El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-13
PATRIOTISM IN RUSSIA IS STILL
PROOF AGAINST TEMPTATION
(BY II. S. h

bo element because uncertain Of its strength He may
have been apprehensve that represented the greater part
of peasant public opinion throughout the country Even he
may have under the deusion that the peace and
and propaganda of the radicals would exert an overPower
ing appeal the peasant people He knew that PetogTao
the hotbed Of radical reaction but ne may nave reared
that Moscow and the other large centers would capuate
to It also.
However that may be- KeTensky must be credited with
refusing TO be beaten when he apparently beaten
When the radicals overpowered the city when the reg
ents Of the Peograd garrison turned against him. when
the guns Of warships bObardng the winter palace
and his ministers and handful OF other lyasts
had taken refugee when the other ministers went forth TO
surrender decided the fight had only begun and escaping
alone from the capital he made speed toward the Russian
war front to gather an army following One may only
guess to what heights Kerenskys well known oratorcal
powers aroused those troops whom he called to his aid
The IS that they marching toward Petrograd IN
two days time and the downfall OF the radicals was
assured.
It was absurd to suppose that the peace program Of the
Bolshev and Msxmalists could prevail for Leon Trotz
sky self chosen PREMIER announced that peace would not be
discussed with diplomats Of the entente and enemy gov
eTnment but only with delegates from the people By
diplomats he probably meant peace commissioners dele
gated BY governmental authority. As advantageous as Il
would have been for Germany to effect peace with Russia
neither Germany any other country woEd enter into
peace negotiations with Russians any such basis In
fact interesting note that Germany held quite aloof
when Trozy sent out wireless communications suggest
ing amstce pending peace discussions Germany wanted
to make peace but not with few leaders of mob. Ger
many wanted to make peace with Russia as a un1fled
nation and not with Russia in state Of anarchy The
reason is obvious Suppose Germany and her allies made
peace with the Russian radicals and at thereafter
moved away other fronts the 147 German AustrOHun-
garian Bulgarian and Turkish divisions confronting
the Russians Suppose then Kerensy overthrew the Tad
Gals he doing and ordered the army undertake
offensive Suppose the army obeyed- It could create
decidedly unpleasant situation for the TeutOn especially
Germany before Teutonc forces could be reassembed
oppose It Germany is not foolish in military matters
The fact that 47 divisions the Russian front
phaszes the importance Of Russia from the viewpoint of
the United States and the other allies IF Russia to
make peace with the enemy, those divisions would be
liberated and thrown against the front the Italian
the allies would become very much greater So long as
Russia remain in the game to the extent of keep
ing 100000 Of the enemy engaged that Of itself is
siderable service to the allies
It Is vice president Marshas idea that when one does
his Bit "bit" should be synonymous with "best."
Those who looking down their because OF the
Russian and Italian breakdowns may have forgotten about
that darkest hour which pTecedes the dawn.
As between military service and being cooped up IN
house in Siberia with termagaunt Of wife, would
think former Nicholas would volunteer to fight Ger
many.
English lines, pacfist members might make similar
curson along the German lines where, doubtless they
would be very welcome.