Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-22
Cry of the Bolsheviki Mem
bers of Petrograd council
of Workmen and Soldiers
Is for Blood.
Growth of the Guillotine
Spirit in Russia Due to
Germ an Propaganda
Scandal Rampant and In
wolves Kerensky.
BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD.

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)
Stock holm, Sept. 22.-Russia has
reached the reign of terror period. To-
DAY the cry is for blood-for wholesale
executions
Bolshevild members in the Petrograd
council of workmen and soldiers are
demanding the lives OF former Foreign
Secretary Paul N. Miliukoff. Michael
Rodzianko. president OF the duma, and
90 other duma members.
Nothing could more strikingly show
The horrible distortion of mental per-
spectlve developed by German propa-
ganda of ncalculable strength, than
this growth of the guillotne spirit In
Russia The Bolsheyiki as pacifists;
they demand universal brotherhood and
an end to killing. To insure this they
demand executions.
MENACE TO DEMOCRACY.
Germany's propaganda more than
Germany's armies menace the life OF
Russian democracy today.
The Teuton intrigue Is reaching even
into the winter palace to attempt Pre-
mier Kerensky's life.
1t tempted korniloff to revolt.
1t is spreading unbelievably scandal
Gus stories of Russias great leaders, to
create dissension in the new democ-
racy.
It had succeeded in betuddllng tho
Russian public almost to the point of
hopelessness when I left-to the point
where the insane cry for blood.
GERMANS HELD AT BAY.
Russias armies are holding at bay
80h divisions Of German troops. 1885,
900 men--while Germany concentrates
on her intrigue. Russian army off,
GERS are keeping together enough of
their forces to stop the German war
machine. They are super heroes.
At home. Premier Kerensky is an
+. open target for a concentrated CAM
paign of malignant villfication, scan
dal, intrigue, and even attempted as
sassination.
German intrigue in Petrograd stops
at nothing. 1t fostered a mysterious
story recently that the premier was a
morphine fiend, having contracted the
habit following an operation year
ago.
/, STORIES UTTERLY UNTRUE.
Another lie which the kaiser's agents
industriously circulated was that Ker-
ried an actress. Utterly untrue, these
scandalous insinuations found some
credence. One small newspaper even
published them.
Kerensky's latest picture showing
him standing with his cotton gloved
hand resting Napoleon-like on his
chest. No sooner had these been put
on sale than the city was permeated
with angry whisperings about Ker-
ensky, the dictator" German agents
increasingly whispered, playing on the
distorted psychological bent Of the
tense Russian mind. Kerenskys pic
ture vaguely suggested Napoleon;
therefore Kerensky was a new Napol-
con, dictator
SOUGHT kERENsKYs LIFE.
Not alone did the German agents at
tack Kerensky by word Of mouth. They
even sought his life.
The winter palace, dreadful mem.
ory of the old autocratic days, is today
. gruesome place of death and tragedy
and mystery. It's lower windows ara
now all blown out. Lower rooms, close
TO where Kerensky works, were charrsd
IN mysterious fire two weeks ago.
At the time when Korniloff was
marching on Petrograd. German agents
spread the report that the British gov
ernment favored his revolution and
the pulling down OF Kerensky. How
we'll they did their work IL indicated
In the fact that the British government
actually sent a guard OF 90 soldiers
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