Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-06

a way. inasmuch> As all this thoughts
were concentrated on one point--how
best to encompass complete annihtia-
tion Of everything In the world which
savored Of government by a few In
| divlduals rather than by a mob. He
was man ut to become tho Idol OF n
mob. especially Of an unruly one. and
| unless the observer was sorely mis-
taken, ne was also a creature who
| would understand how to turn TO hrs
personal advantage all the unhealthy
| passions he was so eagsr to arouse.
He spoke of Lenine with q mixture OF
| contempt and affection. and remarked
that he was anything but a strong man
"a str 'g man meant 10 Trotzky one
who never hesitated ut the shedding OF
blood or breaking the law. He evident
ly considered both equally unim-
portant
Trotzky seemed absolutely prepared
for the outbreak OF q great anarchist
movement In Russia,
I'VE ought" he told my acquain-
lance, TO be able to start at once our
propaganda for a government py the
people anT the people alone, together
with n demand for the immediate con-
clusion Of a peace which would allow
the great work OF general reform OF
the world to begin and proceed. I hope
that Russia will prove an example in
this respect to other nations by show
ing them that 1t is-jmpossible for
state to exist on purely socialistic
principles and an equal division Of
property. This lis something which
ought to appeal, and which will APP
peal to the masses. And remember
that 1t is the masses who must rule in
the end and not the educated and
what YOU call the cultured classes.
Education ought not to be the privilege
of few, and If it Is Impossible for it
to become, universal in a few months,
IT. is perhaps just as well to suppress
it altogether among the men in charge
Of the interests of their country"
'Trotzky was Informed by the Ger
man governm elt as early as possible
Of the details OF the revolution in Pet
rograd and told that IL would be to
his advantage, as well IS that of his
party, II he returned to Russia at once.
AS Is well known, he was held up at
Halifax but was released thru myst-
erious influence on the ground that
this poor Russian exile desired to re-
turn to his own country, after it's de-
liverance from the rule of the hated
Romanoffs. The amusing part Of this
! story is that Trotzky is not Russian
subject at all.
A surprise awaited the anarchist
when his steamer at last brought him
to Norway. The surprise was in the
shape Of a creditor from Paris. who
happened TO be in Gergen at the time
Trotzky arrived there The creditor
Immediately acccsted Trotzky and de-
ciared that he meant to make things
hot for him. The anarchist tried to
escape from he clutches of his foe, but
the latter was tenacious and expressed
the intention Of applying to the Nor
wegian authorities to prevent Trotzky
pursuing his journey. The poor debtor
protested at first then became very
angry, but at last when he saw there
was nothing else TO be done, asked for
a few hours delay. during which he
contrived in some mysterious manner,
which the German secret service could
have explained. to raise the money nee
essary to satisfy his angry creditor.
Ill SlOChhOliF tiC otdySo sS'SA o. eoS -
with a whole. gang Of anarchists to
| whom he declared that he meant to
make it his business to preach. anarchy
in Russia and to explain to the people
that their interests required them to
seize as soon as possible the property
Of the hated 'bourgou" and annihilate
them as quickly and as mercilessly as
possiblc. He.sas eloquent in his way,
perhaps more so than Kerensky, be-
cause he had fewer scruples, more
violence in, his character. and brought
into the struggle all the abominable
appetites of a man who has spent his
life in the stables OF society and VINO
wants revenge on those who consider
him only fit TO be an inhabitant OF
those stables. He believed in nothing
except the enjoyment Of the hour. ana
he was not even ambitious. for ambi-
ton presupposes something noble and
honest in a way. He simply practiced
the doctrine OF the. man who pushes
whoever happens to be sitting in a
chair out OF it, and he meant to trans
form this doctrine Into a principle.
The Other eoIshevik Leaders.
BY curious--what stall call it?-
coincidence all the men who played a
leading part In the great betrayal OF
Russia were Jews. The commander
n-chief Of the Boisheyik army was
Abraham Krylemko, former ensign
in a regiment Of infantry. He had be-
gun his career as schoolmaster IN a
small rural community and had been
forced into the ranks by the war. He
was a sort of lazy good for nothing
fellow with hazy notions of grammar
and especially OF geography. One day
he asked whether Rheims was In
France or England. Hisantimacy with
another OF Trotzkys friends. a lawyer
named Kozlovsky, had brought him in
to personal contact with the famous
agitator, who had discovered a sub
missive instrument in HIM and had
Immediately offered him The command