New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-17

we cannot reach. we CANNOT tesSH -
once you are in the army. But you are
soon to be in the army and We come u
you now
Army Loyal to People
at was slow; il was subtle work de-
veloped from a small beginning twelve
wears ago. It's success lay largely IN
the fact that once you tell an unedu-
Gated man something that interests him
he will remember it. The educated
man. knowing where he can find an IN
teresting thing again if he wishes II,
does not charge his memory with II.
That seed flourished until the army
was loyal to Russia from the bottom to
the very top. At the extreme top 1t
was rotten.
Thus, while Duma after Duma was
called and failed to get the few re-
forms the people wanted, the campaign
of education by the workmen continued.
Mind you, the workmen had no organl-
ations as such. All unions were called
secret societies and were under the ban.
They had no fraternal organizations
there like our Odd Fellows. Even they
were barred"
Even the Masons?" he was asked.
"Well, they were under the ban, too,
but they were there. But they had to
work carefully 10 escape the secret
police.
THE educational work conducted un-
der such difficulties had the army ready
when, as part of the programme TO
make peace, the Duma was ordered TO
dissolve as its predecessors had dis
solved. II stood fast in its refusal TO
dissolve and, then. toe late. the Car
realized that the army was no longer
his, that il was standing back OF the
Duma, with the people and for Russia.
People Anxious to Learn
"Now Russia is in the position Of
country whose people are gradually
finding themselves. They are anxious
to learn. Everywhere they wanted TO
know of our labor organizations, our
labor laws, cur trade agreements ana
what you might call our social laws.
They asked that we send them books
that the, may be printed in Russian.
They are glad to listen to any one
who has anything to tell them: mat
is why some men now in Russia with
American passports in their pockets
are dangerous. Some | saw were from
our own East Side-men who called me
by my first name and recalled hearing
ME speak in this city. They were OF
the |. ". w. type, the radical Socialist
type. the same type that here at home
is playing Germany's game by trying
TO destroy all that is good in the So
cialist movement and are gnawing at
the vitals Of the labor movement and
seeking TO make it appear that labor
is disloyal.
They are all tarred with the same
stick They are not. however, making
much progress over there. The soldier,
good natured and free from guile, as
all the Russian people are generally,
listens to them and moves on. The
army cannot be swerved from its posi-
ton.
"The work of education TO the need
for revolution and what Il meant has
been too we'll done for that. II is TO
that work of education that the credit
for the change is due. IL is like when
a poor fellow dies. The doctor certi-
fes that heart disease was the immedl-
ate cause of death, adding that the
real cause was something that had eX-
listed for years. So will the death GER
tifcate Of the Romanoff dynasty read.
The immediate cause Of death was re-
fusal Of the Duma TO be dissolved, as
its predecessors had dissolved, by doyal
command, Dut the underlying Cduot
was the propaganda, slow but subtle, OF
the workmen that had prepared the
army and the Duma as we'll for revolt.
Duma Resented Sacrifices
1.-THE Duma representing the country
resented the sacrifice of practically un-
armed men and the army did, but not
in the way calculated.
81 see that the government has now
sent the Gear to Siberia. That is well.
1t is not ms might appear an effort TO
punish him by giving MIN some of his
own medicine. 1t is a move TO save
his life. In Russia proper he was in
constant darger Of assassination. The
present government, having no desire
that he be made q martyr, has sent
him where he will be more safe from
sudden death"