The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-05-27
General BrusiIoff Reported to
Have Assumed Control Over
Soviet Russia.
PERSIANS TURNING BOLSHEV|K
Banks curtaiIIno Credits, Forcing Low.
or Prices for Misunderstanding
Wage Scale Suggested for Rail-
way Labor-PoIiticaI De-
velopments in Both
Parties.
BY EDWARD w. PIckARp.

Something Of Importance has been
happening In Russia. The dispatches
Of the week made this fairly certain,
but they did not reveal the exact ma
ture of the event. A good guess Is
that General Brusiloff, former COM
mander in chief Of the cars armies,
has effected a military coup and has
assumed the full control of the soviet
republic formerly exercised by the CT
william commissaries. Rumors of this
have been current for week. A
change Of policy IL not Of authority, is
indicated by the fact that a Moscow
correspondent has been permitted, for
the first time, to send story Of the
hopeless collapse of transportation In
soviet Russia and a prediction Of the
downfall Of bolshevism next winter II
not before.
On the other hand. authentic dis
patches show the Russian Reds are by
no means whipped yet, and that the
spread of their doctrines in other lands
has not been checked. East of Kiev
the Poles and Ukrainians have been
held. and between Borisoff and the
Dvina river they were driven back by
a strong counter offensive launched by
Bruslloff. In the Crimea General
Wrangel has formed a new government
ed TO open peace negotiations at once,
the remnants of Denikine's army being
assured Of safety.
Unconvinced by the impending fate
OF soviet Russia, or ignorant Of IL, the
Persians seem to be turning more and
more to bolshevism. with the active CO.
operation OF the Russians. The French
foreign Office on Wednesday received
word that the Persian gendarmerie,
which was organized by Morgan Shus-
ter some years ago, had turned bolshe-
vik and that the young shah had fed
southwark from his capital. At Enzeli,
a Persian port on the Caspian sea. the
Reds landed from thirteen ships and
the British were forced to evacuate
the city. Though the japanese in ST.
IBERIA are now having things all their
own way, the mikado's government is
worried, for bolshevism is spreading
among the japanese troops In that
country and is injecting the people at
home also.
In the Caucasian region conditions
are confused and dlsheartening. The
GeorgIans and Azerbaijans are fighting
fiercely; just why Is uncertain. The
Turkish nationalists. who are said to
be plotting with the leaders Of bolshe-
vlsm through secret meetings In Ber-
lin and Rome. are still going strong
and are supposed to be promoting an
other uprising of nationalists in
Egypt. g..
The determination OF the French
government 10 break up the General
Federation OF Labor is explained fully
by disclosure OF evidence found by the
police. This shows that II the May
revolutionary strikes had succeeded,
all was prepared for the institution
OF soviet rule I'm France. Soviets had
been established In seven principal cit
les and the leaders are well supplied
with funds. The federation has now
refused 10 be Identified with the ex-
tremists and has called or all the
strikes.
Something is happening in America,
too, and we all know what II Is, but we
are uncertain as TO just what Is caus-
ing II and how far II Will go. II looks
as II the reduction of the cost Of living
really had begun with general cut In
prices by many merchants all over the
country. So far the reductions apply
mainly 10 clothing and shoes. En-
thuslastic consumers are trying TO per
suade themselves that the movement