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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22

truckload of Soviet soldiers. They
looked at the requisitioning anar-
chists, and felt it was none of their
business, and went on.
Robins saw it was time to get out.
Through Gumberg he told the driver
to slow the car. The driver, very
creditably, taking a long chance,
slowed it almost to standstill. Rob-
ms pushed. his way from his seat to
the running board. His captors
gesticulated and vociferated, but did
rot stop him. He and Gumberg
aighted. They turned and stood. A
man on the running board was hold
ing a rifle which was levelled d.
rectly at Robins's body, and his
finger was on the trigger. But he
did not shoot. He was lacking in
''true proletarian ruthlessness." He
only said something. What he said
was, "Sprechen sic deutsch?" 81
speak only English" said Robins,
and his car jumped forward and
proceeded in the direction of 8
Povarskaya.
Robins himself proceeded, not
without heat, to the rooms of the
committee for the suppression of
counter revolution and sabotage.
There he saw a member Of the COM
mittee-Derjinski. To Derjinski he
expressed his Indignation. Derjinski
was sympathetic and confident. "I'll
get the car back for you in two
hours" said Derjinski. But the car
was not back in two hours and it
was not back the next day.
Robins went to see Trotzky. Could
he get that car? Trotzky was sure
of it. He called Derjinski on the
phone and talked to him quite a
while. Then he seemed not so sure
In fact, he seemed quite uncertain.
The next day Trotzky called Rob
ms on the phone and asked him te
come to see him. Robins went anG
Trotzky said:
Colonel Robins, Pm going to tel
you all about it, and when I've tolc
you, you'll understand Russian poll
tics better and you'll also see that
Russian politics, in some ways, is
very much like politics anywhere
else.
"These anarchists of ours in Rus
STA took part in the revolution
against the Car. They helped thu
revolution. Therefore, they had :
certain standing when the revolu
ton was successful. Kerensky neve?
dared to attack the club at 0 Povar
skays. The anarchists continued un
der Kerensky. They continue now
You inform me that they have thir
teen centres in Moscow. You ar,
mistaken. They have twenty-six.
"Now, l do not need to tell 70,
that the Germans are workin,
among them. You discovered tina
fact for yourself in Petrograd
The Germans are working anon,
them here. And every day W
are attacked in the anarchist pres
and at anarchist meetings. Why
, then, do we not raid them? We'll
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toned in his article published
in New York before he re-
turned to Russia. Many people said
that at Brest- Litovsk he was talking
to the world. The speeches Robins
heard him make in the Soviet at Pet
rograd prove that he was not talking
to the world at all. The world was, in,
deed. a gallery; and Trotzky never
objects to gallery. But the audi
ence-the audience in the body of
the house-the audience for whom
the words were chosen-was the
workingmen of Germany. To them
those words were conveyed by chan
nels innumerable And to them
Trotzky said, in sum:
"You are most Of you Socialists.
Your government is trying to impose
imperialistic terms on the first So
cialist government in the world. But
we, the members of that first Social
list government, can not and will not
connive at imperialism. We are
holding out against those terms. We
are rejecting them. Are you going
to march for them? Or are you 60
ing to rise and break your masters
who make you march?"
1t was penetrating, and it pene-
trated-in time. 1t was the most
poisonous dose in all the propaganda
that General Hoffman, finally saw
driving his soldiers to sedition and
revolution. The Bolshevik propa-
ganda worked ultimately. But
there was an immediate question.
Immediately, on the morrow of
Brest-Litovsk, would the German
soldiers march?
"No," said Trotzky. Like all art
lists, he believed in the irresistible
appealingness of his work. He hao
shown the German workingmen the
folly and wickedness of marching
and they would not march.
"But they WILL" said Lenine.
There was certain private meet.
ing of certain members of the All
Russian and Petrograd Soviets. II
was time of supreme tension, OF
the stretching and swapping of many
judgments and of many regulations
The German government had mad.
it's open and full announcement Of
it's imperialistic and annexationisti,
policies toward Russia. In the So
Wet there was CONSERVATION, indig
nation, fury. But would the Rus
sian army in the field fight?
ut WILL" said loud voices.
"But it will not" said Lenine. "I
did not fight at Tarnopol. Kerensk,
was in power. He used all his powe
and all his eloquence to make i
fight. With the Allies he ordere,
the great advance. But the Russian
army did not fight. 1t ran, and ha,
to run. 1t is not an army any more
1t is only peasants wanting brea'
and land. 1t is going home. TIL
Russian army will never fight again
until it is reorganized into a ney
revolutionary army. The presen
army will not fight"
Lenine Qke very calmly. He ha
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going TO blow up the American en-
bassy tonight"
$50" said the ambassador, "that's
where we are! These anarchists are
getting too strong. They're coming
to be the power. Smolny can't con-
troll them"
Robins went to the embassy that
night and stayed there till on into
the morning. There was no blowing
up. There never was.
Robins went to the secretary of
Council of Peoples Commissioner
gentleman named Bonch Bruevich
and told him that ."this anarchist
business is going too far" Did the
Council of Peoples Commissioners
want to drive the American embassy
out of Russia? Or did it want the
American embassy to stay? If it
wanted it to stay, it ought to do
something.
That night the Council of Peoples
Commissioners sent it's soldiers to
the headquarters of the aparchists.
The anarchists had machine guns.
There was a battle. The chief of
the anarchists was shot. Much
material-sugar, shoes, tea and so
on-was captured. The next day the
anarchist newspaper, "Bure-Vest-
MIX" said bitterly:
"The thieves and murderers from
Smolny have broken into our head
quarters and have shot our beloved
leader and have stolen our supplies.
Fellow workmen, we live under a
hell of proletarian government"
At Moscow, also, the anarchists
were regular organized political
party. When the Soviet government
moved to Moscow and when Robins
moved there after it. there was
anarchist trouble again, which again
showed the method and the formula
of German intrigue in Russia.
Robins got into his motor car one
day to 60 down to the telegraph
station. The ambassador was at
Vologda. Every day, at a certain
hour, the Bolshevik government
placed at the disposal of Robins anc
the ambassador a telegraph wire be-
tween Moscow and Vologda for con
fdential secret official Cor "unof
. ficial") messages. Robins got tt
the telegraph station, and sent of
. some messages, and received some
J and came outdoors again to his car
AS he came out, some ten armed
men were surrounding his car ant
saying "Requisitioned."
, "Requisitioned by whom?" sale
, Robins. 1t did not seem to be clea1
by whom. But the, fact Of requisi
} ton was perfectly clear. Wher
Robins got into the car four Of tn,
ten armed men got in after him ant
rested their bayonets on the stills O
the cars open windows. Robins
/ Observation-Disclosures Gumberg-
: got on the running board; and few
, Of the requisitioncrs accompanie,
! him there. The others climbed u,
, beside the driver. The order t.
start was given. The driver, vey
{ properly obeycd. An address wa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22
Who's afraid?

Gumberg, with a revolver held
against his body, was still defiant.
"You aren't afraid, are you?" he said
to the man who held the revolver,
as truckload of Soviet soldiers
approached. Gumbefg thought he
saw rescue. But if anybody was
afraid at that moment. it was the
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fight; and the Russian Socialist Re-
public, in order not to be trampled
militarily out of existence, would
have to sign the peace.
Striding On
Then Trotzky swayed the meet
ing. The revolution was afoot in
Germany. Trotzky saw it striding
on. Comrade Lenine was mistaken.
The German comrades were not so
base as to fight for the terms of
Brest-Litovsk. Besides, there was
Poland and there was Lithuania
and there was Letvla. They must
not be surrendered to the Germans.
The Polish comrades and the Lithu-
anian comrades and the Lettish
comrades must not be deserted. eve
must hold them for the revolution
said Trotzky.
eve must not be intoxicated by
the revolutionary phrase" said
Lenine.
But Trotzky swayed the meeting.
And Lenine let him. Robins after
ward asked Lenine why. Lenine
said:
~ am willing to let Trotzky see
if he can put off the peace. I am
willing to let him see if he can save
US from it. l would rejoice if he
could. But l wanted the comrades
to know what I was thinking.
wanted them to know it, so that
they can remember it a few days
from now. have to keep their
confidence"
During those few days, till they
ended, Lenine was very unpopular
Yet everything was as Lenine said
it would be. But, as he said each
new thing, he said it to a storm OF
protest.
1--WE will call the fourth All
Russian Congress of Soviets," he
said. "What?" was the answer
Call the congress now? 1t CAM
be done. Russia can't send dele
gates now: 1t can't bring it's mint
to think of sending them. And the
delegates can't come, they won
travel. at this time. Impossiblew
eve will call it at Moscow" salt
Lenine. "What?" came the answer
Moscow? The stronghold of the re
actiono Go to Moscow and the Hal
Of the Mobiles and the haunts of thu
old regime? Leave Petrograd, thu
revolutionary city? Never!"
But it happened. The fourth All
Russian Congress of Soviets wa
called as Lenine had said. The Ger
mans had advanced, as Lenine hat
said. The Congress met at Moscow
in the Hall of the Mobiles, as Lenin
had said. 1t ratified the peace, a
Lenine had said.
The shadow of Lenine grew upol
Trotzky. 1t grew upon Radek. !
grew upon Karolin. 1t grew upol
everybody. More than ever the,
were eclipsed. More than ever lie
nine was master. He had out-an
alyzed and outseen everybody. Hi
books and his documents and his re
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22

purpose. We are not going to have
any raids or riots whatsoever. We
are going to have perfect peace. So,
Colonel Robins, you see! I'm sorry;
but you'll have to do without your
car till these elections are over"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22
So Did Trotzkv

But Lenine already suspected what
they would do. So did Trotzky.
Trotzky had said to Robins c,.
day:
"Haven't you Americans got
Russian railway mission of Amer
cans somewhere"
Certainly"
"Where is it,"
''Nagasaki."
"Gone to Japan"
eyes"
"What's it doing there?"
eating it's head off,"
"Why don't you send it here!"
"Why, Mr.. Commissioner, YOU
know there are many Amer.
eyes, they think I'm a German
agent. Well, now, suppose I am.
Just assume, for argument, that I
am. You admit I have never told
you l would do a thing and then
failed to do it. My motives may b
bad, but my actions go with my
promises. Is that right?'
eyes"
"Well, then, out of some motive,
which you may assume to be bad,
am willing to share the railway sys
tenn of Russia half and half with
the United States; and if you will
bring your railway mission into
Russia l promise you that I will
give its members complete authority
over half the transportation of all
the Russia of the Soviets. You
see?"
CLEARLY. You want us Americas,
to reform and restore your railway
system for you, Sc that it can carry
food successfully and so that YOU
can feed your people and keep your
government going"
eyes. But | propose to pay you in
precisely the coin you most need and
want. Colonel Robins, have you eve!
seen a gun map of our 'front.'"
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shouted. 1t was the address Of the
oldest and largest anarchist club in
Moscow-9 Povarskaya.
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Copyright 1919, New York TIDES ss
Inc. By arrangement 'o,sh 81
Metropolitan Mogas'ne.
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Munitions

IrOtZky unrOlled II before MN.
showed some six hundred miles Of
locations of cannon and of shells.
nests of cannon, dumps of shelh,
disable stuff, quantities of it, the ma
terial leavings of a once mighty
army. 1t showed cannon that had
never been fred-cannon new ando.
the latest type, with their shells Be.
side them.
cts of no more use to US. Our
army does not fight in any mors
foreign wars just now. Lenine says
the Germans will advance. If the,
do, they will take all that stuff. W.
cannot move it back. We can U
small things on our railways nov,
but not big things Most Of our
technical railway managers are
against US. They are against the
revolution. They are sabotaging the
revolution. Our railways are head
less, The whole point is: Our rail-
ways need new heads. Will you sup
ply them?"
"I'll inquire"
"But be sure you make this clear
My motive, whether good or bad, Il
entirely selfish. / get reorganizea
and effective railway system for 80
Wet Russia. And your motive. %
far as I am concerned, is entirely
selfish, too. You save mass OF mu'
nitions from all possibility Of falling
into the hands of the Germans. You
get benefit. l get benefit. Mu-
tual services, mutual benefits and nc
pretences. What do you say?."
"I'll find out"
So again Robins ran to diplomats
circles with what he thought "aS
good news, and again it was re-
ceived without interest. Again F
: heard the wisdom of the palaces
The peasants were really rlslns
now. Lenine and Trotzky weE
> really falling now. The real kuS
STA, the Russia loving the whip, w
Russia loving the strong man-haie'
dine, Alexiev, somebody-was assert
ing itself. Up from the Don. W
from the Urals. No use botherins
with Lenine and Trotzky. No us'
at all.
So those guns and those shells *
manned where they were. and so u'
Germans took them and made os'
of them on the bodies of fren'n'
men and Englishmen and Amer
cans in the March drive and IN tue
June drive of 1918 ON the wesse''
front: and Lenine and Trotzky WIG
still standing.
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Raymond Robins

fight; and the Russian Socialist Re-
public, in order not to be trampled
militarily out of existence, would
have to sign the peace.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-12-24
Ners of this Club are a
PAXVILLE ITEMS

The home demonstration club met
Thursday afternoon at the high school
building. A demonstration in pastry
making was given by Mrs. Mcpherson
and the school Improvement association
met in connection with this meeting.
The Sunday school of the Methodist
church will give Christmas enter
talnment Christmas night with tree.
Those who are directing the children
IN their respective parts are Misses
Ida Davis and Vivian Curtis The
public is cordially invited to attend
these exercises.
Since the mercury has dropped a
good many hogs have been killed and
others are being killed.
The graded school here will close
for the Christmas holidays Tuesday,
after the class work is finished for the
day. Principal r. II. Huckabce, and
sister Miss Mamie IIuckabec, an as
sistant, will spend the holidays at their
home near Woodruff.
Mr.. j. A. Brown, q resident of this
town for the past few years died at
an early hour Saturday morning, after
two weeks illness. The funeral cx-
erclses and interment were held Sun
day afternoon at Andrews Chanel
church, and conducted by his pastor,
Rev. Ingraham.
Miss Iva Geddings came Saturday
from Winthrop college to spend the
holidays.
Mrs. Dave Wilson is at the Tumey
hospital having recently undergone an
operation.
Rev. Hill, from Conway, who recent
~ accepted the Baptist pastrate here
IS moving in this week. He filled the
Baptist pulpit on last Sunday
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-12-24
THIS FISH STORY IS OUT
OF SEASON. BUT IT'S TRUE
MEN, IT'S SURELY TRUE

New York, Dec. 22.-Fulton market
today opened New York's Christ
mas eel sales to retailers who cater
to italian Yuletide tables. What the
staid and dignified turkey is to the
American Thanksgiving dinners, the
restive and wrigley eel is to the fes-
tive Christmas season of the sons
and daughters of italy and to meet
this annual demand for big, little,
dressed and live cells, wholesalers
were ready to start marketing this
morning, something like 400 900
pounds of them
Law-abiding eeis have been yank-
ed from the fresh waters of the St.
Lawrence river and various streams
IN Maine, Delaware, Rhode Island
Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia and
North Carolina to disport themselves
in fancy sauces and gravies at Ital-
ian feasts. They command high
nriccs, live ones range from 80 to
40 cents pound, according to their
wriggling ability, and dressed ones
bringing 16 to 20 cents. Before the
war invaded the eel market, thew
cost only 25 cents pound alive and
from 6 to ID cents dressed, dealers
said.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-12-24
SHOW CAUSE, COURT
TIPS UNCLE SAM, AS
VETS MAKE APPEAL,

Washington, Dec. 22.-Thc supreme
court today ordered the government
to show cause on January 5th why
original proceedings should not be in
stltuted by the state Of Rhode Island
and New Jersey retail liquor dealers
to have determined the constitutional
'tv of the national prohibition consti-
tutional amendment.
Applications for permission to con-
test the amendments validity and seek
inJunctions against its enforcement in
those states were presented last week.
In both instances the amendment was
alleged to conflict with the state police
powers and with the federal constitu-
tion.
In ordering the government to show
cause, the court, according to govern
ment authorities, followed an unusual
procedure, as ordinarily in such in
stances, permission to bring suo', ,,ro-
cecdings is give" and a 1~te fixed
when they are retirnable. The court.
however, was generally believed to
have been prompted b'. The fact that
as the amendment becomes effective
on January 16. ~Hxt. the procedure
followed woN,l expedite matters.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-12-24
ANARCHISTS RUSHED TOWARDS
NEW YORK FOR DEPORTATION
Radicals and Undesirables From All
Sections of Nation Speeding to
Ellis Island to Join Colony Bound
for Soviet Russia.

New York, Dec. 19.-Anarchists and
undeslrables fro mall sections of the
United States are being rushed by
special trains tonight to Ellis Island
to join the large colony of radicals
already assembled there awaiting de-
portation to Soviet Russia.
immigration officials asid that the
transport which will take the radicals,
including Emma Goldman and Alexan-
der Berkman, on their homeward Jour
ney will probably sail some time Sun
day. The radicals were told tonight
to hold themselves in readiness to go
aboard the ship.
Three special trains-onc from
Pittsburg, another from Buffalo and
a third from Philadclpha-will arrive
here tomorrow with contingents of
radicals for deportation, it was learn
ed at Ellis Island. The Pittsburg
train will bring forty anarchists, but
the number that will come on the
other trains could not be learned.
Wives of the Russian radicals being
held at Ellis Island tonight sent a let
ter to Commissioner General of I'M
migration Caminetti, containing an an
peal that they and their children be
9eported to Soviet Russia with their
husbands. The petition was signed by
eight Russian women as committee
representing the wives of the men
held on the island.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-12-24
INQUEST IN IRELAND
OVER SAVAGES BODY

Dublin, Dec. 21.-Thc inquest over
Cne Dody OF Sagac, one of the assail-
ants Of Viscount French, who was
shot opened yesterday evening at the
Bess Borough police barracks close to
the scene of the attack on the lord
lieutenant. strong force of constab-
nrarly was outside the court from
whlch the general public was cxclud-
cd. Only the coroner, reporters and
court officials were present.
Addressing the jury, the coroner
DrleflX detailed the circumstances say
ing. Viscount French was attacked At
cross roads by body of mon one of
whom was "thc unfortunate deceased !,
RE proposed to take only formal evil
dencc, such rs Identification Of Say
age.
grocer named Kirk testified that
Savage was on" of his assistants, hav-
lng been in his employ for two wears
rNd that he lived at the grocer's
mouse and was unmarried The coro-
ner, adjourned the inquiry after ask
N" the Jury to ioin him in congratu
'atlnG Viscount French on his escape.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-12-24
DEFIANCE OF COURT
MEANS JAIL, JUDGE
TELLS COAL MINERS

indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 22.- Declar-
ing that violations Of the federal
courts injunction under the Lever
act against furthcring the coal strike
IN Kansas must stop if persons guilty
nave to be put in Jail and kept there,
United States District Judge A. B.
Anderson today permitted Alexander
Howat. president of the Kansas dis
trict Of the United Mine Workers un-
til next Monday to prepare his de-
tense of charges Of contempt of
court.
Henry Warrum, chief counsel for
the international organization Of the
miners, and Howat were given unit 2
O'Clock this afternoon to present to
the court some evidence that viola
tons of the injunction charged
against miners district officials will
not be continued during the interim
from now until the hearing on next
Monday. Otherwise, Judge Anderson,
declared, he would send Howat to
Jail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-12-24
BOILER EXPLOSION
KILLS THREE MEN

Conway, Dec. 2O.-Word has been
received here of terrific boiler ex-
pl9slon at l.. d: Sugg's saw mill, eight
nllies west OF horis in which the saw
yer, John Smith, the fireman Macl,
Smith, and Alexander Granger were
instantly killed Bethel Smith, father
or the two boys, and Mr.. Cannon we're
seriously wounded.
morning and when the impact occurreI
1t was blown through the tree tons
iof distance of 120 yards. The en-
tire plant with the exception of the
carriage ea1 e, and big, saw was wrecked.
MACK smith was blown about SO wards
away while his brother, John. WAS
found on the yard with his body wrap
pea around a stump. Young Grainp-
er was blown about 100 feet in an
o.hGr airection. So violent was the
explosion at the time houses for miles
around trembled while the noise was
heard for fully Is miles.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-12-24
NEGRO LYNCHED
BY GEORGIA NOR

Columbus, Ca, Dec. 21.-A negro
Known as Charles West, alias Johnnv
Webb, was taken from a train near
Smlthvllle Ga. today and shot to death
by mob of about SO men bent on
avenging the death of a Stewart conn
ty farmer.
The account Of the affair received
here by telephone said the negro wa.
1Sg Delhg brought back from Jacksonville
ria.' Where he had been arrested charg
Gu WIN the murder of Emmett l..
bright"ell, returned soldier Bright
well was shot and killed December IL
by negro whom he had ordered not
TO hunt on his farm. The mob en-
sered eI the train when it stopped at
Smithvllle before day break and con-
Quoted itself so quietly that the mem
oers OF the train crew said thew did
not Know what had happened until
deputy Sheriff Johnson had been fore
Ell to give up his prisoner.
After seizing the negro the men en-
tered automobiles and drove to tho
scene OF the crime where the BODY was
found later, bullet riddlcd and hanp-
ing to tree. A coroncr's inouost re-
turned verdict later IN the dav that
the negro came to his death at the
hands OF unknown persons.
reellng had been running high in
stewart county over the killing which
was said to have been unprovoked
ana subscription of $500 had been
raised and offered for the negro's ar
rest; This, 1T was said, will be paid
TO the Florida authorities who caught