Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-12
REVOLUTION IN
RUSSIA RAPIDLY
APPROACHING END
Count Tolstoy Says It Will be
Overthrown and New Gov
ernment Formed.
HAS HOPES FOR THE FUTURE

NpcCluI correspondence fsNtIN ENeutUE
Newark. Dec. 12.--"Tncy have near
ly reached their end and II will only
be a question OF a few months when
these people will be overthrown and
new government formed. II will be-
come Democracy and probably
United States OF Russia"
This was prediction made last
night by Count 1lya Tolstoy. referring
to the present Bolshevik government
Of Russia, during n lecture in Wolf
Hall, University OF Delaware. Count
Tolstoy is strongly anti-l3olshcvilk and
says the plan OF Lenine and TrotslSy
has proved an absolute failure.
The lecture was one of the annual
Artist series and the hall was crowd
ed with students and faculty members
OF the university and towrspeoplc to
hear the distinguished Russian. Count
| Tolstoy IL the second son OF the late
Count Leo Tolstoy, the greatest of all
Russian writer's and philosophers. and
himself noted writer and lecturer.
Count Tolstoy was the g,iest of DIR
Walter Hulllhen. president OF the uni
versity, during his short stay In New
ark and he was introduced by DIR.
IIullihen last night. His subject was
Russia. Past, Present and Future"
after four years since the start
of the Revolution" said Count Toll
stoy, I'VE Russians have lost every
thing. Everything has been destroyed
lie gave brief outline of tho history
of Russia. lie stated that the civili-
zation of Europe and Russia always de-
veloped Independently of each other vi
until the 18th century. lie here re-
ferred to the wonderful development;
of America in three hundred years e
the most powerful. most wealthy and
most industrious country in the world
but in Russia he said IL was different
as civilization was net planted there
ss II was here. America he said wat
the oldest Democracy in the worlt
while Russia was the oldest Autocracy
ie told of the Russian revolution %
1925 and said the 'ountry struggled
on for liberty until 1851 when SLAYER,
was abolished in Russia. Even now
after all these struggles Russia IL NO
yet free. Bolshevism il worse thar
autocrncy." Count Tolstoy said th'
nineteenth century was the COLDER
century for Russia and that Russis
was then one Of the leading countries
OF the world. lie referred to tho grea'
Russian artists, philosophers. musi
clans, etc. Of that time.
Count Tolstoy said it was true thai
the Russians are no good I'm business
and that SO per cent OF them are OF
the peasantry. In this country he said
as "A man gets along In life and does
not accumulate any money the peopl,
begin 10 ask what is the matter with
that man. he has no money!" In Rus-
sia before the revolution he said II q
Russian accumulated money the ques-
tion was then asked by the peopl,
what's the matter with that fellow
getting 80 much money"
Before the war the speaker sale
there were but 100000 industrial
workers in all of Russia which is no
as many "a there are in the state o
New York alone. The wsr. he said wa
an Industrial war and Russia coul,
not compete with Germany from tn,
industrial standpoint,
1T Is true" said Count Tolstoy, "tha
Russia several times saved the Allie
but in doing so lost herself. The revo
luton came either too early or to'
late. IL was born Of the war and l d
not think that evil can bring goo,
results. War is murder and this revo
luton came from the war. In the fou
years Russia has lost 100000 lives
; That is what Bolshevism means. Bol
! shevism is civil war"
At the beginning Of the presen
government, the speaker said, tn
= government tried TO get the farmer,
wheat but the objected, The govern
: ment then made a rule that the far
t. mer could keep enough wheat for him
self but the remainder must go TO III
! government. The result was the far
mer only planted enough for himsel
In conclusion Count Tolstoy sal
that those in charge of the preser
government at this time are asking III
owners OF industries. etc, who wer
driven out to come back. They al
now saying. I'VE are sorry, IL was a
a mistake and we are now going bac
20 the old system II WAS here ths
Count Tolstoy said they nearly reach
ed their end and that IL was only
4, question of few months before IL
present government would be ovel
thrown. The speaker told somethin
OF the life and teachings of his fathe