South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-20
EXPECT FALL Of
TROTSKY- LEVINE
Final Crash of the BoISheviSt
Government Only a Mat
ter of Days.


final crash Of the Trotsky-Lenine re-
sime may be delayed some weeks.
but it is inevitable"
Official information received here
thus summarizes the situation DOB
Russia. The closing act OF the red
drama is already under way. accord
Ing 20 reports from military attaches
and special agents. Only the 'in-
ertia" Of the anti-bolshevik groups
has permitted the present Moscow
government 10 remain alive beyond
sept. Is. one official who has made
a special study OF the situation said.
The bolshevik organization. the re-
ports say. has been so poor at the
foundation in the c0nhd- nee OF the
masses. that only a push was neces-
sary 10 start the fall. This push has
been lacking because there was no
efficient cooperation between the
anti-red leaders and i'm the absence
of initiative or ability on the part
az any one OF them 10 start the for
ward movement.
Dcnikinc Advances.
Gen. Denikiue's advance toward
Moscow the campaign of attrition
waged by the northwest Russian
volunteers and the stiffening of Adj
miral Kolchak and his COssacR4 al
lies. the reports saw have furnished
more than the hoped-for pressure.
A continuation Of this pressure
by any one of these forces. for one
week will finish the matter" de-
clares one military expert The
British alone. through their assist
ance 10 the northwestern group op-
Grating in the Esthonian sector. can
turn the trick"
This officer is frank i'm his belief
that Great Britain has been the only
one OF the associated nations 10 lend
concrete aid 20 the anti bOlShevik
leaders. Not only has Great Britain
bolstered up the Denikine line with
tanks and ordnance. he pointed out.
and stiffened KOlChak with materials
and moral support. but British war
ships have participated in the ad-
vance on Petrograd by Smelling the
red forces at Kronstadt and it's de
lenses A strong force Of veteran
aviators is assisting the fleet
Official dispatches today did not
report the fall of Petrograd. Which.
however. was announced in Paris.
or Minor Importance.
The fall OF Petrograd. however is
considered OF minor Importance as
compared with the results of Deni-
kine's advance. Moscow can be iso-
lated and captured at any moment
il is thought if the leader or the
southern army and his assistants de-
eide upon a concerted attack but
the objective now seems TO be the
Saratov- Bclaschow-P ensa triangle OF
communications which controls the
vast Ural region Should Denikine
arrive at Ssratov. on the Nolga. Of
ficials here say tho entire south
eastern empire Of the bolsheviki will
fall into Denikiue's hands without "A
further blow. That would result in
the isolation OF all the bolshevik
forces west Of Moscow with the OK
ception Of a thin supply line through
Perm.
While a collapse Of the bolsheviki
is regarded as due primarily TO eco
nomic factors, leaders here claim
that opposition from the outside has
been necessary because OF no or
ganized opposition within Russia
capable OF unseating Trotsky and
ICuinc.
Official reports from the Ukraine.
once "a stronghold of the reds declare
that it is now almost wholly anti
bolsheviki.
The entire Ukraine will be free
Of bolsheviki by spring" without
outside assistance. says one govern
ment dispatch received here.
Although the red armies still
number more than 100000 men.
counting reserves. the necessity Of
dividing the forces into so many
widely scattered groups. the increds-
ing effect OF tho impaired morale
and the lack of efficient cooperation
from the interior due 10 the col
lapse of industrial life military OK
pcrts here do not consider that fig
Ure as indicating anything like the
true military strength.
Desertions on masse have been
reported by reliable observers from
one front, Chinese mercenaries be-
ing organized into rear guards to
prevent diSanected unfs from
marching home.