Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-20

OF postage stamps one-third.
Who. we ask for information, rave
US our mandate over Haiti and San
Domingo?
Spring and the annual Mexican
crisis come on together.
RUSSIA UNDER THE BOLsHE-
WIKI.
CAS- foreign correspondence would
sound IL It ever got shuffled.)
The Slavic race today stands on
the brink Of ruin. Only immediate
Intervention by the allied nations
can save 1t from extinction. II is.
improbable, however, II this drastic
step will be taken. for IT 10 estimated
that an army of at least 5000. 900
men would be needed 10 overcome
the forces OF the rcd guard, which,
with . well.organised and rapidly
developing nation behind them. are
sweeping on from victory 70 victory.
Bolshevism 10 the tremendous mo-
tive power that 10 waking Russia
from her centuries OF slumber. Igno-
rant indolent, their spirit wholly
broken by generations under the
knout the Russian people can be
ruled only by czarism or the terror.
Only in the land OF the Musccvite
could this magnificent experiment in
idealistic government be attempted.
The age at which women arc to b
communised has been reduced nom
IL to IL. II has now been deter.
mined that the czar and his family
were put to death by being forced
to plunge into q vat Of vitrol.
Bolshevism IL not the spectre that
the imperialistic press Of the world
has pictured 1t. II 10 essentially
human brotherhood In practical form.
A machine gun stands on every land
ing of the stairway leading to the
rooms where Trotsky CONDUCTS his
business, surrounded by Q score of
his closest friends, heavily armed.
Another bomb was hurled at Lenine
on the Nevsky Prospekt yesterday.
The tank IN which no always goes
abroad was slightly damassd.
Russia ID helpless. Talk OF = drive
against Poland this spring ID foolish.
And Poland after all IL small game
in Lenine's well-laid plan TO conquer
all Of Europe.
The government that the world
persists in calling red" IL ~ 4 mat
ter Of fact administered in large
part by q half dozen men who were
mobiles Of high rank before the revo
luton. This speaks for the essential
democracy that u innate In the boil
sheviki. Save for q few refugees,
these half dozen men are the sole
survivors Of the old Russian nobil-
ity.
POLITICAL THOUGHTS.
Most folks who blow thsir own
horns have loads Of Wind but very
little control. 81.
There arc lots Of political Jonahs,
which may eyntAin the numerous
walls.
We would chuck orr hat INTO the
ring, too. II We had the price Of an
other one.
II We were Z spirit we'd be ouijaf
bored to death ~ this time.
The telephone company warns us
against unnecessary. calls Wei,
whose fault IL Il that W 81 three !
wrong numbers every xime before ~
Sst the right onsf -
TX ssAA ~~sn> -A<h = 80 -~~lnaS
you live long enough.
Wonder how the telephone service
10 In soviet Russia7
HEROES WIZ KNOW,
We know g lazy VINO wot1d SCRAP 4;
With any beast from bear % |,
grouse; s5; 4, *; w
For wolves she does not care = I'D,
But how she runs before = mouDs!
We would pour Oh on soma 81 ear
troubled watsn + ~ could aftoy4 -
buy It ss.i u NJ MI N 4
Ladies in poTtica should resa-
Der they are ladiSg. n, ~ n.
I The administrator II A oaxt3 III
judicial proceedtngs 49, introdussd
BY the NAH0nS - =. III
The nnsiish hlIiSl f1ysGine ~ ~
been cpilsSd lncS "a z Il ~ VI
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