Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1918 — ARCTIC OPEN FOR HELP TO RUSSIA [ARTICLE]

ARCTIC OPEN FOR HELP TO RUSSIA

ALLIES DISCUSS SENDING AN EXPEDITION INTO COUNTRY BY WAY OF ARCHANGEL. Washington, June of an allied expedition to help Russia through Archangel on the Arctic Ocean was discussed today in important allied quarters. Representatives of the United States, State and War department apparently have convinced the allied leaders who believe the eastern front must be re-established that the Siiberian project involves insuperable difficulties. Those who discussed the Archangel plan today say it escapes all of the political, geographical and strategic objections raised against the Vladivostok plan. The final answer of the United States against the possibility of the Siberian intervention is reported to have been the lack of ships. According to the new plan, ships from the United States could be diverted to the Archangel route without an appreciable loss of time over that required for the voyage to French ports.