El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-04-24

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phasize the complete contrast whicl
exists between them Lenine IL I
cold, calculating genius who easil.
escapes notice but Trotzky, witt
his long, prominent nose, his fierce
black eyes. his huge forehead, sur
mounted with D. mattress Of raven
waving hair, his pointed beard aff
mustache, and his heavy, protPud
ing lips, is the very incarnation b
the ~pictureAbO0k revolutionary. He ii
all fire and passion, and Delights II
Theatrical displays.
Lenine. on the other hand, Is al
most uncanny III his calmhess. and,
Though even more radical In his pui,
poses than his impetuous colleague,
he appears comparatively moderate,
George d. HERON, radical American
Socialist, would say that he, too,
brings mighty things TO pass by vir-
tue OF Divine stealth"
The reasonableness OF this feline
Is shown in his statement that Dol
sheyiats must not expect to be CON
verified to their doctrines by persua.
sion. Our convictions are too strong
and our possessions too great. We
must simply be eliminated BY mas.
sacre and starvation
A correspondent Of the London
Times give us a number .of signf
ficant particulars OF Trotzky's life:
He was born in 1887 in the gov
eminent Of Kherson. the son Of a
chemist, He q Lesba BrOnstein,
or, as he is now known to the world,
Leo Davidovitch Trotzky. From his
earlier life he has been in revolt
against society, and as a boy OF is
we hear of his being expelled from
school for decorating an ikon. When
only 20 he was arrested at Odessa
on account Of his connection with
the South Russian W0rkmen's
League, and was banished for four
years to Eastern Siberia. IN the
third year of his exile he escaped
from the town of V~erkalensk, to ap-
pear again in the revolution of 1905
as president Of the Petrograd Coun-
ell of Workmen at the early age of
rs. After the collapse Of the revolu-
ton he was again arrested.
However, mis- genius for escape
soon accounted for his disappear
llAOC aUAOuus III plHuJ6t OWlLLGI-l
land. Austria, Germany and America
he worked, mainly as a writer with
Socialist elements. Unlike Lenine,
Trotzky tried to steer q middle
c. urse. This device did not please
who has always been just
as severe in his condemnation of the
socialist who does not agree with
him as of the capitalist.
Today Trotzky Is, of course, ire
vocably committed to the bolshevist
yet he has not Lenine's rig
Id,ty OF principle. At times he finds
II difficult to iall in with the policy
II LIS superior. For the gaudy shows
Ind heroics Of Trotzky, Lenine has
contempt, though be recognizes their
$50. Trotzky's rntket over public
at the rest surrender he rel
as ca m~nrflage, for Lenine
.neeis at publis honor. But for all,
il lis eloquence Ttotzky was q help
ess tool in the hands Of the Hun
Generals and thu old genius in Rus I
III. His dignity rad suffered an af-
ront from the steam roller and has
eturned to Po.rcgiad full Of wrath
With Germany and breathing threats
II revenge. At that moment he
ynuId Willingly have died fighting if
Russia hal Teen present to see !
i'm do it. h
After a few days sulking he was
'estored to equanimity by the offer {
t the Commissariat of War-an Of
ice in which his ~boundless .energy,Is
rganizing talents have been Of the /
reatest service to the bolshevists. !
mpetuous and hot-headed, he is apt, j
Ike the Queen in Alice In Wbnder-
and to solve every crisis with a I
gild shrek of "Off with his head" /
IN more than one occasion IL has Z
eeded all Lenine's tact and discre. !
lon to rescue the bolshevist barque +
the rocks onto which Trotzky's :
lery energy had driven 1t. As /
'chitcherin said last July. 1T is d
how the military idea has gone
. Ttrotzky's head. A few months (
go Lenine had to restrain him from I
saking war on Germany. Now it is :
lenine's cool brain that holds him /
ok from declaring war on the Al
les." II
AIMING his colleagues Trotzky does /
ct tr1oy the anne respect or adj i
i~iration as Lenine, and in this con- /
ecfiYn too much importance should
be attached to the frequent ru- /
DIS Of Quarrels between the two
They are probably untrue. 1
,olshevist commissaries will al {
lays smile Whenever one mentions /
le possibility Of a Lenine9Trotzky i
plit. Trotzky, after an, Is only one !
{ themselves. Lenine is a master. 4
This does not mean that Trotsky is 4
) be considered as an insignificant /,
in the Bolshevist movement. 4
lriginally useful as a journalist and
pamphleteer, he has become today b
le Bolshevist. The Red Army, such 4
s 1t is, is largely his creation, and i
le methods which he has employed /,
i restoring some semblRnce OF dist
Ipline have been very different from b
lie persuasive oratory Of a Kerens- b
Ais an orator Trotzig is a power
demagogue. kissing out his
-ords with a degree OF hate which
not without effect. He is apt,
owevera to lose his temper In the
ice Of opposition and to take refuge
i mere abuse. Rumor mas many
nkind things to say about his pri a
ate life and mis- commercial hon {