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Show LEON TROTZKY AS HE "B-By One Just Back From Russia Hp c'uto i llilil. WlVi uy I'ui'lli- Ledyur COi tmtj r.-. ... . - . - 4Vk a,e'J executed, and sometimes he indulge Trotzky tnrows himself m a wide. deep chair in tront ot his littered desk. - snfiytfoP2EGy7&s 'r irV , . t u j .- v. r X rf 'frZSry'Ss' V it) a game of bridge, of which he is very with its gold inkstands, fondles a diamond-studded paper cutter and give. jf&Mj$PffiY jATgZ J s, food, to while away the tediousuess of himself the air of a Roman emperor jSffiffijjtfs i ' f ' - !" journey. .He is :iust as erratic in his JOME people have ailed him a reptile. to one single mom. nu.l ,,;, hi. jB&&frjwY '' ' V M I I JllL--- ) U' remarLbl7i,lWo'nllit0v astc Vanamaz'in?-"others Vanamaz'in?-"others hare characterized him a? a men- bosom frieud. and the latter s wife ye JUWFrw - 11 -. A ' JbTSK "" Probably few human beings have ever 1 iter at cruelty, but his followers have been far better quartered than he. which led o lFfff jMOKSbf i 't-f JHLl YVlftV ' wielded the power which he eujovs, and most i tow to find in him the man daring enough mucb unpleasantness and to so,,,.- u a V,Wwfff JPstfffFRfr S- iVmiWm Vitv, certainly fewer still have used it with such ff fad ., b.m be man daring .nou, between the .wo hid,.,. Ma..- I (f4W Jtt?SMJgk :f J Hl .ecklessness and such a thorough appreciate apprecia-te pre a shape to their dreams ot the domi- and Madame Radek, both of whom treated AftSL l&Bgjf "J" M S ( OJ-J A-C ?ft tfA tion of its limitless opportunities. In a ntion of the world by that class of in- the ancient residence of the czars as some- UiieZX " J' A "O' PHfelTWA certain sense he is an anomaly, just as St. imduals called the proletariat, which, by thing which belonged to them, and to them Kgf li 1 " J Fran-is of Assisi was an anomaly in hi. i csriwa uoaalr is the last one capable alone. fil J J ) I tV. fittft r1 "W time, or Spinoza appeared one to the philoso-' philoso-' de- landing" the need- and require- The study of Trotzky is a wonderful thing MM j i I Ml piers whose systems he destroyed. But he is Trettky is a symbol, and he wiil remain a a-quantity of papers scattered til over it. Bftm Vllf k. r 111 ffii is :.' living prool o! th .v.-re,aiicsV of'oar' beTa nto b ' V Veo i --::h convention. Trotzky is more reck- II and of bis family wa aign "lwaa It sets on impulse. Indeed, action is cided admirer of the fair h t- i'- -' The face of Trotzky, though pe biya not schemes do. much destruction and a great jTli'' llj L' jl j fflf ' J )' iuesv or so characteristic as that deal of sorrow for others than himself. Wlllli y jj '4 Vjl 1 I was younger bis Semitic cast of features 'j. V'spaiodlcTl man- jrfL"" N-- s not quite so pronounced as it has be- ner which g0(?g Tery fap a(. time3 fcut ffi " , - A i me with time, and there was a period when which is also apt to collapse for no other JSS X il ; le could even have been called a nice -look- reason than mental or physical fatigue or SE , aaaimix-- - ' ?1 -? mail. Today the nose has become 6impiv because of his sudden desire to' do rBBBgB fT";1 J) :rper and its c irve more pronounced, something else. There is no stability, but ,tegr-'K tC hair is longer anj more untidy, the eyes an immeuse firmness of purpose in Trotzky, 'gfeSa&rg' , ) 5a. J: somehow grown smaller, and have and he is sometimes obstinate to the utmost 9HuaEB ( tf CCt4- ''ik .midst a quantity of wrinkles which limi t; in some questions, while immediately csse V ' ' Eft wsstoually assume the hue of an old yielding in others, when he thiuks that by . i ff j i nbrandt. The face offers this singu- doing it he may put friends in a bad light Hq scatters cigar ashes and coffee grounds over the beautiful table linen with complete Inaitterence , V j&jg C W I ot St ligats up uuder the influence or commit them to a policy doomed before- kS I f Ql son. strong emotion it appears power- band to fail, owing to his intention of . , , , ,h, 'J. 'A&S'-.. il F X W; while in repose, intellectual inaction I counteracting il beai's- Whcu l0UK's lu, u 10 N,ouk- dismiss them luuiselt, with the remain mar jSgpr zZjlwSSX. f Bl J? I it .ssumes the aspect of being that 1)c docs it quickly, with an exuberance of he is sorry to have to ask them to go, but dirir - MMB lf a !f an old ra niel-or' iki.n-, ... u. language which proves him more of a street that he is too busy to coutinue the conver- (f jfi" .. irSsr R I W kwt dispose of M g T t k AN INTERVIEW with Trotzky, which, orator than an after-dinner speaker. He sation. And he never by any chance rise, I f 4&F& Ml fg is some of 1 8 "n':aT0'T war0&- irotzy -rt-this by the way. is one of the most diffi- ,oes not care at all to convince any one, f, m his armchair when bidding them good- !SrV':'v 1 8 UiHrjd h t r' ocras'nally CUU things on earth to obtain, is quite Mas Perfectly well aware that he bus got by. The man may say that kings and I "VW tll'l wed siin' CnS1St ,' caV " , Se" worth the trouble. As soon as one is ush- at his disposal stronger arguments than emperors have had their time, but be likes f Vf- j$L if I U 4B life in h"aulty- His a fever- rrH iuto his presence one feels that he is '"ere speech for the purpose, but he. attaches to imitate their manners wito perhaps -a I f I e I I icilem; ;, , W , t0, PUt asJrau,'h n kind of theatrical despot, after the style " grnt "n""'l"nrf to iP"ssing his listen- shnde Iegs ,)0nteness than that which they I h&C X fcHSS J "aent as it can hold. He reminds oue . , r ." ers by (he eloquence with which he knows renemllv riisnlnved I XWK fl! 5Sr-to'" about to burst whenever he dis- of,Ner0- b" w,th." g 'af dMl more praet'- very well that he is endowed. Most of the generally displayed. I T w f3TJ usf "v serious subject. Th-re is a- cal sense than the Uoman emperor ever time he is talking with you he keeps playing ,,....... . f X iJA " hysteria in his character, one of Pressed. Trotzky likes to produce a bad with largc Mp,. , ,c . iTlKOTZKl S journeys, and he travels a I jfA X f Ut S r Wwcipal features of which consists in impression upon his visitors, and very d,f- ivory, and ornamented with c golden and great deal, are curious proceedings, lie -IgSp I oaall' ' "i J 3' J , 8love 'or pomp and extravagance ' ferent from I.enine who is morbidly sensi- diamond monogram, which he affects to turn always uses the train of the forme,- czar. tfcjJ f J I JT V M" I live to the judgments o the crowds, he does in such n way that anybody not absolutely and when he goes about the railway line is, -wt-JM iftEV Jsgpig? M)H C IS HsLU pTHIg he is trulv an ririnll. ,, h, D0t.rarP " T !r.PUbl,C P"U0" S. fr near -sigh ted must notice at once this mono- if possible; even more closely guarded than I HP rfSa f V VVf 1 1 ' ow, iMon "Vt as ,t may mITcc,. his person or l,,s actions. gram is very much like a Russian N. i, was during poor Nicholas Il's reign. Red ''T'V 'T W- S itfji I elf t, Kin. ti i compare him- ITe sits ,n his huge armchair, with his head One of Trotzky s enemies 'said once that (Juards also are more faithful and more & tftliA "his nartiMi r 80 cous':,ous 18 thrown back on a soft pillow of pink silk. the paper knife in question belonged formerly devoted to this new commander-in-chief ipgjSlS 1 ' " I Mil V4 fl'h , , lV S Cm y 08 covered wilh beautiful lace, as his hand to the czar. But this may be only an idle of theirs than their predecessors, the police ' ' 'V " , . & ' 1 : 9 H ' ' Movoi .i! I Pt' When he arrivcd wanders from time to time on a small table assertion of au adversary. The fact re- ever were to the now fallen Itoman- 'fTFl- CLS!tL f fflRl " leet tl u St thiDg Wbicb he di(l w&" placed before him, upon which can be seen mains, however, that there is something 0ffs, A large retinue accompanies Trotzky y-mi :-m Z Vjjl.Ml , K,Hn fo, n.4,",s"n8t apartment in the nt every season of the year a vase filled exceedingly suggestive in the maimer in in his wanderings, and his train is provided JM fe T' PBl'lJHV and th WD- US a"'J "mt f h'S " r"re flowers- B,g pahns a,'e scattered which Russia's present owner, because he with every possible kind of luxury in the f s 'V S5, (11 V Ww' was I 0U wbiob aPPpa,ed to him at Uere and tliere iu the vast room, and give is more her ow ner than her master, handles way 0f fno,! and rare old wines The fa SV y S rl ! euse j,' ' "f f0"ner :ar of human habitation it would this weapon, as well as in his evident desire moiis anarchist is somewhat of an cpi'ci r f Lt I BIk J'. out oT i uCre hun with 1 ' ' hro- otherwise he lacking, owing to its immense to take care of it. and he can tell vou exactly what is ivanti? V JB I IBImIs ja o which the curtains and draper- proportions, and while he seems to be lis- Another signiticaul detail is that Trotzky in the flavor of a sauce to mntn Ug .. -iMiu M ' I lf8'P the way in which he treats the beautiful tablecloths on which he eats, and he throws with the utmost unconcern cigar ashes, together to-gether with the contents of numerous cup of coffee, all over tbem. Sometimes when the thought strikes him be calls one of ths secretaries who invariably attends on him and dictates to him a letter or a proclamation proclama-tion to the troops under bis command, or he issues an order which must be immediately immedi-ately executed, and sometimes he indulges in a game of bridge, of which he is very fond, to while away the tediousuess of the journey. He is just as erratic in his tastes as in his actions or opinions. TbiB man is not so much a curious or a remarkable personality as he is an amazing one. Probably few human beings have ever wielded the power which he eujoys, and most certainly fewer still have used it with such lecklessness and such a thorough appreciation apprecia-tion of its limitless opportunities. In a certain sense, be is an anomaly, just as St. Francis of Assisi was an anomaly in his time, or Spinoza appeared one to the philosophers philoso-phers whose systems he destroyed. But he is not conducive to au indulgent appreciation of the human race in general, though ho is a living proof of the correctness of Darwin's Dar-win's theory of the survival of the strongest. The last time 1 saw him 1 said, when taking leave of him, that I boped things would soon settle down in Russia. Trotzky interrupted in-terrupted me violently, almost savagely, with Ibe remark: "Who in the name of the devil cares whether they settle down or uot? We have got some other work to do!" These words sum up the man. As for the politician, it is best not to discuss him. DOME people have called him a reptile. ! others have characterized him as a mon- iter at cruelty, but his follow ers have been isppj to find in him the mau daring enough to give a shape to their dreams of the dutni-:!" dutni-:!" .'- of the world by that class of in-dmduals in-dmduals called the proletariat, which, by i rorious anomaly, is the last one capable f understanding the needs and requirements require-ments of that world. In a certain sense T.-oizkj is a symbol, and he will remain a Uatal as be vanishes into history, which till consider and judge him more as an in-adtal in-adtal in a great tragedy than as a substantial substan-tial fact in it. He could never by any thanes have played the part of a Robespierre, however much he would have like to imi-tat! imi-tat! this first incarnation of a republican despot, because, though far more cruel than the famous deputy, be yet tacks the cold implacability which made the latter sucb I dangerous adversary for his foes in the French convention. Trotzky is more reck-kss reck-kss in his mania for destruction of evcry-Bihu evcry-Bihu and everybody be fiuds in his way than implacable. He never reasous ; he only acts on impulse. Indeed, action is the only thing which he thoroughly understands, under-stands, and he carries it to the utniost limit. The face of Trotzky, though perhr-ps not suggestive or so characteristic as that I Lenine, has yet a personality. When if was younger bis Semitic cast of features q3 not quite so pronounced as it has before be-fore with time, and there was a period when could even have been called a nice -look -US mtTi. Today the nose has become (:L"per and its curve more pronounced, hair is longer anl more untidy, the eyes lr" somehow grown smaller, and have Bak amidst a quantity of wrinkles which wasionally assume the hue of an old wmbrandt. The face offers this singu -when it lights up under the influence -''me strong emotion it appears power-- power-- while in repose, intellectual inaction 1 -ai, it assumes the aspect of being that 'o old rag picker, thinking how he can j disPose of his unsavory wares. Trotzky ('s s00"1 of which be wants occasionally "' rid, but tbey consist in carefully se-slices se-slices of humanity. His is a fever-de, fever-de, in which he tries to put as much 'c'lemeut as il can hold. He reminds one f,le" about to burst whenever he dis -a'r 6erious subject. Thre is ft .'Tsteria in his character, one of Principal features of which consists in i ove tor Pomp and extravagance. JTHIS he is truly an Oriental, and be Utt (0W '' t00' 80,1 lilie5 to rnmpare him-,(.. him-,(.. 0 'US Solomon, so couscious is be ,k, '' parliality for what is commonly called : "sh pots of Egypt. When lie arrived .t!eW th nrst thiDg whidl '" din kenl "' baD'isomest apartment in the lif, 'D,fr his own use and thnt of his once' tt 'he 0U'' whi,:h appealed to him at IU, lhat of 'he former czarina, be-Id, be-Id, "alis were hung with gold bro-"' bro-"' also V Wh'Cb thc c"rtains and draper-td draper-td that n-mad'' Afterwarl he discov-' discov-' ais magnificence was confined to one single room, and that Kadek. bi. bosom frieud. and thc latter'a wife were far better quartered than he. which led to much unpleasantness and to some quarrels between the two ladies. Madame Trotzky and Madame Radek. both of whom treated the ancient residence of the czars as something some-thing which belonged to tbeiu. and to them alone. The study of Trotzky is a wonderful thmg to see. In the center of it stands a huge writing desk witb a golden inkstaud aud n- quantity of papers scattered all over it. He is not at all methodical like I.enine. and shows himself singularly careless iu regard re-gard to his letters and to the documents submitted to hun. Trotzky does not admit or understaud obstacles. All through his life he has carried away everything he found before him, aud now be is surprised to find that he has occasionally to moderate hi. pace. This writing desk of Trotzky, which he sometimes compares with a sueer to that ot au American business mau. has seeu some curious things. It was upon it that the death warrant of the unfortunate Nicholas II and of his family was signed. It was upon it that were sketched the outlines of the treaty which the Bolshevists accepted at Brest -Litovsk, and even some love letters let-ters were penned upon it, Trotzky bing . decided admirer of the fair sex. Next to it stands a wide and deep arm chair, in which Trotzky likes to throw himself vben tired or when absorbed in the preparation of a new scheme, involving, as all his schemes do, much destruction and a great deal of sorrow for others than himself. He is a good worker, bnt by no means a diligent one. When be starts doing something some-thing it is always in a spasmodical manner, man-ner, which goes very far at times, but which is also apt to collapse for no other reason than mental or physical fatigue, or simply because of his sudden desire to do something else. There is no stability, but an immeuse firmness of purpose in Trotzky, and he is sometimes obstinate to the utmost limit in some questions, while immediately yielding in others, when he thiuks that by doing it he may put friends in a bad light or commit them to a policy doomed beforehand before-hand to fail, owing to his inteution of counteracting it, AN INTERVIEW with Trotzky, which, this by the way. is one of the most difficult diffi-cult things on earth to oblain, is quite worth the trouble. As soon as one is ushered ush-ered into his presence oue feels that he is a kind of theatrical despot, after the style of Nero, but with a great deal more practical practi-cal sense than the Roman emperor ever possessed. Trotzky likes to produce a bad impression upon his visitors, aud very different dif-ferent from Lenine. who is morbidly sensitive sensi-tive to the judgments of the crowds, he does not care a rap for public opinion in so far as it may affect his person or his actions. He sits in his huge armchair, with his head thrown back ou a soft pillow of pink silk, covered with beautiful lace, as his hand wanders from time to time on a small table placed before him, upon which can be seen at every season of the year a vase filled with rare flowers. Big palms are scattered here and there iu the vast room, and give it an aspect of human habitation it w-ould otherwise be lacking, owing to its immense proportions, and while lie seems to be listening lis-tening to you, it is, nevertheless, evident that his thoughts are far from what he dismiss them himself, with the remark that be is sorry to have to ask them to go, but thnt he is too busy to coutinue the conversation. conver-sation. And he never by any chance rises from his armchair when bidding them good-h.v. good-h.v. The man may say that kings and emperors have bad their time, bnt he likes to imitate their manners with perhaps a shade less politeness than that which they generally displayed. rrtROTZKTS journeys, and he travels a great deal, are curious proceedings. lie always uses the train of the former czar, and when he goes about. the railway liue is, if possible, even more closely guarded than it was during poor Nicholas Il's reign. Ited Guards also are more faithful and more devoted to this new commander-iu-chief of theirs than their predecessors, the police, ever were to the now- fallen Romanoffs. Roman-offs. A large retinue accompanies Trotzky in his wanderings, and bis train is provided with every possible kind of luxury in the way of food and rnre old wines. The famous fa-mous anarchist is somewhat of an epicure, and he can tell you exactly what is wanting in the flavor of a sauce to make it perfect. His table appointmeuts also are of the best hut he displays a sublime indifference U hears. When it comes to bis turn to speak, he does it quickly, with an exuberance of language which proves him more of a street orator than au after-dinner speaker. He does not care at all to convince any one, being perfectly well aware that he has got at his disposal stronger arguments than mere speech for the purpose, hut he attaches a great importance to impressing his listeners listen-ers by the eloquence with which he knows very well that he is endowed. Most ot the time he is talking with you be keeps playing with a large paper knife made out of solid ivory, and ornamented with SJ golden and diamond monogram, which he affects to turn in such a way that anybody uot absolutely near-sighted must notice at once this monogram mono-gram is very much like a Russian N. One of Trotzky's enemies 'said once that the paper knife in question belonged formerly to the czar. But this may be only an idle assertion of au adversary. The fact remains, re-mains, however, that there is something exceedingly suggestive in the manner in which Russia's present owner, because he is more her owner than her master, bandies this weapon, as well as in his evident desire to take care of it. Another significant detail is that Trotzky never waits for his visitors to take leave of him, out makes it invariably a point to He travels on the former czar s train, and is even more closely guarded than was N'vhoias 11 |