Evening journal., 1921-09-28

loudy IS the cQudllty OF misery Inc
BolsheUk leaders resorted to meth
DDS more autocratic and bloody than
those that disgraced the regime Of
the Tar. The Communists. haters
Of class. deliberately formed them
selves into a favored class, greedily
absorbing all the good things pro-
durable in Russia. Offices food anu
property, and set this class heel hard
t~he necks of the suffering people" ."
The author OF this statement may
be further quoted as follows;
SHOULD the Soviet Government be
recognized Neverl Recognition OF
The Soviet would be the recognition
Of wicket, stupid criminal system
@''. Communism, fortunately, has
demonstrated its own incapacity. II
did II through murder and rapine
and oppression"
am sure that no one who did
not chance TO see these statements
In an article published in a New
York paper recently, would guess by
whom these fiery Bolshevist
statements were made. The reader
must prepare for a surprise. These
quotations are taken from an articlt
by Washington p. Vanderlip, printed
In the New York American on Sun
day. September IS, 1921. 1t is the
same Mr.. Washington B. Varde-lif
whose recent trips TO Russia received
SO much publicity and who succeeded
In securing the much 5dvertised
phantastic concessions from Lenne
This latest article by Mr.. Washing
ton 3. Vanderlip is quite in contra
dicuon with the pro-Bolshevist state
ments he was constantly making in
the American press during the pas
year.
But Mr.. washington B. Vanderlil
does not limit himself only TO a
criticism OF Bolshevism. He goes
further and predicts that the down
fall OF Bolshevism is near and that
Russia will resurrect as a demo
cratic republic, modelled somewhat
upon the United States" Mr.. Van
deriip Is not alone in sensing that
the downfall OF Bolshevism is well
at hand. The critical situation in
Russia. emphasized by the famine
can result but in a catastrophe which
the Bolshovist regime will not sur
vive. Consequently, aware OF the
situation. Americans in every walk
OF life are beginning to be inter
ested in the question: after Boil
shevism-wha,? Questions Of this
kind are being addressed to the
writer from all parts Of the United
States, and the purpose OF this article
is to give an answer to these legiti-
mate and timely questions.
There are three possibilities in the
developments that may follow the
downfall OF Bolshcvism in Russia; l.
Return to the old regime. 2. Fur
thcr degradation and anarchy. 8.
Tho beginning Of stable democratic
rule in Russia
The fact that the fall OF Bolshe-
vism may be expected in the near
future. has a galvanizing effect upon
the various Russian monarchlstic
groups. operating now mostly outsid,
Cf Russia. The calculation OF the
reactionaries is simple. entirely too
simple for a complicated situation
| like the Russians. They say that the
Russian people cannot help compar-
lrg the conditions in Russia before
the revolution. under the Tzar's re-
gime, with the conditions as they
J are now. This, in their opinion,
makes the entire Russian people
long for the return OF the old re-
gime. There is little doubt that the
! conditions as they we're up 70 1911
compare favorably with the present
conditions. But, there are other
elements which enter into the situa-
iion, and these elements must be
taken into consideration If We de-
sire to reach a conclusion fully cor
responding with the facts.
1t must be recognized, first OF all
that the revolution came as the re
suit OF the policy OF the old regime
an uncompromising autocratc pol.
icy. Had the old regime been cap
able Of compromise; had concessions
even moderate concessions. beer
rr.tdc during the first revolution. IL
l19O5-O6. Russia would never have
come 70 the revolution OF 1917, ant
70 Ro'shcvism as a phase OF the rev
olution. The main political elemen
ir the Russian revolution was tn
aemand for a constitutional, instea'
OF an autocratic government Thi
could have been met in i905-05 b,
moderate constitution. The maj
economic element In the revolution
vas the demand OF the peasantr
for land. This could have been me
: in 19O5-O6 by meeting the peasant
half way, by granting them addi
tionai land from the land reserv
in the possession OF the state and O
some OF the private landowner
compensating the latter for the Ian
, taken from them. Such was tn
land program Of the Constitutional
Democratic party, and the revolu
p ton Of 1917 would have been pre-
D vented II the TzarO government ha
in time accepted and executed IN
A, land program.
4 The old regime fell in 1s1
r through the selhshness and narrow
mindedness il displayed in 1905-O
and in the subsequent years, b'
tween the first and the second rev'
lutions II would be futile TO thin
hat the Russian reactionaries haN
Z learned the lesson. Judging by n
declarations OF the various Russia
monarchistic groups. now operaur
> abroad. their political and soci
r ideas remain just as primitive I
v they we're before. and their drea'
n is merely return to the old r
zine, the re-establishment Of cond
tions exactly as they were befo
. the great political explosion Of l91
n II is clear that under such cond