Evening star., 1932-02-26
STAINS REGIME TOTTERINC,
DECLARES EXILED TROTZKY
Former Bolshevik War Lord Explains Re-
cent Decree Confirming Banishment
of Himself and Others.

ton of Stain and his limited group is
tottering precariously. The economic
and cultural successes of the Soviet
Union have aroused considerably the
seli-confidence of the working class and
at the same time It's criticism OF the
bureaucratic regime which Stain
personifisS.
Animosity Spreading.
There is nothing anti-Soviet in this
movement: on the contrary it Is en-
tirely impregnated with traditions OF
the revolution of October and of the
bolshevist party. But it is directed
against the dictatorship Of the Stain
faction. This is the explanation for
hundreds and hundreds Of articles and
annotations in Soviet newspapers which
disclose everywhere the 'Trotzky con-
trebande.'
That is the title which simply leads
one to understand the increasing in
dependence of the workers and their
animosity against bureaucracy.
There is a second and more personal
cause for the campaign against me. 1t
goes back to the past, but is connected
with the present Unkind tongues say
there exists in America not few
estimable men who, despite their modest
birth. try as soon as their price be-
gins to express itself in numbers Of
seven figures, to seek out their an
cestors among the English aristocracy,
or even the Scottish dynasty.
THE bureaucratic faction of Stain
cannot take this road, but the members
of this faction try to prove their 5pe-
cial rights by their role in the fight
against the Gar and in the october
revolution. Thus are created apocry
phal biographies and thus is apocryphal
history written.
During my years of exile I have
edited a series of historical documents
in the Russian language. I have de-
voted my time on this island principal
ly to historical works. Two of the lat
ter, My Life and History of the Revo-
luton of February have appeared in
America. England and other countries.
The third, THE Revolution OF October" 3"
should appear shortly. I am at present
working on its last chapter.
Banned by Soviet.
"All these books are absolutely for
hidden to be imported into the Soviet
Union. But many Soviet citizens, and
some Communists among them, leave
for abroad for economic, diplomatic,
scientific or other reasons. They read
my books and carry back in their heads
to the Soviet Union the so-called 'Trot-
sky contrebande.'
THE veritable picture Of the revolu-
tion of 1917 which have made on the
basis of positive and indisputable docu-
ments is in complete diSaccord with the
official legend of Stain bureaucracy
Stain and his creatures have discovered
with horror that Trotsky contrebande
has pierced its way into historical re-
search, historical journals and even into
schoolbooks. In November of last year
Stain gave the signal for alarm for
beginning the recent campaign against
the Trotskyists.
Not long ago a young historian
named Keen was accused of irrational
contrebande and repented with the fol-
lowing words before the Society of
Marxist Historians: Our fault was that
we wanted to be too objective. whereas
the history of the revolution should not
be objective but conformable to our
goal In other words, it would re-
Spond to the exigencieS Of Stain bu-
reaucracy Just as genealogical re-
searches should to the exigencies of
canning factory millionaires in Chicago
Fishes and Hunts.
THE words OF that young historian
I have named are not ironical, that is,
not ironical for himself. He is merely
expressing with too much frankness the
bottom Of the affair; one must not
write history Of the Russian revolution
too effectively or one will receive the
TrotZky contrebande. Not one of my
most fervent friends could give a more
favorable report of my historic work.
If living on the Island of Prinkipo
doesn't facilitate the direction of the
movement at Seville, on the other hand
one can in this tranquility and isola-
ton, ponder quietly and to the very
end upon the logical succession, of
great historic events and in that light
upon the role of parties and men. Two
thirds Of my time is consecrated to this
and the other third-one-fourth, let us
say-of all my time is devoted to ar.
ticles and pamphlets on current politi-
cal events.
There remains a twelfth, you say?
see that you are strong in arithmetic.
This little time permit me to reserve