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Show DISCLOSES FACTS REGARDING SOVIET BOLSHEVISM EXPOSED BY RUSSIAN RUS-SIAN DELEGATE TO SOCIAL. 1ST CONVENTION. Declares That Hundreds Are Murdered Mur-dered and Others Perishing in Russian Jails Because They Differ From Bolshevists. Berlin. Martoff, head of the "men-stieviki," "men-stieviki," the moderate socialist party of Russia, In a speech to the Independent Indepen-dent socialist convention at Halle on Saturday opposed bolshevism. He Is a delegate to the convention and said he had been instructed by his party to disclose the true facts regarding the Russian regime. There was an uproar when he said that Zinovleff, who was present at the meeting, had 800 persons executed In Tetrograd in one night. Zinovleff was head of the third Internationale. "Among the 800," said Martoff, "were many of my own party. When Zinovleff claims that the executions were made because of attempts on the life of Premier Leuine, he lies." Martoff said hundreds of persons were perishing in the Russian Jails because be-cause they differed from the political belief of the bolshevlsts, and related that sometimes women were sized as liostages for 'political peace. "We call upon the proletariat of Europe," he continued, to declare that terrorism is not permissable, even for Russia, and that the Russian proletariate prole-tariate is In disgrace before the entire en-tire world. I received instructions from my parly to call upon you to war against capitalism, but at 1 lie same time I am to disclose the terrible rule of the bolshevlsts." He said the bolshevist claim that Western Europe Is ripe for revolution was nonsense, and that not in any of the countries did even the preliminary prelimin-ary conditions for revolution obtain. |
