Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-17
arinnell Professor Gives Realistic Ao-
count Of His Recent Trip Thru Rus.
sia-lowa College Quartet PIeases
With Good Musie-Ladies Serve An
Excellent Supper to 100.

\ was never delivered IN the ASSOCIATION
| building than the one last night by
DIR. Edward A. Steiner, Of Grinnell. and
the very good numbers by the Iowa
College male quartet, which DR..
Steiner brought with him. and the
excellent supper the Ladies' Auxiliary
served, filled to completeness the eve
ning.
One hundred sixty were served in the
gymnasium by the ladies, and when
DR.. Steiner began speaking his aud
| fence had increased to 200. Preceding
him DR.. L. +. Kellogg, president, in
| troduced Secretary John A. Goodell,
who met for the first time with the
club, and who expressed his delight at
being there. The quartet sang half
dozen or more songs, both before and
after the lecture. and its audience liked
them SO well that 1t was repeatedly
encored The members OF the, quartet
are r. n. Lyman. F. B. Westlake, D. E..
Peck and r. ]. Jaqua.
Steiner at His Best.
While not feeling we'll DR.. Steiner,
in spite Of his indisposition, was at his
best and fairly out-did himself during
| the more than an hour he talked. His
subject, Chasing After the Russian
Revolution" so thoroughly character
istic Of himself and what followed,
was the best first handed information
q local audience has ever had on the
Russian situation as it was during the
past summer. DR.. Steiner came to the
Searchlight Club fresh from, months
OF touring thru Russia and was load
ed to the brinn with sights he had
seen, conditions he had observed, per-
sonal experiences he had gone. thru
and his opinions following his analysis
of the social conditions caused by
the rioting, revolution and turmoil
Finally he drove home to his audience
local application as result of the
coming out of Russia and other coun-
tries of the discontinued and abused
people, who are settling in America
and being absorbed in Its population
Chasing the Revolution.
When DR.. Steiner arose to speak he
had to wait for fully a minute for the
enthusiastic applause Of his audience
to subside, so he could begin. AfteS
few preliminary humorous salltes he
took his hearers by rapid strides with
him from Berlin thru the borders OF
Russia to st. Petersburg, where ne
was when the douma was dissolved and
where the stirring events accompany
inS it's closing were enacted. From
there TO Moscow, then just emerging
from revolution, striking Of workmen,
riots. robbery and rapine. From Mos
COW 10 far northern Russia he then
went. and then across the devastated
outlying provinces where the peasants
in uncomfortable and wanton fury were
| killing the focks and herds; burning
granaries and laying waste the land.
While on route, SO to speak, he took
I'm and analysed the various ele-
ments making up the principal forces
/ of the Russian revolution. He inst
| encountered the so-called loyal sub
iects OF the Gear, the paid subjects OF
4 hts majesty. who have been the tools
Of the bureaucracy, in the massacre OF
| the Jews. In his estimation the Sec
| ond largest element is the laborins
men, who are coming into knowledge
1 Of their rights, and who are stuoy1n ,
and absorbing revolutionary 1oeas. Aile
next and unknown, and thorougnly
unorganized force. estimated at lOo,-
! 900. 900, is the peasants. This peasan-
try. Dr. Steiner holds, Will prove as
wears go on to have within itself the
| balance of power. When 1t starts on
| it's course, and is organized. woe unto
those who oppose Its way.
/ directly opposite to the ueverance
these people held for the Gear, or lit
t,e father when DIR. Steiner was In
Russia three years ago, there now IS
q wide spread hatred for the monarch.
Three years ago his name was spoken
with awe, now oaths accompany Its ut
/ terance. This, DR.. Steiner explained,
was because Of the advancement IN
knowledge the people have made. Rev
| olutionary workers have been among
| them, and more and more they are
coming to see their abuses ana NAL
| treatunen in its true light.
DR.. Steiner gave a good solution OF
how the proof that the peasantry held
the balance of power would be seen.
| About rs or 80 per cent OF the 2oo,-
900 or 800, 900 soldiers needed TO NIL the
holes the japanese shot in rho Rus
sian army, are being recruited from
the peasantry. These peasants are
army. their revolutionary ideas DR..
Steiner places the time at five years
when the peasants will control the
army. or have it so thoroughly satur-
ated with revolution that 1t will rise up
and overthrow the bureaucracy and the
government
Thrilling Personal Experiences.
More than once while in Russia DR.
Steiner said he wished he was back IN
Iowa, and some Of his experiences
were thrilling to say the least But
thru them he gave his audience in de-
tail ideas Of the fearful condition that
prevailed which none had ever fully
realized before
Going into Russia he was one of four
on the entire train. Going out of Rus
STA every train was packed. so anxious
were the people to leave. while few
were inclined to 80 In. He was IN St