The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-11
revolution was realized with the ab-

IeVOiutlOu was TedllHGu WILL tHe dU- dicaton of the Czar. At the time I reached Petrograd that noble Russian patriot, Alexander Kerensky-and am deliberate in calling him a noble man-was attempting coalition gov ernment, a government representing the rich and the poor. The rich, how ever, were not satisfied to work with the poor
 German propaganda was busy tear ing down. Allied haggling was uncon- sciously aiding, and this resulted in an attempt to place over Russia man on rseback-Korniloff. To me it seems that madder scheme was nev- CT conceived in the brain of man. It aroused to frenzy the great mass of hussians, who interpreted it as re- turn to the old order Just at this time Russian general, Gurko, who had been deprived of the command of the army for writing letters to the CZar, saying he hoped to see him re- urn to power, escaped to England and was received in audience by King George. When you who have not been to Russia are puzzling your brains ov- CT the Bolsheviki and wondering why they should be so extreme and so opposed to the property y-owning class es, it would be useful for you to re- member these things, which will ex- plain why the workingman and peas ants are in absolute control in Russia and passionately devoted to making their freedom secure. The terrorism under which the limited property-own- Ing class is living in Russia is slight compared with the terrorism in which the workingmap and the peasant lived in contemplating return of the power Of the old regime.
 Russians Real Patriots
 we talk about patriots in this coun- try, but we do not know what patriot ism is until we see in Russia examp- les of what I should call the patriot ism of mankind. While in Russia I met some real patriots. There I met men and women who for the benefit of their fellows had spent three-quar- ters of their lives in prisons and chain gangs. There I met the heads of the revolutionary groups who for 50 years and more had been risking their all for Russian freedom-Madam Breshkov- sky, MT. Tchaikovsky (Shaykovsky), and Mir. Lazaroff. Think of Breshkov- sky, the Grandmother of the Revolu ton, "A years old, prisoner and an exile fer 34 years, still working night and day with might and main for the benefit of her fellow Russians.
 This group surrounded Kerensky, who believed in working out the soc ial problem by the Russian labor clas- ses in conjunction with the property owning classes. Then, again, I saw the workings of another group, eqaul- ly patriotic, who believed that ulti- mate freedom and the possession of the land could only be worked out by the workingmen and the peasants. l can easily see how Marie Spiridovna, now a leading figure in Russian life, believes that freedom is only to be realized by government of working men alone. The Russian revolution only few months ago released this young woman, now only in the thirties from 15 years solitary confinement in Siberian prison.
 ''I will say right here that if at any time during my travels I was a witness Of deeds of wanton destruction and violence, it was not in Russia. If at any time was subjected to any dis courtesy or incivility. it was not in Russia. If at any time was in dan