The Washington times., 1921-08-22

WySNaE 49, before, and a
MnyD,SjcTIjZSR very acut q
erty. but it is hard for him to find
leadership.
IF Lenin should supply the need
and put himself at the head of the
new bourgeoisie things might be-
come stable In Russia. but IL ne does
not, then chaos will have to make
its blind way somewhat longer and
evolve something else. 1t is hard 10
put ones faith in chaos. or at least
to make a definite prophecy in ad'
vance of how 1t will do its work"
Plan to Dust Lerfin.
Lenin has no faith in chaos, and II
1t comes 1t will be either because he
is killed or because foreigners are
able to shake his control. Will is the
parent of belief. The most dangerous
notion lodged in the brains OF some
of those who will control the relief
work from outside is that they can
edge Lenin out OF power and edge
into his place one of their own type.
IL they do edge Eenin out they will
usher in. in his stead, either chaos
or a government relying on foreign
bayonets, which will mean chaos
again before long, probably followed
in the end by a war OF liberation by
the Russian masses against the in.
truders.
The vivid picture of Lenins efforts
to lead the extreme radicals toward
accepting capitalism, which Louise
Bryant has drawn in the New York
American. confirms the conclusions
reached by outside students of the
available documents. wherever such
students approached the facts scien-
tifically and not with passion.
For months Lenins speeches have
been full of sharp words designed 10
take the unreality out of his more
extreme and less intelligent followers.
For example:
Private business and foreign con.
cessions bring back capitalism 70
Russia. Whoever tries to explain it
away IL comforting himself with
empty words"
Lenin is the only ruler I know OF
who has a distrust of empty words.
That he can hold his power after re-
versing his policy, and explaining his
cvcrsal with such ruthless Clearness.
is tribute both to his own great
ness and to the instinct Of the Rus
sian people.
LfHiu ~ DitltTtHt.
AS far as my experience goes.
when other rulers change their poll
cies they busy themselves TO explain
that they have not made any change
at all. Lenin, on the other hand,
talks like this:
I'VE must not attempt to hide any
thing. We must say openly that the
peasants are discontinued with the
relations thus far worked out between
them and us; that they do nos want
these relations, and that they there
fore must be changed. We
must reckon with this fact and we
must be objective in our politics.
1--WE went further than was neces-
sary either from a theoretical or d
standpoint. 1t would be the
greatest crime not to admit the fact"
The foreigners who are about to en-
ter Russia with their relief ought to
be led by men who realize that, while
I rapid evolution back toward a modi-
lied capitalism can take place under
the lead of Lenin, IL cannot take place
under the dictatorship of American
capitalists and French politicians.
Need to Take Heed.
I WOulu nc wen dlSO II lIOSe III
power in Washington would reflect
seriously on these words of II. c.
Wells:
For the disorganization of the rail.
way system of Russia by Polish in
yasions and civil wars the
cruelties of transatlantic
policy are largely responsible"
That statement Is rough, but 1t is
true. Mr.. Harding took office intend
ing to undo Mr.. Wilson's mistake in
this respect. He has merely continued
Il.
Tomorrow Judge Martin T. Manton
in New York will receive the briefs
on the question of whether the Rus
sian ships Penza and Tobolska belong
10 the Soviet government or to Boris
If these ships happened TO be in a
British harbor they would belong to
he Soviets. The same decision would
be made II they were in a German
nnrbor, and the Italian cabinet has
within a few days approved an agree
nent similar to the German and Brit
sh agreements.
Here, however, the ships will prob
,bly be added to Mr.. Bakhmetev's
,ther property, and thus the cruel
-arce to which Mr.. Wells refers will
DO carried on.