The New York herald., 1920-12-26

been arranged in connection with this
organization. Two Lettish Bolsheviki.
Robert Stein and U. Stein. after having
gone through this special course ana
passed their examinations Every satis-
factorily' were recently sent into Latyia
with orders to carry out Terrorist acts
such as the blowing up of bridges and
warehouses and ito create and support
revolutionary movements among the
working classes as well as 20 urge the
workers TO put forward unacceptable
demands
am quoting from the secret instruc-
tions Of these gentlemen, who were able.
by the way, before they We're arrested,
to win over TO their side some officials
OF the Lettish Government, among
others Mr.. Wehrsens, a functionary OF
the statistical Department; a Leuten-
ant in charge of guard at the frontier,
Mr.. Bergmans assistant station mas
ter at Rlngmundshof). and a soldier
called Buse Of the telegraph company.
From all this which is merely q hint
of great mass Of valuable evidence, it
will be seen that, despite the contemp-
tuous tolerance Of Lenine and Tchitcherin
Latvia is far from safe. But as regards
England, Lenine. Tchitcherin and all the
other 'moderates" are of the same mind
as Trotzky, Bukharin, DerZhinsky. Kame-
heff and all the reddest of the Reds.
Before this winter is over England
must blaze from end to end with the
fires Of revolution, otherwise the Soviet
Government in Russia will cease TO
exist Either they or we must break.
Russia's Position Desperate.
Despite her recent victory in the
Crimea Bolshevik Russia is withering
away behind her triple shield of famine,
pestilence and snow but Lenine trusts
less IN these safeguards than In the
mistakes Of his adversaries. "Our po-
sltion Is desperate" he is reported to
have said. but there is one thing we
can rely on with absolute certainty and
that Is the mistakes OF our enemies
who are pulling different ways. pursu-
ING DIVERGENT policies, and divided by
mutual jealousies."
He was referring TO England and
France, but the remark applies also
70 the new States which have been
FORMED TO the east and northeast of
Russia. The differences OF opinion that
nave arisen among these young and in
experienced republics the tendency to
Imperialism which some Of them have
manifested and the mistaken economic
policy which most of them are pursu-
ing-au these things fill the Kremlin
with JOY. And as. when the Kremlin
wakes joyful over anything In the con-
duct or its neighbors, it Is high time
Tor those neighbors to examine their
consciences in order to see what sin
they have committed. 1 will point out
with great difldence and with the most
friendly intentions some things that
seem to me capable of Improvement.
But before doing so l would like to
emphasize the fact that very large allow
ances must be made owing to the suspi-
cion provoked in these new countries by
the vicinity OF the Red Terror, and 10
the way in which nearly all OF them
have been ravaged by the German and
the Bolshevik. The danger is too near
ana too real for it to be trifled with, so
that have. for example, no sympathy
with the p-o-Bolshevik trade unions
here. which complain of oppression
though they have their own organs in
the press and indulge in language like
this, which / quote from the Rohutute
Haal C"The Voice of the oppressed"D
we send fraternal greetings to Rus
sla and exclaim Long live the Soviet Re
public! The trades union candidates
are going into the National Assembly
with the one object of urging the broad
against the capitalistic order of things
and against the bourgeois Government
of Latvia."
So long as language like this is in
/ dulged in by section of the workers it
Is no wonder that they are regarded with
some mistrust and that even the loyal
and moderate worllmen suffer
This mistrust is increased by the con-
slant contempt shown by the Soviet rep
I "a fg,.
tary rules OF diplomatic intercourse. on
the occasion of the Bolshevik national
holiday he sent TO his Government a tele-
! gram Of congratulation which wound up
with an expression of his joy at Witness
/ ing the deterioration and disappearance
or the capitalistic and bourgeois Govern
inent OF Latvia taking place under his
eyes. lie is allied in his sympathies il
not oy real working agreement with q
section of the Lettish workers who lcolS
to Moscow for leadership and whose aim
is to smash every institution i'm this
country in order TO establish the dictator
ship OF the proletariat, and so long as
! thlS continues to be the case all Lettish
workmen will suffer.
They do not see. however, that their
sufferings are ultimately due to their
| own imprudance and to the dangerous
Vaccinations OF Lenine and not to the
action OF their own Government. All
the blame for the abnormal and the
reactionary policy which most of the
countries in western Europe, are pur-
suing at the present moment lies in the
last place at the door of the All-1us-
Sian Soviet. and the workers in no
European State can ever expect to make
progress until that Soviet has disap-
peared. Russian Bolshevism has dealt
democracy the greatest blow that it
ever received ana it constitutes an In
superable obstacle TO popular develop
ment. not only in Russia. but through
out the world.
OmciaI Graft FIourisbcs.
Apart, however. from this unfortunate