El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-13

HE hest news received from Russia many week Is
that the great mass Of the Russian people Is refusing
10 give allegiance to the wild radicals Of PetrOgTad
who seized the reins Of government but IS the other
hand bending every effort to throw them ont On any day
or at any hour may be received that the council
Of soldiers and wormens delegates, with the Maxnaist
and Bolshev uraradcal wings Of that organization have
been driven power and the hope Of the entente allies
is that when that shall have been accomplished premier
Kerensy backed by general public opinion in Russia viii
apply the rebels such drastic treatment to make
other such coup impossible.
The failure of the radicals gain the support of the
army at the front and OF the millions of peasants back
through the country the remarkable in that the
called new government at Petrograd outlined program de-
signed to offer the utmost temptation to them To the SOL
des radicals threw the bait Of peace liberal food
supplies for themselves and families and the distribution
among them Of lands to be conscaed throughout the coun
try To peasants at home, the temptation
oered-peace which meant the return Of relatives from
the front and free land The opposition Of the landed
classes only would aroused by this program Of cOnsca
tion and the landed classes in the minority,
The Maximalst and BolsheviIi banked everything on
the cupdy Of the Russian peasanty in the army and in
civil life, and nothing the peasantrys patriotism It
apparently did not those called ideaists
whom been proved to be German agents. that Rus
sian peasants would not welcome peace at any price but
would insist least moderate defensive measures
against Germany and the other enemy nations
This not to say that the army along the fighting
front is entirely loyal premier KeTensys provisional
government It we're, there would be reports of fra
ternizing with the enemy, would there be many
branches Of the council Of soldiers and wormen dele
gates meeting debate every order which officers issue
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vheming majority Of the army with the radicals
and the PetTOgTad coup likely to bring about much
decided adherence Kerenskys government than
before In time may look for the abolition of the
Gil Of gOIkmens and soldiers delegates and the establish
ent OF government Of such strength that its mandates
VIII be Obeyed.
The struggle at Petrograd had to come 1t was long
foreseen. impossible that conditions such pre-
vailed before the Maxmasts and their followers seized
the capital would continue indefinitely, with the Maxi
maiss and Boshevi threatening the government con-
stantly with overthrow demOralzng the army and navy
and checkmang the provisional government at every op
pOrtunity Nor it possible that the army and navy
could continue to be than dsoTganized so long
officers deprived Of any real authority. The test
Of strength had to come and since It has Keren
skys government is beginning demonstrate its real
strength IN the popular esteem, Kerensy viii do wei
he goes right along to clean house most energetic
thorough fashion
If there IS any criticism Of the KeIensky government in
the period Immediately preceding the outbreak Of the Tadi
Gals It is because the government lenen seeking
TO paeate the unry element rather than suppress It with
the needed vgor Almost the last when delegation Of
COssacks visited the premier pleading with him to take
and pedgng their best efforts If he would
furnish them strong infantry backing (he Cossacks are
cavalry and felt the need Of machine gun infantry the
premier still tined to teporze saying: 81 cannot see
way clear to declare the Bolshev outlaws" although thew
had proved themselves outlaws by ter subversve efforts
directed agant law and order and the constitutional gov
eminent.
One may guess KeTensky lenient with the dis