New-York tribune., 1921-03-20


bushei. At last the railway nes
streamed out, some talking heatedls
but most with looks of gloom 4
their faces.
"At Q o'clock the haIi was packed
BY sitting three at a desk ther.
we're seats for about 1000 peopls
The others stood at the back !,
swarmed up into the balcony. Sail
ors were very conspicuous. The da,
was warm one, and after the meet
ing already held the atmosphere wa,
sitting. It became so hot that ths
naen took off their coats and, remov.
ing their belts, pulled up Their
shirts and tapped them up Gnd down
by way Of ventilation.
II managed to secure a seat ii
the very back at the side of The
elsie. Ny neighbor was woman
q disheveled little creature who
seemed much embarrassed at her
surroundings. Every one, any one
who got up to speak she asked me
who it was.
Suddenly there was q burst Of
applause. A short, thick-set man.
clean-shaven, with black curly hair
and Jewish features, had just seated
himself behind the tribune. That
is Zinovieff,' said to my neighbor
but she knew Zinovieff.
"A bell was rung and silence en-
sued.
I pronounce the Petrograd So
Wet OPEN said tall man ii
clothes Of military cut, bald, and
18th a short, black mustache, who
stood on the right of the Presidents
chair.
g That is Evdokimoff, the secre-
sary,' I said to my companion, to
which she replied, profoundly, 'Ah.'
Played the InternationaIe
"An orchestra stationed in one
corner of the hall struck UP the In
ternationale. Every one rose. An
other orchestra up in the balcony
also struck up the Internationae,
but two beats later and failed 10
catch up. You listened and SANG
with the orchestra nearest you.
sat the instance of the Com
naunist fraction proceeded Evdo-
lSimoff, I propose the following
members to be elected to the execu-
tive committee He read a list d
forty members of the executive
committee of the previous Soviet
Those in favor kindly raise Their
hands It looked as if practically
everybody were in favor. Who i
against? To the general excite
ment, number of hands wen
raised-an unheard of event for
many month. Accepted by large
majority exclaimed Evdokimoff.
"sThe Communist fraction CON
tinued the secretary, proposes the
following members to be elected II
the prasidium,' and he read sevea
names, including his own. Of TIP
six others the most prominent were
Zinovieff and Zof, of the revolution-
ary council of the Baltic fleet. About
half dozen hands were raised
against this proposal, to the genera
excitement.
The Communist party proposes
Comrade Zinovieff in the capacity of
president Of the Soviet continued
Evdokimoff. There was storm Of
applause. One single hand was
raise9 in opposition, which wss
gre 1ed with loud laughter. Zinoyi-
eff advanced to his presidential seat
and the orchestra played the Inter
rationale. The election of the execu-
tive committee, prasidium and The
president had occupied about iys
minutes.
Opening his speech with refer.
ence to the recent elections, Zinovied
exulted in the fact that of the 1880
members 1,058 were fully aualihsd
members of the Communist party,
whilst several others were candf
dates for membership.
eve were convinced he ex~
claimed, that the working class #
Petrograd would remain true
itself and return only its best reptk
sentatives to the Soviet, and we wese
not mistaken The tasks of the neN
Soviet Zinovieff declared to be. frs
the defense of Petrograd, and ser
ond, the feeding Of the population.
Ruthless Suppression
"sAttempts have been made, y
proceeded, to stop work in the fse
tories. Spies of the Entente a
other White Guard agents have peIsk
trated to the workshops and misAs
a number Of men, but we will rofH
them out. We will suppress nere
lessly every effort to discrsdit g