Shortly prior to Lenin's death came stories which would indicate that War Lord Trotsky has been relegated to a lowly place among the leaders of the less radical order of Russians.
It was announced, but subsequently denied, that Trotsky had been arrested by M. Dzerjinsky, chief of the Cheka, the political police force of Sovietdom, on the order of M. Zinoviev, President of the Moscow Soviet. He was charged with "treasonable conspiracy against the Soviet, rebellion against the Central Committee of the Communist Party and disloyalty to the Internationale."
The report was, however, partly...
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