New Britain herald., 1929-03-29
BLOT OUT MEMORY
 0F LEON TR01zkY
Founder of Red Army Forgotten
 by His Creation

Moscow March a9 (CP>-Every effort is being made here to eradi- cate the memory e Leon Trotsky. the man who had more to do with bringing the Red army into being than any oth-r lndjlldual,
 Tn the thousands Of articles. edi- tarlals and speeches which greeted thc ltth anniversary ot the torma- ton of the Rai army. no mention Was made Of the man who will eer- t4iuly 20 down in history as the creator Of that unique fighting force.
 The only eAception Q this state mcnt was an article by his success sor as commlssar of war. hlemcnti Noroshn attacking Trotsky as 2 harmful influence in the military Ee oL tna nation.
 Tho official formula advanced since Trotsky's political decline is that the army was created by the conmunjs, partS as a whole and not by any single lnliyidual-a formula which. obviously, has good deal of truth in #, though not the whole truth by any means, One of the anniversary slogans declares, The communist party is the leader and organizer of the Red army; let US 1raw .he battle ranks more closely around the party and its Leninist lent7ai committee"
 Pictures 1rotshy a. Enemy
 But Noroshlloff this year went .urther than tho official formula. He not only denies Trotsky's popu- lar famc ss war lord, but pictures rim as an enemy Of the army, Trotsky's political agltations, he says, saprpd the army Of its strength. He neglected and sacri- ticed the army. Noroshiloff charges, his struggle agalnst the party leaders, thereby leaving the country ayposed 10 its foreign enemies,
 Now we can say with almost complete certainty" Noroshilof writes. that fl in I923-o4 we had been obliged Q take up arms 10 de- lend the soviet frontiers. the coun- try would have faced perilous situation. The fighting capacity of The armed forces was extremely doubtful
 Only the fortunate circumstance hat he capitalist nations were too occupied with their own labor prob l..ms 10 risk q war against the soV- let government. Noroshiiof inti- mates, saved the Moscow regime rom disastrous attack 10 which Trotsky had laid it open.
 "The recent liquidation Of the Trotskyist opposition, which de- scendad into he camp Of the direct enemies Of the proletarian revolu tion," Noroshilof continues, 'has given us military workers. too, the possibility to concentrate on the positive work in the ranks Of the Red army along the lines Of politi- cal education and military para tion.''
 The new Night opposition" he admits, similarly threatens to inter tere with army discipline and unity '1f the party is fated to live through another internal feycr,' h. declares. "we---the loyal fighters for ihe Leninisr arty-vin, uithou' weakening our internal army work. stand like q solid wall against the Right opport unist menace.'
 The same conditions which make the Red army completely loyal to the soviet regime also make if ex- ,remely sensitive 10 the internal DO litical conflicts in the Bolshevin ranks, Since about one-third Of the privates and more than half the Of fcers arc mem hers Of the eommu- mist party and the Comm unisT y orth. the internal struggle natural ly involves them. Under the die tatorship Of the proietariat. party interests come first, even before military duties.