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The curatc was in his shirt and waist
drowned fellow in his coat before he
was carried off; yet he didn't seem to
feel the cold Physical sensations, ]
found aftorward. didn't affect him so
much as other men. Later on he took
eff his shoes and socks and slipped
them onto a barcfooted sailor who
could just walk. This was good bust
ness for the rescued man. because he
had to climb rock path that was very
jagged. When ! last saw the curate he
was helping to carry stretchcr up the
path His feet we're cut to ribbons,
leaving prints Of blood, but he walked
as firmly as a whole footed man on
sand.
That was long before the war. and as
I went abroad n week later and re-
NAMED away for years ! did not meet
the man again until he became our
padre at the front. The only intimate
conversation ever had with him was
on the night before the attack, which
nearly settled me. AT a late hour he
visited my company headquarters
which were in most unhealthy spot
Our dugout was none of your German
shell proofs; VIC were in an apology for
trench. and "A SO would have knocked
the shelter we huddlcd in to smith
Greens. There was plenty Of that sort
dropping about, and bigger stuff, too.
The padre had earned remarkable
reputation for courage. In ono sense
/ I'm not sure that it Was deserved. II
you're never frightened you haven't got
to be brave, and he's the one man I'vt
come across who / could swear didn',
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Capai His Courage His Fah
and Srvieto eFurthet

"That's the cloudiness," said the
padre, pointing to the broken beam and
the shoot Of earth on the ground. 1.-The
dress of war. the outsdeness of peace,
the outsdcness Of yourself for that
matter-they all symbols. Which IS
true? Courage and serving your couA-
try. or that? They aren't both true
The padre went over the top with the
third wave next day. Nothing could
keep him out of a show. He thought
the dying needed his consolation, and
perhaps some of them did. believed
myself to be dying when he climbed
down into the big shell crater where
lay, but didn't want any prayerbook
talk Al! the same, was clad he had
come When he was near by | had al
ways an odd feeling of confidence and
courage, and I've noticed the same IN
others. Fellows close to him didn :
seem to feel danger. There was an
other man in the crater who was nearer
death than was. and the padre prayer
booked him first-at least, he spoke
words that | couldn't hear. The next
thing remember was my wound being
dressed The padre was neat-fingered
and as clever as any doctor. He made
me a deal more comfortable.
"I'm done in this time, padre said.
Not a bit of it, You'll pull through
with luck. But either way, go on be-
licving. It's all that matters
"What in? Courage and serving my
country ?'
I laughed weakly. 1t was such non
sense
YES" he said. at can be worship
an true as mine or any mans
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when they came or went. She
guarded their interests as her own.
l asked her about her village. Had
there been violence there?
Eyes" she said with anger in her
tone, "The hooligans seized the big
estate. They murdered the fan lily,
even the ive-year-old child. They
found wine in the wine cellar and
got drunk. They destroyed the
house, divided up the furniture and
seized the land. They had no right
to take other peoples things. The
land belonged to the peasants, but
not the house and furniture. She
turned to her employer and said II
work for you. Suppose took your
things. I've no right to them"
Her point Of view was interest
ing. I asked the girl if she cared
for her home. Her face became
radiant. The tiny strip of land and
the two-room cottage we're her pas
sion. Every penny earned went to
her people. She lived for the an
nual two-month vacation. "My own
home and my own people are the
best" she said shyly. asked her if
she was a Bolshevik. "No," she
said Gercely, "for they say things
with their tongue, but they don't
do them"
In another family ran across
another country girl. She had come
to the city to be a seamstress. In
her village there was big estate.
The owner was popular with the
peasants. A meeting was held and
it was agreed not to touch him or
his possessions. But as time went
on temptation grew. When the
owner and his family went to the
city his land was seized and his
house destroyed.
The Owner Had
Some Rights
Another interesting decree dealt
with houses and apartments. These
were no longer private property
But the owner might continue to
live in his house provided he occu-
pied only small portion. The par
he retained must not exceed a
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"Down with autocratc commits
saires!
Down with strangers of liberty.
Down with the saboteurs of the
city administration.
Long live universal suffrage, d.
rect, equal and secret.
Long live the legal autonomy of
the municipality!
'Long live the liberty of citizens,
Long live the Constituent AS
sembly"
But Petrograd did not rally to
the support of the Duma. The SOL
diers and workers remained faith
full to the central government. The
power Of the Bolsheviki grew. In
every department there were the
same struggles. Many officials
were cadets (Liberals), or moderate
Socialists. They refused to resign
or recognize the new government
They hoped for a counter revolu-
ton. But this hope was short
lived. 1t depended on the peasants.
They as a body had not joined the
Soviet. A meeting was called of
the All-Russian Peasant Congress
in Petrograd. The first business
was the election of a President.
Chernov received 500 votes and
Marie Spiradonova 1929. Chernov
is a Menshevik, a Social Democrat
of the right.
Marie Spiradonova is a Bolshe-
vik, a Social Democrat of the ex-
tremc left
When Three-quarters
Were Bolshevik
Though Chernov was elected
President, it was Spiradonova's fac
ton that grew. A week later. by a
large majority, it was voted to send
peasant delegates to sit with the
Workers and Soldiers Deputies.
The Soviet had become a Congress
of workers, peasants and soldiers.
In the winter of 1913 the repre-
sentatives Of rs per cent of the
population were Bolsheviki. The
other 25 per cent, the monarchists
the capitalists, the bourgeoisie and
/. the lntellectuals, were without rep
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France
By Ellis Parker Butler
OF The Nigilantes
OF The Vigilantes

II ALWAYS think of France as going
forth Of England as standing
firm. Through the centuries the
men of England have seemed to say:
"These are our rights; we will not
give them up" while France has said
Mankind deserves new rights and
liberties; we will go forth and win
them"
The Frenchmans ideal of liberty.
as of fraternity and equality, has al
ways been at least q few steps in ad-
vance of the fact, so that he has had
to fight to make it a reality.
The Englishman, in nearly every
case, acquired rights by growth, as a
youth grows into mans estate Hav-
ing grown, the Englishman fought to
maintain. The Frenchman foresaw his
rights while they were still ideals and
fought to make them real The Eng
lishman, never yielding the rights he
has acquired, pushed his foot forward
inch by inch to cover new rights. The
Frenchman pictured new rights and
leaped forward to create them.
1t was this readiness of his to de
mainland die for-an ideal that
Frenchman was too emotional to be
steadfast.
Wars, battles and human rights are
won in various ways; the Frenchman
has won his rights by long series Of
brilliant charges against autocracy
and the remnants of autocracy. After
each charge, each uprising, the
Frenchman has held new ground,
maintained new rights for humanity.
The Bastille fell, freedom was won,
overthrow of newborn democracy in
France 1t was but the momentary
pause before the new advance. With
half the world arrayed against her,
France reformed the legions of her
ideals behind the war legions of Ma
poleon.
1t is amazing to note how through
centuries France has pressed forward
steadily against regimes, autocrats.
customs and systems, protecting her
national life while winning the rights
of man. Ideals are ragged affairs,
sending out tentacles Of value and OF
error alike; when France has paused l.
has been to consolidate the trenches
she has gained, making permanent all
that was Of value, discarding the error.
Who can call France lacking in
steadfastness when glance shows her
the foremost among free nations on
continent where autocracy still lives in
blood and iron? To be steadfast to
such an ideal as France set herself
means to advance to the realization of
that ideal This France has done.
France is a free nation of free men.
God grant that the fight France is
making to-day may be the last fight
against autocracy and retrogression the
brave nation may be called upon TO
make In such a fight, side by side
with such people. America may we'll
be proud to give her last drop of blood,
her last ounce of strength. And. If
need be, will give!
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feel fear. tackled him about 1t that
night.
"You can't be frightened if you be-
lieve enough" he explained. "There's
nothing left to be frightened Of"
"But if you don't believe at all, like
me ?" | asked.
What I liked about the padre was
that he never stuffed religion down the
threats of people who didn't want it..
But this time I was asking for it.
"There's no one who doesn't believe
at nll," he said.
There are lots. and Pm one"
"You believe in courage and in serv-
ing your country. There are two
things to start WITH
But they aren't Cod" argued.
aren't they"
stared bit at that. | didn't sup
pose he was so broad in his views.
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MT WAS a filthy night-onc of the
worst that ! remember even on
the strip of North Cornish coast
that stands the full buffetng of the At
lantic. A small cargo ship had run into
the bar. In the teeth Of the gale they
got a line out to her at last from the
rocket apparatus. The crew was landed
from the cradle onto platform of rock
lust clear Of the rush and suck of the
waves. 1t was ticklish work getting
them ashore, because the rocky shelf
was slippery and swirling with water.
The new curate was in the forefront of
the rescue, and in spite Of his fragile
appearance put in useful work. He
was why little man, although there
was hardly anything of him.
He had come to the village few
weeks before, and we didn't think much
Of him till the incident which | am re-
lating happened We thought him as
insignificant in character as in appear
ancc. He was very small and thin --
with head and feet disproportionatcly
large and had the manners Of mouse.
Subsequently our opinion Of him
changed. He had influence on people
"a kind Of physical influence It waa
rather uncanny. Even on the night Of
The wreck J remember wondering at the
Nccnncss and courage Of the men about
him. 1t was dangerous job rs always
and had never seen them work at il
30 well AZ that
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The monarchists and capitalists
were clever. Secretly they were
Matching for conference.-the D.
kaladine and the Cossacks were to
march on Petrograd and seize The
government But these efforts, ex-
cept when discovered and exposed
by the commissaires, were kept dark.
Outwardly the conservatives asked
for but one thing. representation
The Constituent Assembly must
meet. Everyone must have a voice.
Shrewdly they let the radical in
tellectuals Chernov and Zeretelli do
the talking. These men were So
cialists. They were Bolsheviki in
principle but not in method. They
believed in a revolution by the vote,
but not by the sword. They were
feared by the Commissaires. Their
power was great. They could not
be downed
Several days before the opening
of the Assembly meetings were
held. One Sunday morning I went
to hear Zeretelli. The meeting was
in a great circus The place holds
six thousand. 1t was damned.
Zeretelli is dying of consumption.
lie has spent seven years in penal
se,vitude and given his life to Rus
siam freedom He is pale and thin
end his eyes are sunken. No one
has ever doubted his honesty and
sincerity. He spoke with passion.
/ He declared the time was not ripe
for working class government.
There must be a coalition. Social
lists and capitalists must unite. All
must be represented. The Assem-
| bly, must meet. The DEGREES must
be made by that body. They must
be the product of the vote of the
whole people.
This speech brought thunGerous
applause. But it was not passion
ate applause. The meeting lacked
fire. The audience was made up of
doctors, lawyers. bankers, school
teachers and shop keepers. there
were no factory workers and only
a few soldiers present. Reason was
stronger than emotion.
On December II there was a pa.
rade as demonstration for the AS
sembly. The government paper
requested the Bolsheviki not to
take part I was out early and
wandered about the streets. At 10
the line began to form. Riots were
expected. 1t was feared the two
parties would clash. But except
for few bullets fired by an over
excited man, l saw no violence
There were 10000 in line. A Boil
shevik demonstration would have
brought out fifty to seventy thou
sand. The marchers were MI well
dressed. They walked and talked
quietly They sang solemnly and
sincerely. They we're the bourgeois
and the intellectuals, with an oc
casional capitalist None of the
proletariat and only a few we'll
dressed soldiers joined. The crowds
lacked passion. They did not seethe
with life. They moved to the Tau
ride Palace, the meeting place Of
the Assembly. They swept up to the
doors. But Bolshevik soldiers
guarded the. entrance and they
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Not Take Orders
But the Bolsheviki did not CON
troll the city government. The Pet
rograd Municipal Duma had been
elected under Kerensky. Most Of
the members were cadets (Liber-
als).
Conflict Immediately arose be-
tween the city government and the
central power. The Municipal
Duma would not take orders. 1t re
fused to recognize the Soviet The
members went on strike. The na-
tional power grew angry They de-
clared the Duma dissolved and or
dered a new election. The commits
saires issued the following decree:
"All employees of government in
stitutions who strike or sabotage il
their work are declared enemies Of
the people. Their names will be
printed in the government paper and
in lists which will be posted on the
walls of public buildings. All those
who won't work with the people
have no place among the people"
The Duma did not take it's fate
meekly. 1t refused to dissolve or
consent to new election. 1t MAIN
tanned it had been elected by secret
ballot and that no one, neither the
former provisional government nor
the Bolshevik Soviet could dissolve
it. A few members dissented. They
were Socialists. They said public
opinion had changed and new
election was just But they were
voted down. In an imprisoned
speech Mayor Schrieder declared
1--WE will remain at our post and
continue to work by virtue Of our
right until the expiration of our
term of Office. We will defend to
the last moment and with the last
drop of blood the rights which have
been intrusted to us by the people,
For us the decree Of the Soviet does
not exist. We recognize only that
law which can be changed or modi-
fed by the Constituent Assembly,"
But the central power was not to
be defed. Soldiers with bayonets
entered the Duma, turned out the
members and closed the hall, and a
new election was ordered. The irate
members were helpless. There were
no soldiers to defend them.
Result Of Du1na
Secret Meeting
They met secretly and inserted
the following announcement in
their paper:
BY the order of the usurpers of
power the Duma was dissolved, but
it still exists. Immediately after
the attack it united in another To-
cality and continued to work on the
question of unemployment. In spite
of the violence of bayonets the
Duma continues to guard the city's
welfare, but the population which
elected us must come to our aid.
"Citizens, all the liberties we
have conquered are menaced
"Protest against those who tram
pie under foot our rights.
"The city is in danger from cold
and starvation. Organize meetings
of protest. Pass resolutions. At
these meetings let the following he
your watchwords:
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His Get Left
Prints Of Blood

Though didn't take II very promI-
nent part in the proceedings, was
drcnched 10 the skin, and my teeth
we're chattcrIng till could almost hear
them in spite Of the noise Of the storm.
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1esentation. They refused to re-
main in the Soviet and they had no
voice. Chernov at the Peasants
Congress, which still continued to
meet as separate body, cried out:
newspapers are being suppressed.
Tyranny is in the land. But they
cannot suppress my voice l will
speak"
He was far too popular and radi-
cal for interference. He spoke on:
but his power waned. Slowly the
working class government took
shape Dumas and Zemstvos tho
country over were abolished Local
Soviets took their place. There
were village, city and district So
viets. They were made up of work
ers. peasants and soldiers. The
local Soviets were autonomous in
local matters, but their DEGREES had
to accord with the fundamental
principles laid down by the central
power. The district Soviets, like
the central, appointed commissaires
who could aid and strengthen the
small local Soviets Of the district.
Meanwhile the national govern
ment steadied. 1t began to issue
DEGREES. Property was the main
object attacked. The right to pr-
vate ownership in land was abol-
ished. Henceforth all land belonged
to the nation. 1t was to be conhs-
Gated and parcelled out to the
farmers according to the needs of
each family The distribution was
to be made by the local Soviets.
But the Soviets were slow. Some
had not been organized. The peas
ants grew impatient. AS in the
days of Kerensky, they took the
law into their own hands. The
rough elements seized what fey
| wanted.
A Servant Maid
Tells Her Niewnoint
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Padre" I whispered, don't 60 I'M
less there's some one who wants YOU
more. Just now the outside of things
doesn't seem to count. That cloudi-
ness is as you say-the other way
about. But don't go or might come to
my senses"
1t was absurd to whisper. | was too
weak to speak any louder. but he
couldn't have heard word A Boche
barrage was cropping thick about US,
making the hell Of noise, no doubt,
though didn't notice it. My mind was
perfectly peaceful. I wondered if it
his peace which had got hold Of me.
| Noticed He
Was Badly Hurt
II may have to go soon," he said,
seeming to understand what I wanted.
Then noticed that he was badly hurt
He hadn't been wounded before, SO it
must just have happened.
You're hit, padre" said Let
Lie STILL he ordered, and finished
tying me up.
Then he lay down, put his hands be-
hind his head and looked at the sky.
| dropped into kind of dream. ! was
in a wood with the sun flickering
through the leaves overhead. There
was a steady light, and in it everything
was clear | don't mean the outside
of things. but what was behind. /
understood the whole scheme for the
moment, though | couldn't have ex-
planned it afterward. 1t was the in
side that was true after all.
When | reused myself and turned to
the padre, he was still gazing at the
sky. | never saw any one look so
peaceful but he was quite dead.
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TT " 40 Sll '|'oo 40
DAYS. 1t still kept the ancient
..,o smolny Institute. The ground
uas deep in snow when l made my
.,.st visit. The Bolshevlki had
,ode the institute the new seat of
.,ernment. l walked up the
4r.;gbt driveway between snow
.rored lawns. a large white
uooden building stretched before
80 At one end was chapel. in
.be colcnnadcd porch Of the centre
,u;lding soldiers stood with fixed
.,ronets. machine guns pointed
threateningly.
Inside the outer entrance SOL
sers with bayonets halted me. |
uust have pass. l fell into line
WANG q row of people. Two young
Urls with short hair were giving
out passes. They couldn't speak
rrc]ish. but l made them under
,..rd 7 was an American and a
;ournalist. With a smile they wrote
,omething on scrap Of paper.
Tha mass was a sheet torn from a
inv note book, stamped with rub
her seal and a date scrawled across
Any one could have faxed the
rass German spies could enter
Smolny Institute with ease. Even
The Kaiser might have risked it.
The Outcasts
Had Hearing
The long white corridors were
crowded. Soldiers and workingmen
moved in and out endlessly. They
al smoked, and cigarette butts and
ashes we're strewn over the floor.
Onlv q short time before little girls
Of the aristocracy paraded these cor
ridors arm in arm. The large, clean
jormitories had been filled with little
shite beds, the big schoolrooms had
buzzed with childish talk. Now the
fate Of a nation was being decided
within these walls.
Unshaven, collarless men Uttered
the floor with papers and argued
hotly. The schoolrooms had become
meeting halls and the dormitories,
,ubdivided by wooden partitions,
Offices. In the corridors were long
tables piled high with radical liter
sture. There were pamphlets Oh
anarchism, socialism and syndical-
ism. All the outcasts of society
here have hearing. The place was
Without formality. 1t had the at
nosphere of trade union meetings
nd Socialist gatherings. 1t seethed
Nth intense emotion. It was un-
ike any seat Of government ever
snown.
1 There had been no time for ad
l ustments On the white doors
down the long corridors large mum
bers we're scrawled in blue chalk
These numbers, with the names OF
he committees occupying the
looms, had been written out By
land on a slip Of paper and tackec
70 the wall, The rooms of the
Vommissaires, the Bolshevik Minis
er, were equally haphazardly des
gnated. Scrubbed across a shee
paper was the simple Statement
Il Vommissaire Trotzky's Office" ant
MS was stuck to his door with =;
pm.
I visions arose of the stated,
houses of Parliament or the pros
psfous Capitol at Washington, an,
smiled.
l Out the informality was refresh
"S You could speak to any one
"'Slded you could hold them TO
AK For it was a rushing world
'"s and counterplots were bein
'"i"lded. The food was runnin
""' the city was in state of ur
sSSal' The Bolshevki were hay
r y a hard fight. Their contre
II. 80 united to the central govern
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A Servant Maid
Tells Her Viewpoint

One family visited employed {
maid servant from the country Sht
was a crude little creature, with bis
rough hands and ill-htting clothes
She worshipped her employers. Sh,
kissed the members of the famil,
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Fate of Great Nation Being Decided
by Rebels in Schoolroom of Chill
dren of Aristocracy

taught to regard this Assembly q
the elimination of all hopes.
Secret Plots
For Revolution
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comn,issaire Trotzky's Office Uttered
With Pamphlets and Besieged
by Social Outcasts
By Madeline Z. Doty

girls school in the old and called tn
| DAYS still kept the ancient people co'l'ss""e