The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
MUST UNDERSTAND
VILLAGE LIFE TO
KNOW REAL RUSSIA
DR.. ZiIboorg Claims That
Trotsky Is UnprinCipIed and
Lenine a FanatiC-Latter
RuSSia'S RobeSpierre.
BY JAMES eABELLE.

huSSla S hODeSpleTFe. !
BY JAMES GABELLE.
II am frequently asked what of the
future of the Bolshevistic regimen?
declared DR.. Gregory Zilboorg, author
and lecturer Of Petrograd, Russia,
who spoke at Goodwin institute Mon
day night. He will lecture again
Tuesday night What can L say?
am no prophet. People have
been prophesying for theIlast three
years and what is the o6tcome?a Not
one of their prophecies have ma
terialized.p
DR.. Zilboorg is graduate of the
University of Petrograd and took
leading part in the movement that
finally resulted in the overthrow OF
the Gar. He was secretary of labor
under the Kerensky government until
the Bolsheviki gained the upper hand
He Is an exceedingly handsome man
with a wealth of glossy black hair
worn a la Schumann, eloquent dark
brown eyes that flash and sparkle
beneath his glasses as he speaks,
clear olive skin and dropping black
mustache. He Is all life and anima-
ton. While speaking he paced back
and forth like a Gagged leopard. Like
Roosevelt he gives one the impress
sion of superabundant vitality.
ITO understand the real Russia one
must understand the village life of
Russia" he continued. "The average
American imagines that Tolstoi in
vented his system of philosophy.
Tolstoi invented nothing. What he
did was to adopt the system of viii
lage philosophy which he glorified by
his superb power. All that Tolstot
taught: Nonresistance to evil; strict
belief in the inspiration of, the scrip
lures in the most literal sense and
simplicity of life are all taken from
peasant village life He adopted ev-
erything, peasants smock, belt, bare
feet and bare head in summer; ev-
erything!
"Bolshevism will die out in time"
insisted the expert, lighting a Gig
aret and putting with quick, ener-
getic inhalations. st must do it is
too dreadful to continue. 1t is a
monster that will die of its own
poison. 1t would have died long ago
If Russia had been left alone. The
trouble is that as long as our country
is menaced by other nations Bolshe-
vism will continue its clutch upon
the nation. Wrange!, Denekine and
Kolchak are all reactionaries and
wish to bring lack Czarism with all
its horrors. That is the reason they
get no help from the peasantry.
WrangePs Blunders.
"Wrangel went from one blunder
70 another. Kerensky gave land tc
the reasants-t to know the intense
land hunger of the Russian peasant
one should read Three Arshins of
Land by 1'olstoi, or Brother Kara
manazoff,' by Dostoievsky, This land
was taken from the Greek Catholic
church which owned the greater por-
tiln Of the country and kept the peo-
pie in virtual slavery. Wrangel fOrci-
bly, dispossessed the peasants from
this land and returned it to the church
He publicly proclaimed that the peo-
pie had sinned in casting out the
Car, and that there would be nc
happiness until Car was restored
A Gear will never be restored! The
pe&santry and middle class are SICK
ofkCzars! Was it any wonder thai
Wkangel went to the wall?"
fNhen Elihu Root and commission
reFfned from his Russian trip ht
sath, that you were one of the first
toIReet him, also how deeply yol
imtWessed him. Moreover how deep
ly IA was impressed with the fac
th&@you, Kerensky and DembrofskS
were all so young" stated the inter
fHF. Root is very brilliant man,
DHASAilboorg stated, pausing for {
mdNkht in his march to light an
o. &klcigaret, which he fitted into
hI4der with meticulous care. He
lod1SNA pleased at the comment o
ouTfofmer secretary of state. :"
,--LalNssSffsfd the pleasure or meeting Mr.
@a4frtetHEain in this country apd al
waysAhe umpresses me with his won
dBk6lNsSTental attainments. He il
rtx9&tSsbut our youth, | do not thinl
tSNSSss4 of us were over 80 Ker
eS2NSS Might have been 80, but no
bkMSEfhat So many Of the. olde
fSd become hopeless and aban
dkH@ - struggle"
bAf& you have known bot!
nd Trotsky. What are you
i bns of them.
Unprincipled.
kSNHJMs," the doctor replied will
sMyHicaily Russian gesture of arm
hHndapd shoulder. 81 know them wei
TfNkSlHAis thoroughly unprinclpleC
IL rs dishonest. though do not thin
a &kdAM in the sordid sense. He
n NINA modern politician He is
, aspleM Nd speaker with a tremendou
pakeH to influence the masses. IL
VLNftf, miSquOte and masterpieces
&9aserves his purpose. He doe
n II the slightest scruple IN at
tAIE bis object. =
fkuaH1 Vile sincerely believes tina
RtheNfsm is right. He is not
seLA4 as Trotsky is. He is slmpl
s8dMcreet in his mode of life. II
liz AEhe in this: He sincerely be
lAak8BNHat blood is the inevitabl
Ik4lxchieve the millennium. WheI
81 before an audience he give
tWEn ptession of a man who l
NHevw2talking confidentially to an
lEs4Aiend. In this way he otte
,tSkaS559ore power over his aud!enc
tSENWBke more eloquent but SHIFT
,KM.fA6sTrotsky Lenine often elec
tWkVsdnis audience with the conVlc
tkyASKHht he and Bolshevism are on
ffAfEss3tat both are right.
NAI84lAis Russia's Robespierre, as
&HW DIR. Zilboorg, pausing IN ~
lANtread only long enough
,axgNhor and light another cisarf
'2AZrXgards all the judicial murcer
ipSRMkia as necessary for the putE
iKaih the country free from pour
tksS{Al6 He is a fatalist and thiNk
NESlhust be will be. EeXecptloH
s<4oing on every day in Russ!
10 Cry large scale. For instance
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