Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-05-28
General BrusiIoff Reported to
Have Assumed Control Over
Soviet Russia.
pERSIAkS TURNING BOLSHEVIK
Banks curtaling Credits, Forcing Low.
er Prices for Misunderstanding
Wage Scale Suggested for Rail.
way Labor-PoIitical De.
velopments in Both
Parties,
BY EDWARD w. PlcKARn

Something of Importance has beer
happening in Russia. The dlspatche.
OF the week made this fairly certain
bur they did not reveal the exact ma
lure Of the event. A good guess Is
that General Brusiloff, former com.
mander in chief of the cars armies
has effected military coup and has
assumed the full control of the soviet
republic formerly exercised by the ci-
nlian commiSSaries. Rumors Of this
have lbeen current for week. 4
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
the Poles and Ukrainians have been
held and between Borisofl and the
DYina river they were driven back by
q strong counter offensive launched by
BrusilOf. In the Crimea General
Hrangel has formed n new government
With which the bolsheviki were expect
ed to open peace negotiations at once,
the remnants Of Denikne'S army being
assured of safety.
Vnconvlnced by the impending fate
Of soviet Russia, or ignorant of it, 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-
yik and that the young shah had fled
southwark from his capital. At Enzeli,
o 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 mlkados 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 |
Georglans and Azerbaijans are fighting
fercely; just why is uncertain. The |
Turkish nationalists, 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 nationalist 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 l
revolutionary strikes had succeeded,
RIi was prepared for the institution
Of soviet rule in France. Soviets had
been established in seven principal cit
ies and the leaders are well supplied
with funds. The federation has now
refused to be identified with the ex-
irpnlsts and has called off all the
strikes.