Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-02
|KERENSKY LANDS
| TO STUDY LIBERTY
Former Russian Leader Says
90 Per Cent of His People
Are Opposed to Soviet.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, March 2.-Alexahder
F. Kerensky, who headed the revoiu'
fionary government established In
Russia after the overthrow of the Gar,
ARRIVED on the Olympic today for the
purpose Of studying American princl-
pies of liberty. He also intends 10
write for American consumption on
the present-day Russian situation.
Kerensky was besieged by reporters
who fired volleys of questions at him
on wide range of subjects, which
seemed TO disconcert him for a time,
and his answers We're ambiguous.
After the question had been put
fseveral times, he finally said that he
+ thought 80 per cent of the Russian
people were hostile to the Soviet
Soviet Better Than Monarchy.
he expressed the opinion, however,
that more good had come out of the
soviet, although it had turned sour.
than could ever have come out of the
czarist regime.
He believed that the Russian peo-
nile must solve their own political
out the country, although he admit
ted propaganda of a constructive ma
ture from the outside was of value.
Kerensky was met at the quaran-
fine station by Kenneth n. Simpson,
Assistant United States Attorney, and
Nicholas Winner, adjutant to Keren-
skv when he was in power. winner
is now professor of Russian pmioso-
nhy and literature at Columbia Uni
verSity.
Denies Being Propaganda.
Simnson and Winner had a brief
oriyate talk with Kerensky before ne
wasSmet by the newspaper men.
Winner acted as interpreter, as
Kerensl1y's familiarity with the Eng
fish language is limited to the written
word.
Winner gagged the questions and
answers with the net result tnat
Kerensky dealt largely in generallties.
He insisted that his mission to Amer
lea should not be characterized as .iial
hf propaganda.
Kerensky is man OF more than
average stature, with a closely crop
ned head of dark hair. His eyes are
hazel, with large pupils, and his race
/ Is almost free of wrinkles. The exile
spoke in a deep, booming voice. He
did not smile once during the inter-
view.
Disapproves Monarchists' Plans.
He charged those who are seeking
the return of a monarchy in Russia
with working for the cause of
bolsheviki and said the aristocracy
will never return to power. This state
ment came when he was told Grand
Duchess Cyril and Grand Duke Boris
both said when in America that 1t is
merely a matter of time until the
saristocacy will return. He let out
great grunt and said:
mo, no, no, never"
Asked whether the present govern
ment is worse than the Czarist regime.
he replied with this question:
'I ask you to judge for yourselves
whether Czarist hereditary govern
ment, which never gave vestige of
sympathy to democratic ideals, Is
preferable to a government which
came out of the revolution and later
turned in on itself? What would you
say <f the United States had no in
dependent newspaper"
He said Russian Democrats and
Republicans will never forget that
America supported Russia and helped
their cause moro than any other
nation.
ST came here to VISIT" he concluded
the interview, ITO see your country,
gee how the people live the life of
liberty, which has always interested
the people of Russia"