▁Re putation ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁an ▁American ▁diplom at ▁test ified ▁to ▁Congress ▁that ▁Peters s ▁was , ▁with ▁another ▁Che ka ▁leader ▁Aleks andr ▁E id uk , ▁considered ▁the ▁" most ▁blood - th irst y ▁mon ster ▁in ▁Russia ". ▁At ▁that ▁time , ▁Peters ' s ▁influence ▁was ▁vast ly ▁over st ated ▁by ▁English ▁language ▁newsp apers , ▁because ▁he ▁was ▁known ▁to ▁the ▁police ▁in ▁the ▁UK , ▁and ▁because ▁the ▁only ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁found ers ▁of ▁Che ka ▁who ▁spoke ▁English . ▁On ▁ 2 5 ▁January ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁The ▁Times ▁in ▁London ▁bel ated ly ▁lear nt ▁that ▁the ▁B ols he vik s ▁had ▁been ▁divided ▁over ▁whether ▁to ▁conduct ▁a ▁r ve ol ution ary ▁war ▁with ▁Germany , ▁and ▁claimed ▁that ▁One ▁party ▁is ▁head ed ▁by ▁Len in , ▁the ▁other ▁by ▁T rot sky , ▁Peters s , ▁R ade k ▁and ▁Z in ovie ff ... The ▁T rot sky ▁and ▁Peters ▁party ▁believe ▁in ▁hero ic ▁measures ..." ▁Peters s ▁did ▁not ▁mer it ▁a ▁mention ▁in ▁any ▁of ▁T rot sky ' s ▁extensive ▁writ ings ▁about ▁the ▁period , ▁and ▁certainly ▁was ▁not ▁in ▁the ▁front ▁ranks ▁of ▁the ▁B ols he vik s ▁leadership . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁Che k ist , ▁he ▁und ou bt edly ▁had ▁many ▁people ▁killed , ▁yet ▁the ▁port ray al ▁of ▁him ▁as ▁' the ▁most ▁blood -