The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-22
CContinued from Yesterday


 The Bolsheviks clearly appears from ths hold rather advantageous position-that of interior lines, being able their forces first in direction. then in another they please, and they also enjoy the advantage of single central com mand The forces opposed O them the contrary, are extremely divtaed and enjoy single com mand; every army account, it Is, in fact, compelled o so, direct comm unica on between them. They lack also, the political cohesion, as the armies of the various commanders like Denken and Kolchak and the commanders of the Caucasus specific pro- gram Tor the reconstruction Of Russia. They do nor solve the land question, which of the fundamental and might make their way and army, popular amongst the Soviets In Ckrainia the Bo- shevik forces received an unexpected increase by the addition of the whole Ukrainian which passed over to them.
 False Ideas
 This phenomenon is an interesting one because nils us with an idea of the many false notions which prevail in Europe. Nearly all the ideas situation The French when they landed in Southern Russia, imagined, did nearly everybody and sod1,, nnite tber1 aqanst inc Ro1sbeyils Their hopes completely failed. Nobody Russia the reconstruction of Russia, with the exception of few thousand young students and ideaIists who of to fight die of Russia. vast majority of the better classes and of the old aristocracy will not raise finger to save their country. It is enough to watch their conduct when comes across them in Odessa, or in kieff Moscow, to be convinced of this fact The one idea upper1nost in their minds is simply to escape from the Bolsheviks but there is no idea of turning back to fight them when they have they appeal to the allies to anybody and everybody to snTt of fata1ism hangs over them like a nightmare paralyzing all their energies It is discouraging them engaged in all sorts of anlusements spending, perhaps, the last rouble in their enjoying themselves whenever opportunity
 
 The other day the professors and the ex-sud- of University of Petrograd who have all refuge Odessa, joined in a big banquet to celebrate second centenary of their university They sat dinner at 3 o'clock in the after noon they dining until midnight tele phoned of them at once in the morning to ask how far they had got He replied in a shaky voice. affectionate terms of brotherly love- that they would have esbeen delighted to .I3ut1' I about country-Rus haV not are sure day it will rise again.
 I hay Russian officers still wearing the uniforms of old regime Much is to be learn from fact alone of their psychology The sue cess of General Deniken's forces in the Caucasus has almost upset their minds, and made them ar rogant towards their They presume to treat them again slavs which was one Of the principal reasons, in of the revolution They think they have come back sudden to the days when they could box of soldier, kick him with fmpunity him turn and salute them and thank for having punished him. The most ap- sorbfnR deHated by them at present IS not the reconquest Russia, but whether they should fs>sa.AaAs = Aot q thez daa 'n tae ola rs-