Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-04-05

1t was a match to the dry fuel ac- |
cumulated during many centuries OF !
despotism and suffering. of serVitude |
and desoia ton. For sixteen months j
Russia has been devoured by the fire
of inquisition, and Lenine flauntS it |
is triumph of socialists just as
Philip o. Spain, in the name of Christ, |
rejoiced in the burning of his victims
as they cried and writhed on the live
Goals of their funeral piles. Philip of
Spain and Leaire of Russia-both of
them without any feeling for human
ity, without any sense of justice or
responsibility towards God or man
kind.
Such beings cannot be convinced by
anyone or anything, since their fanat-
icisEn is basedSon selfshness and OBJ
stinacy. and they consider themselves
above all the laws of God and mar.
Even the results testifyins to their
mistakes and errors do not change the
course of their activities, if the pas
sion for destruction and murder can
be so called. Did we not see-in
Rome-Nero, Caligula and their sue
cessors taking pleasure in ruling peo-
pies with iron. fire and blood? They
were mad, perhaps. But who knows
about Lenine? His policy is not that
of a sane brain. ana giriing himself
in these policies OF incessant terror
| and violence it cannot be that he en-
| joys q normal state of mind and spirit
The absurdity ard crininality of
! the bolshevist terrorism is so evident
that some sincere elements, most of
them very young people, who joined
| the bolSheyiki at the beginning, at
| tracted by the boldness Of their the
DRY and by their denaagogic promises
have left them long age. Lenines
| tyranny, just like the czar's tyranny, is
the rule of a very small minority over
a great people. thronsn armed force.
| But LenIne's tyranny is even worse
and more destructive than that of the
car. and therefore the longer Lenine
stays in power the more possible be
comes the return of Russia to czaris-
! tic reaction The nonarhists OF Rus
| STA although they are a very negli-
gible minority. care becoming holder
day by day, and We old Russian dem
ocrats must now fight on two fronts:
| against Lenire and the bolsheviH OF
CzariSm. 1t is a very hard task and
probably some years will be spent Se-
fore we see our people realize their
ideal of freedom and justice, of edu-
cation and federation into a whole and
strong state happy in their own life
and friendly to all other nations.
There is one hope for Russia, and
a very strong one-that is our peas
antry. This class cannot long endure
the chaos brought about by bolshev-
ism. The existence of their families
, of their husbandry, is at stake Ira
ditionally, they are religious and they
ask for justice and truth. And there
. is no doubt but that under the genera
depression and anarchy which is raw.
aging Russia there is a strata o.
strong characters and honest souls
Lthat viii finally tear off the crust O
vice and depfayity from the body Of
Russia and prove their ability to bt
! good citizens of their country and tru,
friends to their countrymen.
5 Russia will exist and prosper-o
/ that there is no doubt. But at thi
= hour she is racked by the suffering
4 her peopc are subjected TO, ~Arougl
= the sins of the past and present, des
= potisrn, supported by the evil viii 0
4 selfish individuals who, anxious q
g they are to retain in their hands tn
f power to rule. trample under thei
;, feet all that is cherished by bumanit
= the dignity of a peoples body an
soul