A SOVIET LEADER.

Grey River Argus, 23 July 1926, Page 5

A SOVIET LEADER.

HEAD OF “CHEKA” DIES. LONDON, July 21. A message from Moscow announces the death of Dzerzhinsky, Chief of the Cheka. Alternatively known as the “Black Pope of Bolshevism” and the “Russian Butcher,” Dzerzhinsky is estimated to be responsible for the execution of 1,250,000 people after most 'horrible torture. Tho “Times” states: How a man personally fanatically honest and un bribable could use every means of bri bery, corruption, and intimidation, be trayal of interests and a campaign of wholesale murder, is perhaps a psychological riddle, but it explains Dzerzhinsky’s power. WHAT HIS OFFICE WAS. (Received July 22 at 5.5 p.m.) MOSCOW, July 21. The death is recorded of M. Dzer jinsky, the President of the Supreme Economic Council. He was formerly tho most-feared man in Russia. Dzer jinsky sent thousands of men to their doom as President of the Cheka. Ho was nicknamed “The Black Pope.”