South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-07

The present political situation in
Russia can be presented in a few
words The country is passing
through crisis which is without
doubt the gravest crisis i'm all Rus
sian history Not single party,
/ but only strong coalition Of all the
progressive forces can save the
country. Russia as a whole. per
fectly understands the situation and
demands coalition cabinet. Re
spending TO this demand, Kerensky
formed the coalition cabinet.
/ But the crisis is not yet over. The
Bolsheviki are against the principle
of coalition and demand that all
power be turned over TO the coun-
ellis of workingmen' and soldiers
delegates. II is not very probable
that they will finally yield to Ker-
ensky's decision, and therefore we
may expect conflict between them
and the provisional government at
almost any moment.
The history of the Bolsheviki in
Russia, after the revolution. is a his
tory of their steady growth. When
Lenine appeared in Russia. imme-
diately after the revolution, il seem
ed that he with his extravagant
views had hardly any following in
| the country. The situation has
| changed since then. The Bolsheviki
| now control the Petrograd and Mos
! COW councils of workingmen's and
soldiers delegates, they control the
] Il
cities, they have a very considerable
number of seats in the democratic
! conference. If the Bolsheviki are
/ permitted to exist in the present day
/ Russia as a legitimate. Openly-act-
| ing political power. we will see their
! strength growing and growing. This
/ is the greatest danger which revo-
lutionary Russia faces at the present
time The rule of the Bolsheviki in
| Russia, if the moment for such rule
/ comes. will be almost a death sen
tence for the country and the revO-
/ luton.
Growth We'll Explained.
The growth of the Bolsheviki
power can be very we'll explained
The term, Bolsheviki, was used for
! the first time in 1903. when the
Russian social democratic party
split in two and the majority. led
by Lenine. accepted this name.
BOlsheviki in Russian. means "the
majority" Until the present war
the Bolsheviki, including Lenine,
really represented a part of the
Russian social democratic party
and could be recognized as social
lists of the MARKHAM school. differing
from other Russian social democrats
only on questions of tactics.
The war has changed Lenine and
his following remarkably. When
Lenine arrived i'm Petrograd and
made his first speech, one of the
prominent Russian socialists told
him that the point of view he, Lee
nine. represents has nothing TO do
with socialism, and Is pure express
sion OF anarchistic theology. This
really describes "Bolshevism." and
explains its power in Russia. The
u Bolshevild are anarchists. if not i'm
theory. then in their feeling about
life and in their political practice
The ground for anarchy is fertile in
Russia. and herein lies the success
OF the Bolsheviki.
The sufferings of all the coun-
tries involved in the present con
nict are enormous. but probably il
is safe 10 say that. aside from Bel
gium. no country has suffered SO
much as Russia To the usual suf-
ferings imposed by the war We're
added the terrible crimes of the old
regime If monarchy in Russia had
died Il years ago. during the first
revolution IL would have been q
natural death. ana both sides would
have gained 10y IT.. The principle OF
monarchy and the car himself
would not have Oeen So hated as
now. and. on the other hand. the
country would not have been poi
soned as il now is. The monarchic
system IN its practically unlimited
form. was dead i'm Russia long ago
and decaying poisoned All the at
,aosphere around IT,
Field For Anarchy.
The old regime degenerated &c
such as Soukhomlinon. Rasputir