El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10

sinews OF war TO the enemies Of the
soviets.
But II. on the other hand. the policy
/ Of the United States Is declared at
one with that Of London and Paris
outlined above, II we decide that Boil
/ shevism must be stamped out, and II
American money and munitions are
poured into Siberia 10 help the kol-
! chalk and DeniSin forces while We
agree to the embargo on trade with
soviet Russia, ENGLAND and France
viii probably continue their present
policy and the war" against the Boil
sheviks 20 on The declaration Of
Z the greatest liberal power in the
/ world that Lenine and Trotsky must
I 90 would. think. ensure continue
/ ton of the present pressure until Boil
sheyism was stamped out
Decision Must BE soon.
= Which policy we will adopt I have
no means Of knowing. but IL seems a
safe prediction that the president can
rot for long Withstand the pressure
upon him TO make up his mind one
we are doing now, initiates beyond
measure both the Intervention parties
I dominant in England and France. and
the radical and labor opinion which
desires the blockade raised and the
Biosheviks given chance II would
seem a safe guess. as well that unless
America openly takes stand AGAINST
Soviet Russia. agitation from Ameri-
cal DIX business interests LlL re-
sumption OF trade with Bolshevik ter
ritory VIII increase. Much the most
effective propa ganda staged by Maar-
tens and Nuorteva. Lenines repre-
sentatives in New York, has been IN
Wall street Fat and lucrative con-
tracts have been dangled under the
noses Of American manufacturers,
who see enormous profits in sight f.
ana only If. the blockade OF Russia Is
lifted.
One OF the most telling arguments
used by radicals against the blockade
Is the alleged starvation f. brings
upon millions OF inoffensive peasants.
u Is not the blockade but the admin
istration Of the Bolsheviks. that
causes famine. according 10 AIRS
TyrkoTs-Williams, who recently left
Russia and was a member OF the food
committee Of the Petrograd CITY couu-
ell during the earlier part OF the revo-
luton
Seized Food bv Force.
Mrs. Tyrkova-Williams explains
that the ban put upon private trading
in food by the Bolsheviks has caused
a breakdown in food supplies, not
only il Petrograd and Moscow. but in
provincial towns which are close TO
districts in which grain Is produced
in larg quantities but is permitted TO
rot. The objections of the Bolsheviks.
on socialistic grounds. 10 private
profit in the peoples food" were 50
1N4DA- mat NA4GM saw the ELarN
ton resulting from their edicts they
refused 10 relax their rules and per-
nit trading. but sent instead armed
forces into the grain fields to seize
food from the peasants by force. The
result was fighting and the destruc-
ton Of transport material. and Of
much OF the grain ITSELF
s4Russin.1 Mrs. Williams said. sis
lying with bound hands and dying
of hunger and cannot move a fin
n ~. -
her side. Strike off the letters OF
the BoIshevik power, and she viii
feed herself
Prediction OF the speedy downfall
Of BolsheVism from interal causes has
reached me from an authority Of IN
usual interest. whose correspondence
with the outside world is conducted
under the name Of 'Auster." give
his analysis without comment other
than that his sources OF first hand
information are most unusual Aus
ter" writes.
II It be true that Bolshevisn has
no real hold on the Russian people
and only owed its success 10 the spe-
cial circumstances that gained tenn
porary. support for an unscrupulous
agitator. one would expect the Boil
sheyik eOvernm ent TO be able to MAIN
tain its hold over the masses only
50 long as it confined itself to prom
ises and made no efforts TO impose its
COMPLETELY communist theories. And
this Is exactly what has happened
Opposition Suppressed.
In The summer OF 1918. industries
were nationalized. property was con-
1iscated, private trading was forbid
den and the poverty committees were
organized 10 rob the peasants OF their
food supplies. Meanwhile the Red
army had been formed and all OPPOSE
ton newspapers and organizations
ssTbis nbsss ~ Poisbev,~r, ,.z4ea
throughout the summer and autumn
Of 1913. There were constant risings
among the peasaHtry. which we're
bloodily suppressed. while in Petro-
grad the extraordinary commission
(the terror was all powerful. In the
course Of last winter there were
signs OF a change. The population
was no longer to be terrorized into
obedience. Lists OF executions ceased
TO be published in the daily press An
nouncements were made that the ac-
tivities OF the extraordinary commits
sion were 70 be curtailed. and orpo-
siuon socialist parties were invited
to make their peace with the gov
srnment, This was 2 confession that
oommunism was not succeeding in
Russia and political move on
Leuine's part 20 enlarge the circle
from which he drew support.
Offers qualifications.
1.-THE fun reaiizat ion Of Lenine's
program had led TO such opposition
that he was now inclined to modify
it temporarily. provided such modifi-
catioSs were a sufficient SOP to the
opposition to enable the government
to maii tain itself in nower until the
time WIS ripe for the European revo-
luton that he still professed to ex-
pect-
''Ths notifications Lenine was nre-
pare1 TO Introduce into his new pro-
grim were outlined by him in
-Speech made towards the end Of March
1T a congress Of the Comnlunist party.
During the early STAGE Of Bolshevisrn
no language was TOO strong for all
who had not completely esposed the
Bolshevik cause; at the present stage.
however. such language IS no longer
advisable. The opposition has now
become 80 widespread that II must
be broken MP hv snecial concessions
to certain cla sTes. Those now select
ed for special treatment are the mid
d1e class neasants. the coonerstives
(middle class small fradesmenl End
middle class engineers and technical
specialists in general.
Finally Ienine concluded with a
W si1e promise OF returning 70 the
middle class its voting rirhts-the
middle class Or bourreoisie, OF course.
meaning al who are not nominal ad-
hArents of the soviet. Lenine wound