Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-29

Russian peasantry is back of them"
Impressed by such a picture, I asked
these friends Of the Soviet govern
naent: What is the matter; why, If
the proletariat and the ~peasantry
support the Bolsheviki. do they not
can an all.Russian constituent as
sembly? The %peasantry alone consti-
population. and II the Bolsheviki
would control the constituent as
seinbly. almost every Russian would
recognize their leadership az q ma
tional leadership" @.,
This question almost always en-
barrasses the friends Of the Boil
shev1ki. The answer II. simple. The
Polsheviki dispersed th FIRST CON
atttuent assembly with bayonets, and
would have to dispense the second be-
cause the country is against them, and
thts would be demonstrated at the
Eeneral election. The majority of the
ali-Ru&ian council of peasants dele
safes and the party Of the Russian
peasantry, the pagty of Socialists
ReSolutioEists. through its central
COMMITTEES, opposes the Bolsheviki at
every step. 1t should be- understood
that the Bolsheviki rule in Russia, not
because Of their, strength, but bs-
cause Of the temporary weakness of
the great people, Frustrated by the
100000 casualties suffered in this
war, by the terrible crimes committed
against them by the old regime, and
BY the dtsorganization of the indus
trial and financial life Of the country,
the heritage of the old regime, in.
creased by the Bolsheviki.
Not only Russia and the Bolsheviki
are different and, in many respects,
conflicting phenomena, but even the
Russian revolution and the Bolsheviki
have little In common. The Russian
evolutionary democracy fepudiates
lutionary and Socialist leaders. as I.
9. T~seretelli, E. c. Breshkovokaya
1.-THE grandmother OF the Russian
revolution), Peter kropotkin, George
Plekhanof, v. NJ. Chernof and others
consider them enemies of the revolu-
ton. who. by reducing the revolution
ad s.beurdum, by doing their best co
prov-ke a reaction in Russia.
Why Do They Last?
It this is 80, why do the Bolsheviki
last 80 long?. The answer il simple:
The opposition of the country is pas
slve because the country il exhausted.
Ind on the other hand. the Bolsheviki
nave the support OF the disorganized
remnants OF the rn1y because they
Tho pnvsL soaG.ery 70 oo as they please.
M .ol:nev1k are playing at gov
IN " ,H. ~ issuing DEGREES, orders
snu W out. In tact. their funda-
MentaI principle may be expressed,
some0ne sugsested, by the brief
pair ne.p yourself. The soldiers
nelp nemseives, and this kind Of a
oeMocfatic government" naturally
spnsA,s 70 them.
WIN the denobtliSation Of the
aImy' n h want for food in the
citles. n remnants Of the army are
Deelnning 70 dtsappear. When this
s.I ms soldier returns to his village and
his nome, and, after spending his
money. starts TO work, he becomes a
peaceful citizen. On the
otner hand, the soldiers who remain
IN the cities o more and more
= n unwflltng to fight for: any
tnine, even 9 their own Bolshevist
Therefore. small Ger
nan detachments are able to occupy
outsreftstahce. But. on the other
hand. Il . strong national 8dsmocrauc.
were to- appear in Russia,
and. are reasons to believe that
plined army OF z few corps could de.