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Show RUSSIA'S RADICALS. I.nnking nt the situation in Russia from tliu traditional American view-point, view-point, ono ran sco littlo that ia encouraging en-couraging in tin) turn events have taken. Tlio BolslicviUis, who aro tlio "Reds" and tin: radicals, Havti demanded that thn foiiuilations of society be overturned over-turned in a few days and a commonwealth common-wealth established which shall abolish all privuto property anil provide for labor's control of all production, as well as "the merciless taxation of capital. ' ' Kven if if be conceded that these demands de-mands represent the new order which must ultimately prevail in Russia, mou of, experienco who aro not swept off thoir J'eot by theories can see that it is an order which cannot bo established in a few hours, a few days or a few mouths. The radicals who foign to support Premier Kerensky " aro really making his task impossible and producing pro-ducing conditions which may lead to his failure and downfall. If cranks and theorists, foregathering with traitors, take control of the govorn-ment, govorn-ment, Russia's ruin will be near and tho invaders can race to Tetrograd. "When tho revolt of General Korniloff apparently had melted away the radicals radi-cals deemed it the psychological time to strike for their most extronie de mands. They called upon Kerensky to excludo from the government all representatives rep-resentatives of tho property-owning classes. Tlioy assumed that. thoy. were the majority power in the land and they promised to rule the land. Premier Kerensky has begun to use ' his " blood and iron" policy a trifle late. lie allowed tho firebrand Le-ii Le-ii inc. widely bolieved to be a traitor and a German agent, to escape, but he talked so relentlessly to Krymoff of the necessity of enforcing the death penalty against him that tho general, Korniloff 's chief lieutenant, committed commit-ted suicide. KereusTiy has permitted radicals who have crippled the arm-, preached cowardice and urged that the German invaders be allowed to overrun over-run Russia to continue their propaganda, propa-ganda, but he is prepared to inflict the death penalty on tho best generals of tho Russian army. If the Russians had supported General Koniiloff solidly solid-ly when he was making his great offensive of-fensive Austria might have been crushed and out of the war by this : time. On the other hand Kerensky is prob ably doing the best he can. lie obtained ob-tained his position as a loader of the i revolution, just as Korniloff would obtain supreme command if ho were able to make his counter-revolutionary movement a success. Kerensky does not represent the people of Russia; he represents a faction, and it is not clear that he represents the faction which is numerically the largest. Por the moment, mo-ment, by the use of intimidation, it is the most powerful, and Kerensky bows to its will. But it is a faction which can do the country immeasurable harm by trying to exclude from power the representatives of all other interests those interests, indeed, which are the builders of the muion. |