Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-08

Illusion n the meat ana drink q
socialists, above ~ Of international
socialists. They live on It. Consequent
~, realities arc often beyond their ken.
This psychological fact must b kept
IN view and always In mind by the
allies and determining what meAsufee
they shalt take to stay the nvagss OF
tho bolshevi<i in Petrograd, to des-
troy their influence and their power
before they accomplish their purpose
of concluding separate peace with
Germany, which would be Of course.
disaster to the allies, but ruin and
destruction for Rusaia.
Embargo Throat Serious.
Consideration has been given to the
sending of Joint or identic note to
Lenine, pointing out to him that the
immediate consequence Of concluding
peace between Russia and Germany
would be the declaration Of an en-
barge against Russia by all the allies.
a very serious matter, for Russia with
all her resources was, before the war,
q large importer Of foodstuns and
supplies Of all kinds notably Of raw
materials and machinery. She has
stores OF wheat and boundless supplies
Of fuel. but her transportation system
Is a wreck. Probably her most urgent
need at the moment is locomotives and
rolling stock for her railways. More
over. General Kaledines, the possible
strong man who may yet overthrow
the bolsheviki. controls large part OF
Russias territory and Is possibly in .
position to defeat the efforts Of the
PetrogrAd government" to transport
the necessaries Of life to the capital,
to Moscow, and to the soldiers still re-
manning at the front. From Germany,
Of course, no help can be had. II tho
allies put into effect q decree Of nom
intercourse, tho plight Of Russia would
be desperate. It Is indeed very prob
able. with or without the application OF
such measures Of constraint, that we
shall hear during The coming winter OF
appalling distress in Russia. OF skarva-
tion, deaths from freezing and Of
frightfll disorders that inevitably
break out when intolerable privation
IN great communities brings into play
the elemental passions Of the savage.
Lawisss ceeksursnsss.
Nevertheless, the threat Of an EN-
barge, the most vivid picture Of coz
ditions to which 1t would give rise In
Russia, will have no ehect upon tho
minds Of Lenine, Trotzky, and their
associates. They will not believe that
any harm can come to them, or to
Russia thru their lawlezs and diabolt-
cal ministrations, because they are
supremely self-confident, they believe
in themselves, in the path they have
chosen as the only one leading to social
salvation, and nothing but overthrow.
subsection or the gibbet would convince
them that they are going to fail. Len
inc is a Marxist, a. acknowledging In
ternationalist As Mr.. OlEin, who II
familiar with his career. says Of him.
he is "a man who sees life only from
tho angle Of his own ideas. While ne
declares that III tho proletAriat OF
other countries does not support w.
nothing will come Of our revolution"
still ne believes that the ''proletariat"
OF Great Britain. Of France and Of the
United States win force their govern
msnts to accept ths bolshevist plan OF
an armistice and negotiations for an
immediate peace. Doubtless Ne shall
hear further from our International
socialists In this country. Who will at
tempt a response to his appeals. but
only the most ignorant Of them can
fail to see the fate that awaits them
IL they attempt an unhwful propa-
ganda. Buoyed up by the hope OF
support from tha proletariat In other
countries, even In Germany Len'no