The Washington herald., 1921-09-28
ROMANCE OF TROTSKY'S RISE
DOMINATES ATTROOP REVIEW
Product of New. York Slums, He Appears as
Military Leader of Great Nation, Power
full and Unafraid.

! front OF the lines flashed their
sword hits to their lips and
grounded points.
Three massed bands, numbering
several hundred, played the Inter
rationale throughout the inspec-
ton. Returning to the center OF
the square Trotzky retreated forty
feet into a small, white wooden
rostrum, elevated some fifteen rect
above the cobblestones. Several
hundred holders of special tickets
stood on the green parking. behind
the stand, close to the MOUNDS
marking the graves of the hundreds
who died In the square during the
revolution.
The rain began falling as Leon
| Trotsky alone mounted the plat
form looking down on rank upon
rank of khaki cloth helmets with
soft pointed peaks that could, be
called wooden spikes. IL they did
not look so much like baby bottle
nipples. -
The speaker faced an expanse OF
gray unpublished bayonets and coll
ored ribbons futtering from the
lance tips of the mounted Uhlans'
Attacks Capitalism and Bourgeoisie.
Comrades of the army of the
Soviet Republic" he began. speak
| ing slowly in a high tone that
seemed strong enough to reach far
back through the ranks and to
the right and left of the center.
He lit in with what sounded to
| Western ears like u pure TRADE
against the forces Of capitalism
and the Vaccinations of the bour-
geoisie until one non-Commun mist
listener, present without the pro-
lection of a surrendered passport,
wished that he had neglected that
morning to shave and had denied
himself the comfort OF white
collar.
France was the principal party
among Russias enemies, according
to Trotsky, who charged Quai
D'Orsay with sicking Rumania and
| Poland into a war with the Reds
in the mistaken belief that famine
weakened Russia would succumb
He said that the Russian diplomats
were epdeavoring to smooth out
the diftculties with Poland and
would continue to cooperate In
that direction in the hope Of peace
But wish to say here on be-
half of the Moscow garrison OF
200, 900 and the other hundreds OF
thousands who will support us,
wish to say to our diplomats" he
said. work always for peace. bat
| IL peace is not wished by our
enemies then tell them that we
stand ready to a man to fight fol
/ Al - ha
Wet, Republic. Long live the Rec
army. long live Russia invincible.'
Called Little East side jew,
1t was a good cheer-getter ant
| II worked. More than $4,000 voicei
shouted hurrah and bands struck VI
the 'Internationale" while the mar
who has often been described IL
America as a typical little Eas
Side Jew, who used to sit in luncf
rooms and read piles OF Yiddish ant
Russian pamphlets and dream
stood there quietly, the militar,
leader of one of the greatest mill
| tary powers in the world.
| Then he descended from the plat
form and took his position in from
of 1t while the generals and othel
army officials, many of them griz
zled veterans of the Cars forces
stood at attention behind.
To the accompaniment of sharply
shouted orders the ranks begar
moving on the left, passing thu
reviewing stand in lines of tel
abreast. All appeared we'll fed
The uniforms of the men wer,
new and clean. but they were made
of cheap cotton, with the excep
tion Of the overcoats, which wer'
of a good grade of wool. The boot
were mostly new. and any forme
| doughboy who served in France
can write Black Jack" PershinG
and tell him that they were pol
ished. The guns. bayonets ant
accoutrements were in the sam,
condition. The officers looked
sprightly and employed sharp. com
manding voices calculated to ''pu
! pep into it" as they shouted tn,
Russian equivalent for the "one
two. one. twos" over their shoul
ders.
Copyright. 1921