Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-23
SOCIALISTS ARE
RUSS|A'S TROUBLE
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS FIX
RESPONSIBILITY
evolutionlstc Not SO Much Leaders
as Followers and Victims-No
Speedy Pacifeation
Expected
nv ADELBERT THOMAS
! cable 10 The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 22.--Recent
developments make it appear as though
the struggles of the future will be be-
tween the government and the Social.
lists, rather than between the govern
ment and the revolutionists or between
the government and the republicans.
1t is true that the Socialists of the
future may swing more and more to-
ward revolutionary program or more
and more toward constitutional dem
ocratic program. Much will depend
upon circumstances. The thing which
should be remembered Is that the fight
of the future gives promise of being
economic rather than political. And In
the field of economics the Socialists
claim they are paramount and supreme
In fact, some of the international So
clalists in Germany, Switzerland and
France are espou .ng the cause and
sending money to their Russian breth-
ren upon the tho Dry that Russia-auto-
cratic Russia-will be the first to prove
to the world the advantages of eco
nomic socialistic freedom.
Be that as it may, it is particularly
and peculiarly interesting at this time
to watch the trend of events. At this
moment the central provinces are lit
orally a new field of discovery The
statements made on the subject and
the conclusions drawn from them
whether by bureaucrats or revolution
aries, are based Chiefly on theory. An
old melon seller came to the country
house near Moscow where | was stay
ing, only too eager to chatter politics.
deplored to him the mass of murders
throughout the country. The old fell
low concurred, but proceeded to cite the
popular proverb, "kogda less roobiat
stchepl1i letiat." (When you chop wood
there must be chips.)
I'VE have to do it," he said, cor we
shall not getanything."
Some hours later | entered a train to
Moscow. My neighbors for a short dis
lance We're three workmen, bricklayers,
and their aprons were covered with
slime. Their conversation turned on
the Kronstadt mutiny. Cne of them
said:
why on earth didn't they kill all the
officers instead of arresting them? The
only thing is to strangle these black
guards"
No Speedy Results
Nor does Moscow Justify the impress
sion that the policy of the govern
ment is attended by any speedy results
in the direction of pacification. l
found all the policemen in the streets
carrying rifles and fixed bayonets, In
st. Petersburg armament of this kind
is only kept in reserve. In Moscow
this force is called 'the Manhunters, -
and the soldiers devoutly cross them.
selves on being relieved after their eight
long hours of duty and of the tension
of fearing the anarchists bomb or the
Socialists revolver.
A fellow passenger in the sleeping
carriage which brought me from St
Petersburg was a Russian engineer
" ith a good post in the Briansky iron
works in the government of Orel, en-
ploying some 10000 workmen. He had
been to st. Petersburg to represent his
firm at some trials of cannon balls and
shrapnel in the artillery polygon, where
the artillery of the army and navy is
tested. The polygon is situated nine
versts from ST. Petersburg, in the
neighborhood of the government powder
factories, and the engineer said that
in this place lay grave menace for
ST. Petersburg. He added:
There are several batteries OF guns
here, from MaXims to twelve-inchers.
These batteries are served by some 300
artillerymen from The navy and army
and by fifty officers. The men, espe.
cially the sailors, detest the officers.
They are ready to seize the guns any
day and to turn them on st. Petersburg.
When, month ago, there was strike
in tEe powder factories, the polygon
was watched by whole regiment from
st. Petersburg, while the artillery bar
rncks were surrounded by infantry.
7 he artillerymen were furious and de-