New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Army of 1000 600 Men

AIHuS VI G,UUU,OUU men
I'VE must have an army of 100000
men. We must spar for time with
Poland. When we are ready it will
always be easy to find an excuse for
conflict, even though peace with Poland
be concluded We must concentrate
large bodies of troops on the borders
of Poland and Finland as matter of
precaution. Bessarabia, when we are
ready, will serve as an excuse fo con-
/ flict with Rumania. Latvia and Geor
gia will serve as bases of operations
against Poland and in the Near East.
we must maintain good relations
with Germany. She is our best source
OF supply of military materials.
Thanks to the assistance of German
officers we will soon launch three sub
marines at Nikolayeff (for operations
| IN the Black Sea-. Our policy toward
Japan must be conciliatory. She is
becoming danger to the United
StateS; II Japan were to enter into
friendly relations with Germany both
counIrles could be of invaluable as
slstance to US in the movements we
are contemplating in the East"
That Trotzky's policy is now the
golcy OF the Soviet government is in
dlcated by the capture of Tfis and
the reported concentration of Bolshe-
yIk troops on the borders of Finland
roland, and in Southern Ukraine.
recent orders issued by Trotzkv bear
ing upon the army indicate that never
oelore IN the history of the Soviet
! government has the military and mill.
tarist spirit pervaded the policies and
actlons of the Bolsheviki as thew do at
this moment az
Two orders issued by Trotzky. CAP
tured on Bolshevik officers, we're made
Pupllc shortly before its fall by the
Georgian government. Trotzky's orders
play ingeniously upon the danger of
the olsmemberment of Russia by France
ana England and appeal to the ma
'l0hailst spirit of the troops.
Regime of Iron Discipline
1rotzky forbids any and all meetings
| IN the army and orders all such meet
| lhgs dispersed by force of arms if nee
essary: All discussion of commands
given by officers is forbidden on pen-
any OF death. A regime Of iron dis
cipline is introduced.
One of the orders issued bv Trotzkv
DECEMBER 10, 1920, reads;
10 the Chief of Staff:
~ append herewith copy of Order
Council. Az ~ Vi" ~
"Telegram-10-11, 1o673.
The fatherland is in danger. The
erroneous conception of civil rights
oy the army threatens the very exist
'ence OF the free Russian people and
on the revolution. Our descendants
~ia treat us with contempt if we fail
aot nnt, 'ne sake OF the great cause of lib.
J efty, TO compel the tImid ones to sun
mt to a single will.
\, Il your Red leader, appointed bv
ehe government and clothed with the
cohddence OF the people, demand vonr
confidence, too. All my efforts are d;.
rected toward one aim-to lead the
country out of its critical situation
ana save IT from the threatened woke
o1 England and of France. Enouoh
WORDS. Where battles rage there is
Ao room 1or discussion and for talk.
n nh ahhe[e1ofe order you categorically
10 pfoMoit all meetings and generaI
assemblies of troops. In event of ef-
Iorts to hold such, they must be dis
persed by force of arms. This nro.
nInltloh is to be regarded as battle
oroef and as such outside of ~
sphere of discussion and debate ''''
IN ne second order follows:
copy OF Telegram, November 1O.,1
$50. ''eHPts 10 resist military ord.
erS ana any efforts to incite disobed-
arlate nt III recruiting and military prep
aratlons on the part of ind;vidno9pa
ooaies OF troops should be treated IN
rigorous manner, not excluding tha ,sa
oh arms. This order must immedia+e1H
oe brought to the attention of ali niIi.
cary oodles and must be enforced with
osC the slightest hesitation "You must
make ~ clear to the various bodies az
troops that any discussion of or inter-
terence into the actions of commandino,
ofncers as well as matters touchins
upon appointments and changes in ths
sible." 1N"un'is-
Strength of Red Army
Detailed figures on the strenrtb of
the Red Army at the present momant
are given by the VOLTA RossiI. the Karl
ensky. organ published in Prague. con.
les OF which reached here YESTERDAY.
Aecordlng TO statement supplied to
the Kerensky organ by military
autnority who has just left Russia.
there are now 100000 men mobilized
under the flag of Soviet Russia.
mere are twenty-five Bolshevik
armies. OF these sixteen are purely |
Russlan and are numbered as such, (
Inc rest are cavalry troops, Ukrainian /
troops. special troops, etc OF the
twenty-five armies, only seventeen are
IN more or less complete condition
as regards personnel and equipment.
Fhe rest exist only on paper or have
been transformed into labor armies
and disarmed. !
Each of the regularly numbered
Russian armies has from three to five i
infantry divisions The cavalry +roons