The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-10
REAL RUSSIAN MENACE IS
WORSE THAN BOLSHEVISM
Elizabeth City Audience Gets Startling Outline of
the Russian Situation From One Who
Has Been There

shevism, but something more
deadly by far than Bolshevism,
according to DR.. Gregory Zi1-
boorg, a cabinet minister Of the
Kerensky Provisional Govern
ment Of 1917, who spoke to an
Elizabeth City audience in the
Chautauqua tent Tuesday night.
DR.. Zilboorg doesn't think there is
any danger of Bolshevism invading the
United States, but he presents terrible
picture of a nation of $50 million people
half naked, nearly starving, unable to
procure simple medicaments, a prey to
typhus, bubonic plague and other cpl
demic diseases. Any day an epidemic
of these frightful diseases may spread
flame like across the continent of Eu-
rope, the people of no European coun-
try to-day being physically fit to with
stand the ravages of such an epidemic.
From Europe to America is but step
in the further spread of any plague and
we may yet witness the spectacle of the
white races moved down like grass un-
der a scythe by plague which the war
lI6u, uOSpOuuOAl, weak anu 0ll1d-
ciated peoples of Europe could not be-
gin to combat.
DR.. Zilboorg gave his audience gra-
phic outline of the Russian situation
from the outbreak of the world war in
1914 down to the present time. He
showed them the simple, child-like,
Christian Russians going half heartedly
into the world wG under the banners
of the Gar; going half heartedly be-
cause they knew that the Gear fought
not to make the world safe for democ-
racy, but joined with England and
France only for a new conquest and
division of territory that would strength
en- the grip of autocracy upon the weak
er peoples of the earth. The Russian
people were not fooled by the spectacle
of the Szar of Russia and the Mikado
of Japan joining hands with England
and Franch to Danish militarism from
the earth. The Russian people knew
that when their Gar fought he fought
for himself and for his military caste.
The half hearted armies of the Car:
lost the war to Russia and the CzarfSt
government collapsed in 1916. Upon
the ruins of Czarist Russia the Keren-
sky government was established, only to
be doomed to failure from the very
start.
Kerensky took hold of Russia with
only a third of its railroads left and
the machinery of all of it's industries
rusting in idleness.' Russia was depen-
dent upon the outside world for machin-
cry, tools, implements and repair parts
of every sort, and for medical supplies.
The Allies refused aid to the Kerensky
government because Kerensky served
notice that the new Russia would not
be a party to a peace based upon the
atrocious secret treaties entered into by
Czarist Russia, France and England In
1912
Kerensky could not look to the Allies
for help of any sort and at home he
was beset by two powerful conhlctlng
groups working for his overthrow. The
Gear was in prison, but the military
caste which he had created remained
just the same. This monarchlst group
was determined to re-establsh mon
archial. form of government. On the
other hand were the Bolsheviki, not so
powerful a group, but possessed OF
wonderful leadership. While herensky
fought the Bolsheviki at home, his gen
erals at the front (monarchist in mind
and training) were betraying the Rus
sian cause into the hands of imperlahst
Germany with the result that the Rus-
sian army of seven million men sudden
" threw I'D their hands and made their
way back to their homes. From bat
tie front of 1,5OO miles they fed, leav-
ing moaning fields and forests OF dead
behind them and carrying nothing back
TO their homes. The kerensky proVl-
sional government collapsed and the
Bolshevists, having the sympathles OF
the greater numbers came into power.
After the fall of Kerensky the people
had to choose quick between monarchy
and Bolshevism and they would not raj
" again to the banners of monarchy.
They had had a beIlyfull of monarchy
for three hundred years under the
Cars.
How Bolshevism has succeeded be-
cause of Allied opposition and not in
spite of it was told by DR.. Zilboorg IN
an impressive outline. Kolchak, Denl-
kin. Wrangel and all the others sent to
crush BoIshevism failed lgnobly because
they were more murderous, more op-
Dressive and threatened greater des-
potism than the hated Bolsheylsts they
sought to overthrow. The RUSSIAN peo-
ole will not be misled; they are deter
mined to have a democratic form of gov
ernment and will never again live under
the rule of Car, Emperor or King. EV-
ery effort that has been made to over
throw Bolshevisn has been the work OF
jmperialistic forces hell bent on re-es-
tab1ishing Imperialism in Russia. The
Russian people will not be misled. And
that is why Bolshevism has trlumphed
over every invader and survived splte Oh
the hateful and atrocious blockade main
tained by the Allies. There are some
things worse than Bolshevism. Rus
slams learned this thru three centuries
of seryitude under their Cars
Not England, not France, not even
the United States of America can WIN
tho confidence of the Russian people up-
til these countries send them something