Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-08
GAR SUPPORTERS
WHAT TR0TZ ky TO
HOLD PETRQGRAD
Prefer His Regime to Consti-
tutionaI System Which
Would Block Their Plan to
Restore the Old Regime
BY Arno Doseh.Flcurot.
By Arno Dosch-Flcurot.
(Staff Correspondent of The Alou-
querque Morning Journal and the
New York World)
Copyright, 1919, by The Press Pub
fishing Co
IThe New York WORLDLY
CThe New York World)
(By Wireless to The WorldO

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Paris, Nov. Tho obstinacy of
the red forces that are holding Petro-
grad is exciting sympathetic interest
among Russian czarists of the old
Black Hundred type,
The extreme Russian rcactionaries,
of whom there are small groups IN
Paris London and Berlin-most Of
them in Berlin--almost prefer THAI
the reds should hold Petrograd than
that the forces Of Gen, Yudeniteh and
Gen. Denikine should win.
These reaCtionaries prefer Trotzky 5
czarist methods, such as sweeping
CONSUMPTION and the death sentence
for the least infraction of military
discipline, to the volunteer troops OF
Denikine and Yudenitch whose dis
pine is like that in the western
European armies
The necessity of calling a constitu-
tional assembly if Admiral Kol-
| chalk and Gen. Denikine meet in Mos
COW is contrary to Black Hundred
| ideas. While this constitutional as
sembly. inevitably will be more con-
seryative than the one the Bolsheyik 5
dissolved because of the general dls-
content with Bolshevism, the czarists
| do not want an assembly, for theN
homo TO re-establish the empire by a
coup d'etat. This, they know, would
be impossible with a constitutional
assembly in existence, but is possible
IL a coup d'etat was accomplished
within soviet Russia.
Losing Their ldealism.
The czarists reason that the red
soldiers have become simply mer-
cenaries. They are professional sol
II diers, and the longer they continue
the campaign the fewer%they nave o.
communist ideas or any other. be'
sides, the wholesale frauds and thetH
in the red army have DESTROYED any
idealism that may have existed.
/; These Frauds surpass even those u
the old Russian army, when German
money bought up Russian officials L
prevent supplies reaching the front
, There is even less reason to abstain
. from graft now, for most Of the com
uissaries in charge Of the army
: supplies are thoroughgoing commun
, lists.
Aside from this strictly czarist view
, all Russians opposed TO Bolshevisn
: are Interested by the increasing flSht
ing spirit of the red forces. To then
it is a healthy sign, and they tlgur
that after BolhseViSm is overthrow
the red army will become valuapi
part Of the future national army, IN
discipline established by Trotzk
meets the appreciation of every Rus
sian.
Revived Iron Discipline.
1t Is a strange fact that the disci
y pline that was destroyed hy BolsheW
a influence in the revolution was force
/ back in the army by the BolsheViF
. themselves, who found they would u
2 DESTROYED without IT, Trotzky is tn
= strictest military disctplinarian /
( Europe. Even more strange is II tina
0 the divisions formed under TroHK
@ and trained in the red iron discipline
e carried it with them when they de
/ serted in masses TO Gen. Denikine an
r so imbued Denikine's army with IN
new iron rule which II lacked untll ro
. Gently.
l. AS a volunteer organization, Den
z kire's army had the old Cossack dis
1 cipIine-or lack of it--but now il
t smartly disciplined and, incidentally
i is more efficient.
! 1t is worthy of remark that
+ types OF Russians opposed to Bol
e sheyism are agreed that there is
Y certain advantage in Russia being re
! constituted after the peace treaty wa
!, signed. With the greatest man-poWt
land the greatest existant army
. Europe, the Russians will be able
assume a position toward the wester
liberty of action in mapping the ne
powers which will give them fl
Russia. No one but the czarists COZ
e slider interference with Poland or FIJI
land. but all expect to reconstltu
i. Russia much as it was with the 9!
$ ception of those two countries
d They have signed nothing whit
/. will prevent them from re7establis!
n ing Russia's old frontiers, and th'
It will have the army to do it.
l.