WHO WILL SUCCEED?
FACTIONS AMONG SOVIET CHIEFS.
'; (HUTU'S TILIGRAII.) (Received 29th January, noon.) MOSCOW, 28fh January. The death of Lenin has given rise to a complex political situation. The Bolshevik chiefs are said to be squabblinjg behind the scenes and Trotsky is said to be in disgrace. Dzerzinski, who is in charge of Lenin's funeral arrangements, has come to the forefront as a strong-willed fanatical man, feared by the Moderates, who urge that the factions should drop their quarrels and coalesce in order to solve domestic and foreign questions, especially in view of the early recognition of the Soviet by foreign Powers. This tendency favours Trotsky, without whom no reconciliation of the factions would >be real and lasting. The military also are likely to side with Trotsky. In the event of a reconciliation, Kalikin, President of the Executive Committee, will probably become President of the Council of Commissaries, but at present Kameneff and Stalin are regarded as likely successors to Lenin, ,if it is decided to replace him by one man instead of a triumvirate.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1924, Page 5
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175WHO WILL SUCCEED? Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1924, Page 5
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