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LONDON.
June, 1918.

To the President of the
United States of America.

In Russia to-day public opinion is deprived of all
means of expression. The press is gagged. All representa-
tive institutions, both central and local, are dispersed.
Personal rights are abolished. The judicial syetem is des-
troyed. There is no government. The best Russian people
at home in Russia are compelled under the threat of death
to keep silence even on such an important question as that
of active assistance from the Allies. It is therefore the
duty of us Russians who happen to be abroad to lay before
you our opinion on this subject.

The occupation by the Germans of new areas in Russia
and their further economic penetration into Russia is a
calamity for our country, and a grave menace to the Allies.
With the natural wealth of Russia in her hands Germany can
wage war for a long period in defiance of the blockade. To
set up a serious barrier to the penetration of the Germans
into Russia is possible only by force of arms. As Allied
troops have been and are still being sent to the French and
Italian fronts, so it is now necessary to send Allied troops
to Russia. The peace of Brest-Litovek is not recognized
either by the Allies or by the representative institutions
of the Russian State. The Russian people now more than ever

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