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Show NEW REVOLUTION IN j RUSSIA : Good news comes from Russia. Three of the strong generals of the Russia army have begun a revolution against the BolshevikI government, and they are making headway, having gained possession of southern Russia, which is the granary of the new republic. re-public. One of the most significant statements state-ments convoyed In the dispatches refers re-fers to an attempt on the part of General Gen-eral Dutoff to cut the Trans-Siberian railroad at the base of the Ural mountains. moun-tains. It Is most important that Siberia Si-beria be cleared of the Bolshevlki, as their pro-German policy, fully applied ap-plied to Siberia, might make of Vladivostok Vladi-vostok a German submarlno base, from which all shipping in the Pacific could be menaced. The Standard is hopeful the United States will get control of the Trans-Siberian Trans-Siberian railroad, or at least, the eastern east-ern terminus, and hold the road, during dur-ing the war, as a'safeguard. In this connection, we note that Fred C. Smith, formerly assistant superintendent su-perintendent of the Salt Lake division of tho Southern Pacific, who is one of the railroad experts on their way to Russia, was not stopped at Honolulu, but Is proceeding to Vladivostok, where the Americans are to make their headquarters. When thoy left the United States, the railroad men understood thoy were to take charge and operate the Trans-Siberian road, and they were prepared to do so. By the time they land at Vladivostok, Russia Rus-sia may be under the more friendly guidance of the military men, and Mr. Smith and party may proceed to get possession of the great artery over which, it is possible, American and Japanese troops will be moving within six months. At the very beginning of the war, The Standard advocating turning the energies of this country In the direction direc-tion of the Siberian railroad, and we are now convinced that had the movement move-ment started, Trotzky, with his lying reports as to American indifference, could not have won a hearing and the "rcd6" of Russia could never have gained power. |