Evening star., 1921-03-13
BY OLIVER OWEN kUh.S.

A NEW Russia is to be born. A
~ new nation will emerge from
the sordidness of the present
regime. which is founded upon
and sustained in the blood of helpless
Russians. A PROSTATE people is GER
tain to rise again, and in the vigor
and confidence of newly found power
create a new empire which will cher
ish the good in old traditions. found
new principles of government and
take new paths toward progress.
There is no force so terrible. so ruth
less and SO sweeping as an aroused
public conscience inspired by bitter
est Of privations. That power is be-
ginning to crystalline in Russia to-
day. but it is only in it's formative
stages.
The flames of revolt against the
inSidiouS, cruel and barbarouS regime
under the soviet government in Mos
cow are spreading over the length
and breadth of the old empire. Peas
ants are beginning to realize their
complete helplessness in the hands of
selfish deSpOtS, who have perpetuated
their regime by the power of the
sword and terrible prison ordeals for
their enemies. Even a great mass of
the workingmen are weary unto death
force them to slave as dogs for a bare
pittance in the form of vile food.
Russians AwakinE.
Best informed advices indicate that
the Russian people-the masses-are
awaking to a sense of betrayed ma
tional pride. Instead of seeing their
once great nation advance. they have
witnessed its fall to a point where
all are in the slough of despond. and
at large as a leper. because of po-
litical theories.
News of the most recent revolt IN
Kronstadt and Petrograd is not sur
prising. That there should be a
strike of hundreds of thousands of
but natural. That the revolutionary
sentiments should spread under the
dictatorial and bombastic regimes of
soviet commissaries in the provinces
remote from the more populous cen
ters is but logical. for all Russia to-
day is suffering.
But, although the people of the
whole counary may be in the bottom
most pit of despair, it is hardly like
ly that the soviet regime in Moscow
will be overthrown at the moment.
Lenin and Trotsky have had four
that cannot be surpassed in cruelty
in all history. Trotsky, the military
dictator of the nation, has hundreds
of thousands of soldiers who realize
that their daily bread will come only
by fealty to the soviet regime. Great
fearful of the terrible massacres.
such as have wiped out in the past
those elements that have for mo-
ment opposed the bolshevist leader
shij. Trotsky's army is held togeth-
er by fear and fear alone. These
three counter revolutionary leaders
Denikine, Kolchak and Wrangel-
whose efforts against the bolsheyists
were more or less organized and in
measure supported from the outside.
Only when the red armies realize
movement has power enough to sue
coed will the soldiers dare forsake
the Moscow regime.
Revolt May Net Succeed.
There is no evidence whatever that
the revolt starting In Kronstadt un-
der the leadership of Kozlovsk will
succeed. There is no reason to be-
lieve at the moment that the coun-
ter revolutionaries are sufficiently or
ganized, properly clothed and suf-
ficiently supplied to press home any
Temporary military success they may
have achieved during the past week.
Only a thoroughly organized and suf-
ficiently equipped military force can
expect to succeed. for only in such
organization will revolving Russians
be inspired to generally turn against
Lenin and Trotsky.
Previous anti-soviet efforts nave
lacked force through inability to mar.
shall popular sentiment against red
leaders When a new leader has arisen
who will inspire respect through mill
tary achievement-on one VINO. incl
dentally, can gain the ears and re-
spect OF the masses of wavenng men
in the TrotSky army-then ana tnen
only may the peasants find raIlying
point and sweep the betrayers OF their
nation from the temples in Moscow.
only then can anti-soviet Russians at
home or abroad begin to feel that the
hour of Lenins fall is at hand.
Little Outside Aid.
1t Is extremely doubtful at any juno
ture that the Russians will be able TO
coordinate anti-soviet revolt with
out outside assistance, but 1t is ex-
pected that little aid will be given
irectly by any of the allied pow
ers at the moment.
France, who has lost billions OF
francs through bolshevist reputation
Of debts and spurred on by the de-
mands Of it's workingmen. who largely
invested in Russian loans. may make
some effort to lend assistance when
once IL becomes apparent that after
all there is likely opposition TO the
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