The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-01
Shall Chaos or RECONSTRUCTION
in Europe Follow the Great
World War?
BOLSHEVIK RULE Or FORCE
People Are Helpless While the Army
Privileged, Keeps Lenine in Power
by Its Bayonets-Freedom Is
Thing Forgotten.
Article XIV.
BY FRANK COMERFORD.

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,,inority Government cannot avist
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an +bis +bro,o +hn sumo ,n,or holds
tho r.anira- q,rotsl,y government in an.
,hori+, rvarr In,1,.orort has ha,,
offored mon ~ hi, tba or,ry and tbn
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soIdie,. and soi,or !. Of los, rr,r,n
tool c,,d Good ana , r.,rr, hr,I, IIn
asconas tho dongor If cold and s,,,,,
tion Ih,ipg conditions oro hatte. in
tho Pod army, tho, /, any. ,tbar oc,,.
nation
Sactiop 10 NJ Ar+tcIa 2 NJ tbo consH.
tutior is interesting.
"For tha nprnoso of darandinr fine
victory Of tho oraat naosonts, and
worI,a,.s, ravo,pt M +ba Russian So
cioIist FedaroI Soviat RanuhIic racng.
nizes tbe dutv of MI citizans of tba
republic to come 10 the defense Of their
socialist fathprIand. and it. therefore.
introduces universal military training.
The honor of defending the revolution
with arms is accorded only TO the
workers, and the non-worIling Gle.
ments are charged with the perform
ance of other military duties"
Only "Reds" Allowed Firearms.
No one else in Russia is allowed to
have or carry arms. This rule is
strictly enforced. and searches have
been made almost weekly in search Of
arms. 1t Is serious matter to have
a frearm in Russia if you are not a
member of the army. As consc-
quence, the one armed force in Rus.
STA today is the Red army This is
the backbone of the buIshevik govern
ment. The people are utterly help.
less. As long as the army is we'll fed.
warm and we'll clothed, IL will con.
tinua to he the most popular occupa-
tion in Russia.
Carrying out the general plan of
socialjzing, the bolsheyk government
stripped army officers of rank. In do
ing tnis they tried to live up to the
constitution forbidding the bourgeoisie
entering the army. However this
theory. like many others. did not work
out in practice. Skill in military df-
rection is Indispensable to an effective
military machine. Facing civil war.
with the Red army alone. between the
government and disaster. Lenine and
TrOtsIyy found II eyppdipnt to turu
their backs upon the constitution. II
was necessary to have trained men as
officers, and the bourgeoisie to whom
they had denied citizenship and the
honor of defending the republic. were
called upon TO advise the army.
Albert RhySe Williams Is a devoted
friend Of Lenine's. He was so enam-
ored with the bolshevik movement that
he offered to join the Red army. He
has written biography of Lenine,
from which | quote
"He Uenine) sent an automobile
with Red guards TO the fortress Of
Peter and Paul to fetch part of the
understandings staff In prison
there.
Gentlemen, said Lenlne. as the
generals filed into his office. 4 have
brought You here for expert advice
Petrograd Is in danger VIII you be
good enough fo work ont the military
tactics for It's defcnspY They as
sented.
Generals Denied Better Treatment
"IJere ara orr rnrces, rasurad
Lenine. indicating upon fine man fine
loca+ion oP tba Red troops mpnitions
and reserves And here arn o,r latest
renorts unon tbe number and djsno.i.
tlon of the enamv froons Anvtbirg
else tha ceporuIs desire they ujII c,ll
FOR,
,orhev set 70 work and toward avn.
ming handed him tha result of th.ir
deliberations Nov, said tbn ZION
erals ingrotlotlnplv will tbo nremiar