Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-24
RULE Of LIBERALS
PASSES INTO HANDS
OF MOSCOW REDS
Trotzky Not to Assume
Mantle Of Dead Chief.
Washington Sees No Rad
icaI Change in Prospect


inc is dead.
The man who led the Russian
revolution and overthrow the long
established order OF the czars,
passed away at moment when his
party is beginning to reap the
fruits Of his labors.
Ill for many months, the bo1shev-
TX leader died while others carried
on the soviet government he
founded.
Lenine had become an enigma to
his countrymen, living in seclusion,
his condition carefully concealed
from the world.
1t was known that he had suffer
ed form Of paralysis, and that
famous specialists had come from
far lands to treat him.
Only fortnight ago it was re-
ported to Russia at large that
Lenine was getting well. He Lad
been out hunting rabbits on Christ
mas day, and. again on New Years
day
His early return to participation
in Russian affairs even was ru-
mored
Kept Closely Guarded
Nc one from the outside world
was permitted to see Lenine. He
was kept closely guarded, while 9TH
erS carried on the affairs of the gov
eminent, and the country that had
followed his lead awaited his re-
turn.
The $50 a week premier, who
ushered in the dictatorship Of the
proletariat nearly six years ago,
has been in failing health for many
months.
Today came word of his death
many times rumored and as often
denied. ~
the RUSSIAN leader, hailed as one
OF the greatest men of modern
times, died at ten minutes to seven
Monday night.
His death occurred at a little
! town called Gorky, not far from
Moscow.
The funeral will be held ON Sat.
urday.
On that day the body of Lenine
will be inferred in the Kremlin hall,
beside that of Svertloff. one of his
| fellow leaders in the great upheayal
of Russia.
Blow to Followers
The death of Lenine came as q
blow to his millions of followers.
Despite his two years absence:
from the kremlin. he was first In
! the hearts of the Russians who rose
behind him and overthrow the
Romanoff dynasty.
| They had always looked forward
to his return, and, though some few,
who knew the worst, may have Civ
en- up hope, the great majority OF
Russia had not.
AS the country's commercial rela-
tons with other nations improved,
| the talk was always of when
! Lenine gets back to work."
Now Lenine is dead, Of an Illness
the exact nature OK which was not
at first disclosed.
| He lived, however, to see the stats
| he dreamed of and fought for, take
its place among the nations OF the
world; a state not yet recognized by
many governments, but standing on
it's own feet.
simultaneously with Lenine's
death comes the passing from su-
preme power in Russia Of the man,
who led with him-Leon TrotzlSy.
The latter Soviet war minister,
has been relegated to seventh place
among the leaders Of the less radical
order of things in Russia.
| What effect the death of Lenine
will have upon Trotzkys future 1t
| is too early to predict. Many be-
lieve he never will return to the
place he enjoyed when he and the
late leader stood side by side at the
head of Bolshevik affairs.
Physicians Describe Death
| This afternoon the physicians who
| had attended Lenine in his last ill
ness issued a bulletin describing the
soviet chieftain's Death.
His condition had greatly i'm
proved, they said, when suddenly.
on Monday, it took a turn for the
worse.
Lenine died within a few hours.
Paralysis Of the respiratory organs
apparently was the cause.
The body will be brought TO Mos
COW Wednesday and will lie in state
until the funeral is held.
In death, Lenine is to be made acy
cessible to all those who followed
him and who could not be with him
| in his illness.
An official statement issued by
| the Russian government said that
! the soviet government will continue
to carry out the will of the workers
and peasants, in accordance with
| Lenine's last wishes.
| For the past year or so Lenine has
| been reported in i'll health, suffer-
| ing from violent headaches and his
death has been rumored many times.
Professor Forester, German spe-
cialist, was summoned to Moscow
early last spring to consult the chief
of the soviet government. At that
time the specialist said Lenine's
trouble was caused by a. woun6. {.
the right side of the neck. which
the soviet leader had received four
years ago. A small artery was cut.
Forester said, lessening the flow OF
blood to the right side of the brain.
WASHINGTON EXPECTS NO
RADICAL CHANGE IN SOVIET
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.-(By the
Associated Press.)-Whatever it's ulti-
mate effect OH the tangle of Russian
politics, close students Of Russian af-
fairs here do pot expect the death