Evening star., 1917-11-11

now is the victim OF its fangS and
great nation is plunged deeper
into dark depths. Before it
emerges it probably will drink
deep of the terrible dregs OF civil
strife in which thousands OF it's
sons will be offered up.
Just what is happening in Russia to-
day the world is left to speculate upon
except such dis
Gravest Fears for patches as the
Russ Entertained. mas5m,3ts,, nolsh9vih. and o1
Russia choose to permit egress. But
enough has been flashed TO the world
to give birth TO gravest fears in entente
nations who have placed their trust in
the revolution and who have hoped
from the very start that the provision
al government, under the leadership of
the more enlightened elements Of the
nation. would successfully steer
straight and firm course to national
salvation, progress and enlightenment.
The provisional government of Pre-
nIier kerensky has been overthrown in
Petrograd. Kerensky has fed the cap
itaf and has gone 10 the front. II he
has not been arrested by the time this
review is printed. Members of his cab
inet are in prison in the fortress of SITS,
Peter and Paul.
The bolsheviki and maximalists Of
Russia are in the saddle and control
the Russian capital completely. A new
regime fostered by the executive COM
mittee Of the Petrograd council of SOL
dieTS and workmens delegates, of
which Leon Trotsky is chairman. has
dictated what shall be. Lenine. the
arch plotter against an organized
Russia. who is known to have been in
. y.axv ~ 6aI ay,I
who has been behind Trotsky as the
guiding genius of the present revolu
tion which through coup d'etat has
grasped the reins, has been made pre-
mier Elaborate programs of fantas-
teal dreams have been enunciated as
the principles of the new regime. APP
peals have been made 10 the army to
support the new government and the
have responded. The bolsheviki con-
spirators have obtained the support Of
the Petrograd garrison. and il is de-
clared that delegates from the councils
pledged their support to the new order
Of things Peace has been promised to
the Russian peoples. Economic res
toration of the nation is one of the
and cohorts
The bolsheviki elements of the ma
ton have grown apace, owing TO the
activities of Lenine and his cohorts.
proclaimed entered the nation at the
behest of the kaiser to SOW discord
and characterization leading to a sepa-
rate peace.
The power of the radicals cannot be
underestimated The masses Of the
bolsheviki and
Masses Possibly ximalist
ms
Now Are Sincere. soaps ~ possi-
csre in their beliefs that the war
should end possibly believe that the
radicals now in control can bring
about separate peace; possibly think
that all land and capital of the nation
can be distributed to the benefit of all
classes. They may be convinced
through German preachments that
Russias destInes are to be enhanced
IL Russia but steps out of the struggle,
and that Russia will not have to pay
the piper-the kaiser. Furthermore.
many of these followers of Lenine
have been beguiled into believing that
the present group Of leaders can re-
hahilitate the nation economically and
financially without outside help Tn
doubtedly there is some sincerity
among the more unenlightened in the
ranks of the maximaiists and bolshe-
viki, but the indelible stamp of Ger
man perfdy has been placed on the
party as a whole BY the outside
world AS surely as this is recognized,
Just as surely will the radicals fall
in their present undertaking. AS soon
as these promises. which have led the
wo-kmen and great portion Of the
armies into the bypaths, have failed
of fruitition then, and possibly not un-
iii then. Will the power of the bolshe-
Wiki fade forever The merits of the
bolsheviki will be proven by their
~, pat hoy si,cCeod
they will gain further power. but If
they fail the peoples now led astray
by glittering promises fostered by
German cunning. will realize once and
tion nirst be made of firmer stuff than
that within the power Of the bolshe-
Wiki to furnish
The bolsheviki places its strongest faith
in it's ability to bring about peace. Leon
Trotsky has specifically stated that the
radicals do not wish a separate peace
the entente powers modify their terms to
such an extent that they will be accept
able to Germany. II Germany does not
accept reasonable offers, then he counts
rays IL the German peoples do not answer
the call Of the Russian people and throw
81 thsr present eEe and .sea make
troops will be fired to further endeavol
on the battle front: This IS the doctrine
preached by the bolsheviM as whole.
In the first analysis II is extremely
doubtful that the entente powers will have
anything to do with those elements ir
J,erograd which now claim authority
That the allies will not modify their peace
terms Is undeniable
~ ;
The bolsheviki has shown little intel.
ligence in Interpretation Of international
affairs q
Little Intelligence events The
Shown by Bolsheviki. ,hs usa ertens. s
powers who have everything to gain by
the overthrow Of the central powers and