THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16156, 9 March 1918, Page 9

THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.

THE PEACE TREAT#! i LENINISTS AT VARIANCE.- | ■ Js (By Cable.—Picss Association.— \ (Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association.) || PETROGRAD. March 7. ; The differences aro growing strong: j daily between the Leninists, advocafi • ing the ratification of the peace tormn; I and the influential Bolshevik • grottc® . j demanding their refusal. Ihcre j possibly lio ft split at tht* Moscow ("Cl* gross, * ; EXODUS FROM PETROGRAD. 'J, j . : i N I'mV YORK. March 7. & The United Press . j Petrograd correspondent states thag; the Foreign OKico lias been moved w Nijni Novgorod. The exodus ® \ civilians from Petrograd continue*. W ; THE OUTLOOK FOR RUSSIA. I \ LONDON'. March j The -Daily Chronicle's" Petrografc j correspondent states that there j many indications that the disgrace?!® peace just imposed will not. be the \ end of Russia, but the beginning ol» J j i". strong Russia. ' \ ' "It ends the old war," he says;'j "but is beginning a new. tougher, and. i . complex war. I insist that despite | j the ruin and suffering caused by ihe j* j Bolsheviks, their leaders have _uo j r ; j intention of working for German *n- t| ' terests. They were working fanati- || | cally for their own revolutionary aims, , but have been worsted, and the chi<»f HP ! violcuce of their wrath is now direct- . ed against German Imperialism. . ffi : "They aro successfully stimulating S ' against German oppression a patriotic jg feeliiiii of a new type.'' _ • | ! "This new Bolshevik enthusiasm isjl an asset, and certainly one of the far-. tors of a revival of national sentiment, !jj and is shared by many other classes, It is possible th.it the various currents of bitter hostility to Germany i coalesce in a big national inovement/V of resistance to tho German ihyasion|jp ■ Hence, if a revival of national i nient is possiblo it ought to be foul tored. » "Nevertheless it is unfortunate for usl that at tho very moment that Russia! is smarting under the bitter humil:.v;l tion of defeat she should be faccslj, with the threat of a Japanese tion of Siberia in the interests of thrp Allies. The threat has aroused tMjgfj strongest resentment among all classe'sffs of Russians. jpj (Received March 9th, 12.25 a.m.) LONDON, March 8. % "Tho more hint of occupation with- S out any indication as to its aims or the ;B forms of occupation, staggers our B staunchest supporters, and perhaps | awakens greater indignation than tho 8 cession of Kars and Batoum to Turkey, g "Possibly it will be ultimately neces- g sary, as a military measure, to safe- | guard the Siberian supplies, but the i danger is not immediate, and tho | threat of occupation lends colour to B tho l repeated suggestions of collusion | among the belligerents, and the pos- U sibility of peace a t Russia's expense. <9 "If Russia has any fight in her she 15 will need tho Allies' direct military || help, but let this come only as the re- $ suit of invitation, and with the con- a sent of the Russian people. "The newspaper 'Retch' expresses serious misgivings at the carrying on i of British and American negotiations, . . ! without Russia's participation, concerning Japanese occupation. , The French Government has proposed that . tho Allies should give definito guarantees of the integrity of Russia's Asiatic, possessions, but, however valuable . such guarantees might be, the fact remains that all agreements made regarding Russia, without Russia's con- • sultation, would bo incompatible with her sovereign rights." The correspondent adds, that owing to absence of a stable form of Government, Russia is confronted with, a now menace. One result of the situation is to deprive hor of a voice in tho decision of international questions. J ITEMS FROM PETROGRAD. OTTAWA, March 7. The Petrograd correspondent of tho United Press Association states that all the newspapers regard Count von Hertling's, Mr Balfour's, and Baron Sonnino's speeches as indicating. a compromise at Russia's. expense. 1 Japan's proposed intervention is regarded as a blow against the revolution. The Russians have appointed a Defence Council, consisting of Commissaries Schutho, Bron, and Chbrujo- ( vitch. : . The Bolsheviks say that Mr David R. Francis, the American Ambassador, has moved the American Embassy, .to Perm, and has asked the Norwegian Ambassador to protect Americans in Petrograd. . Refugees say that the Germans shot or hanged 200 Russian citizens at Qurieff. Six Russian students have been shot for aiding a conspiracy to overthrow the Bolshevik Government. ENSIGN IvRYLENKO RESIGNS. (Beuter'a Telegnwni.) (Received March Bth. 7.40 p.m.) PETROGRAD, March 7. Ensign Krylenko (Bolshevik Conv-mander-in-Chief) has resigned his command of tho city.