Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-28

sume a just attitude in regard to one matter or another, one usually and conveniently pleads unfamih- arity with the subject matter in- volved in order to escape the duty of passing judgment and to dodge commitment, writes Catherine Bresh- kovsky.
 is a heap of ruins and has been writhing in pain for almost two years. It is equally well known to all that Russias horrible condition is distinctly traceable to the very first acts of the rule of Lennie and Trotsky, who came to Russia di- rectly assisted by the German gov ernment and under its sponsorship launched campaign against the rev. olutiAl in March, 1917.
 The Brest-Litovsk treaty surrer/
 cred the control of Russia internal and foreign affairs entirely into the hands of the Kaiser's ambassador, Count von Mirbach. who from Mos
 betrayed and deceived Russian peo-
 pie. This willy German had, first of all. ordered the disarming of all the soldiers who had returned from the front and the arming of all German and Magyar prisoners and the mer-
 cenary Let's. The leaders of the Bolsheviki promptly compiled with
 this command Simultaneously all
 the large intuition and powder fac
 tories were blown up one after
 another: in Petrograd, Moscow, Ka-
 fuga, Kiev, Kazan and in other cities
 in the east and south of Russia The
 sequestered by the Germans were tn
 When, during the summer of acts of the Bolsheviki broke out throughout Russia, it became evil dent that the Czecho- Slovaks were the only ones who had retained their arms. These soldiers, prompted by a keener appreciation and greater experience in international affairs, had f1atly refused to surrender their arms in spite of the very strenuous demands and threats directed at them l by the war minister" Trotsky and his Red Guards. This sagacity spelled their own salvation and like | wise laid the foundation for the present waging battle for the free
 dom of the Russian people. There is little doubt that this young army l wholly Russian in it's makeup,
 would have triumphed over the hired 1 bands of Trotzky long ago, if il | were confronted by these mercenaries only, and would have given Russia back the freedom and. happiness wor 1 by her in the great revolution oi March 1917.
 The real situation however, is al l together different. Against Russia there is still arrayed Germany-hel bolshevist and monarchist wings 1 and in company with Lenine, thest two German groups are strenuous ly endeavoring to crush Russia t, earth. Today, the Russian army 0 liberation is fighting fresh German forces splendidly equipped and led b, experienced officers. Germany in vi
 Brest- -Litovsk and the other result ing from the arrnistice) has not de
 sisted from ravaging an obstinate wa
 against Russia by supplying Lenin
 and Trotzky with arms afficers am higher leadership.
 Germany still hopes to realize he eternal dream of converting Russi into German colony for territorial an economic aggrandizement. Befor, } f the eyes of the whole world German l continues to violate her obligation , and taking advantage of Russia ) exhaustion, in company with the be r trayers of our country, sneers at a laws defining international relations 5 Confident of immunity, Germany D her complicity- in the bolshevist deed
 of violence and destruction, is be
 fore the very eyes of our allies con verting our beautiful and rich land , with its enormous population war weary and distracted by the coun : ter revolution Of the bolsheviki-int the incubator of moral and ,physic; f lection all over the world
 r For four years Germany infeste the whole world with the virus of r cruel, barbarous war, and she is sti . continuing this war in Russia, whie e has not as yet recovered from u f effects of the world war and is n | the clutches of a fierce civil strue = gle. Both junker and boshevi = Germany still cherish the hope e building Germany's future prosper n ity through the domination of Ru n sia, and after reesta blishing i
 domination oyer the Slav peoples, d threaten again the peace and ind o pendence of all Europe. This is :; o clear as daylight, and is perfect IS comprehensible on the part of a n: tion nurtured in dream of wor a domination.
 e We Russian. and all other Sls .- peoples, will always combat the suI