Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-04-29 | Page 5 | Real Character of Russian Leaders Revealed

I IR i Real Character of R Russian Leaders 1 Revealed The nationalization o of women J I t in Russia has be been n tn m myth mythi th thI i I by author authorities tes who have visited I that countr country Recently ono ono of our ourI I own admirals declared that certain atrocities attributed to the Germans Geri Germans Ger- Ger I. I i i mans mans were untrue It is high time I that we learn learned d to distinguish between between between be be- tween propaganda and facts Russia today is the m mst most st Interesting Inter- Inter esting country in the world to students students students stu- stu dents of history and sociology as asell aswell aswell well ell as to the tho reader who keeps abreast of the times The Tha most dangerous experiment in In government government govern govern- ment yet tried is going forward de despite despite de- de spite pite tremendous and seemingly handicaps The Tha latest news from the scene scene Is to the effect that starvation threatens thousands and when this occurs the possibilities loom large I Our interest then In the men and women who has have ha attempted to t shape the destiny of this great naI nation nation na na- na- na I I tion Is of more than passing note We have reaIl really learned little of the truth about them so colored have been the reports coming oUt of Rus Rus- sia The Mirrors of Moscow by Louiso Bryant is a timely book which fills a need Miss Bryant Is somewhat pro- pro j bolshevist In her sympathies but she isho do does s not net let this bias Interfere I the objectivity of her I She Im knows ws ev every ry one of her herI characters intimately Intimate from Lenin to Enver Pasha and tells things I about them that explain much She tells of the tho feelings and ambitions that stir each one their ways their habits of ot life lite their relation I to other people She has a n. fine perception for tor peoples people's peoples people's peo peo- ples pies salient traits traits for for the features that mark Individuality She draws lifelike full length lenith portraits When I you have ha seen the gallery you reel feel you have ha seen a composite portrait of the whole of R itself in inUs Its Us phases of vivid turbulent complex com coat plex life Ufe social political industrial agricultural religious educational and purely human Among the leaders she describes are Lenin Father Tikon Alexandra Kalinin Enver Enver Enver En En- EnI I ver Pasha Maxim and various arlous subordinates In the foreword she says Revolution Rev Re The air is filled with flames nad fur The shapes of men seen through the smoke become become be- be come como distorted and unreal Pr Promo Promo- me- me than supermen they seem giants in j I sin or virtue satans pr saviors But Dut in truth behind the tho scenes ot oti i and tIll flame they are like lIko other men men no no larger and no smaller no better and no worse all creatures of the same incessant passions hungers vanities and II fears So it is In Russia And In this I book I have e tri tried d to show the leaders leadem lead lead- em ers ra of the revolution as they really are as I know them in their homes where the red glare does docs not penetrate penetrate pene pene- and they livo 11 as other men Thomaa mas Seltzer Seltzer Co o. o New cw York