Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-24

BOLSHEVIKI WHIP
ESTHONIAN ARMY
Capture Dorpat and Force
Retreat-Cermans March
Toward Riga
SoVlETS BRING ORDER
British Publication Declares
Reds Are Effecting Res
toration of Russia
SOW ETs BRING ORDER
BY the Associated Press

Stockholm, Dec, ~,
The Bolshevih are making consider
able progress with their penetration of
Esthonian territory, tho official state
ment OF the Esthonian republic for Mon-.a
day shows. They have taken Dorpat.
about twenty-five miles west of Lake
Peipus, and have forced the Esthonians
back on the wesenberg front northwest
OF Lake Peipus. The German forces In
this region are continuing to fall back
upon Riga. The text Of the statement
reads:
The Bolsheviki have taken Dorpat.
our troops are retreating on the Wesen-
oerg front. German troops are march,
ing toward Fellin, en- route to Riga"
London, Dec. 2i.-CapHng a growing
wave or suspicion, evidenced in the
liberal British press during the last
month. the New Statesman makes the
sensational announcement in it's current
issue that the Bolshevilii. supported now
by many former opponents, are affect
ing real restoration of Russia and
Russian order
The New Statesman, far from being.
an organ of the extreme radicals, Is re-
garded as sober and serious publica-
tlon with large circulation among
liberal intellectuals.
The article has undoubtedly height
ened the spreading impression that the
full truth has not yet come out of
Russia.
Agitation is increasing in favor of
compelling the Government to state ex-
phcitly It's attitude toward Russia. lt
Is now regarded as virtually certain
this agitation will result in President
Wilson being urged to declare his stand
on the Russian situation during his
visit here. .a,
order is more thoroughly re- -estab-
lished IN Russia now than at any time
since the fall of Czardom," said the new
statesman. .....
Factories Resume work
Food distribution is better organized
than at any time during the whole
war Factories are rapidly starting up
again. as fast as raw materials can be
obtained. Management of the factories
by committees failed for obvious reasons.
Management by the Sovlets. with con-
sultative committee of employees, has.
been substituted with growing success.
THE Bolshevild though hampered by
undesirable tools are cleaning the coun-
try of bribery and corruption. Terror
has ceased. 1t has been greatly eXag-
gerated IL Nikolai Lenine had not
been in bed as the result of wound,
here would have been no terror in Mos
COW. There has been no execution in
MOSCOW for two months During the
terror there were 400 executions, OF
which so per cent were corrupt Soviet
officials. 1nefficiency Is being remedied
by rapid recruiting from the educated
classes.
THE Red army has become real dis
ciplined force, with now spirit Of rev.
olutionary and nationalist enthusiasm.
Its numbers are uncertain, but there ars
at least 600. 900 men in It's ranks. II has
rifles, machine guns and ammunition IN
plenty, but little artillery. No Russian
army has a chance against It. II, has
experienced nothing but success since
September.
Masses Join Reds
Great masses of professional men
and petty bourgeoisie have gone ever
to the Bolsheviki during the last few
months In the large towns the work.
men. almost unanimously support tho
Bolsheriki The peasants were hostile
for long time, but the formation OF
poverty committees and the sdminis-
tration of the affairs Of every village Ia,
the interests of the peasants has. re-
suited in great majority now keeuly
supporting Lenine.
THE invading British army, which six
months ago would have found many
friends. now finds only a very few.
These are mostly property owners.
Where the White guards (anti- Boil
shevikD temporarily occupied districts
they have carried out 'terrors on
Scale the Red guards never dreamed Of.
ANY government established by US
will need the support Of foreign bayc-
nets, as the Russian proletariat are
! thoroughly ;mbued with Bolshevism."