Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-25
bOLSHEV|K REIGN
OF TERROR AIMED
AT |NTELLECTuALS
These Are Driven Out at
Night to Face Ma
chine Guns.
BULLETS AND BAYONETS
ARE AIDED BY FAM!NE
Germany Seeks to Destroy In
dustrial Life to Make Coun-
try Easy Prey.
REVOLT SHAKES EMPIRE
Tclcsraphic Communication Between
Berlin and Switzerland Is Severed
Following Report of Riot.
BULLETS AND BAYONETS
ARE AIDED BY FAMINE
REVOLT SHAKES EMPIRE
ny DIR. DAVID SOskIoE

i.oNDoN. November .f.--NewS which
have received from Moscow aud
other parts OF Russia dominated by the
Germans and Bolsheviki shows that
Western Russia is in a state of latent
| rcvolt--a pevolt OF a people prompted
by starvation on the one hand and
red terror on the other.
Eyewitnesscs who have escaped the
| horrors describe to me how the I'm
| telligentia" are being gradually cx-
terminated. numerous victims falling
daily. either from famine or the bull
let's and bayone:c Of their oppressois.
have before me letter from
kristiania, saying. in part
"A Russian family has arrived to-
day from Pctrograd in an absolutely
! indesci liable condition. In PetroErnu
the Boisherilii have begun TO massacre
all the 'intclligcntia" educated
| classes. the former officers, with
special burbarty
| Every night IA cannonadc goes on
chine guns are at work. The ..inteIii-
| geniin" are seized and driven en- massc
to kronstadt; and it is unknown wat
/ fate befalls them there"
! For the last several months the
whole of Russia has. been In a state
OF perpetual revolt. but@it Is the res
armed masses against the mightiest
and most perfidious power in the
I WOriu--aSa1nSt Germany
! Germany, not by force Of arms but
! through Bolshevik trcachery, means to
| stay In Russia. Having ascertaincd
that she cannot retain the country
! either by arms or the establishment
| OF friendly relations. she uses her Boil
| Shevik tools in ii policy OF unprece-
! dented destruction.
! The policy consists in dcstroyint- All
| the nvinS forces of Russia, industrial
as well as intellectual. BY running
l,usslas industries and eXterminatins
! a. haI.
organizers. Germany hopes 10 rcap all
the advantages OF being her ncxt-door
hclshbor after the war.
Her calculation is that Russia de.
| prNeu perhaps for Il generation Of her
own industries and exports and sepa-
,atea ,aiaa from the other Industrial coun-
| tries py thousands OF miles, will be-
come Germany's undisputcd prev and
market The Bolshcviki VINO are des-.
ai."'e aro soI, "i any sort OF constructive ideas
arc .oois admirably adapted for the
execution OF Gcrmanys destructive de-
signs. and her schemes arc laid he
| in their ranks. ~
Never will Russians worthy OF the
nMh n1L'e an2rSst the periidy, the crimes
ers @ ernGs by ,heir whiGh dn,ihor the German ruI-
blooded methods 'is have int,ietea ena up,d, 1non
men @,heiE country The revolt OF the .pco-
pie OF Western Russia against Tie
German and their HoisheviJ; Ins,rm, rme
mcnts is not one that can be sun.
| pressed. sup
| SPAR. and is OF the nature of an ;rre
piess;bie guerrilla warfare; the onI,.
hina OF warfare which distracted
nn oIniom can wage against her ruthless
risfi:GRApHIC WIRES
FROM BERLIN ARE cur
c rmegra phic communication between
G;trniamy and Switzerland is reported
which REACHED the swiss nrms n.orn,a In,,in.. t"i,
WAS That Berlin and other t;erm;,.
gt,les are scenes OF serious .roubIe
Ihere are rumors ahoat that :. terror
! list revolt is sweeping the lanI. hut no
direct confirmation 10 this eit.ct couI
be obtained late this Hftcrnoo,i
y message received tonight from
Amsterdam sources says that the Ger!
man situation is obscure, but fray-
mcntary bits OF news indicate there has
bccn renewed serious trouble in Bcr-
| lin.
The military commander OF Berlin.
! one dlSpatch says. ordered machine
| guns to be turned on mobS supportius
by 1.iebknccht and IIaasc.
Another dispatch says an indcpcnd-
! cnt republic OF North Germany has
, been proclaimed.
REPUBLIC or BAVARIA
TO REPLACE PRUSSIA
Increasing efforts by the republic
Of Bavaria to replace Prussia as the
Indicated by latest German adviccs
/ Kurt EiSner. the new Bavarian Pre-
s ihroae %"P ihe i war raaisn 50mrpalss
miiitarist policy of Prussia, has gone
| TO Berlin. according to Munich dis
! patch. to demand the resignation OF
! haron von Bussche and all those re-
| sponsibie for the war. lie VIII further
demand that all these men be placed
on trial. ;hc dispatch says.
! This Is the first inklng allowed to 20
abroad that Won Dem Bussche and
| c'hcrs who held the important post
! tions In the imperial govcramcnt were
| retained in their Offices
| Baron Won Dem Bussche. al one time
! counselor OF the German embassy, in
Washington, and later head OF the
| .\mcrican department OF the German
| Foreign Ohice, has been undcrsecrctary
OF state for foreign affairs since the
lertlinE regime.
FIND -FOUR BOMBS
IN BELGIAN CArITSL
Rcportt reaching the War Oiiice sun
| day indicated that plan of the Ge7-
| mans 10 destroy the Palais dc Justice
| In Brussels was discovered ,urins The
| day. according TO IA dispatch s-oni tbs
Belgian eapitai. Four informal m;
found In close proximity TO a LARGE