Indiana daily times. [volume], December 21, 1920, Last Home Edition, Page 4, Image 4

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TROTSKI SEES
PEACE BY REDS
ON CHRISTMAS
Declares Soviets Are Making
No Preparations for Fu
ture Fighting.
CONSTRUCTION IS BEGUN
MOSCOW (By Wireless to Berlin). Dee.
21.—Soviet Russia will have its firs’- peace
Christmas this year since the creation of
the soviet form of government. This was
the meesage sent to the outside worl 1
today by Leon Trotski, people's com
missar of war. Trotskl has just re
turned from South Russia, where he di
rected military operations on the Crimean
front. He says that Russia is not mak
ing any preparations for future figur
ing. All the energies of the soviet, he
said, are now being turned toward the
economic upbuilding of the country.
(Note. --According to press dispatches
from Constantinople, soviet Russia has
embarked on anew war in Persia, using
troops that crushed General Wrangel’s
anti-Bolshevist army. Constantinople re
ported that the Russian Reds had invaded
northwestern Persia and were advancing
on Tabriz, overcoming all opposition.)
SVEMY ROTTED
ON ALL SIDES.
Seated in his office In the building of
the Supreme Revolution War Council,
Trotskl dictated the following state
ment :
"As to the situation on the fronts I
may say that at this moment we have no
active fronts. In the South we have
eliminated Wrangel. In the West and
Southwest we have eliminated Petlura
and Balachovltch. In the Far East we
have routed the Jegions of SemanofT.
This is the first occasion in the last three
years that the military situation in
Russia has given way to tranquility.
There is no fighting anywhere at present.
"The military reports from the fronts
deal only with the reorganization, with
the newly liberated districts and with
the enumeration of captured by
oar armies.”
"How long do you expect this period
to last?” Trotskl was asked. He re
plied:
“In this regard yon ought to look for
enlightenment beyond”' boundaries of
soviet Russia; in those official head
quarters where all plots and attacks and
campaigns against soviet Russia are be
ing manufactured.
DECLARES SOVIET
WISHES LASTING PEACE.
"We wish lasting pea -e. We wished
peace before the Polish war broke out
last spring. We should think that the
entente would grant concessions, now
that we have offered amnesty to the
Wrangel crowd, and in view of the utter
hopelessness of their undertaking.
“Russian peace, however, was not
wished In Paris and London. The re
sult has been that after a bitter struggle
and immeasurable losses Poland got lets
than we had been offering her. Wran
gel's adventure in south Russia swal
lowed up some tens of thousands of
lives and a few billions of francs Tl.e
result is that Wrangel's forces were an
nihilated. ’’
"What do you regard as the chief prob
lem of the moment?” Trotski was asked.
He responded:
"The economic problem. Ton know
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Chicago Detective,
Doing Guard Duty,
Held Up by 4 Men
CHICAGO, Dec. 21.—1n an effort to
combat the crime wave which has
swept Chicago since the advent of
cold weather, wealthy citizens have
employed private detectives to guard
their homes.
Roger Gale, Pinkerton detective,
while the street In front
of the home of Cyrus 11. McCormick,
harvester king, Inst night, was held
up by four men. Gale, firing from his
pocket, wounded and captured one,
who gave the name of Jobu Johnson.
The others escaped,
v
that I recently returned from the Donetz
basin, where I, together with a com
mission sunt by the council people's
commissars, studied conditions In the
coal and iron field. We learned that the
metal industries and the coal mines in
the Donets basin are now beyond dan
ger either from Armenia or the Cauca
sus. It is quite possible to double or
even treble the production of coal within
: the next few months. I am convinced
\ that the measures taken by the gov
eminent guarantees satisfactory results.
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
IS IMPROVING.
“We are restarting the big metal fac
tories In the south. Railway transport
Is Improving. The attention of the coun
try is being directed from questions of
polities and war to economic construc
tion. AVe are very much interested in
international trade. Still more we would
like to be left in peace. In this condi
tion we could pledge onrseives not to
unsheath the sword in the future."
‘ What are your purely mlltary prob
j iems?" Trotsky was asked.
He replied: "'We wish to decrease con
siderably the numbers of men in the
army, but at the same time increase tho
fighting ability of the army. The cap
italistic press has fed its readers on
fancy stories about the reputed disinte
gration of the Red army, about Comrade
Budenny’s betrayal and so on. There
still may be in Europe some numbskulls
who believe such tales as these. A* a
matter of fact during the operations
against Wrangel the Reds reached anew
level of efficiency and strategy, as well
as In heroism. The Russians showed
themselves good fighters. Our infantry
in particular scored a great success.
Among the many trophies captured from
j the AVraugel forces, we did not find any
thing that we did not already possess.”—
- Copyright, 1920, by International News
Service.
LLOYD GEORGE TERMED
AS I NLCCKY PROPHET
“What about the Caucasus and the
Near East?” Trotskl was asked.
Trotski replied: “Our policy there is
the same as on the Dniester and the
N'srora —(the districts where the Red
Russians fought Wrangel and the Poles)
a policy of fighting for peace. States
men of the capitalistic countries regard
less of their (thousand pardons) block
fceadedness in questions of revolution and
Socialism ought to understand that onr
profoundeat interests—political, econom
ic and cultural—demand a policy of peace
and intense work."
“What about the predictions of the
early collapse of the soviet regime?"
Trotski was asked. He replied:
“I remind you that Premier Lloyd
George expressed his beIWT early In the
year that the collapse of the soviet re
gime would soon come. He said such
a regime could not possibly last.
ENABLE TO DEPEND
REDS' MAD REGIME.
“Permit me to call your attention to
the persistency of some statesmen in their
role of unlucky prophets. As to our mad
regime, 1 am really at a loss to say any
thing lu its defense. To be sure, we
have no hereditary kings at the head of
our State, as is the case In well conduct
ed countries. We miss thereby the court
life and its ennobling influence or the
people. We have no dukes, no marshals,
no viscounts, no peers* no generals nor
any exalted sharpers clad In solemn ju
dicial robes. We also lack sadly a House
of Lords, to whom Lloyd George referred
In 1918 as “parasitical successors of mis
creants and parasites, but who, neverthe
less, even now continue to decorate cer
tain civilized countries.
RUSSIA WITHOUT
WAR PROFITEERS.
“We have no bankers in Russia, no
capitalists, no userers, who, In strict con
formity with all the rules of modern
civilization, feverishly enrich themselves
during war at the expense Os others. We
have no professional parliamentarians
who once in five years make the ex.
ploited masses vote for one or the other
of the existing bourgeoise parties. All
legislation and executive organs of our
republic are subject to the Congress or
Workers and Peasants which meets ev.
ery December in the person of thousand':
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UNOIAJNA DAILY TiMLS, XLLSDai, DECEMBER 21, 1920.
of real workers and peasants. Our task
is to raise the prosperity and culture of
the people on the basis of equality. We
hold that all ara equal as to duties as
well as privileges.
“We wish peace but we are going to
hit back if we are attacked. It is quite
natural that our order of things In the
opinion of certain gentlemen is a mao
regime.”—Copyright, 1920, by Interna
tional News Service.
Noblesville Woman’s
Body Foundin Cistern
Special to The Times.
NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Dec. 21.—Mrss.
Elzina BlUhymer, 63, wife of John Bill
hyiner, committed suicide by drowning
herself in a cistern at her home northeast
of this city. She was absent from her
bedroom when her husband arose and he
found her body in the cistern.
Despondency over illness Is thought to
be the cause of the" suicide.
14-Year-Old Poker
Player Is Arrested
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—A 14-year-old
boy was arraigned In the Children’s
Court In Brooklyn yesterday, charged i
with having shot another boy during
a game of poker. He Is William Ter
mlne. The boy he shot, according to the
police. Is Salvatore Camplsl, 15 years ,
old.
Fire Damaged and
New Goods Sale
Sale Starts Wednesday at 8:30
SUCH BARGAINS CAN’T LAST LONS—SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS FOR ALL WINTER at THIS SALE
NO REFUNDS. NO EXCHANGES. NO ALTERATIONS.
WE’VE A STORE FULL OF BARGAINS SUCH AS THOSE BELOW, BUT CAN’T
LIST THEM ALL. COME EARLY THAT YOU MAY HAVE YOUR CHOICE.
After just two months of successful operation, just when we were convincing all Indianapolis that better values
at cheaper prices were to be had at Moyer’s, DEMON FIRE came along and delayed our progress. We viere forced to
close our doors and await the insurance adjusters and carpenters who had to remodel the entire first floor. Now we
are straightened out, and Wednesday we throw open our doors, offering at ridiculous prices everything saved from the
fire, as well as thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise that was in transit.
All Thought of Costs Have Been Sacrificed to Again Acquaint You With This Value-Giving Store
COATS-WOMEN’S - DRESSES
Good warmth-without-weight
coats in latest styles and ma
terials. Not one should sell at les3
than $25.00. A wide range of
sizes.
SILK HOSE
On© whole table ortiHL:
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PETTICOATS
Jersey and taffeta combi
nation petticoats. There’s
a wide range of sizes and
colors—
s2>9B
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AND
OVERCOATS
"It's an ill wind that blows nobody good.”
A lucky purchase enables us to offer re
markably good suits and overcoats at a
forgotten price—
MEM’S
SHIRTS
Dress shirts of every size
that are water soaked.
Launder them yourself—
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Men's
Ties
29c
NO REFUNDS
Underwear
Hundreds of good qual
ity women ’3 union suits,
jersey ribbed. All sizes.
You’d better buy a- good
supply at this price.
lie
Values like these don’t appear every
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WAISTS
Crepe de chine ft
waists In white ■* JJ _
and popular /y
suit colors. AdT
You’ll want ML——
more than one. flEyf£s
WOOL HOSE
Wool sport hose, so much
in demand this season.
Now at a ridiculous price.
Mlli'S SOCKS
There’s a whole table of
these socks in every size.
It’s easy to pick as many
as you want—
10c
Don’t forget the doors open at
8:30 Wednesday. You'd better
be on time.
MEN’S '
collar s
All standard brand col
lars Arrows only
they’re water soaked.
Take your choice, each—
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NO EXCHANGES
MOYER’S
SKIRTS
Serge skirts in plain colors
of blue, brown and black—
-9 Cl
BOYS’ SUITS
BOYS*
SHIRTS
Good school shirts that
have been water soaked.
Before the fire they were
$1.23; Wednesday—
Here’s your chance to buy good,
serviceable, stylish dresses at a
price you thought impossible. The
range of sizes, materials and col
ors is complete.
$095
BRASSIERES
Water dam- ■ nn
aged, but will ■
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after they are .J jj|f s
laundered. SUM §IJ9
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SKIRTS
The popular color combi
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skirts. All sizes—
so.7s
Wafer
Damaged
But at this price you’ll not complain of
that; it’s only a question of how ms iy
suits you want—
MEN’S
UNION SUITS
Men’s $3.50 union suits
that got water soaked;
but they’re real bargains
at —
$1.79
; NO ALTERATIONS;
Ifsn’s
All Wool
Socks
49c