The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-02

honest nations and honest men re-
: spect
Why? In the first place. those in
whose hands the Russian govern
ment rests correspond exactly to the
Industrial Workers OF the World In
America. Their principles are the
same. While government in its es.
sence is control. to them II is license.
They are abandoned to all lusts of
the flesh. l. w. w. operations and
l. w. w. thoughts are in control. We
now look back upon the reign Of
Kerensky-if | may call II n reign.
as he was practically a dictator--as
one OF INSTRUMENTATION. And yet at
the time he was extremely radical.
From the time when the people rep
resenting the soldiers and the work |
men came into control of Russia +!
there has been nothing but chaos.
4 murder, starvation, slaughter, with
I all the attendant evils that the mind
can think OF.
In the first place, Russia could not
participate in this great war now
if she wanted to. Why? The truth
u Is. they have murdered practically all
the officers In the Russian Army
capable of leading command TO
battle. Today there exists hardly a
captain or n colonel or general,
outside OF q few that are left. quail
fled to lead their men to battle. We
remember reading with much glow
i'm our hearts that Russia had sent
so, 900 men to France about two
years ago. there to be trained and
put into the firing line on the side
of the allies Did you ever wonder
what became of them? l will tell
YOU. They are now near port In
France, the name of which l VIII
forego to mention. They murdered
~ all their officers this last summer,
and they are now held practically as
prisoners, surrounded by French bay
onets. Every element OF discipline
; has disappeared. The units are dis"
organized. The armies have revert
ed back to n purposeless. unwieldy
mob The Russian people stand with
jaws open and eyes staring, drunk
with liberty. Army and govern
ment have betrayed their iountry,
betrayed humanity Russia Is bear
no longer. but a blatant, bleating
lamb. And the German wolf is maxi
ing feast Of the Russian lamb; the
Russian people are blind to the ne
cessities Of existence. They have stop
ped the production of crops on theii
farms, and every report indicate:
S that before another fall comes th'
g gaunt specter of starvation vii
stalk throughout Russia. Never wor
ry about Germany obtaining mucf
W food from Russia. Little is there
none soon will be. They have been
living for time by stealing plain
B ly stealing. They have confiscatet
I'D the estates and nearly all the i'm
portant business enterprises in Rus
STA. At first they began to demant
EM shorter hours and greater wages ant
they continued those demands unit
~ they positively confscated and thei
closed up the business enterprises
They have taken the money In thu
banks, not only the savings but tn
- capital of the country, and are US
- ing 1t, no matter to whom the mon
a. ey belongs. They have actually TAX
en- up the paving blocks in the cit.
streets and are burning them fo
fuel. Soon buildings will be tori
down and the looting of stores, loni
ago begun. will soon become uni
versal Their transportation facili
s. ties have been worn out and wreck
e ed, and Russia remains at Thu
y time without facilities for transport
y ing food, even II she wanted to. |
= would be physically impossible 70
IN her to mobilize or transport an army
a. There was time, my friends
M when we thought-and We had ;
"a reason for the thought-that tn
, ,rcso 1t Russian government was bu
40 he pSid gent of the Kaiser.
'u' II seems that thought was not ex
ny lctiy Justified by the facts. 1t nov
u" appears. II we can judge from tn
'i' tidings as we get them from the pa
h'' pers and from vague reports OF thu
TO- peace conference that reach MS from
,v- - ,,o, mic o,,.,,r, ;,
VI" find q peace between Russia anC
Germany Is sincere On the part o
al THE present Russian government
~. ~. ,,,n lrnn M dtffarnncn WIN