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Show mm is TOLERANT REGARDING BDLSHEVIKI Purpose Is to Demonstrate Demon-strate Faith in the Ultimate Ul-timate Stabilization of the Democracy, Which May Prevent Separate Peace With Central Powers. CONFERENCE AT PARIS WATCHING Coalition of Advanced Socialists Succeeds the Lenine Cabinet; All r the Radical Factions Included in the Ministry Minis-try Now in Control. ".VASHI.WtTOX. Nov. 30. ReaJiza-tion ReaJiza-tion of Th? danger of causing a reaction reac-tion in Kus?ia favorable to the central jX'wer? by intervention in the political affairs of the new democracy, has caused administration ofi'k-ials here to sound a note of warning against hasty condemnation of the Bolsheviki.' Back of -svhat is described as a tolerant toler-ant policy in dealing with Russia, ap- j parently not only is a purpose to dem- j onstrate faith in the ultimate stabiliza- : tion of the democracy, but a faint hope j that the extremist faction which is for the moment in control of the government govern-ment will refrain from violating Russia Rus-sia "s treaty pledges to the entente allies, and make a separate pcare. o long as : thore is a possibility that those over-: hire? will fail because of the apparently: i rrecoucilnhle differences betw een the Bolshevilii r"?ae . scheme founded on "no annexations and no indemnities."1 ?nd the German demands for compensation compensa-tion and ' adequate safuard for the future. ' ' it is rccarod as bad policy to exert any pressure from the outside at this ?tago. To do so. it is believed, ttouM only tend to cause resentment in Ilussia and to solidify the various elc-, ments around the Petrograd regime. Purpose of Conference, An additional reason for maintaining m attitude of" watchfulness and reserve in "Washington is f"und in the fact that lo meet .inst snh a situation as is developing de-veloping in Russia, is one of the rrnr-pus rrnr-pus of the inter allied conferences assembled as-sembled in Paris. There are intimations that suggestions have reached Washing-Ion Washing-Ion from the French capital that it would be well to avoid adverse crit i-cisro i-cisro here of the Rssian tangle, leaving the commissioners gathering in Paris to doal with it at this stagp at 1pht. H is even possible that in pursuance of the idea that by moral suasion Russia can p prevented from going t-o the extreme of making a separate peae, some of the entente powers may decide to make home sort of acknowledgment of the wveipl of the Lenine-Trotzky peace and armistice proposal. Teuton Opportunity. No surprise is felt, in diplomatic eir cIps her1.' at the upeedy acceptance by fWmany and Austria of the Lenine proposals. It had been assumed that with no intention whatever of aveptme any of the substantial demands of the Xolsheviki, the German and Austrian chancellories would not miss this great opportunity to eliminate. Russia as an f fensive military force for t ho manv lav, weeks or even month during which the sit i I led German diplomatist.-, might protract the negotiations for an icmistice and peace. In the meantime, o!" course, there may be released for ac- ?rive service against the British, French and Italians on the west front hundreds (Continued on Page Two.) , l iWILSON I0LE1II WITH III RUSSIANS (Continued from Page One.) of thousands of German, Austrian, Turkish and liulgjinan soldiers maintained main-tained on the eastern front. Will Devise Means. It will be for the inter-allied conference confer-ence in Paris to devise some means of neutralizing this German scheme, possibly possi-bly by influencing the Bolsheviki element ele-ment itself through an exposition of the duplicity and real aims of the Germans, or by rc.'ourso to the elements in Knssia represented by Q en oral Kaledines and other leaders who have refused to acknowledge ac-knowledge the control of the Maximalists. Maxi-malists. The letter of "Lord Lansdowne, suggesting sug-gesting a moderation of allied war aims, which lias aroused such a bitter feeling in England, mnv, in the opinion of some of the di plomnt ic officials here, prove a powerful factor in keeping the Bolsheviki Bolshe-viki witnin the entente allied circle by letting them perceive that their own doctrines regarding peace are not lacking lack-ing in support among entente statesmen. |