Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-18

tnaron = A. korff has been FOR man.
years professor of Ruasiar lsw ant HISTORY
of Las boo leltngfors fInhnd aud tevu
grad. KhssiA iu 1903. Professor hotii dr
Nvrsd a course oi lectures a. the John
Hopkins uniyertity. baltimore and iu lall
! al The Invitation Of the American Red Cross
no acted a. foreign sertetAry Of mo Inter
| nAuonA Red Creaf conference. whfh met ln
Msv a. Washington, ID e After mo Marct
| fevolution Baron korft Vas appointed BY
] IN. Fovernment OF Prince "a p. Lyoy assist
ant Eovernof renersl of Finland which po-
| sition he also sept uuter thr ksrshahy FoF
eminent. but vas forced 70 resign ia No
vemhsr after the RoIshevikist revolt haron
Korr has rocsSls arrived boo this couutry b
According 10 the latest news. tho
bolshevikl have executed the leaders
OF the left wing of the party or ths
socialists. s.rcyolutionisA Maria Splrlr
donoNa and Kamkov. and with thom
two hundred other 'counter-rcvolu-
tIonlstH." Che executed were 'couu-
ter er-revolutlonlsts.' according 90 the
RoIshevist use OF the term, The
Rolshevik have used this term very
much lately and consequently. three
arise many misunderstandings lead
ing to rather deplorable results.
Who are counter r-rcyoutionists.
according 20 the Holshevist reports
Immediately after the March reNo-
Mtion they started Go call counter
revolutionary" the constitutional
democratlc party the so -ccllcd cadets,
although this party always stood Tor
A democratic. representative and re-
sponslble government and coniflpu.'
tod much 10 the downfall ~ tho
Tsnr's regime. After that they be-
gan 90 apply the term "counter-rrv-
| olutonary" 10 social democrats Men
! shc,iki. and such prominent reNolu-
! uorary leaders as George plekhpnotf
and Tsereteui were added to the
I"countrr- -rcvolutioulsts" They went
further and clAssed as couutcrarcv
omtlonista the Eo-callci right wins
and center ~ the party ~ socialists
Il revolutioulss, and now tho grand
mother OF the revolution, u. q
/ g. UrcshkoVskayn and v NJ. Cherno,
have become as much 'counier-rcNo
|lutionary" aH George Plekhanott and
/ Tgereteul FINALLY thoy went stll
further and proclaimed ne counter
revolutionary ana executed The so
/, I IrlalIsts.revolutinu ot tho lott IN
. fnrtion which co-operated with ih
, Uolshevk up 90 the moment ot m
, concluding OF the Brcst- LitoNs'
Z treaty
So everyone who opposes the mol
shevist tyranny. everyone who re
pudlntps tho shameful Drest-ldtoTv
uppnce" everyone who interfere
with the regime OF anarchy In Rus
ala with the plans of German domi
. nation IN Russia, every such thcto
Ia proclaimed CONFERENCE.-THE
and hs such ls presented Co the pun
Nc opinion abroad in tho reports o
these foreign correspondents who ~
! one reason or another choose {
serve tho Rolshevist cause. Tho gam
Is simple. tho term counterarc
uonary IA a very unsympatheuc one
Fver,. sincere demoCrat in tho Unite
states is ln natural sympathy Wit
. the Russian revolution whose mai
. aim waa and ls TO replace tho 0l
, autocratic regime hv democrau
! government To s3v that sowchod
is ter-revuuiionary IS 20 ~
, that no ls against tho revolution
1 which IN turn means that he
, logairEt the aims ~ the revolution
that he is Tor the restoration OF th
, old regime.
u Mlsnomcr.
, None ~ The opponentg ~ tho u0l
E shc,ikl beginning with tho corgtl
muoual democratic party and un ID
and inclusive of the socialists. .rr,0lu
tonists ot tho left. ever we're lu sym
, psthy with tho cld regime Tvcs
r factions contributed moro. to it
downfnll than the Ro'shovkl. who. a
} least indirectly helped tho Ola r-
{ gimo hv destroying the unity uf th
J progressive forces ln tho country
. Eycn now tho only active counter
, revolutionary power ln Russia ls th
BolsheyN as far MS by creating an,
; encouraging anarchy ln Russia. tho
3 provoke, among thc unfortunate pop
| utafIpu '.f,gh n fDrgIp5 f,r ora.r , "a.