Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30
Declares France, Switzer.
land and America Are.
All Weak
SPEECH BY ZENvIENOFF
Petrograd Commissioner Tells
of Failure of His Univer.
. sity for Peasants
By ARTHUR COPING

oPecsdf Cdbfe to ECentnE Pu0uc LedgeF
Copyright. 1918. bD Ne,o York Times Co.
Archangel, Oct. 80.
From a battlefield prisoner we have
just taken a copy Of the October 10 issue
Of The Red Army. a Boishevik Moscow
daily paper. 1t leads of in display lines
OF optimistic sensationalis1n, including
poor rising against rich, Siberia ablaze.
fiery rebellion, arising against each other
are two enemies. work and capital poor
and bourgeoise, in Germany revolution
has started, soldiers are going against
their officers waving red flags and sing
ing revolutionary songs"
In the first article It is said:
when all Russia was under the des-
potism of the Romanoff family we looked
enviously to the republican powers. We
dreamed of the freedom OF France,
Switzerland and America as something
we could never attain. Now we know
the weakness of all bourgeoise republics
We know the word democracy is asso-
ciated with the word republic only to
cHedt the people, III iTee Hhei'Sa' oo
called, the gross exploitation of work
produces millionaires and steel kings"
An account of the meeting of the Mos
COW Soviet on October 8 begins:
We are feverishly awaiting the eve
Of the western European revolution"
Then there is an exchange of COM
pliments between n distinguished visitor
and Commissioner Zenvienoff at Petro-
grad, who said the educated masses in
that city realized II was all rot about
the Bolsheviki being like wild animals.
Thousands at the meeting Zenvienoff
addressed passed resolution to uphold
the October revolution and grasp the
outstretched hand of the proletariat.
The meeting asked why there was
not freedom OF the press. He replied:
There is no freedom for papers
that poison the peoples minds like the
Den and Novoe Vremya, but for hun
dreds of badly, produced peasants
papers"
Zenvienoff added that the output Of the
Putiloff works had been very poor. but
after he had publicly shamed' the
workers tho result had improved. He
had opened a peasants university at
Petrograd. which 1t was hoped thous-
ands would join, but he had only got
400.
Reverting to the question OF the bour-
geoise, he said Petrograd had wrestled
with It more energetically than Moscow.
He added:
"You may see dozens of bourgeoise
laying wood blocks In Smolni court
yards, also unloading coal .barges and
cleaning out barracks. and at least do
ing more physical work than they ever
did before"
Fine Clothes for Soldiers
Some, he jauntily added, had sent a
numerously signed address to the Soviet
expressing gratitude that they had
been allowed to- have the same ration
cards as the working classes. Zenvienoff
said he was taking sable shoes and
other warm clothing from the educated
classes and giving them to the red
army.
True" no soliloquized, they will
make the soldiers rather dazzling, but
they will arise to the occasion"
Incidentally. he, said: THE bour-
geoise under the Bolshevik Government
have disappeared. If we are to con-
tinue as we are going we will teach
all the Russian bourgeoise, after that
the bourgeoise Of all the world"
Then came speech by Lovarish
Bucharin, who was about to depart with
fraternal greetings TO Vienna. He
thought governments all over the world
were bursting and crumbling and said /:
I'VE have to share our knowledge
with the western European proletariat.
In the western European movement
they haze no leader or system or de-
termined policy. In this we must help
| them"
The article concludes with the cheer
ful, lines: NO quarter for the enemy.
Death and damnation to traitors