Show SAMARA CHOSEN RALLY POINT IN RUSSIAN DRIVE Campaign Against l Viki t Depends on Union of Two Tro Advances l i nr nr ton Sept 18 The The opera opera- or of the allied forces In Russia are demanding much of or the attention of ot the tho war department As explained to toda today today to- to I da day by staff officers the plan of ot campaign campaign cam cam- In Russia shows a convergence con to a point somewhere near Samara In Inthe inthe the tho pro I province of or According to tho the latest positions ot of troops on the official map tho the allies aro are advancing from Archangel directly southward to toWard toward toward to- to ward Samara and the Japanese tho the Am Americans ns British and French and Czecho are aro going westward west for concentration at t tho the same point The Tho result of ot the establishment of or orAn MI An n army at Samara Sam as stated by officials off off- dais will be this FIrst there will be a a. rallying point for tor all tho the progressive elements of ot Russia to whom the Presidents President's message mes mes- sage rage to the Soviets pan was ad addressed addressed nd- nd dressed that Is to sn say to the tho Russian people as ns against all nil self seeking fac Zac- Second tho power of ot propagandists for or Germany German will have been broken in more than one half of or Russia Third tho presence of or an arm army stationed stationed sta sta- not man many miles southeast of or Moscow will require Russia Russin to retain l largo Jargo r o forces in and near noar the borders o of Russia which will become impossible ble if Ie tho the Americans l French rench and British Brit ErIt- ish keep up their advance from the tho western front fron Tho The state department however threw n. n strong light on the success atthe of at the military operations In Russia Hussla to toda to- to da day It was announced that a courier had arrived at Samara from Moscow who ho gave an account of ot the utter desolation des des- elation of ot things there tho the lack of or and the fearful misrule of ot I Ithe th the Bolshevik authorities The courier reported that tho the Germans were evacuating evac evac- the Baltic provinces This Is taken to indicate that tho Germans are Te re anticipating tho success of or tho the al al- al lied and American forces Cle descending tr from r m. m Archangel el and tho the Japanese and other ether troops troop moving alon along the trans trans- Siberian railroad to meet in tho j Oron- Oron b berg berg- erg erg- province |