New Britain herald., 1924-12-23
DRIVE ON TROTzKY
 BEING CONTINUED
Even Though He Is Now Out Of
 Politics
iiy rhe AssocIated pre.,.

Moscow, Dec. ,2S-Although Trotz- ky now is out of the political arena and far removed from the bitter party strife of Moscow, attacks up- on him both from within and with cut the communist party continue unceaslngly,-
 No man in American public life, even during the heat of the bitter est election campaigns, has had to face such merciless fire of censure and condemnation us has been di- rected against the soviet war chief for the last six weeks, all the sins and shortcomings and failures of the boishevIk regime have been visited upon his head.
 Throughout the fusslade Trotzky remains silent, alone and broken in the resort in the Caucasus where he has gone to restore his health. AL though ho is in admittedly poor physical shape no note of sympathy is heard for the man who hitherto has ranked as next only in fame and power to Lenin.
 It is inaccurate to say that Trot2ky has been either expelled from the communist party or banished from office, az for,lgn dispatches have an- nounced. The present campaign against him is confined wholly to literary politics, which proba hly wilt continue until the communist party congress in March which will pro- nounce final judgment on his alleged heresy in departing from the ortho- dox communist principles and vio- lating the party discipline. Whatever the issue may be, some time prob ably will elapse before he returns to his duties.
 An interesting aspect of the pres cnt stage of the campaign is the fact that the attacks are directed to- ward Trot2ky's personal characterize ties and his numerous dis3ensions with the communist party during the last seven years, which arc now re- tealed
 Various boshcvik leaders have made known for the first tune that TrotZky tcnlcrcd his resignation
 
 committee of the party attempted to finterlere in any branch of his actiyi- ties, especially in his administration of military measures during the civil yWar In no ease was lis resignation accepted, but he was forced to sub init 10 party instructions.
 Coincidcntally with the discussions Of his theories and practices of the revolution, efforts arc being made to .dcsroy his personal popularity among he masses and the red army by making it appear that his part in the bolsheSik uphcaval was a rcla- lively minor one as compared with the collective effort of the commm- ist party as a whole.
 So thorough is the campaign against him that Ro phase of his political life is spared in order to tonNincc thf peasants workers anG soldiers of his ALtegedl lack Of su- prcmacy during the revolution.
 Stalin, kameneff, Bukharin, Zno- ,lcn, kalinin and other commmis, writers have allotted among them selves the task Of showing all ranks Of communists not only Trotzky's political misconceptions and fala- ries as they see them, but also the tact, Asthcy allege, that in all his acts the war minister has been guid- cd by mere personal ambition.
 While one group Of these writers concentrates it's attacks upon ques- lions relating to the pCasantry, the second group directs its arrows against Trotzky's personal popular fly and the third focuses the public iimclight upon the differences which a, osc between the war minister and the communist party in matters or military policy. All these groups in chorus attempt to show that in all his acts Trotzky really coveted Le- nin's glory.
 Whatcvur the outcome of tho existing controversy, it may be said with the fullest conviction that the present fight against Trotzky will & not result in an open split of the communist party, nor is it %kely to 20 beyond formal vote c"nsuring lrotzky at the forthcoming party congress.
 Trotzky's friends believe he will rot attempt 10 form faction of his i, own, even if more extreme measures against him are rtsorted 10. They believe he will either submit te fur tbcr party discipline or cndcavor to defend himself by tbe written and spoken word when his health is TO- stored.
 For the present. while it Is not true that he has resigned, or has been deposed or eXiIed, he may be considered as out of the arena or political activity.