Evening star., 1919-04-12
.BOLSHEv|SM SEEN
/. AS WORLD MENACE
Baron Rosen Hints at Mill
tary Dictatorship as Rus
sia's Only Hope.
MASSES VIEW OF WAR

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 12.-Baron
Rosen. formerly Russian ambassador
to the United States and one of the
peace plentipotentiaries who settieo
the war between Russia and Japan, In
an address today before the Brooklyn
Chamber of Commerce. his hrst pun
lie utterance since arriving in Amer
lea. an exile from his native land,
declared that it was the oeadls
poison of bolshevism which broughi
on the defeat of Russia and. next, o.
Germany" and that its sudden rise
and stupendous growth should be q
solemn warning to the ruling classes
in all belligerent countries.
Russia as a political entity mas tem
porarily ceased to exist" said Baron
Rosen. There is at present no politi
cal marty or body of men which couio
be held to be entitled to enter upon
interna tional engagements IN tne
name of Russia and the Russian ma.
tion-least of all that small group OF
demented fanatics with their foiio"
ing of murderous bandits who nave
u0lrped power by violence, VINO main
tain their tyrannicai powers by re-
gime of terrorism such as Cne nems.siv
has never seen. who have compLe.eiy
ruined and destroyed the social iapric
| of the state and who have turneu
what was once the empire or hussia
| into wilderness of primitive pafoar
| ism. a prison. lunatic asyiu" ANU
a slaughter house.
Germs of Bolshevism Everywhere.
.-rhe germs OF this deadly disease.
bo,shevism. although lying Dormant
were present and are still present
everywhere." said the speaker, oNe
and nurtured by the atmosphere o.
social unrest, an inevttapie ace
n.ni,nent of the wonderful achieve
,nents of modern civilization, "nici,
arc doing so much to emphasize an"
render more glaring the CONTRAST De
tween the luxury and ease OF 'ns ~
and the want and Iirnita,,onf AZ, nf inc,s
many condemned to Ire OF inc
nant ,mas ;o;i iovIess monotony and anx-
| ious insecurity" ..s,.,v
arrived here from Stockholm
he had fied with his vile ano .vs,x N
ter said that 1.-The appalling grdSys grdy,s. ~
the Russian situation cannot possy,
be exaggerated, and that the oss., oMS
rsnorts Of the British Corsti Genera
ILockhart. recently published are IN
! fcient to make ones hai. ~ ~ ,Na
end but they fail Iar ~. hoisheyik
realty of anairs unoer ''0
Defeat of the Russian army did NOT
cause the disease" Baron hoseu
niained. declaring that 1t was eno
prolongation OF the war, ;s.rn w.n whieh
created among the 15.o0O.0ee TO IT,
600 ooO soldiers and sailors-through
REPRESENTATIVES of the peasan.ss
| which constituted the bulk OF tne
population of RUSSIA ana VII n.ns~
the mainstay of her power ana pros-
perity-the conditions leading up 70
revoiution of March, 1917. which. al
though inspired by the duma ieaoes
from the very opposite motives' was
actually accomplished by the mu-
tinnms garrison and revolutionary
workmen of Petrograd. and was an
expression of the revolt OF the people
against the war.
Toiling Masses Aroused.
The bolsheviks, said the speaker.
| promised immediate peace and this
| gained the support of the people
Quoting from a letter which he wrote
to a friend in Petrogyad in July. islt,
| Baron Rosen said that the toiiins
masses of the world were awakening
| to the fact that 1.-The awfui crime OF
the war and its prolongation has been
and is being forced on them by their
rulers as an outcome of policies which
| IN those rulers represent the tempt
ing phantoms of power, OF heeenons.
of prestige, of revenge, or mar ke.s
and Of expansion. but wnicn CHI ~ 'ns
masses present themselves merely aS
| shfbboleths devoid OF meaning IN
terms of the life of plain men ana
| women. for the pursuit OF "hic,;
however they have had ana are sun
expected to have to pay wlth tns nsSs
of millions of their sons and brotn-
ers. with millions upon millions OF
ruined homes and with all the untoio
suffering and misery wrought by such
| a war upon such a gigantic scale.
| ut further means, baron hossn
! read from his letter. that when tne
day of their final awakening snai
have dawned upon the masses tnes
| will make IL day of reckoning Wit
| their rulers. and that the present
fratricidal war between the nations
nav resolve itself into a fratricidai
and suicidal war between the masses
and the classes within the nations
Must Rout Out Bolshevism-
Discussing the problem OF the inn
mediate future Of Russia. the former
| srnhassador said it is ''one OF unex-
ampled difficuIty." Its solution Is re
auired in the interest OF All mankino'
he declared, adding that II potsne
| vism be not now extirpated, root ana
hra nch and If it is suffered TO spreao
any further it might ultimately come
| to mean the doom of our race ana
The task of seeking such solu,
! tion." said he, should be approached
| in a spirit entirely free from partisan
shin and from the passions OF inter-
national hatred bred by the war.
"No one can tell when and how the
time will come when the world will
again behold Russia reconstructed as
a political entity and able TO resume
her MACE in the family of nations ana
her status as one of the great powers.
! continued the ex-ambassador.
Military Dictator Russia's Hope
"For the present the only glimmer
of hone seems to lie in the evolution
out Of the prevailing chaos of mii-
itary dictatorship. such as must al
ways be the outcome of prolonged
state of anarchy. II the teachings OF
history are to be believed. Some in
dications of the possibility Of . sim
liar development are already discern
;hle Admiral Koltchak. the head OF
the siberian government. having OF
late secured the submission to this
authority of Gen. Denekine Of the
Kuban Cossacks and Krasnon OF the