The daily progressive-miner., 1918-01-16

. papers. manuscript and letters from Russia The air is heavy with Russian cigaret smoke. In a room to the rear Inoyypes click and press is heard running
 Humble Weekly Stipend.
 Adjoining the editors office is an other small and dark room. in which the business ends Of the paper are ne gotiated T. was in this atmosphere that Trotzky worked and drew his humble stipenl. sa small as to hard ly De worth mentioning" the editor said sm.,ingly.
 Trotzky lived n the Bronx with his wife and TWO boys, aged nine and twelve. who speak French and Rus sian. bur no English.
 His living was a pr carious one. and he had just enough money to feed his family and keep 8 shelter over them. Concerning his persone. comfort, it is said he cared nothing; money had no meaning for him except as it procured necessities.
 Leon Trotzky. who was a native Of the southern part or Russia. came here in the last Of JanuapE. o. this year, !" said Menshoy. TO find a refuge. He was barred from France. where his paper had been suppressed; he dared no, enter his own country at the time he had been depor-ed from Spain. and a six months prison sentence awaited him f he should enter upon German soil as he had been convicted Of writ ing a book in which he attacked the German Government and militarism England. like France, was hostile 10 him. as Switzerland, where he had ex- pected 10 go, so the only place left for him was America.
 Russian Socialist daily. Our World. As a social reyolutionist he took an
 Tn Paris he had been editor Of the editorial stand against war. His pa per was first heavily censored by the authorities, and finally suppressed al together. We used to receive copies Of it here. In every issue big spots mad been plotted out. Tn one issue everything had been obliJerated ex- cepc the title of the paper |, was suppressed a little more than year ago through the influence of the I'm perial Government exerted in Paris.
 Ordered 10 Frontier
 "Trotzky was ordered 10 go to Swift zerland. but through the efforts Of the British Government and the acquies- cence ot the French Government au- ,horities he was prevented from doing so. This was at the end Of November 1s1e. He went 10 Spain, but after crossing the frontier was promptly ar rested as the result of telegram from the French authorities describ- ing him as q dangerous anarchist. For a short time he was detained in prison al Cad!z. His case attracted great attention throughout Spain. The Madrid Government decided 10 deport him by the first outward bound vessel, no matter where bound, bur Social ist campaign Of protest developed i'm mediately in the Spanish newspapers.
 As well-known character in the international Socialist movement, it was demanded that he be released from prison and the right granted to him to go wherever he wished. The campaign succeeded, and instead of putting him on the next ship, which chanced 70 be sailing for Cuba, he was released and ordered out Of Spain. He had had correspondence with Rus sian Socialists here and decided to come 10 the United States.
 He came al once 10 our office, and began work for us, writing general articles On Socialist subjects, condi-