New-York tribune., 1919-12-06
The BoIshevist Puin
First Hand Testimony Of q
French Socialist
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: l am inclosing the translation
of letter which appeared in the Paris
"Matin" early in September of this
year. It is Of interest in connection
with the recent French election and
the activities Of the Reds" in Ameri-
ca. being the judgment of a French
Socialist upon his party and also on
Bolshevism, derived from personal con-
tact and experiences with the Boil
shevists in Russia. H does no. pc
ture this insanity as the paradise our
parlor Bolshevists would have US be-
lieve it to be. MILTON CARVER
New Haven, Conn, Dec /, 1919
For two years I have followed Boil
shevism closely. have read its news
papers, been present at it's confer
ences, at almost all the sttings Of
the soviets and congresses; I have
heard a great number of speeches by
Lenine and Trotzky; | have talked with
numerous Boishevik leaders, as we'll
q with representatives. Of the Rua-
sian Socialist groups, and after these
two years OF observation and study. no
one, l hope, will contest my right to
have a competent and definite opinion
about Bolshevism.
What l know. and / do not hesitate
to say it, is that Bolshevism has
openly betrayed the cause of the En-
tente to play in an evident manner
Germany's game, and / aft I'm that in
Petrograd and Moscow the commits
sioners of the people" were constant
~ acting in concert with the agents
Of Germany against the representa-
tives of the Allies
What I also know is that n economic
and social matters. Rolshevism has
ended in an immense catastrophe and
general ruin. Certainly. tine Russian
bourgeoisie is ruined, and with it the
industries of the whole nation have
likewise gone down, to the great detri-
ment of the Russian proletariat but,
on the other hand, to the great profit
of German industry, which is taking
its place. Bolshevism has been abls
to engender only famine and want in
this Russia which, even yesterday. fed
great part Of Europe. And how
could things be otherwise. since III,
Russian peasant, worn out by contnu-
al and brutal "requist ons," is very
careful not 60 produce anything beyoni
his personal needs? This country. with
infinite resources and which fruitful
social reforms could have improved, is
to-day nothing more than q desert and
vast cemetery.
Finally, the pretended methods Of
the Bolshevik dictatorship leave far
behind tfem the worst horrors of the
inquisition and czarism. All indwd-
ual liberties are abolished and each
day hundreds Of RussiaN workers and
intellectuals whose sole crime is not
to think Exc the Bo'shevki are
massacred without the slightest trial
ty the Magyar and Chinese memena-
ries. Doubtless one way is as good as
another to bring about the third inter-
nat tionale.
Such is in all its beauty the rctrc'
grade and barbarous regime which tho
unified Socialist party, by q strange
alteration, would like to beaow to-
day on republican and socialist France
refuse to follow it in this path
Socialist and democrat, l wisi no d'e-
tatorship. and that is why an leaving
party which. in praising hedictator-
ship of class, puts itself oitside the
pale of democracy
JEAN rRLlcH,
Advocate in the Court of Appals; Croix
de Guarre; Unified Socialist can
didate in the 4th wardcf Parts y
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