Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-05-28
General BrusiIoff Reported to
Have Assumed Control Over
Soviet Russia.
PERSIANS TURNING BOLSHEVK
Banks curtaiIing Credits, Forcing Low
err Prices for Merchandise-SIidino
Wage Scale Suggested for Rail-
way Labor-Politica De-
Veiopments 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 ci-
william commissaries. Rumors of this
have been current for week. A
change of policy If not of authority, is
Indicated by the fact that Moscow
correspondent has been permitted, for
the first time, to send a story of the
hopeless collapse of transportation in
soviet Russia and a prediction of the
downfall of bolshevism next winter if
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
che Poles and Ukrainians have been
held, and between BOrisoff and the
Dvina river they were driven back by
a strong counter offensive launched by
Brusiloff. In the Crimea General
Wrangel has formed new government
with which the bolsheyiki, were expect
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 it, the
Persians seem to be turning more aud
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 boIshevism 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 disheartening. The
Georgians and Azerbaijans are fighting
fiercely; just why is uncertain The
Turkish nationahsts. who are said to
be plotting with the leaders of bolshe-
vism through secret meetings in Ber-
lin and Rome, are still going strong
and are supposed to be promoting an
other uprising of nationaIists in
Egypt.
The determination of the French
government to break up the General
Federation of Labor is explained fully
by disclosure of evidence found by the
police. This shows that if the May
revolutionary strikes had succeeded,
all was prepared for the institution
Of soviet rule in France SOviets had
been established in seven principal cit
les and the leaders are well supplied
with funds. The federation has now
refused to be identified with the ex-
tremists and has called off all the
strikes.