aeir enemies be-
came dangerous fhey concentrated
heir attention on ADMIRAL Kolchals
and held off Gen Gsa 2ira. Then, hav-
i ing finished oN 40 t ARMY. sney
turned upon Deaehnc while they
watched the Poles.
During last sprlng end summer they
concentrated Their Forces yainst the
| Poles. leaving cur pHratlvc small de-
tachments opposiie Wrangt Napoleon
| used to say that clc of .be 1ecrets OF
4, his success was that be SAW only one
object at a time. while h's enen mics had
, their eyes upon may That. too. has
been one secret OF c surCess The Boil
! shevists have game.
Has strensthe Position.
Fortunately their .ncthods nave not
! been equalled by thor sirateFy and
J their army has coll D8ed 5eiovo the
Poles befause they copid not give the
! moral force. cohesion and discipline es-
sential for long sustained effort.
The respite Wrangel has received
while the Bolshevists were fighting the
! Poles gave him time TO build slowly on
a sure foundation. Learning from the
mistakes Of his predecessors, he has
! taken care to win converts by the pru-
dent administration of the territory he
/ has occupied He has dismissed cal e.
less and incompetent officials who
caused the inhabitants OF south Russie
to think that any evil might be better
than the present one. and thereby did
| much to ruin Denekine. He has been
: content TO proceed slowly and TO deny
| himself the pleasure of pushing forward
his forces until the country behind him
was in reasonably good order and con-
tentment. He is thereby drawing to
himself new adherents and allies. and II
is for these reasons. rather than be-
cause OF his military strength, which is
relatively not great. that / say he is
not likely TO be seriously shaken during
the coming winter
The changes In Russia have been ke-
! leidoscopic, but Il Is because Wrangels s
: methods have been sound when those of
others have been unsound that | ven
ture with some confidence on this
prophecy.
VIII he be able TO go much further
Very probably The Bolshevist forces
are shaken and disllusoned by the fall
ure OF the Polish campaign. They are
short of ammunition and military ma
terial and equipment of all kinds. and.
above all. they are weary OF war Eve
if the Bolshevists make peace with the
Poles, and have no other enemy than
Wrangel. they are not at present In
condition to maintain against him n
really formidable army. Therefore, II is
quite possible that by allying himself
with Gen. Petlura and the ant-Red
forces In the Ukraine on his left flank
and with the Cossacks on his right, both
OF NnOlu HttIN AdNOIdbi9 bioBoGNH ~ W
operate with him. Wrangel may succeed
In driving the Bo'shcvists from the
I greater part both of the Ukraine and OF
! Caucasla. Then " he continues his
prudent method OF government and
there Is no reason to suppose that he
will not do so. he will be able to
strengthen his forces by attracting to
! them fresh recruits and be able to
draw resources from those districts
which. despite all that has happened. are
/ still rich. and secure for himself po-
sition In South Russia which Will be
commanding In comparison with that he
holds to-day,
BoIshevists Seem on wane.
VIII he be ablo to overthrow Boil
shevism and make himself predominant
over all Russian Is he the Napoleon OF
the Russian chaos7 These are questions
which many are asking, but Il Is very
difficult 60 return any precise answer.
IL is possible TO say that Wrangel is
not, and Is unlikely to have resources
to enable him TO conquer Russia. the
distances in Russia are vast IN effect
much greater than corresponding dis
tances in the United States. Tor, owing
to tho poor education of the greater
mass OF the population and the paucity
of means OF comr~.nicatlon, an event
In one part OF the country has little or
no repercusslon In other parts. The
| cotianaa of Rolaheyien, must come