New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08

waiting till the time is ripe to fling the
Sovcts aside and himself seize sole die
tatorship. Accordingly, his secret motto
for the time being is: Tant pis, tant
micur.
Lenine's star is now on the decline
that of Trotzky is rising
Astute Isolation
Trotzky assumed quite an exceptional
position in the Communstc party as
soon as its other leaders split into two
opposing factions; the extremists be-
levers only in terrorism and world
revolution and moderates, eventually
prepared to compromise in order TO
secure for Russia q permanent regime
as near orthodox Marxism as possible
He astutely isolated himself and at
tracted a number of followers. who may
all he termed opportunists. This gave
him free hand to foster disputes be-
tween the two main groups and so to
spin the first threads " a skillful in
trlguc for his own ends. The Soviet,
which seemed eager to patronlze Jews,
found a determined opponent in the
orthodox church, always strongly anti
Semitic
Trotzky did not lose the first OPP
portunity to smooth his own path tow
ard favorable personal intercourse with
this powerful antagonist to Bolshevik
rule. The Patriarch of Russia applied
for an additional ration. apportioned by
decree to men of learning, to which, as
doctor of theology, he felt himself en-
titled Trotzky instantly saw that he
got 1T. The Patriarch, when thanking
him, could not conceal surprise that
Irotzky, a Jew. should favor the head
OF a church hostile to Israel
Hate All Those of My Race"
Trotzky rcpled:
eff YOU refer to the Jewish religion
have none. Religion to me is merely
opium for the intellect As to nv
origin. cannot help being born Jew,
but hate and despise all those Of my
race, and they know it, since they have
cursed me in their synagogucs.
Whatever happens in Russia in the
near future, any possible political
change is certain to have Trotzky as
it's prime mover, assuming he is still
alive-and his life is comparatively
secure. He has nothing to fear from
Lcnine, who, being very trusting
man, would never suspect his best
friend even in the face of such in
sufficient evidence as might come to
his notice. AS to Dzcrjinski (the pres
ent head of the Extraordinary Com
mission, whose powers of life and death
extend to every Russian save Leninc).
Trotzky has been shrewd enough to
take wise precautions. He spends his
nights exclusively in the luxurious
train of the late Gar, surrounded by
a numerous bodyguard of Kuban Cos
sacks recruited from the former i'm
perlal escort, whose allegiance he has
purchased through a lavish outpouring
of gold.
1t is always hard to divine the future
of a man, especially man of Trotzky's
stamp. But after all, as Count Wtte
said, Russia is land of unlimited
possibilities. Car Ivan the Terrible's
lengthy terror once raised to the Rus
sian throne Boris Godounof, a gifted
but INSCRIPTIONS adventurer of obscure
origin similar to that of Trotzky.
However, to-day Trotzky himself
scarcely INDUCES in such gorgeous
flights. When questioned lately on
future prospects he sternly confessed:
Should we resign, shall not cede
my power to any but an absolute mon
arch. Czarism alone would provoke
general discomfort speedily enough to
give me a second chance in life to
revolUtioniZe Russia"
He is ready for the role of Bonaparte
but darcs not hope to become Napoleon