Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-18
ORGANIZING AGAINST
THE BOLSHEV|K|

NEW YORK.-Gregoire Alexin-
sky, a former member of the
Russian duma now in Paris, in a
letter to a prominent New Yorker
whose identity cannot be made pub
lie, says that a strong anti-Boishe-
visit organization has been set up
in Constantinople in anticipation Of
the fall of the Lenine-Trotzky
regime which, the writer declares.
is Imminent and inevitable
Two events, the revolt at Kron-
stadt On February 26, 1921, and
tina establishment, by the CONSTANT
nople organization, of friendly re-
lations with the anti-Boishevist gov
eminent at Vladivostok. he said,
are of particular significance. The
clouds over Soviet Russia, at first
no larger than a mans fist, Mr..
Alexinsky writes, have now grown
50 the proportions of a serious
storm.
All the information which
reaches us from Russia" wrote Mr..
Alexinsky, proves that the power
of the Soviets is shaking and that
the government of Lenine is near
ing its end. We anti-Bolshe,vists
have, meanwhile, done much to
gani y HoT fU %e have wae ereafed the
Soviet (Consei) Russo, is located at
Constantinople with the following
officers: president (ex-officio) Gen
eral Peter Wrangel; vice president,
Professor Jean Alexinsky, a Social
ist-Populist and former member Of
the duma; second vice president, NJ.
Conservative and former member of
the duma; secretary, General Lach-
kevitch, a cadet and former mem
Der of the duma.
THE Soviet (ConseiD Russo Is
composed of representatives of the
Russian parliamentary committees
and the Russian academic groups
in foreign countries, the municipal
assemblies and the Zemstvos. Three
shevist army staff are also mem
bers and include Mons. Choulguine,
a Conservative; Prince Dolgorou-
koff, a cadet; and myself, a Social
Democrat. The Cossack forces are
also represented by three COM
The program Of the soviet-(Con-
provides that after the overthrow
of Bolshevism "all Russian people,
without distinction of class, religion
or nationality, will be free to make
their choice regarding Russia's
government and constitution and
the peasants will be recognized as
owners of. the land they cultivate"
Other provisions include the IRE
establishment of productive work
and of the economic forces Of Rus
STA" through conferences between
workingmens' committees, the fac
tory managers and the government.
There will be no vengeance against
those who through fear or mis-
taken Judgment have served in the
Communist administration or in the
Red army and a general amnesty
will enable all to help in the
building of New Russia" All ma
tionalities composing the present
state, Mr.. Alexinsky said. will
have equal rights and religious and
personal liberty guaranteed to them
by law" and will be given the op-
portunity for free development in
their local and national aspira-
tons"
The Conseil's function, it was
said, will be to manage all politl-
cal and civil affairs, leaving mill
tary matters entirely to former of
ficers of the anti-Bolshevist forces.
At present, Mr.. Alexinsky wrote,
the conseil is backed by the rem
nant of the Crimean army, 10000
to $4,000 men and the committees
OF the refugees in the Balkans, rep
resenting 10000 other Russians.