The Tomahawk., 1919-04-03

Of conditions that made living an i'm
possibility for a large section of the
population in the cities.
When starvation threatened to pro-
duce serious rioting in PetrOgrad or
Moscow, Lenine's government sane
toned the distribution of just enough
food to take the edge off the temper
of the crowd.
Reign OF Terror.
All the while an army Of 100000
men (the Red Guard) committed acts
of terrorism in an effort to maintain
bolshevik supremacy and prevent a
counter-revolution. The army was
built around 10000 to 10000 Lettish
sharpshooters and 5000 Chinese mer-
cenaries who were the only faithful
elements in these troops. The re-
mainder of the 100000 members in the
Red Guard were admittedly sick of the
whole business and only prevented
from returning to their homes by the
knowledge that once out of the army
three meals a day would become a
thing of the past.
TO half of the army food was the
only thing demanded of the govern
ment. The remaining so per cent-the
older men-were not content with
promises and food, but also demanded
some money. So Lenine and TrOtzky
allowed these soldiers a wage of 600
rubles monthly.
This Red Guard was the force with
which the all-Russtan committee
against revolution prevented any other
party coming into power. There were
Is political groups oil told that were
anxious to grab the reins of govern
ment, but the Red Guard, acting on
orders of the all-Russian committee,
wreaked bloody vengeance on any
clique that endeavored to make itself
heard.
When the peace conference proposed
calling q meeting Of delegates Of all
Russian parties to be held on Princes
island in the sea of Marmora, near
Constantinople, 1t was definitely known
in Paris that the great body of the
Russian public was sick and tired of
bolshevik rule, and that the interior
of Lenine's soviet system of govern
ment had started to crumble. It was
q condition of the Princes island meet
ing that military enterprises Of the
bolshevlki should be stopped. It was
the idea of the American section of the
peace conference to encourage truce
between the clashing Russian elements
for the sake of Russia's people.
Turn 70 Germany.
Lenine had vision of the hand
writing on the wall-of the downfall Of
his autocracy-when Germany broke
diplomatic relations with Petrograd.
But Trotzky, partner in most of Le-
nine's plans, put forward scheme of
perpetuating the Russian rule Of ter
ror. TrOtzky saw In German revOlu-
tion and acceptance Of bolshevik rule
enrichment of the bolshevik inner cir
Gle. Germany had a.fairly prosperous
merchant class whose property un-
der bolshevism would 60 largely to
Dolshevik leaders. Eventually, Trot-
zky saw bolshevik world-and pow
er and gold for the firm of Lenine,
Trotzky & Co., specialists in the ruina-
tion of nations. Trotzky. with his plan,
won over Lenine, just after the Ger
mans severed connection with the So
viets.
While hundreds died daily in Petro-
grad from hunger and from bullets of
the Red Guard, the Moscow presses
were busy printing the leaflets that
portrayed bolshevism as the remedy
for all political evils Of modern times.
"Down With the Old Civilization"
was the slogan Of the Moscow and
Petrograd followers of Lenine and
Trotzky. This cry was the natural de.
velopment Of bolshevik government,
which officially proclaimed on January
13, 1913, ''private possession of the
land is abolished forever and the en-
tire agricultural area II to be dis
tributed between the working people
free of payment.
"All banks are henceforth property
Of the state.
"A Red army Of workmen and peas
ants is to be formed to maintain or
der. All loans to the cars govern
ment by the bourgeoisie merchants,
bankers and professional men) are
to be cancelled"
These regulations, given out as off,
cial proclamations In Petrograd, were
but the beginning of the bloody bolshe-
vik regime.
Truth May Never BE Known.
It was the start Of over year OF
terror for Russia. No one will know
until years have passed. perhaps never.
what toll In dead bolshevik rule
brought. No human mind can measure
the misery brought to noncombatants.
While the Red Guard controlled Rvs-
sia and when delegates were invit I'd
to the Princes island convention BY the
peace conference to thrash out q sound
program for a new Russia-allied and
American groups In Paris, especially
the American Red Cross, were plan
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