Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-09

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gssted two additions. true samples o
Leninc shrewdness and trickcry.
"offcr an armisticr 10 the bcllis-
erents.'
Settlement Of tao eo onomic crisis.
TRY TO THROW BURDEN
ON ALLIED POWERS
Knowing full we'll that offers Of
peace and armistice could meet but
one fate at the hands Of the entente
on the eve of council at which war
never before, the radicals made them
so as to be able 10 say. The allies re-
fuse: our enemies accept"
But shrewdest Of all il Lenine's pro-
posal OF II settlement OF the economic
crisis. 1t is nothing short of an eco
nomic agreement with Germany. the
first step toward the Russo -Tcutonic
economic coalition that Berlin and Le-
nine arc planning.
on SveaborC. the sea fortress pro
tectins the Finnish capital. Hclsins-
fors. powerful German fleet has ar
rived. Little or no resistance is look d
for from the Firms. lleisingfors taken.
German army could be landed and.
with Finnish acquiescence. or even
support. march northward and take
PctroErad by land. With the utter
confusion among Russias lighting
forces. - simultaneous naval drive up
the Gulf of Finland would be an easy
matter. Marching nor,hward from
l'ctroSrad. the Germans, under such n
Plan. would take Archanecl. and tho
isolation OF the Muscovitc realm from
the west would be complete.
Subtly. without mentioning This
menace. leaving the German land and
sea torceS 10 play their own role Of a
powerful club, Loninc is urging armis.
'icc' peace and settlcmcn; or the eco.
nomic crisis. Isolated from her allies
ne Hisualizes suffering. staryinn
russia gratefully accepting a ,;crm.I,
peace.
TRoTSKi WORRYING.
ALONG WITH JENNIE
Hand in hand with Leninc work,
Leon Trotsky. who left America
where he, the oxic. had found refuge
10 return 10 Russia shortly after thc
marsh revolution. Trc;shy gifted will
Hrcprand cloquence. has swung him.
Nv iS'7'N'Sil VI pIrSlOPnl OF tho
executive committee OF the Counril al
soldiers and Workmen.s pol.,,,o
~ was he who announced the mon
existence" OF tho Kereus,v .ovor,
'non'' OF the dissolution ot tn. rra-
urinary Parliament
INC success or failure OF tho now
government rests almost solely unon
support from the army Al first tho
CoSSackS were counted upon tn unJo
'hc ounter-revolutionary danac, ian,
'hrcc regiments already have d,ci,r.d
themselves silent partners OF the .o,,
Gil. refusing to obey tho Ilcr.ns,,v
government. and declining to sion the
couhciis actions. they now act as a
sort or Sclf-appointed police force
once more the moderate el.,neutq
iook 10 the Constitutional Democr,,,
AS the saving power. Professor NIiliu.
koH. Generals AlcNien and BrussiIoN
frince Lvori. tho first Premier of fres
Russia, and Rodzianko. presiden, of IN.
i"s' onma. arc the leaders Of that
party. Their camp is Moscow. Thi,h.r
Nerehsky is believed to be fleeing. IN,
cold reception awaits him. The men
whose support he may seek are The
ones mat warned him time and again
mat the very thing THAI. hWppcnc,
would come 10 pass
ne main question is whether rho
Miiiukof party commands /. sufj,;cu,
lMrt OF the army TO bring order out az
tho new chaos, and whether. if il con.
trolls enough troops. these will night, If
necessary. their brethren who s,;r.,rl
the council.