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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30
Proves Revolution
Is Construction

you, gentlemen, even now still think
Of 4 revolution as an antl-national
State-wrecklng procedure, in spite OF
the fact that the history of the entire
world says that the only method OF
saving certain states was revolution
This is the most strained moment in
the battle with the government which
is destroying the country. The revo-
lutionary process is the objective proc
css. Let me remind you that in 1883
in France there was the Count Mira
beau, who for long time failed to re-
alize that he himself was one of the
greatest actors in the revolutionary
process"
Feeling the advent of the revolution,
feeling himself already as part OF IT.
Kerensky steadily clarified the revolu-
tionary consciousness OF the Duma,
pushing il into the revolutionary caul-
dron. The Duma, however, did not yet
digest fully this revolutionary process,
The Duma was still obdurate.
The president interrupts kerensky,
An indcscribgble noise breaks out IN
the hall. The protesting Kerensky IS
threatened with forcible removal from
the tribune. An intermissiOn is de-
clared. Soon aftcrward the government
also declared an intermission OF the
Dumas session, proroguing it till Feb
ruary -, 1917.
During this period Kerensky had
completely identified himself with the
revolutionary process. The day follow
ing the opening Of the Duma, February
2s, 1917 IA few days before the out
break of the revolution, he made his
now historic, openly revolutionary
speech He said:
I'VE are living in state of anarchy
unprecedented in our history. In COM
parison with il the period Of 1913 seems
child's play. Chaos has enveloped not
onIv the political but the very founda-
tions of the nations social-economic
structure.
Things have come to such pass
that recently one of the ministries,
Shipping coal from Petrograd to a
ncighboring city. had armed the train
with a special guard so that other au-
thorities should not contscate the coal
on the way. We have arrived already
at the primitive stage when each person
defends with all the resources at his
command the material in his posses
sion. ready TO enter into n mortal COM
bat for it with his neighbor. We are
witnessing the sam scenes which
France went through at the time OF the
Revolution. Then, also, the products
shipped TO Paris were accompanied by
special troop detachments to prevent
their being seized by the provincial au-
thOrities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30

, tyrs for free Russia, who langulshed
al that time as hard-labor convicts or
exilCs, were nearer, more audible,
there.
Sensitive TO the suferings of hu-
mainly. the ear of Sasha Kerensky
painfully absorbed all the tales about
the unbearable condition CT the friends
of the people, tortured by the little
czars. the jailers of the Siberian places
of perdition. Kara, Akatuy (the notori-
Gus hard-labor settlements for politi-
Gals under the old regime) told their
story there in freer language than in
the centre of Russia. That which Ken
nan George KEENAN,, the American
who was first to disclose TO the world
the horrors of Siberia) told of later in
his well-known book had earlier yet
been inscribed with "the blood Of the
heart" in the impressionsble soul Of
Ke-ensky, had been imprinted on his
young mind.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30
Early Sensed
Horror of Czarism

Ka,ensky's first childhood Icco!'ee-
lions going back 10 the time wheh ne
was only six years old, are, according
% himself. hazy memories OF the quiet
horror which seized Simbirsk when II
- Lrov.n that the son Of the local
director of public schools, the s'uueh'
Alexander IrlianoF, a brother Of the
notorious Lenine, had been executed Tor
participation in the attempts to asaas-
sinate Alexander III, who at that time
had already squeezed Russia to the
Ground with all the colossal weight OF
his autocTacy.
And then he wildly remembers how
many of his first fellow pupils his
playmates, the children of the working
classes. were by Alexander refused ad-
mission to high school.
"They are moujiks. yet they are try
ing to study in the high SCHOOL, the
astonished Car remarked when 1t was
brought TO his attention that some
nea.ants were sending their children
to higher schools.
Such was the primary lesson taught
by the Little Father TO his little sub
ject, A. +. Kerensky.
Entirely different lessons were those
taught him by Mother Nolga. The
yolga carried 10 the child's ear not
only "songs resembling a groan,' but
also songs Of freedom about the be
loved popular hero, Stenka Rain, who
led a peasant rebellion in the Volga
territory against the Gear in the seven
teenth century-the Volga whose
famous Stenka Rain cliff is located
near simbirsk. Who knows if the
words of this popular song did not
sink deem into the youthful soul of the
future first citizen of free Russia?
II there be single man in all Russia
Who never awaited himself of injustice,
Who never oppressed the moujik.
Who loved liberty as one loves a
mother
And championed its cause,
Let that man come forward and mount
this cliff,
And against it let him press his sensi-
tive ear,
And the giant clif will nsrrate 70 that
bravado
All that Stenks had learned and
thought.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30
By V. V. Kniakof
bn Lsnnc Don Lerine

Translated by Isaac Don Lerine
heard recently the following con-
versation in streetcar:
"How do you explain Russia's ardent
love for Kerensky?'
The person to whom the question
was addressed answered, without THINK
ing long:
1T is mutual. Russia has taken a
liking TO him because he long ago
conceived an affection for RUSSIA
genuine, respectful, flial affection
And this is-the truth. .
Kerenskv loves Russia ardently. And
h. has been loving her ever since ne
was born.
What was the motive in herensA! :
love for Mother Russia?
First of all, he is Russian l men,
.s he reached the days Of understand
inc. the suferings TO which our mo'ner
count,v had been subjected for long
centuries by her hereditary torturers,
the autocratic Cars and their ha'eIui
hodvguards. famed the slumberlng
ember into a fame. He conceived ms
passionate fraternal affection Tor the
entire Russian laboring class because
be heard the groan which for ages was
cont m over the suffering land.
Alexander Fedorovitch Kerensky hrS'
- :. moaning over the great kus-
.;an river while yet in his cradle
he was born at simbirsk' on the
volra. in the year, memorable LOT nus
STA Of 1881. His father, feooF
Vicbailovitch. was principal Of the
S;mbirsk High School. The Gay ol
Young Kerensky's birth, April % was
oImost coincidental with the last day
Of several great champions OF RUSSIA"
,;berty-Perovsksya, Sheliaboh' Mlch"l-
loft. Kilbatchitch and Rysakof'' the rev
oIutionaries hanged in the SemlonovSA
square at the order Of Alexander H.
His first lisping utterances almost GU
;rcided with-th last hspines OF Ter
rorized Russia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30
Kerensky Alone
Survived the Ban

At the date of the elections TO the
fourth Duma all the Socialistic parties
had almost disappeared. The Social
Revolutionaries, IS the element most
terrible of all to the government, were
subjected to the greater destruction.
The government attempted TO cut out
its very roots. What the hangmen
were unable to accomplish the agents
provocateurs succeeded IN doing. II
was impossible to enter the Duma I'M
der the banner of the Social Revolu-
tionaries. IL was necessary TO assume
a different appearance. Such an ap-
pearance was the name Group Of Toll
Ii served as a shield for those members
of the party who believed in utilizing
the rostrum of the fourth Duma for
the purpose OF expressing popular
will.
This necessary strategic camouaage
was, however, learned by the govern
ment, and with the exception Of ke-
rensky not single Social Revolution
airy succeeded in smuggling himself
into the Duma. Kerensky slipped
through as the representative of the
little town of Nolsk. Province Of Sara.
tofI
The Cars government then resorted
to IT'S old means, espionage against Ke-
rensky. For the five years Of his ac-
tivities as member OF the Duma his
case" in the Department of Police
grew incredibly in volume. And what
will one not find in that case? Every
step Of Kerensky was known to the po-
lice; when and where he went, how
long he stayed there, with whom he
left. what he said and did. Evidently
il was for his quick temper and rapid
movements that the police christened
him The Speedy" Did ever those
spies and secret agents imagine that
che very qsAlity fss ~hish thsy rsmsd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30

Freedom for Every Toiler: Through
battle shalt thou obtain thy rights .
the party of the Social RevolutionarieS'
In 1904, the year of kerensky's grad
uation from the law school OF the d.
Petersburg University, the Social Revo-
lutionary party had assumed dehnite
form and raised from its midst mum
Der of political hero-martyrs, such as
Karpovitch, Balmashof and Sazonoh
These men burdened themselves with
the heavy task of freeing the father
land from the czarist hangmen, the
tyrants of the people, Ministers bogo-
lepoff, Sipisgin and Plehve.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30
And Kerensky
Climbed TO Hear

Perhaps Kerensky, even in those
early days, aspired 20 be "the single
man In all Russia"
In 1859 the father Of Kerensky was
transferred from Simbrsk TO Tashkent
With him went Sasha Kerensky, as his
high school colleagues used to call him
This pet name given him by the stu
dents speaks more than long descrip-
tions of the love and esteem with
which he was regarded by his class.
mates. Whether in childish games and
pranks or in military activities
against the unpopular or funny teach
crs. as well rs IN the reading hours Of
the self-cducatjonsl circles. every
where. on every occasion and always,
he remained % his companions Sasha
kstsnsky"
rsshss@t tA, b. hs sat. e ST.
kssis. 5as sroshs Of the political mar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30
Young Russia
Dreams of Freedom

And while the Russian liberals, to-
gether with their numerous organs
were still adhering to a programme OF
cultural enlightenment, only "uncon-
sciously dreaming of constitution,
the socialist youth was already con-
structing new roads for the national
life amidst workingmen and peasants.
Workingmen's circles, first for eco
nomic study and later Of a political
character; peasants circles. first social
cultural and then NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
airy; circles for national rights"
amidst the revolutionally minded intel
ligent class such were the first in
struments and arms of the illegal revo-
lutionary propaganda in Russia at the
end of the last century.
Among these political currents Of So
cial and national thought were formed
the political convictions Of the future
FIRST citizen Of free Russia" Kerensky.
The love for the people, the helpless
lsboring people Of Russia, grew wider
and wider no the honest bosom Of
Kerensky This love pushed him tow.
ard party nearest 20 the mouth and
~orkinEmsri - th- party ~hlch car
Yies ON its banner thu u,oyAs LLAMA ava
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30
Kerersky's Hold
On Soldiers Told
By German Writer

LONDON, Sept. 30. A tribute to Ke-
rensky and his "Battalious of Death"
is paid by Wilhelm Gomall, war cor
respondent Of the "Kolnische Zeitung,"
who was in Gaiicia during the recent
retreat Of the Russians and talked with
many war prisoners. OF Kerensky, he
says:
The puny man is magician with
wo~ds. and the constancy with which
he maintains mis- defence of the pro-
Rramme OF the Workmen's and Sol
C.erS' Council against all attacks made
al impression on the broad Russian ma
tuye, and compelled even enemies TO
follow MIN. Soldiers have told me 80
again to-day. but | had heard IL often.
even from the people OF the occupied
GalicIsn territory. who had seen Ke-
rcHshy and been present when he flung
his fiery speeches into the crowds of
soldiers in the towns At TarnOpol, az
kalusz, and at Stanislau | was told
about il.
The statements Of the frout-line sol.
dlers, who saw him among themselves
close behind the positions, indeed ac-
tually in the trenches, confirm IL; he
was the Inciter to the new attack, the
passionate inhamer who stirred by the
might and swing of his words. His
exhortAtlons inundated Russia and the
army on all fronts, and by his conylnc-
ing power he harnessed IN other men
whose names were bound TO obtain ac-
acknowledgement and influence in Russia.
Thus among the soldiers papers calls
TO battle by Maxim Cork sicl and OF
the poet. Koro.engo, who ia just as pop
JlaT IN Russia. have been found. |
have myself had in my hands these ap-
peals; they are on sheets. the size Of
notcpaper, dirty, evidently from the
passage through many fingers, and had
been distributed in thousands Of copies
rToneed IN a. KsrenAyi. fei,oStnvp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30

rolling. contagious laughter. as only
Kercnsky can laugh.
Glow il that? Why. in SaratoR the
Governor forbade me to lecture on '"'
very same subject"
"Uore ~ different safe. ana our
states arc disunitcd, not united l an
swered.
The lecture was splendid, but kcren-
.kv vas dissatisfied with himself. Dur
INC the intermission he said to me:
"Uow, Bad? Would IL not be better
To cut IL snort to say. Tor instance
that was suddenly taken sick or some
thing? All" =,
Enough" I exclaimed Don't ASK
for compliments. The audience catches
every word Of yours. Don't you ieei
nm inner bond with your audience
The second part of the lecture was
delivered by kcrcnsky with such eN-
altation that the hall actually wa
shaken BY the thunder OF applause
Especially good were the concluding
almost prophetic. words OF the lecture
| remember them most clearly. But In
place of this old order, or, rather. DIS
order" said Kerensky. "a new order OF
life will soon arise. IL will be brought
II Us by the democracy, the only mas
tct Of fife. And democracy is already
on the way. hear distinctly
,ho stors ~ tho noople. Make
ready TO meet it, Get ready to marcn
with il. foot with foot, hand in hand
II one should add that the large IN
come of the lecture was entirely do
mated by Kerensky for a populist paper
In Samara. which was shut down after
its fifth issue. and for the political ex-
lies in Siberia. il would be unnecessary
20 state that Kerensky's lecturing was
but another means of serving the cause
OF popular freedom.
The peculiar genius Of kerensky IS
nervous constituencies to political
events which frequently approaches the
prophetic. IL is that which IA some
times called intuition, sub-conscious
understanding of happenings, that
which is often described as the sixth
sense.
In the usual everyday life this abili-
Is is known as the ability of Fremont
ton, of preseutment IN the face OF an
oncoming danger. misfortune. JOY, etc.
Such forcbodings of an approaching
political storm often manifested them
selves in Kerensky's speeches in the
Duma, made in the two and half
months preceding the revolution. Thus,
at the session of the Duma OF Decem-
Der %, 1916, he said:
Gentlemen: Now you see for your
selves that all the words that could be
uttered about the government, which
could have been used TO brand the
authorities guilty before the nation,
have been uttered. We heard here
from the lips, not Of the Left members,
not of the Liberals, but from the lips
of the Octobrsts and Conservatives,
that the administration is running the
country that 1T is a traitorous body
that its further existence is threat
Of national catastrophe But what
were the deductions made from those
words? If to-day the representative
OF the radical Octobrists, Shidlovsky,
said: Il am not revolutionary, am
opposed to the methods of revolution.
he is only like that hero of Molierc
who one beautiful morning discovered
that he was speaking in prose. Because
The very process in which Shidlovsky
IS participating is the process Of revo-
luton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30
Secret Police Had
A Lively Chase

Although closely connected with st.
Petersburg, Kerensky never limited
his activity to the capital. The time
between the Duma sessions he spent
in touring the country. And where
did tine Speedy" not go, supplying the
secret service and the police with
plenty of work? And wherever he
went the smouldering fires OF party
activity would blaze up again, warm
ing the hearts of the discouraged
workers, arousing in them the social
conscience, moving them closer TO the
people.
remember an October day OF 1915
in Samara. We received from kercn-
sky this telegram: "Wi!l arrive 18th;
arrange for lecture. Subject, The
Military Session OF the Duma." All
became brighter, moved to action. A
permit was obtained. The old COM
rade Zadikoff took care Of the houS-
ing arrangements. THE Speedy ar
rived, ION the fly With Jokes and
stories about Potrograd, he injected
new life into us. The following day
the lecture took place. The Theatre
Olympus was taxed 10 its capacity by
workmen, peasants and intellectuals.
merry. pdHNIOHdlc NN''Nh nv" &"
from him like an electric current for
two solid hours. The condition of the
country grew clear, painfully. sorrow
fully clear. "Ah, how well did |
spend my day'" said Zadikof TO me
before going TO bed upon his return
from the lecture.
An hour later he died from apopleXy.
! shall never forget the deep impress
l. , D u LssH
He suddenly grew still. His wrinkle
of anguish between the eyelashas sur
denly became deeper. as if he con-
sidered himself responsible FOR the
death of our comrade. I'm actually,
however. it was he who provided him
with the last JOY OF his life, JOY Of
being moved to the idealistic heights
of the soul.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30
Young Kerensky
Finds Himself

The second Duma, like the first.
went M in the fame Of reaction and
notice espionage. Many Of the Social
democratic and Social Revolutionary
parties were sent to prison. penal la
bor. into exile or to the gallows. And
then. on June 3. 1907. the new cleo
toral law was promulgated, creating
the "high born" third Duma. Reac-
ton was rampant. The bureaucracy
took revenge on the people and their
friends for its recent defeat. And It
was an atrocious revenge. The courts
were swamped with political cases;
the iails were packed with prisoners;
into exile and toward the hard labor
settlements long trains moved cease
lessly; hangmen were pressed Tor
time.
Alexander Kerensky went to the de-
fence of his comrades. As a practising
lawyer. with a big future before him,
he could not restrain himself from
rushing to the rescue of politicals OF
all parties, but mostly members Of the
Social Revolutionary party. kerensky
brilliantly led the defence in one OF
the greatest cases Of the time-that
of the Armenian Social Revolutionary
party. When, in 1913, the celebrated
case of the accused Jew Bells began,
Kerensky proposed that the Russian
bar protest against the proceedings
and was condemned to one months
Imprisonment for the adopted resolu-
ton. The government, however. was
unable TO Jail him. as KerensHy was
already member Of the fourth Duma.
The wanton shooting of workmen
at the Lena gold mines panied keren-
sky's soul so deeply that he decided
TO 90 over to the Lena himself and
investigate. The results of his inves-
tigation not only were put before the
Duma, but were also contained IN a
pamphlet called "The Truth About
Lena" which he published at the time,
but which was Immediately contscsted
nv tho Government
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30
Laughed at Reverses,
Ever Was Scheming

On another occasion, IN October Of
last year, and again i'm Samara, ! re-
ceiyed another telegram from Alex
ander FedOrovitch. Again he succeeded
in arranging for a lecture. The first
question which he put before me upon
his arrival, before even taking off his
overcoat, was: mot permitted, OF
course? May ! return? Very we'll. |
am in hurry 20 get 20 Peter tcollo-
quial for Petrograd). / scarcely man
aged 70 halt the exiting OF our Ssratof
comrade lawyers, Miasoyedof. Tchu-
maievsky. Bergman and Romanenko.
II is necessary to see the minister as
soon as possible or the Governor may
change his mind and s,ill exile them. %
NO" answered. You will have
TO stay The lecture mas been per-
nitted, and all the tickets are sold
alyssdy'
Hs kurst out laughing. in loud
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30

ICED the thoughts Of the Russian intel
ligent class and placed before it the
question of either evolution or revolu-
tion.
Popular books, newspapers, lectures,
theatres and even operas these were
the forms in which the legal activity
OF the Russian intelligent class, and
especially Of the Russian youth, had
found expression in the last decade of
the nineteenth century.
The legal literary struggle between
the fundamental political and socialis-
tic movements. while rousing youth TO
action, also split them into two Sepa-
rate camps.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30
Why the East Side Jews
Are Loath to Fight for: y. S.
People Have Been In
suited - Maccabeean
Fires Will Yet Burn in
Nation $ Cause
By James Fuchs
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: In the course Of a recent con-
yersa.ion you propounded TO me this
question: "Why Is the East Side loath
TO fight ?"-inviting me to draft
written answer, for your own infor'
nation and that Of your readers. Pur-
suant to a promise given, herewith
submit the following common sense
considerations:
Under the somewhat indefinite term
"the East Side" both you and | COM
prise, within the meaning OF your in
quiry and of this response, the Jewish
laboring masses inhabiting the down
town ghetto, East Harlem, The Bronx
and the outlying districts Of Browns
vile and East New York. Rest as
cured, then. in the first place, that
the East Side will fight, joyously or
sorrowfully, and that it will add a
vast number of United States tokens
of valor to that international collec-
ton Of British V. C.'s, German iron
crosses, Russian st. Georges and
French ribbons of the Legion, which
offer abundant testimony these days.
in the face Of doubling world, to
the superior brains and bravery Of
the Jewish race.
If they go forth to battle with a
dropping rather than an suspicious
eye; if they leave behind them kins-
folk profoundly distrustful of the gov
eminent and its libertarian avowals; II
they will fight for the honor Of the
Jewish name, which bids them rise in
defence Of any soil that shelters them,
rather than in sympathetic support of
the government and its avowed ideals,
the fault will not be theirs. Let us
try, Mr.. Editor. to do justice to a situa-
ton befogged by many honest msun-
cerstandings and many wilful msin-
terpretations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30
Posters Are Unasthetic

Just q few words of comment upon
minor but highly characteristic item
of East Side mismanagement before I
am done with the negative part of my
letter. The East Side is flooded with
recruiting posters incorporating the
war as combination of permanent
dress parade and glorifed football
scrimmage. These pictorial utilities.
with their evident dlstrust in the
readiness of the American working peo-
pie to serve high national aims. are
posted in a country where the splen-
didly useful art OF concentrating at
tention and bringing home a point -
the art OF advertising developed to
higher pitch than anywhere else on
earth,
| am not an advertising genius. nor
do | claim personal acquaintance with
any considerable number Of sdvsrtis-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30

germs. Of dssension than the real Ger
man article unless the government
learns in time to look with suspicion,
upon the sensational dehUnc.ations OF
LIZ n l,tnr.i sir or % VOC RI afs
Arizona republican., 1917-08-01

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