The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-14

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| Tho crest ques-
I~l ton seems 20 be
about his health.
liz Ne 10 supposed TO
v<&~&11111l11 be running q race
RUSSELL ana oo.,,,en
az the Napoleon
OF Russia" death having tho inside
track and being IlkeIIer to win.
The universal belief in this
blood and iron" fantasy In one OF
tho most interesting examples |
have ever known OF the possiblii.
ties OF tho fake when II takes the
form OF n pleasing dream.
He 10 No Dictator
kerensky In about as much n
man OF blood and iron" as he il
OF pumpkin rinds and jimson
weeds. lie is about as much n
dictator" OF Russia as you are.
Nevertheless. since the world IL
determined 10 have him the man
OF the hour" In Russian affairs.
ladies and gentlemen. know Mr..
keronsky. present prime minister
Of Russia
He 10 about 40, rather we'll
set up. about 5 feet 8 inches
In height. clean shaver, thin
Tipped. biue-eyed. He has
very good head. but you would
know Instantly 1, was not the
head Of mn American, because
10 90 much UP and down, In.
stead OF fore and aft. He has
rather llahsish brown hair, cut
short and rising straight from
his head. He has square
shoulders. much grace OF bear.
Ing and an excellent polse for
his particular Job. which 10
orstory.
But In private conversation
he has something OF Grover
cieveiand's habit Of not look.
Inc much at the person with
whom he 10 talking. trick
that. ss In cIevciand's case.
produces a certain impression
OF shyness.
Except when he gets started on
one Of hiE extraordinary flights Of
eloaucnce he f. one OF the most ret.
icont OF men. II In hard to draw
him out on any ordinary topic and
still harder 90 Judge what he really
thinks about II unless he gets In.
tcrested and sits up TO take notice
OF his surroundings.
Not q Conversatlonsilss
Then HIS blue eyes betray him.
But nj that he VIII never be
prixewfnncr NJ convcrsation. hAv.
ing too much OF fondness for
words OF one syllable and only
few OF those.
He In an old.time revolutionist
and tasted all tho bitterness that
the old regime handed out TO men
OF his faith. He Ia socialist. but
tina, Ia no distinction In Russia:
nine-tenths OF tho people are So
cialists.
he ls also an ideallst and
al the beginning Of the revolu.
ton was as dreamy as any.
He, too. had this notion that
the downfall OF autoeraey In
Russia sounded oabrlel's big
horn for the Earthly Paradise.
There were to be no more d.
visions among men. and. OF course,
there were to be no more wars.
UN VERSA BROTHERHOOD
HAD ARRIVED on THE MID
TRAIN. Everybody was 10
love everybody else; the lion was
to lie down and the lamb was to
cease TO be chops for him.
Wanted Others Happy
II was n fine, good feeling and
one that reflects great credit on
tho Russian people. They had Joy |
themselves and they wanted all |
tho neighbors to come In and have
some.
There were two men IN Russia |
who never for n moment allowed |
their enthusiasm TO distort their
knowledge OF the world as II really |
Is with Germany in II.
One was Prince Kropotkin. the |
old.time philosopher and revolu-
ZIONIST. whose daring escape from
the fortress of Peter and Paul is |
Dne OF the most stirring chapters |
In the imperishable history OF |
democracy. and the other
was Placonoff. who first unfurled |
he red flag OF revolution I'm the
Sevsky Prospekt. the great thoro-
'are OF Petrograd
These elder warriors IN the long
that so long MS Ger.
man autocracy remained in the
world unbroken there was no
chance for democracy either In
Russia or in any other place.
kerensky Sees Light
heard Prince Kropotkin speak
IN this subject one Sunday after
noon In the Norodny Dom. great
peoples palace OF Petrograd. and
his logic was like an avalanche
down Swiss mountain
side. II swept all before II.
Kropotkin and Placonoff steadily
insisted that the first duty OF the
lew democracy In Russia was to
yive to the other denocracies 81
he world all possible help in the
ife and death struggle against
The revolution was only n few
weeks old when Kerensky came
,ut OF his trance and saw that
hese men we're right. He has not
since from that convic-
ion. which has grown steadily
lmong all Russian people who
hink.
He Is n good parliamentarian.
,ut NOT so pood ou Taaratelli the