The Detroit times., 1917-09-21
GUILLOTlNE
CRY HEARD
IN RUSSIA
Pacifists, Stirred BY
Germans, Demand
Leaders Lives

50 VIZ q SHEPhBRD
top, right 1917. ~ the nited PresA
STOCKHOLM Sept 81 Russa
l, reached The Reign az Terror
triod Today rhc cry IS FOR bloc,
1r wholesale executions RoI
heyik members ~ he Petrogral
0uncil of Workmen and Soldier.
demand.ng the lives OF formtf
rc4rn Secretary Paul y Mliuk
Michael RodrtanEo. president
tho duma and 20 other dunno
tlIbers
Nothing could more strikinsly
aw the horrible distortion al
urntsl perspective developed by
German propaganda 81 incalculR oil
strength than this growth ~ the
suiliotne spirit iu Russia The
H0lsheviN are pacifsts. they de
mand universal brotherhood and an
end 70 killing To insure his. they
demand executions
Germsny's propaganda moro than
Gerwanys armies menaces the life
~ Russian democracy today
The TeutoHic intrigue Is reach.
in- even nto The winter palace 90
attempt Premier Kerensky ne
It tempted korniloN 20 revolt r.
is spreadins snaelievabiy scandaious
stories of Russia great leaders 20
create dissention IN the new dem.
oc-acs IL had succeeded IN be
fu3dl'ng tho Russian public almost
20 IRE point ~ h0pelessness when
,eft-to The point where the in
sane cry Is for blood
Russias armies are holding al
hay ninety and a half divisions %
German troops y5- oou men
while Germany concentrates on her
lntu-lle Russian army officers are
keeping together enough ot their
forces "a stop the German war ma
chine They are superheroes
AZ home Premier kerensky IS an
open target FOR q concentrated cam
palgr az malignant yillfhcation,
scandal intrigue. and even attempt
ed assassination
German intrigue n. Petrograd
stops AZ nothing Il fostered a
mysterious story recently hat the
premier was a morphine ferd, hav-
inc contracted the habit following
an operation a year ago.
Another ne which he kaiser's
agents iuaus'riously circulated was
that Kerensky had divorced his
wife and married An actress w.
fsrly untrue. these -candalbus in
situations found some credence
one small newspapeg even pub
hshed them
Kerensky's latest picture showed
him standing with his cotton
glove6 hand resting Napoleon-like
on hts chest No sooner had these
been put on sale thar the city vas
parmeatad With angry vhlsperings
about kerensky. the dictator -
German agents unceasingly wits
pered playing on The distorted
psychological bent - the tense Rus
stan mind Ksrenskys picture
vaguely suggested Napoleon there
fore. Kerensky was new Va
pOle0n. a Dictator
Nor alone did The German agents
attack Kerensky by word ~ mouth
Ther even sought BIS llfe
The winter palace ~ 1reat'H.
memory ~ the Ola autocratic DAYS
Is today Eruesoue place - death
and tragedy and mystery rs low
er windows are now al blown ogt
Lower rooms. close 70 where Ker.
epsky works were charTed n a
mysterious Ere two weeks ago
At he time when KorniioT Tss
marching on Petrocrad German
agents spread The report fhaf The
British government favored bis
revelation and The pulling down ~
Kerensky How well they did fheir
work s Indicated r. Tho fact hat
The government actually sem q
guard ~ 30 soldiers m ths on
bassv. fearing possible attacks By
Russians enraged az fhe though q
fhat Kerensky was menscee
The arm % ne German secret
service even reached 0ut 20 RUs
+ sian grand srmr headquarters cen
= EorrNeW himself waa delldod rto
tho belief that an the Allied smbas.
gad0rs would favor his revolution
7rv move Thaf belief was n M
small measure responsible FOR pie
open rebellion And Kornlor hit
fer enmtty toward German
/ known ~ every Russian
A week after Alexief vas 40
I pointed Commando ln-chicf ~ Rus
eia'H armies. when Kcrensky fa'
KornIor was slipping iu bis alieT
ance KorniloF refused 90 rcftn
QuIsh his command and carried out
brilliant hgf mali advance ~ hia
Russian troops toward REa
with Korniion prisoner Ko~
cusky now farce tryinE quest IN
mier i7 either unwilling 0r unsb..