The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-15
BOLSHEVIST TERROR
RELAXING AT HOME
Prisoners Are Released At
ter Long Term Behind
Bars.
JeBIEss ON INCREASE
Trotzky, Now Less Militant,
Wishes to Be an Edu-
Gator.
Special Correspondence to THE New YORK
HERALD.


HERALD.
Moscow, Oct 1.-The Bolshevist ter
ror has greatly slowed down in Mos
COW, but things are not yet quite
normal Only few weeks ago a
whole gang Of Greek and other for
eign peddlers who had imprudently
crossed the Russian frontier for trad
ing purposes were arrested at the
Nikolaevsky railway station and sent
to prison by the Cheka, or @. P. u.
Government Political Department., as
1t is now called. They have since been
released
The assistant German representa-
tive at Tiflis was arrested at the same
time, and also two British subjects,
since released.
On the other hand, some foreigners,
long in prison, are being released. One
was the Chinese cook of Col. johnson,
a British railway officer in Siberia in
1919, captured by the Bolsheviki. This
cook. though unable to speak word
of Russian or English and absolutely
ignorant of political intrigue, was kept
in prison by the Bolsheviki since De-
cember, 1919, and released only re-
Gently His case is typical of many
equally innocent.
The coming winter will be black for
the Bolsheviki and the whole Russian
population. The supply of cotton will
last only two months. The fuel sup
ply is short. More than $4,000 are
unemployed in Moscow and "a 900 in
Petrograd and unemployment is grow
ing.
Labor VS.. Communism.
The trade union congress promises to
come into collision with the Bolsheviki.
Yesterday the Communists in that con-
gress met to try to gerrymander the con-
gress. but they can't.
Leon Trotzky firing of military
work, wants to boss the education min
lstry. as he says 'the front trench Us
now on the educational. not on the mil
itary field, and / want to be in the
front trench" But 1t Is doubtful IL he
can leave the War Office for some time.
II is admitted even by his enemies that
he did great work as War Minister,
the formation of the Red army being a
tremendous monument to his genius.
He probably will be succeeded by
Kameneff or Shlenkin. The latter has
been Trotzky's right hand man at the
wal OlliCt.
There is much talk among the Boil
sheviki about representative in Wash
ngton when America permits. Szik0f
and L. c. X. Martens both are men,
toned as likely
An extraordinary movement, unnoted
so far by the outside press. is going on
throughout Russia. particularly in the
Volga region. That Is the division of
land among the peasants and the map
ping of every farm, thus making Rus
STA the greatest peasant State in the
world. fundamentally opposed to Boil
sfevist principles The Soviet Govern
ment at first intended dividing the land
itself. but recently it found 1t could
not handle such a big proposition, SO It
said to the peasants: Divide the land
yourselves" The movement began on
Volga. and many students knowing
something of surveying have gone into
the country to carry out the order. All
these students are getting good food
for the first time in many years.
Thus the muzhik becomes complete
master Of his farm, which can never be
ationalized, as even Lenine capitulated
10 the peasant. and a man stronger than
l.enine is not likely ever to appear again
IN Russia.