The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-09-04
RUSSIA.

Exchanges fairly well indicate that since the return ot MT. Root and MT. Russell from Russia they have no reason to believe that they should hail the result of that mis- sion as an unqualified success. Moreover recent events, even mak- ing allowance for such censorship as obtains, more or less justify what is rather d pessimistic optimism at it's best as far as that mission is concerned.
 Indeed the attitude of all Amer ican papers show clearly that be wildermgut is excited by the hap peniugs in Russia and the extent @na the sweep CT the greal revoiu- 3ion that has taken place they do net understand in the least.
 Russia is all entirely new vision of society and frankly those who have obtained ideas as to present day things from every day histories will never understand it.
 There is almost something Iathe- Sic in the expressed hopes that out of the ferment of revolutionary Russia will come leader, a new Napoleon, Man on Horseback who will lead his people again in the glories Of war and triumphant law and order, at any price. It Is astonishing the hopes in this diree- ton huttaring Ike moths around :. candle, that rose in the breasts ot American writers centcring around Kpreusky. And the applause that rose ir many papers when the re- mort said that he was to institute a reign Of blood and iron and discip- line. apparently struck many writ. CTS in this land of democracy az just about right.
 But suppose We approach Rus sia from the point of view of the ,naterialist conception of history from the standpoint of economic detcrminism, is it not possible that if that theory has been found sound in interpreting other phases of human history, we may also get clear grasp Of things as they are occurring in Russia.
 The old Russia is dead. Tha, old Russia was built upon the bureaucracy, a yer~ complex orsa- nization established by q. c!icarchy to keep the rest su6dued for their benefit. Under their economic su- premacy the religion, the laws and the moral system that prevailed from Siberian eXiies to pogroms all partook of the class interest ot the Oligarchy.
 Even the most enthusiastic pro- ally will not believe that any other consideration than the interest oi the ruling class in Russia supported the small nation of Servia against Austria. So the war broke out and the greater honor and glory and power and wealth of the bureau crzcy was to be attained thereby.
 Essentially that this might be so the victory of the Tzar's forces mus be assured and failing such vie tory seeming possible, there would be no continuance of the war.
 With defeat there arose a strong natioralistic sentiment in Russia as apart from the bureaucratic na tional sentiment of loyalty and al 1egiance to the controlling powers This was the beginning of the dis integration. Moreover Ihe old stand ing army had been killed off. Tha was the main support of the Tzal and the bureaucracy. The new army was made up of workers scholars, professional men, al sort and conditions of men with ra 5iicalism predominating There Wal growing up a kinship between th' soldiers and the workers that hat not beer approached in any othel country. Thus was the disintegra tion well prepared. In the mean time to save themselves advisers O the bureaucracy bethought them O peace, and this was the beginning of the end for they thus counteret Inc growing sense of Russian ma tionality
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