The unrest which has been revealing itself lately in various units of the Red Army was, says the Russian Correspondent of the "Morning Post," discussed at a recent Meeting of the Supreme Revolutionary Military Council in Moscow. Of particular interest was the report submitted to the Council by FrunZe, the Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Front, who. declared that. the opinion held by the leaders of the Communist Party, that it is possible to maintain the Red Army in complete subordination to the party by means of an elaborate system of "Communist cells' set up among the troops, is entirely erroneous.
The activities and work of the "Communist cells" in the Red Army have up to the present yielded very poor results, The Red Army is completely imbued with anti-Semitic tendencies, and the hatred of Jewry and the Jews is as strong among the Red troops, if not stronger, than in the late Imperial Army. The officers of the old Tsarist Army, who are serving under the Reds, are much more popular among the soldiers than the new Communist officers.
The Soviet - Government, declared Frunze, must realise that such is the precarious state of affairs in the Red Army that whole units are entirely dependent on the will and whim of a handful of officers who do not even take the trouble to conceal their monarchist sympathies. The views expounded by Franze were supported and endorsed by-the Com-
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