The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-09-16

friend Of Lenine's. He was 50 enam-
ored with the boisheyik movement tina,
he offered to join the Red army He
has written a biography of Lenine,
from which I quote:
HE Genine) sent an automobile
with Red guards to the fortress OF
Peter and Paul 10 fetch part Of the
counter-revolutionary staff In prison
there.
Gentlemen said Lenine. as the
generals filed into his office. I have
brought you here for expert advice
Petrograd is in danger. VIII you be
good enough 20 work out the military
tactics for It's defenseY They as
scented.
Generals Denied Better Treatment
Here are our forces resumed
Lenine, Indicating upon the map the
location of the Red troops, munitions
and reserves. And here are our latest
reports upon the number and disposi-
too OF the enemy troops. Anything
else the generals desire they will call
for
They set to work and toward eve
ming handed him the result Of their
deliberations Now said the gen
erals. ingratiatingly, will the premier
be good enough TO allow us more.c com
Portable quartersy
my exceeding regrets replied
Lenine; some other time. but not Just
now. Your quarters. gentlemen, may
not be comfortable but they have rhs
merit OF being safe The stan was
returned 10 the fortress of Peter and
Paul.
have given this excerpt from the
life of Lenine. not because the Incl
dent is important. but because 1t Illus
trates the difference between boEsheyik
theory and practice. I am not critf-
cising Lenine's good sense in promptly
abandoning the foolish theory he
wrote in the constitution am trying
to emphasize the foolishness and Inn
practieability Of the theory.
B6lshevik Breach Of Faith.
So In the very beginning of the ex-
pertinent called holsheyism. its leaders
broke their promise and treacherously
struck down the peoples convention,
the constituent assembly. Evidence Of
their breach Of faith is found 10 the
bolshevik birth certificate the first
proclamation of the bolsheyik govern
ment.
Second. they commanded the peas
ants TO seize the land. and by so doing
they gave sanction 10 dishonesty.
Third. they sent democratic methods
and machinery 10 the scrap pile and
built the soviet machine. q plan Of gov
eminent which robbed the people of
all say In their own affairs
Fourth. they founded their govern
ment on force. the right Of might
Fifth, they delivered the power TO
q class OF officeholders
Sixth they Disseminated unjustiy
against the poor peasants"
Seventh. they disfranchised good !
Russian men and women. whose only /
fault was that they were thrifty and |
Eighth, they destroyed freedom Of /
speech and OF the press.
Ninth. they stand for revolution and I
blood. instead OF political action and
Tenth. last but of greatest moment
he bolshevik government built its ma
ional house on the dangerous foGnds-
ion of minority rule. One evidence
# the minority rule in bolshevik Rus
ia is found in the 1919 registration
4 voters in Moscow and Petrograd
I is estimated that Moscow has
population of almost a million and a
alf. yet out OF this great number only
1900 voters registered Petrograd,
nth population of between 100000
nd 10000. registered little less
han 1900 voters. These two cities
re admitted to be the stronEholds of
The registration nEures !
how that about one per cent Of the