The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-03-29

Soldiers Forced Into the Service
perpite Military Successes 5olsho-
WIKI Cannot Stop Dissolution-soViet
Compelled to Abandon It's Original
Plan for a Purely cisss Army-USit.
walton at Front.
Cui. vladimir L. LChcdcff, Former
secretary OF The navy In the Russian
Provisional government aud member
81 lie All.Ru>Slan constituent assem-
rs declares thai the Red army Is In
PROCESS of dlsinlegraliou aud that
H,s Is admitted by Trolzky, Boishevik
" Mister Of war, and other high Boil
,h,vik military officials.
Colonel Lcbedc0, who Is now Ia
Paris. terms the dissolution OF the Red
army IAN inevitable process" aud in
lengthy analysts shows that despite
ibcir military successes the BOlshovld
Nre helpless to stop II. lie supports
his argument With quotations from the
highst BOlshevlk sources.
Colonel Lebedeft, who Is member
% the party OF Soclallst-Rev 0lutionists,
VISITED this country some time ago. In
The SPINNER Of 1918 he was at the
head OF the Russian troops who fought
for months ON the volga front, to-
gQiher with the Czecho. Slovaks. hold
ing the line against the Bolshevlkl..
In June, 1918, eight months after
The downfall OF the provisional gov
rfIiment, Colonel {.ebedef, entered a
Row ministry organized on the Volga
" the committee OF the constituent
assembly. II was as member OF this
ministry that he organized detach-
h,ents known as the Russian peoples
army, which dealt the Bolshevllii many
scyere ylows and drove them from u
.iRfge part Of the volga territory.
Purely Class Army Plan abandoned,
ib his cablcd statement Colonel
Lebedeff says;
''The BOlshevikl government having
launched from the very beginning a
Esnndiose civil war. and seeking to
rary this war beyond the bounds OF
kG~tn and supplement the conflict
With series Of foreign conflicts, was
compelled to abandon its original idea
Of purely class army. The Bolshe.
Siki soOn realized that they required
armies of millions. The military move
meDts In the Caucasus, Asia Minor,
Chiyn, Buchara and on the Jorders OF
India, the concentration OF troops
along the Polish, Roumnnian. Is
Iiionian, Latvian and Georginn ber-
ders, the great contlngents Of troops
required for the paclhcatIon Of the
bOD. kuban, northern Caucasus, the
Ukraine. Serbia, Turkestan. the Upper
voign, the Trails, etc. compelled the
BOiSheviki to adopt compulsory mill
larry service, the principle of which
They had hitherto opposed.
The 'forcible mobilization OF the
population for the realization Of their
plans for foreign and domestic wars In
The name Of the unconcealed dictator
ship NJ single party contradictS In les
very fundamentals the. Idea. Of miyer.
sal military service.
Universal military service. on Itht
oIber hand Is In direct contradiction
10 The idea OF the i!olshrSik dictator
Ship. \
THE Bolshevikl ireallEef this very
seD grVn the very beginning of'Iheii
domination.
prom this point flow the hopeless.
attempts Of the Boisheviki 10 create
in The face OF This contradiction. au
'SrwE along purely class. Communist
patty lines.
Army Like Radishes.
-'fhc wars provoked by the BOlshe
tiki proved 10 be stronger than theii
Iheorlcs. Tile result has been, couiinu
Gus mobilization armies-hugc, non
t,ass armies and. ~ the words Of Trotk
~, like radishes-red outside but
white Inside.
Tile lBolsheviki have recently beer
compelled tu Introduce the system Of
fun responsibility Of ono soldier foi
hU,hrr. Ia special order to AL
provincial and rcs,ular army commit
frcs AMI to all political diviNnns oi
Ne army the central committee OF the
CnnImuniSI party SETS before them III,
.uii"wlug insSs:
~lu granting leave OF nbseDcc to Red
srmy G'cn yon must do so only after
sub, cling hem to the effects OF thor
rIE.i p"Iliical propaganda by supplying
,hVl, with the greatest possible mum
brf Uf frullrts, pamphlets, newspaper;
an! GINS You must follow the same
pLlry while the men are en- route, sup
~, .ns the eschclons with the --latest
fa.nrpnpcrs and literature and deyOt
ihR Ihp greatest attention you can e
.shp needs NJ the Red Army mcn-hold
W. meetings. conferences ana fri
1aphal receptions, with The partlclpa
,int ~ wmfSn,n's organizations. ID
i3T reuse tbs wop, IN The regions o.
.,h'ahglipn without carrying il cleal
90 4lg .r0ugli seals and mObilizlng rO
This pcrposc he scry best forces o
she army. Groups of three should b'
Immediately organized for the couduc
uf THIS work, 10 bc composed Of ont
representative from each Of the fol
lowing; The provincial central com
prfttep of fhe Marty, the DrOv,Dclal DO