Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
SEES AN EARLY END
OF b0LSHEV|K RULE
Envoy of Ukraine Predicts
Economic and Political
Collapse by Spring.
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COPENHAGEN. December 25-"In
spite of the victory over Gen. Wrang-
ell. against whose three divisions they
were able to send twenty-seven divi-
sions. the end of the rule of the boil
shevists is rapidly approaching.
Nothing can avert their doom, at the
very latest next spring. They are
now concentrating their armies along
the frontier Of my country, but we
await their attack without the
slightest anxiety"
1t was the newly arrived diplo-
matte representative of Ukraine.
Dmitro Levitsky. LID. who ex-
pressed himself in these words when
asked to give his opinion of what
would happen in Russia after the
bolshevist victory over WrangePs
forces.
There are two reasons why the
said DIR. Levitsky. "One is economic,
and the other political In the part
of Russia where bolshevism rules.
there is confusion SO absolute that
the word chaos does not begin to
describe it. Their railways have
pracllcAlly stopped, Gil IdCtorleS are
at a standstill. their paper money l.
worthless. Three-fourths of the soil
lies uncultivated. This years har-
vest has been a complete failure.
Even now there is famine through
out Russia and in several OF the
large cities hunger revolts have had
to be crushed by machine guns.
Cataclysm in the Spring.
'Early next spring the cataclysm
will come. AS it is impossible for
the bolshevists to transport grain
from Siberia because Of the condi-
ton of the railways. Trotsky in
doing everything to get corn from
Ukraine to keep his red and yellow
mercenaries alive through the win
ter. Ukraine is his last hope and in
Ukraine the days Of bolshevism are
numbered.
Our peasants. who at first were
somewhat inclined towards bolshe-
vism as long as it was question of
dividing the estates of the large
landowners among them. turned
against bolshevism long ago. In ev-
cry county in Ukraine there are now
well organized and armed peasant
companies, some Of which number
10000 men, carrying out guerrilla
war against the bolshevists. who are
barely able to maintain themselves
in the large cities where they are
ocean. From day to day their posi-
ton is weakened. Their terrorism
has proved futile; they cannot 'paci-
fy' a territory as huge as Ukraine.
Ukraine Hostile to Leninism.
1.-THE entire population of Ukraine
are enemies Of Leninism, as you will
easily understand by looking at the
document signed by him and sent to
all soviet authorities. AS regards
peasant risings it says: Every leader
and every supporter of a peasant ris-
ing is an outlaw, and it is the duty
Of every citizen to shoot him, down
on sight. All relations Of such out
laws are to be held as hostages in a
concentration camp. Their property
must be confiscated and the villages
from which they come are to be
starved to death and burned down to
the ground. Every village which has
been the home of single rebel is to
be annihilated.'
IF there is anything of which I
am convinced it is that a government
which uses such means as the soviets
are doing cannot last long. When
Ukraine has been lost, bolshevism
will Immediately collapse in the coun-
try Of its origin"