New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-30

the absolute moral indifference which
is often necessary for such part. On
occasions he does not lack "A certain
sentlmentalism, but at tho same time
he has no pity for tho mass Of the
people. And he believes that he has
the right TO make this terrible expert
ment on the Russian neople. Weary
of the war and very unhappy. this PEG
pie has already paid for Lcnnc's sex
perience' with thousands and thousands
Of lives. But this atrocious tragedy
never makes Ieninc hesitate. for he Is
the slave of dogma. and his partisans
arc his slaves"
OF The effect of Lcnine's imposition
of his "proleterian will' upon the
people, Gorky further writcsS
"Thc Soviets regard Russia as so
much material for experiments. The
Russian people is to them like the
horse to the bacteriologist who inocu-
lates the animal With the bascillus of
typhus to produce an antitoxn.
Soviets Practice Brutality
1T is with this kind Of brutality and
this form of disregard for conse
quences that the Sovlets treat the Rus
sian people. without giving the least
ured, half starved creature may die in
the process.
THE social revolution that is
planned never can be realized under
the present conditions of life in Russia.
My own opinion is that the
Sovlets are undermining and destroying
the working class of Russia.
Referring to other writings Of Gorkv
o. the same subject Mr. Waling
quotes the great Russian writer AS de-
claring hopelessly that. judging from
hot pcl.. Il.
LESSONS and Bolshevik performance.
the entire Rolshevik programme as
written on wate~ "
"The professions COT the Bolshcviki)
are themselves sufficient TO arouse the
past degree of hostility on the part of
every Democrat Mr. Walling adds
and then declares that in practice it
has produced lynchings alone &c the
number OF at least 10000.
Views OF Gorky
Goskv's views IN the practices Of
Boisncvism arc reproduced as follows {:
What new things, then. is the ~ovo-
ntion bringing? How is it transform
ing J'c bitter realities o. Russian life ?
How much light is it bringing into the
darkened lives OF the Russian pecple?
For the period OF the revolution
10000 lyAchings have already heen &C
counted for. Tins is how democracy IS
melting out judgment anon those who
nave IN some way sinneG against ,ie
new order
Theft aAI rapbely src ;ncrcaslrs
from day 20 day. Tic practice OF the
arr Of taking bsibos is becoming more
and more widely Sntroduced ana our
new officials 0re already IS Web
trained IN the arr a. those WHO sca-, ed
under the Gas government
he various petty officials Nnc
hover about the Saioiuy Institute 80
pear to be drunk with sense OF cot
Guest and regard the citizens a. If
they were the conquered, acting even
as The misguided police OF former DAYS
We're IN the habit of acting
Only Beastly Triumph
They shout and scold and give
commands to every one. just as Of yore
the village sheritfs would treat the
Inhabitants Of the obscurest rural dis
tricts in Kanotop or Tchsuoma. and
all this is done in the name Of the
'proietarian.' in the name of the SO
cal revolution.' But in reality it rep
resents only the triumph of the beast
over man. the ascendancv Of the Asi-
attic spirit which still dwells among
Us. the ugly growth upon our soul.
mo, do not recognize the unmis-
TAXA bic signs of the social revolution
in this association of geological in
stincts. 1t is combination of the
feelings of our lower selves. without
socialism. without the spirit of social
ISM: without the psychology OF so
cialism'