The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-08


cordInk to one observer, vanished,
I Anoih4r asaerts unquaiinediy that
Sc per rent Of the Russian people
kurro In the carly part Of 1919 OPP
posed TO the Bofshevlki. but that re-
welt was out Of the question, because
all tho food Is either IN bolaheViki
who have been trrroriaed into with
hoidins 81 from the msrketa.
Reign ~ felrur.
Reports aafoo that the reign Of tor
ror assumed ita most violent aspect
after the attempt on the life Of Pre-
mIcr lenin. A report under date OF
October .. 1eia, described the arrest
and decnpltation o. Innocent persons
on a wholesale scale a. reprisa3 for
the attempted assassination OF the
Doleheylst leader. Hundreds were
| 4hot without inquiry or sentence. "a
n warning was issued that loco hos
taees would be seized and held for
every attempt made upon the life Of
. Dolznerist ctmmiseafy.
che Soviet agents excused count
less outrngts against British and
French conauintes and embassies. and
brutal m-iatrCaiment OF officials Of
thoae nations. on the pretense that
they believed British and French In
nuence was back Of the attempt ON
Lenin's life.
In 4 raid on The British consulate
Captain cromie. a brave English Of
ficer. was shot dead. The Red Gnafd
~suid not permit a clergyman to say
prayers over his body. Repeated
raids on allied conaulntea we're per-
petrated. and the hirhert authorities
Of the central Soviet cynically refused
10 share the indignation OF the pro-
A feature OF stdksnE interest In ron
nection with the sympathy radical So
ciAlist circles In America profess to-
ward the Bolrheviu IL the aversion
the Leninists have for socialism, As
revealed In these reports. The So
cialist press OF Russia. u was reported
under date OF Nov. 10. 1913. was the
worst prosecuted OF ALL; Lockhart.
uaifour In a communication Of that
date that many Of the things dearest
TO socialism were the particular aver
sion OF the Bolsheviki.
An public meetings had been nboi-
iahed under penalty Of Red Guard
suppression. with all It's ~well-known
: attendant horrors. Only the workmcn
In the factories and the lowest eic-
ment OF the peasants were permitted
to vote. and IL was persecution. and
probably death. for the voter who cast
his ballot contrary TO a. Soviet pur-
pose. without trial thousands wers
shot Tor holding independent opinions,
and thousands more rotted In vile
prircns.
The official report OF Mrs. L.
declared the most serious crime IN
the eyes Of the BolHheviks Is anti
Boishevi-m. and the work OF discov-
ering and p~uninhinE offenders h IN
lthe hands OF the Extraordinary Com
mission, an %autoeratic body which ar
rests. examines. imprisons. and exc
cutes at will. There Is no charge, nc
public trial. and no appeal"
Hafbarous Toriurcs.
Barbarous tortures were restored
for disciplinary purposes. and wher
! husbands who were anti disap-
peared their wives and daughters
were seized and held al hostages "a
bring the offender back to meet hii
accurerA. The worst crimes OF tbs
Boisheviki have been against thsii
socialist opponent" Mr.. Lockhar'
aMr. O." who was in Pcirosrad Al
late as last November, drew this com
mentary.
1T II an extremely curious featur,
Of the Russian revolution that q
movement which has proclaimed itseii
as 30 1isl "A democratic has achieved
IN the first Instance total destruction
W NANkHN ANNNAA HARAE" VIZ haNN - -
cial democratic organization is mainly
based, the class OF the industrial
workmen. All factories. with a few
exceptions OF those engaged on mum
ton work. are stopped. and the indus.
trial workman had either 10 return u
The village witk which he had no more
ties IN common or to enlist In th'
Red Guard.
Join Red Army as last Resort.
The NQunngr generation. men ul
nineteen TO twenty-six. have to o
great extent chosen the secon alter.
native. and II rs they who form tn
BolshCviki nucleus OF the Red army
To speak Of the growing success a
the management OF industrial con.
Germs by Soviet Is an absolute misrep.
rehentation.: II would be sufficient u
order 10 disprove this statement L
cite h instance OF the most impor
tant factories and works In Petro.
grad. Moscow, and Nishny. where fac
tories which engaged many thousand
now employ a Few hundred
In July, 1918, all factories were ma
tionalized. according to n report bl
the same Mrs. L.. who contributed
another letter previously referred 10
An English business man In kussii
reported In the same mont that I'M
metals trades were at a standsiill
the linen industry was running a
about 80 per cent OF normal, the WOO
and cotton Industries mad fallen off ~
per cent, the SILK trade, once an enor
mou Russian industry. was prac
tically dead. and paper and coal pro
duction were only 80 per cent of nor
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