The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-21
ey CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL.

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Copyright, 1917, by the Newspaper
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II you want to get Russia straight
in your mind you must begin with the
first foundation fact, which is this
The revolution there was differ
ent from any other revolution.
All the rest have been political
This was about one-fifth political and
about four-fifths something else.
Revolution had been taught many
years in Russia. Taught secretly, of
course underground, in cellars,
stealthily and in whispered speech
but taught. ,t .r.-.--
Those that taught 1t taught great
deal more than merely the notion that
the rule of the czar must be over
thrown &, 4
Here is the first. place where we in
America get OF on the wrong foot.
Abiding Conception.
We have one fxed, abiding, persist
ent conception Of the Russian revolu
ZIONIST as man with deadly hatred
of the car. We don't understand
that he planned an entirely new sys
tenn of society, that he had whole
vast creed of social betterment in
which the overthrow of the car was
nothing but an incident.
There never was a broader creed
1t embraced the whole world.
The Russia an revoIutionist
dreamed Of a free Russia only as
part Of a free world. Free not
alone from czars and political des-
potisn,, but free also from pow
erty, injustice, hatred, competition
and war. ,a
All mankind In one great fam
lily; all races In one great nation.
Happiness, Joy, suffciency for
all; and universal peace.
In that dream he cared little more
for Russia than for any other corner
of the world federation. Perhaps he
cared not at all, for it, or made him
self believe that he didn't. Anyway
all the ordinary appeals of patriotism
that so much move other men came
to seem to him not praiseworthy, as
we think them, but hateful
World patriotism was his creed. Uni
versal brotherhood, universal good
will, no more national barriers, NO
more national prejudices, made up its
first article And universal peace.
Put Into Practice.
To tell the truth it was creed that
in his time he did not expect to see
put into practice. He knew that some
day it would come true, but for his
hn 10aLnd ri fE
nothing but covert agitation, secret
meetings, perilous escapes from the
ever watchful police, and either 81
IBERIA or the gallows as the boundary
of his life.
The bloody story of the futile revo
luton of 1905 taught him the terrible
lesson. The czar and his power were
fast rooted in the very foundations OF
things, not to be torn out except with
long, painful, toilsome efforts stretched
over years,
1 HAVE TALKED WITH MANY
OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
lists. HAVE FOUND NOME THAT
C,N MARCH II HAD ANY HOPE
THAT THE CURSE HANGING OVER
THEIR COUNTRY 300 YEARS
WOULD IN THEIR TIME BE
LIFTED.
And then, on March IL, the whole
thing. without moments warning
began to crack and bend. On March
IA the revolution that no man had
planned was complete. the old order
had vanished, the wonder OF a dazzling
New Day burst upon Russia.
Then the Russian revolutlonis'
SCARED to the skies in an uncontrol
able burst of enthusiasm.
The thing had come after all! All
the old foundations had been swept
away over night. The dreams of sc
many years were not idle. Behold
tbey we're about to be realities before
his very eyes!
THE CZAR WAS GONE AND MEN
WERE FPEE, not alone from czars
and political despotism, but free also
from poverty, injustice, hatred, compe
tition-AND WAR?
Ah!-weIl, there was the trou-
ble.; This terrible war was on.
He had not made il, the citizen OF
New Russia; it was none OF his
affair. It had been made by the
car and the cars government,
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