The New York herald., 1922-08-20

cough and keen as the noise of a
grindstone, and her body was a column
of quicksilver and a living animal un-
der the thin linen.
President of the Soviet
An Extraordinary Figure
The President of the Soviet and the
commarlant of the town (Sviagorod)-
ne combined the two offices-was a
Red Jew who had some manufactured
name which have forgotten. His
age was uncertain. There were mo-
ments when he looked like quite q
young man whose features had been
ruined early. and others when he re-
sembled an old man to whom some
sort of disease had given a glow Of
false youth. His sparse newly cropped
hair revealed several bare spots. His
eyes were especially remarkable. They
we're without real expression, but at
times they famed and a reddish light
seemed then to radiate from them.
Altogether he gave the impression Of
being a man of superior gifts, but un-
deniably not quite all there.
The parade was to start at o'clock.
The commissiars ard staff stood on
the balcony of the arcade and saluted
the red colors. They were all in war
like array with many weapons, map
cases and binoculars, but none outdid
the Red Jew. who. in spite of the heat,
wore q leaden gray steel helmet with
a red seven pointed star in front. He
wore long, spurred patent leather
boots and also a shining saber, which
in Russia is q fantastic and foreign
weapon. His right sleeve was orna-
mented with the well known emblem
OF the shock troops, white deaths
head in silver over two crossed bones
on a red background. The sailor at
his side, in his plain blouse and with
black and orange ribbons on his cap
didn't look like any great military
genius. -.
Last in line came a troop from the
armored train, with a red banner on
which there was printed in gold letters:
"Armored Train: Karl Marx" Behind
the banner walked Dolly Mikailovna-
She looked splendid in aviation cap
tie, revolver holster at her belt. khaki
colored riding breeches and long yell
low boots laced to the knees. AS she
passed the arcade she saluted with her
sword and smile.
During the review we had all stood
with barred heads while the band played
alternately the "Marseillaise" ana the
Honor March" of the First Vienna
regiment. Later we all marched of,
with the band leading end the local
Communist party. men. women and
children, bringing up the rear. The
road. white as powder seemed to lead
right up into the sun. '
The garden, however, was not very
being nationalized 1t had been the
property of a Prince Gagarin, and It
still showed feeble TRACES of French
gardening. But great arbitrary
changes had been made in 1t to make
1t more popular. The whole central
part had been razed to make room for
band stand and open space. Here a
statue had been raised which was to
be unveiled during the celebration. 1t
stood in the center OF one OF the long
sides of the place. still cloaked in its
cover of coarse military linen. against
background of black expresses and
stood to the right of 1t.
Now the band played THE Beauti-
full Blue Danube" Then the Jew
stepped up on the stand and laid his
helmet in front of him. He sweat
large drops, but we all did that, and he
was very pale. The burning sun had
had no effect on his color. He began to
speak.
He had long wavered in the choice
OF the historic personality to whom
the first honor should be shown. He
had thought of Lucifer and of Cain.
They were both wronged; they were
both rebels. revolutionaries of super
magnitude. But the former was a
theological figure whose supernatural
character did not fit in with MARKHAM
views. His light had been quenched
in the collapse of that society whose
fear and hatred he symbolized. And
the latter was a NEUROLOGICAL person.
age whose historic existence was very
doubtful. His attention had therefore
turned to n figure unmstakably OF
this earth. a historic man who like
wise had been the victim of the relig-
ious views OF predatory society.
And, that being the case. should any
one be considered before the man who
for 1000 years innocently had been
chained to the pillory OF a capitalist
Interpretation of history. the great
Proletar-Prometheus the Red FORE
runner OF world revolution. the bour-
geois redeemer. Christ's twelfth
apostle-Judas Iscariot. Dolly
Mikailovna rose. and the Jew. placed
cord In her hand. Tugging at It
couple of times she made the cover
fall off figure, rusty red in color,
and as yet only a plaster. II was
OF superhuman size. naked, and the
face. which resembled the Commits
sar's, was turned threateningly toward
heaven, while the hands with a pas
slonate movement sought to remove a
piece Of real hempen rope around the
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