Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-11-10 | Page 4 | Russia

n 1 RU S S IA Possibility Justifies Bolshevik Backward Revolt of Recognition of Look 1917 at I I Editors Editor's Note One of the strangest chapters in modern modem history has been written during the last 16 years Springing irom subterranean intrigue against the cruelties of the Russian monarchy came a government which swept Russia clear of ol both autocracy and democracy and set up a n so called dictatorship of th the proletariat 0 The powers were slow to recognize the new rulers of Soviet Russia America slower than all For 16 years the United- United States has had no rio official off 1 cial dealings with them therit i Now President Roosevelt proposes to abolish this abnormal ton lon of two great powers and has invited Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinoff Lit Lit- vino of Russia here to chart a course toward this end In a series of which the firs the United Press tells the strange dramatic history of the Russian i revolution evolution and the events leadIng leading lead- lead ing ng up to the Litvinoff talks UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS B By JOSEPH II If BAIRD BAffin United Press Staff Correspondent Copyright 1933 by United Press WASHINGTON Nov 10 It 10 It was a old cold cold clear morning in November 1917 Along a street in hi Petrograd a 8 ayoung ayoung young youn diplomat Sheldon Whitehouse was hurrying to his job at the American Arner- Arner lean ican can embassy A familiar figure approach ap- ap d him Whitehouse r recognized the he man as Alexander F. F Kerensky prime minister of Russia The two met and exchanged greet greet- logs ings Kerensky appeared harassed Suddenly he confided The bolsheviks control the city cit My government is in danger I am hurrying from the city to meet ray my troops troops We w will ll return soon to reestablish reestablish reestablish re re- re- re establish ours ourselves And he hurried on On into a losIng losing los los- ing lag battle and political oblivion Whitehouse dashed to the embassy and told his startling story to Ambassador Ambas Ambas- ador David R. R Francis Soon came other reports ministers had lad had been arrested The bolsheviks had lad taken over not only Petrograd but jut Moscow Urgent Cable Home ome Francis sent an urgent cable to tc the state department Bolshevik appear to have control of everything here Cannot learn whereabouts of any minister introduced Lenin to bolshevik bol bolo audience today and Lenin made peace talk violently attacking bourgeoise and advocating ad division of property No government here at present Thus the American Government learned earned of the most momentous revolution revolution revo revo- lution lulion the world has witnessed a revolution rev ion that drove thousands of Russians Russians Rus Rus- into hiding turned the social strata topsy and resulted in 1 16 years fears of between Washington and M Moscow scow Events moved fast in Petrograd and Moscow during the next 10 days das Revolt Moved Rapidly 1 The revolution i n broke out on November November No No- vember 7 Moving r rapidly the bol bol- took over the state bank and the telegraph system and put Kerensky's minister behind bars Meanwhile the Petrograd council counci L of workmen and soldiers labored feverishly fe te to consolidate their power The following proclamation was issued is iso sued as the political basis basis' of the regime regime regime re re- gime I One One All All power belongs to so so- viets the governments government's represents tives have been removed from their theli posts chairmen of various Soviets ar are in iii in direct communication with revolutionary revolutionary revolutionary revo revo- government Death Penally Penalty Annulled Two Two Death Death penalty restored by bI Kerensky at the front Russia then ther I was fighting lighting Germany as one of th the allies ir m in the World war Is annulled I and free play is given to political propaganda at the front all revolutionary revolutionary revolutionary soldiers and officers arrested for called so-called political crimes are to tobe tobe be beset set free Three Three Former Former ministers have been Kerensky has fled all military org organizations are arc exhorted to take all measures to arrest him and bring him back bock to Petrograd all complicity with Kerensky will be punished as high treason Diplomats Bewildered The to foreign reIgn diplomatic corps In ir Petrograd bewildered by the rapid sequence of events was holding almost almost al almost al- al most daily meetings to consider the safety of foreigners In Russia On November 17 Francis reported to the state department that Kerensky Kerensky Kerensky Keren Keren- sky was defeated at Gachina not far tar from Moscow on the and that he was arrested by the Cossack troops he was Wa leading Soldiers and sailors weary of muddy muddy muddy mud mud- dy trenches and starvation rations were yielding readily to bolshevik admonitions to cease fighting a capItalists cap war The Russian front fron against Germany began to crumble Meanwhile bolshevIsm spread rapidly rap rap- idly throughout Russia as councils of soldiers and workmen sprang up overnight in new races The hammer ham hammer mer and sickle though opposed at every turn turn- was marching on to victory victory vic vie tory in the former land of the czars I I Saturday SaturdaY How How the outside world rc reacted to the revolution i