Denver labor bulletin., 1917-12-29
CRIMES OF THE BOZ SHEVIKI AGAINST
DEMOCRACY in THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE
Role Revolution of and for Fourteen
Have Evil Force Lenine Preached Defeat
OF the Allies and Was Sent to Russia by Germany
Plant the Seed of Revolt.



of 1905, the majority of the Russian
people recognize them as one of the
most evil forces in our political and
social life.
Twelve years ago the Russian peo-
pie, after the unfortunate war with
Japan, made the first attack upon the
old autOcratic government. There
were moments then when it seemed as
if final victory would rest with the
people. Such moment was that of
October 80, 1905, when the car, in
a solemn manifesto, granted political
freedom to the people and promised
that in the future no law would be
forced on Russia without the consent
of the duma. The other moment oc-
Cured when the first duma, in May,
1906, presented the car with an ad-
dress demanding liberal reforms and
the creation of a responsible cabinet.
The old government tottered then,
facing the peoples representatives,
and opened parlevs with the leaders of
the duma thru General Trepoff.
Two Destroying Factors.
/ 1t is NV sincere conviction that if
the first Russian revolution had been
successful, and Russia had become a
free country in 1905, then, nine years
later, in 1914, free Russia would be
so strong, and the union of free Rus
sia with the democracies of France
and England would have appeared so
natural that the German militaristic
clique would have hesitated long be-
fore trying to fight such a powerful
combination.
Unfortunately two factors had de-
stroyed the Russian revolution of
1905. First, the ruling classes, who
did not understand the signs of the
time, did not understand the necessity
of making sincere concessions to the
people. The second factor, which de
stroyed the Russian revolution of 1905
was the Bolsheviki, and this was their
first crime against the Russian de
mocracy and against the worlds de-
mocracy.
Lenine then, as now, was the leader
of the Bolsheviki. While the Russian
revolution of 1905 could succeed only
as q national revolution, thru the uni
ty OF all Russia's progressive forces,
Lenine, in 1905, did everything in his
power to destroy the united front of
the Russian democracy. Under his in
fluence the Socialist factions boycott
ted the elections for the first duma.
/ When the duma was convoked, with
the Constitutional Democrats in con-
troll, the Bolsheviki did everything to
.
institution 1t must be remembered
that this was at the moment when the
duma, in the name of the people, had
presented the cars government with
the demands for liberal reforms and
responsible cabinet. The old bureau
cracy got much comfort from the
/ Bolsheviki's attacks on the duma at
this critical moment, and a secret or
der was then given by the police de-
/ partment not to interfere with the
meetings of workingmen at which the
bourgeois" duma was criticised.
| Secret Agent of the Gar.
| Posing as extreme revolutionists,
| the Bolsheviki, in 1905, destroyed the
Russian revolution by breaking up the
unity of the progressive forces in the
country. Trotsky, then. did not be
long formally to the Bolsheviki, but
formulated the theory of a 'perma-
nent revolution" theory typical of a
fanatic, so concentrated on his one aim
that he cannot see anything beside it.
The activities of the Bolsheviki in
the period of the dark reaction, be-
tween the first and second revolution,
were very much along these same
lines. Among the most prominent
leaders of the Bolsheviki, during this
period, was Mr.. Malinvosky, a deputy
of the third duma. While there was
steady endeavor to combine all the
progressive forces of Russia in the
demand for liberal reforms, Malinov-
sky was making one speech after an
other, accusing the name of the pro-
letariat, all the liberal factions in the
duma. His hate for the "bourgeoise"
was such a passion that he found
"bourgeoise" even in the Social-Demo-
cratic faction in the duma, which he
led. There were then thirteen Social
Democratic deputies in the duma, and
Malinovsky split this little faction in
two, leading the Bolsheviki part of it,
seven in number.
The finale of this story was most
unexpected. Mr.. Malinovsky, the un-
compromising leader of the proletar-
lat, it was later discovered, was a Sc
cret agent of the czar's police depart
ment, and all his speeches against the
"bourgeoise" had been prepared in the
department of police. by the former
director of the department, Mr.. Be
letZky. 1t is interesting to add that
Malinovsky was a personal friend of
Lenine, who called him "the Russian
Bebel," and proposed him as mem
Der in the International Socialist bu-
reau. Were it not for the discovery
tnaI MallnOVSRy was secret agent OF
the cars government, this gentleman,
thru Lenine's recommendation would
have sat in the bureau with Juarez
and Vandevelde.
Lenine Preached for Defeat.
Posing as ra-revolutionists, the
Bolsheviki were helping, knowingly or
unknowingly, the Russian autocracy
in her fight against Russian democ-
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