The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-03
RED ARMY DISCIPLINE.

1t must be conceded that for the concep-
ton of cunning and devillsh methods OF
power the world has never produced great
er pair than Lenine and Trotzky. Both Wis
ionaries who never performed days labor,
they have conceived and put into execution
plans that the bloediest tyrant of ancient
times would envy. The practical application
of their methods is evidence of their ability
to rule by the bloody means they have used.
It has been a mystery why the red army of
the present time fights with reasonable mill
tary efficiency. The army which came to
the Lenins government from that of Keren-
sky, whom he overthrow, were nothing but
an irresponsible mob. The officers were Sc
lected by the men. Military qualifications
did not enter into the choice 1t was an APP
plcation of pure democracy. The soldiers
took a referendum on orders issued by the
officers to determine whether or not they
would obey This was another application
of ideal democracy. An army so constituted
and so governed was only mob
Lenine and Trotzky realized that to carry
out their rule of assassination an army eff
GENTLY differed was essential They could
hold the soldiers by an abundance of food
and large wages paid out of the property
che soldiers themselves pillaged. But a mob
could not fight unless properly differed.
So the best officers from the old Russian
army were ordered to assume. command of
the rabble. These officers were hostile to the
Lenine regime To place an army in their
hands was giving the officers the means OF
destroying the government of the bolshev-
lists. But the heads of that government were
equal to the occasion.
When former Russian army officer was
placed in command of red troops his family
were taken in charge by the bolshevists as
hostages If the officer showed the least in
clination to play false to his position or II
he lost a battle under suspicious circum-
stan rs his family was put to death He was
forced to accept the position under these
conditions and he went into the battle know
ing that the monstrous policy would be car
ried out without hesitation if he wavered in
his support of the loathsome government
which held him in its clutch The result of
the Lenine policy is that the red army shows
a military leadership that is efficient and in
a measure successful. If it were not for
this leadership the armies, fighting to extend
the authority of the bolshevists in other
countries, would falhto pieces and the spread
of the doctrine would collapse
No one except a monster could have con-
ceived the plan Nero at his worst was I'M
equal to it. It's conception and execution il
lustrate the depravity of the Russian dem
ocracy set up by Lenine and offered to
Americans as a model of perfect govern
ment of the people. The scheme proves the
need of supporting the Omsk government
by supplying it with ammunition and guns
so that it may sweep westward from its we'll
established Siberian stronghold and set free
the Russian people now held within the
grasp of the bolshevist government. The
ability of the leaders of the bolshevist to
conceive such a fcndish method of admin
istration emphasizes the need of exterminat-
ing Lenine and Trotzky without trial and
without mercy when they fall into the hands
of their opponents