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, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26th. 1919
WHO THE BOLSHEVIKI ARE:
They are Russian Socialist Democrats. They are not a now party,
but. on the contrary, one of the oldest political factions of Russia.The men who
call themselves Bolsheviki were originall> the very radical element of tho
Russian Socialist Democratic party, representing, in a broad way, the political
principle that the proletariat must rule, and that the fight <>r the proletariat
not mefedy --j-q— jrm-onu'.wni, l.JJt.tli^l il- is.aleo :<gr.-i.iuut
* middle class— iho eldss* that, wishing to cling t«. its own possession, even
though these might he meagre, must necessarily oppose the porletarint's de
mand for communal ownership.
Why they are calleed Bolsheviki: In*190."» there was a great split in tho
party, and the Radicals, then under the leadership of Nikolai Renine, found
themselves in the majority. They demanded an immediate effort to secure a
maximum of the party’s progrant, and were, therfore, christened “Bolsheviki”—
tho men #l)o want more—or .Maximalists. Their more moderate opponents
became known as “Mcnsheviki”—those who demanded less—or Minimalist..
The name seems to have had nothing to do with the fact that these “root-and
branch” partisans controlled a majority of the Socialist Democratic party.
They might ho in a minority there, and among the Russian people, as a whole,
jet still be Bolsheviki.
The present Bolsheviki party is composed not only of the original faction,
hut also of the radical faction of the Peasant’s Social Revolutionary party,
which joined the Bolsheviki in 1917.
The Bolsheviki showed quite surprising popular strength for a con
siderable time. At the third All-Russian Conference of Councils of Work
men's ami Soldiers’ and Peasants’ delegates, which was held in Petrograd dur
ing the end of Januaty, 191S, live opposition to Bolsheviki rule was so weak,
both in numbers and in spirt, that it was almost negligible. This was unex
pected, since this conference was attended by men who, under the soviet or loc
al council systems of Russia, might bo supposed to represent the people very
directly, and it had been believed that they would have marked differences of
opinion with the radical Petrograd Socialists.
The All-Russia Congress of Soviets, assembled in Moscow to act on
the peace treaty submitted by Renine. consisted of 1.164 delegates, soldiers,
sailors, and peasants being in the majority. The assembly voted overwhelm
ingly to accept tiie treaty, though voicing its unrelenting enmity toward the
Berman military and capitalistic government.
Nikolai Renine's creed apparently remains the one he has preached
ail his life—the proletarian revolution. This is unlike the socialism of tho
men under Kerensky, who fought for a general socialism. The Renine school
holds that tho class struggle must be fought out first, and that the under
most class is the more numerous, and must, therefore, he placed on top. In
following out this idea to practical issues, he holds that the land question is
the foundation of all poverty in Russia and that, therefore, it must be solved
first. Tiie solution, as he sees it. is to proceed to immediate and complete ap
propriation of all privately owned lands.
“Bourgeois” means literally ‘‘burgher”, or the burgher class—that is,
the prosperous middle class of Europe. It became a term of opprobrium dur
ing tiie French revolution, when the middle classes, which themselves had suf
fered under the tyrannical rule of the monarchial aristocracy, became fright
ened by the excesses of the lower classes, and in their desire for orderly gov
ernment leaned toward restoration of the monarchy—or were suspeced of
doing so.
In Russia the term is now applied to everybody whose interests and
leanings differ from those of the masses. All such persons are accused of cap
italistic sympathies, and arc under suspicion by the radical groups.. The ef
fect is to class among tho bourgeois many so-called intellectuals and more
moderate liberals, to whom, as a matter of fact, the first success of the revolu
tion largely was due. It was because of bis alignment with this class that
Professor Milyukoff lost standing with the radical revolutionaries.
The Bolsheviki claimed that the party in the Ukraine that has pro
claimed independence was a party composed of the bourgeois population; and,
iis the Bolsheviki plan for Russia was to make it a republic of the proletariat,
an attempt by the bourgeois to assert independence was as obnoxious to them
as if aristocracy had attempted a counter-revolution in Russia. In fact, the
“coupter-revolution” feared by the Bolsheviki is essentially a counter-revolu
tion by the bourgeois. If the Russian question were a perfectly clear-cut
issue between aristocracy and common people, the situation would be very
simple. Wo would then have soon much less of these apparently contradictory
actions. ^
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS
The watch on the Rhine has its hands up—Brooklyn Eagle.
Holland couldn't escape the horrors of war. Wilhelm Is now there—
Brooklyn Eagle.
KOREAN REVOLT STILL SMOULDERING IN SPITE JAP REPRESSION
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
SEOl. L, Korea, March -5—The Korean movement for independence is
continuing to maintain a state of passive resistance to the efforts of the
Japanese to stamp out the popular inclination for national freedom.
The Koreans are not submitting without resistance, however, and num
erous riots and outbreaks are keeping the Japanese busy In the interior. The
country is under a partial state of martial law in some sections. The theatres
and shows have been closed and in many communities the Japanese have been
forced to organize a volunteer defense corps to protect themselves from attack
l>> the Korean population. The Korean revolt leaders are maintaining a
steady propaganda by means of bulletins. The Japanese nffilcals are totally
i:nable to locate the mimeograph on which are printed the secret paper which
Km ps the Koreans informed regarding revolutionary and other developments
at home and abroad.
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