New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-11

men arc to play in the development Of Rus
STA, and have had no occasion to change
my point OF view. Besides that, have spc-
cial reasons to cherish feelings of brother
hood toward the working class and to hold
IN high regard the achievements of labor
Above all. yield to no one in my love for
Russia. We Russians belong to a people
which has not yet had the opportunity to
develop freely. which has not had the
chance to develop all Of it's qualities, good
and bad. When l think of the possibilities
which the revolution gives US for free labor
and for the full development of all our fac
ultles my heart is filled with great hope and
JOY. even in these accursed DAYS that are
stained with blood.
But here begins the line Of sharp division
between myself and the chaotic. topsy-
turvy activities of the Soviets. regard in
tellectual Bolshevikism to be of great value
to the aspiring Russian soul This INTEL
iectual Bolshevikism or BolshevikiSm of
IDEAS could train the Russian soul to boldly
demand Its own, stir it to readiness for
struggle and activity. awaken this indolent
spirit to the sense Of initiative, and espe
clally to give it form and life.
But the practical Bolsheviksm of the an
archlstic- communalistic Missionaries which
emanates from the Smolny Institute is in
JurlouS to Russia and. above all to tho
as so much material for experiments. Tho
Russian people is to them like the horse tn
tne bacterlologist who injects the animal
with the bacillus of typhus in order to pro
duce the antitoxin. 1t is with this kind If
brutality and this form of disregard Of co,.
sequences that the Soviets treat tho pr.
sian people, without giving the least thought
10 the possibility that the tortured and
''a'i-s'afVed creature may die in the process.
No Overnight Socialism
Inc social revolution that is planned can
never be realized under the present CON
oi''o's Oh lie IN Russia. for the reason that
IT is not possible to turn overnight into So
clallsts 80 per cent Of the population of the
country, which consists of peasants, living
together with about twenty million of
nomads from alien races The first to suf
fer from this insane attempt to immed;.
ately transform the country will be the
working class. AS the advance guard of the
revolution, this class will be the first to be
subjected to ruin and death in the course of
civil war. With the break up and defeat of
the working class the best hopes of the
country will be blighted. That is why, ad-
dressing myself to the workingmen who are
conscious Of their social mission in the war.
I say that the proletarians who have OBJ
tained political ripcness should very
thoughtfully and critically reconsider their
attitude toward the Bolsheviki government
and their future steps in the course of the
revolution.
My own opinion is that the soviets are
undermining and destroying tho working
class Of Russia. They are setting up for,
midable towers Of fearful and scnscless
complications that will stand in the path Of
tho working class. Deaf to tho voice Of
reason, they arc bringing into existence un-
henrd-of insurmountable difficulties for tho
whole or the future course OF the prole-
tarinns IN their efforts to advance the pror.
ress Of tho war.
It is quite indifferent to mo as to how nv
opinion will DO regarded In tho government
circles by tho cxperimontista and vision.
Ar'es. PVT, on the other hand, am not az
an indifferent to tho fate OF the worksn.
c,asa IN kuasia. Aud so long an I am ain
aole 10 do thia ! win not cease 60 cali 70
vi" huasian proletariat and say to him.
aeu arc being led to destruction. Yor
arc being utilised "a tho material for IN.
Mum"h experiment. Your leaders stir w.
'"ss 70 regard you ~ n human bs,nris