THE COMMUNIST December 27th, 1919.
The Trial of the Czar Assassins Bolsheviki (The following translation of a Russian (From the Moscow paper Pravda. vaks to the city, he, as chairman of the document from the Moscow Communist newsextraordinary commission, gave out an order paper Pravda (the document having of his wife Alexandra nee Princess of Hesse, to shoot the imperial family and those reached this country via Warsaw) throws an of their daughters Olga, Maria, and Ana around them. Yakliontov declared that he interesting light on the charge frequently repeated in the American bourgeois press to stasia, and of divers persons with them. was present at the execution and, in any the effect that the Bolsheviki killed in cold As the results indicated, 11 persons in all case took the responsibility on himself, but blood the ex Czar of Russia and his family.
were killed. The number of defendants was was not guilty of the robberies that followed This document shows that not only were the 28; three of them, Gruzinov, Yaklontov, and the murder. In his evidence Lokhontov not guilty of anything of the sort, but that the murder was committed by a poli Malyutin being members of the Yekaterin specially emphasised as the last words uttial opponent af the Bolsheviki to discredit burg Soviet, two of them, Maria Apraxina tered by Nicholas Romanoff: For my the Soviet Government. The man, Yakhontov, and Yelizaveta Mironova, being women, death, my people will curse the Bolsheviki.
who was responsible for the order, evidently while the rest were officers of the guard.
The other defendants, including Gruzinov got himself elected to a high Soviet position After a long examination of the witnesses and Malyutin, declared that they did not in order to be able to accomplish this treachery; but he was finally discovered and and defendants the complete picture of the know of Yakhontov treason, and that they punished for the cold blooded assassination. murder was revealed. The ex Czar and executed his cominands.
The party to which Yakhontov belonged, the the rest were shot and were not, according After the speeches of the prosecutor and Left Social Revolutionaries, is generally conto plan, subjected to any ridicule. Yakhon the defense, the tribunal found guilty of the sidered as the most treacherous opposition to the Bolsheviki, and this party was, before the tov, the chief defendant, ex member of the murder of the ex Czar family et al. only establishment of the Soviet regime as well Yekaterinburg Soviet, admitted that the Yakhontov, and sentenced him to be shot.
as since then, a terrorist party, which by its murder of the ex Czar family was or Gruzinov, Mauytin, Apraxina, Mironova.
deeds of violence against individuals has alganized by him for the purpose of discredit and Red Guards were found guilty of ways been discrediting all constructive revoing the Soviet regime in the interest of the robbing the victims and were also sentenced lutionary movements. It is interesting to Left Social Revolutionaries to whoin he benote that when members of this same party to be shot. The rest were acquitted. The killed in a similar manner Count von Mirlonged. According to Yahkontor evidence, following day the sentences were carried bach, the Allies praised them to the skies. the murder of Nicholas Romanoff was at out. The decision of the Tribunal is the tempted when he was at Tobolsk, but the best proof that the Soviet Government has HE Revolutionary Tribunal presided watchful guards prevented the plan from taken all ineasures to detect and punish over by Comrade Matveyev, after being carried out. At Yekaterinburg, when those who were guilty of this senseless two day examination, finished the case of confusion reigned among the Soviet authori murder. The clever plan of the Social Revothe murder of ex Czar Nicholas Romanoff. ties due to the approach of the Czecho Sio lutionaries failed.
No Third Road is Open HE second of March 1919 will go down By Steklow Berne conference of compromisers enin the annals of history as a momentos deavoring to galvanize the corpse of the ate. On this day the First Congress of the proletariat who have not sold the interests Second International. Though not daring hird Communist International was called of their class to the triumphant bourgeoisie openly to condemn revolutionary communorder.
must work everywhere, excepting Soviet ism or bolshevism, the Berne conference me time ago, in the days of the revolut Russia, almost in the underground. The actually repudiated it, and thereby separ 005, the Russian Socialists creamt Moscow Communist Congress is not like ated itself from the liberating movement of the congress of the International to be the Berne flock of social compromisers and the world proletariat. They despatch to eld in free Russia. Presently their dream social traitors who exchange lovely smiles 115 a commission of examiners and conime true, but not in the form in which they with Clemenceau and Lloyd George.
trollers who will come to Russia, if not onceived it. In Russia have 110W assembied And yet we feel, regardless of the incom in the role of judges, at least, in the role not the representatives of the International plete and not numerous representation, that of cold and far from impartial witnesses, On of chloroformers, but the delegates of the right here in this hall which is draped with the other hand, the revolutionary proleadvanced section of the proletariat. They red cloth and adorned with red flags, port tariat sent to Moscow its best representgathered in Red Moscow in the capital of raits of prominent Socialist leaders and atives in order to conclude a fraternal the Russian Socialist Republic towards placards with inscriptions in all languages: union with Soviet Russia and to lay, towhich the hearts of all class conscious Long Live the Third International. the gether with her, the foundation of an inworkers and sincere adherents of the Social spirit of the World Revolution is breathing ternational alliance of the workers on the Revolution are turning. The delegate of the and the warm heart of the world proletariat basis of an active and united struggle for Austrian Commnists picturesquely related is beating. Here is being forged the thought the complete emancipation of the proletariat.
how he with another comrade struggled for and will of tlie working class, here are being Now with the formation of the Commun18 days to make their way to the congress outlined the roads of its emancipation, from ist International standing in deadly oppoamid the most unprecedently difficult conhere will ring out the clarion call to organiz sition to the International of the comproditions, now on foot, now in a peasants wag. ation, to the struggle and victory.
misers and social traitors, all the vacillaton, 110w on a tender, now hanging on the The Moscow Congress signifies the first ing Socialist elements which have not irsteps of a train Lut they paid no attention step toward the organization of the new revocably given the consciences to the imto all these hardships, because in the dist fighting International. Up till now the in perialist bourgeoisie are facing squarely the ance they perceived the vision of Red Mos ternational proletariat was lacking not so choice: either with the advanced proletariat cow, the heart of the Soviet Republic, whicit much in theoretical grounding, as in inter for the social revolution, or against the proclaimed to all mankind the beginning of national practical action. The First Com proletariat and in alliance with the its emancipation. This is the symbol of the munist Congress offers both. It brings to bourgeoisie for social reaction. No third world proletariat which, smashing aside all synthesis the theoretical interpretation of road is open.
obstacles, aspires to unite with Soviet Rusthe contemporary epoch and the sum total The social revolution is hammering at sia, in order to extend to her a helpful land of the practical experience of the Russian, the doors of the old world. With the and to draw from her some oi the spirit of German and other revolutions. Communism formation of the Third International the Socialist Creativeness and Revolutionary as the direct aim of the working class move proletariat is pressing to the very gates of Heroism.
ment in the present stage of developinent of the Communist kingdom. It will be able to The temporary triumph oi the imperial the, capitalist world, the Soviets and the open them despite the many obstacles world bourgeoisie prevented the initiat Soviet power as the political form of the of the First Congress of the Communist dictatorship of the proletariat these are strewn across its path by the viciousness of the ruling classes and by the treason of nternational from giving to it the desired the slogans proclaimed by the congress of former leaders.
ope and sway. This congress had to be the workers of all countries. From the Investia, the official organ pared and convened secretly. In the age What an encouraging impression is pro of the Central Executive Committee of the bourgeois freedom and democracy duced by the Moscow Communist Congress All Russian Soviet of Workers. Soldiers representatives of the revolutionary in comparison with the traitorism of the and Peasants Delegates.