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Show WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. Discouragement Discour-agement felt here over the news of the overthrow of the Kerensky government gov-ernment at Petrograd is tempered by hopes that the extreme radicals, who have seized the capital, may not be able to extend their control over the army or any considerable part of the country. However, It is feared that much blood must be shed and the nation na-tion further demoralized before any power rises above the turmoil strong enough to control'the situation, i The suggestion that the new power , at Petrograd may be short lived Is based to an extent upon the fact that the Cossacks, the best military force in Russia, always have been reckoned upon to support a strong conservative government. It was conceived in some quarters that If Kerensky, fleeing from the capital should be able to bring to his support General Kornlloff, the strong man of the Russian army, with his Cossack backers, he might sot up a new and' stronger government at Moscow, where he could count upon tire loyalty of a majority of the population. popu-lation. An obstacle to the success of such a plan is found in the possibility possibil-ity that Kornlloff, embittered by the treatment he had received at the hands of Kerensky when the latter was vacillating between the radicals and the conservatives, might refuse to risk his future further upon such an uncertain leader. Some officials think this compromising by Kerensky was largely responsible for his disaster. dis-aster. In view of the Intensity of the demo cratic spirit developed Jn Russia since the overthrow of the czar. It is regarded regard-ed here as difficult to conceive of the appearance of any form of government govern-ment other than a republic yet in diplomatic dip-lomatic circles where the peculiar temperament tem-perament of the Russian masses is well understood the opinion is expressed ex-pressed that out of sheer weariness with revolutions and anarchy, the majority ma-jority of the people might suddenly decide de-cide to confide their destinies In a dictator thereby following in the footsteps foot-steps of the radicals in the French revolution. Recalling that even the Bolshevikis themselves have declared for a "democratic "demo-cratic peace" which is opposed to the German idea. It is believed to be hard-j hard-j ly possible that on this basis Germany I could entertain proposals from the Maximalists for either a peace or an armistice. It is pointed out, too, that even if the Germans did make a separate peace with the Maximalists, the fact that this party represents only a small section of the Russian people would make it necessary for the central powers pow-ers to continue to maintain a largo military force on the border to guard against an offensive from the other element. Therefore, it Is hoped that the military mili-tary situation will not change materially mate-rially for the worse for the entente powers and America as a result of these latest developments. If any considerable con-siderable portion of the Russian'army can bo kept in the trenches, the advent ad-vent of winter will operate to prevent the German trocps who face them from taking advantage of any temporary tempo-rary weakness to start an offensive. nn ' |