Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-05
Es-REpUBI1cAN MARsHAILroWN IOWA: DEcENBER 5: 1917

Russia May
IAN ex-attache. writing in the
Washington Post, after q long resi-
dence in Russia and conversant with
the Slav language, law and country
believes that law and order will be re-
stored in time by Gen. kaled,nes and
his Cossacks VINO will restore limited
monarchy under Grand. Duke Nicho-.
las. the powerful Muscovite church and
the property owning classes.1
Darkness ID always most intense be,
fore dawn. The situation In Russia IL
terribly somber: moro so in some re-
spects than tho most peasimistic Of
dispatches would indicate. Yet thcre
are unmistakable signs OF the coming
dawn. and while the winter now al
ready inaugurated. cannot fail to bring
about an amount OF suffering and law
lessness and disease arising from the
present conditions OF famine, yet there
10 q considerable amount Of promise
that BY next summer normal conditions
will have been restored. and that Rus
sia win once more be able to face the
world, under tho direction OF sound,
orderly and stable government, COM
manding respect, both at home and
abroad.
1t is well to bear this in mind. Rus
sia 10 q land OF literally houndless
wealth. Tor the most part undeveloped.
With her vast area in Europe and Asia,
her huge population Of near 200, 000,-
000. increasing In the most phonome-
nal manner, and almost entirely devoid
OF manufacturing industries, she offers
"a wonderful market for American
goods.
People Simple and Kindly.
The people-98 per cent OF them en-
gagged In Agricultural pursuitH-are .
kindly. simple industrious, but alas
not thrifty race or rather agglomera-
ton OF races. whose one aim In life 10
to own q sufficient amount of land 70
enable them to eat to the satisfaction
OF their hunger, and who are all In
their way religious. no matter whether
they look to the Founder Of christian-
ity. Buddha, or Mahomet. for their
salvation. That is to say, they have an
attachment to the soil which engenders
patriotism as we'll as regard for the
ownership Of land. and o desire for the
mathematics OF that law and order
which are needed to safeguard the
rights Of property.
Tho fact that they arc religious In
dicates that they have code OF NOR
atty and Of good conduct, which one
would seek in vain among the reckless.
New York gutter bred anarchists,
with German-Jewish names, who have
for brief period secured the upper
hand ut Petrograd. Moreover. the
Russians ore Z very grateful people.
and arc not likely to forget the helping
hand which the United States has al
ways been ready TO extend to every
form OF need and suffering among
them. Especially do they appreciate
the efforts OF the United States to help.
since the revolution OF last spring.
Must Stand Rsady 20 Aid
Perhaps America has been ayen Z.
tribe over-Eenerous. But whit 1t IL
entirely right that ali further ad-
vancements Of money. and dispatch Of
supplies, should be suspended, while
the infamous Braunstein alias Trot-
zky, 10 making frantic efforts to rule
tho country from Petrog7ad. In con-
junction with the o1llcep Of the gem
eral stair Of the kaiser's army, who
have arrived on the banks of the Neva
for tie purpose. tho United states
should hold herself IN readiness 70 ~
sumo III assistance at the very short
ct notice, when the fceceo Of law and
order now actively at work secure the
upper hand Fur then the nee4 OF
money and supplies win Be very urgent,
and their dispatch win dmA IS no
delay .ss3
No moneys Advnncod to N orderly
Russian government, no American
es, no funds or supplies DEVOTED to the
double tracking and equipment OF the
trans Siberian railroad, IL Or win be-
lost. They may be depended npon to-
bring back returns hundredfold. This
- an assurance which the reader, OF
tho Post may accept from one WHO
has . very intimate acquaintance with
Russia ana the Russian people. who
has lved among them, who has been
able to converse with them in their,
own language. and whose experience Il
based upon WsidenDe In Russia, and a
very sympGchedc study and under-
standing Of their affairs; always hear.
ing In mind that Il - utterly mislead-
ing to 3ndSo than by American or
Engthh standards. IS 80
8 prSsDnt Evvntss Fersoast
AZ che ttme when che revolution,
broke out fh March IN Petrusrad, /
expressed the opinion in these columns
based on Chat knowledge and expert
ence-that the new government world
live mp IN every respect to II desiE-
nHtinm Of rrUvtssonat; thxt II to say,
transitional. I drew attention to the
fact that It could not In all human
possibility live up to 1ts 1rogram and
70 Its PROMISE: that 4 wae bound to
gfve dissatisfaction to tho moro adj
vanoed elonnnt; and that It world con-
seqnantfy be succeeded by 4 series Of
other e revd1utinnary jnntas, tho one
more advanced. more radical, and
more Ducta1fstfc than the other. nrt,,
anarchy and general chaos ensued.
insisted thHt this condition Of
anairs, due to the circumstance that
the leading elements ct Petrpsrad were
visionary inteliectuaIs. socialists in
spired by German teachings, and an
iarchtsts largely foreign, bent on Loot.
was entirely foreign to the tastes and
views Of the bulk Of the Russian pen-
PIE, especially Of the peasantry. pre-
oicted that the moujiks, the members
OF The great merchant guilds Of Mos
cow E Odessa, Kieff, and other great
centerS OF trade, as wei an rho h,,,r