The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-10

Russia Ia ideAllHm. The Rus
sian people are idealism let MS
give them TO understand that We
want this war 10 make democracy
safe. not hypocrisy safe
Stef'eus sayB Russian police are
not such bad creatures as novclists
are accustomed 90 paint them. but
are very Ike our own policemen.
who have a job TO do snd who do
II. without asking questions ne long
AZ the paymaster comes around ey.
cry month. lie told OF the cEar.
not as cruel autocrat. but ~ a
weak representative OF the capital.
istic interests. such as we have In
the United States.
He said the cxar was there on
the throne OF Russia because the
people supported him. Just as our
own political bosses are IN high
positions because our people sup.
port them
The revolution came" he said.
because the car acted on the
theory that hc was m sntocrst. lie
gave HIS power 10 his wife. and
she gave e over 10 Rasputin.
Tells Of Rsspu,ln
"Rasputin was n pilgrim. which
10 the Russians means q sinner. He
was an extraordinary sinner. with
very strong lusts and very strong
religious passions Ito combined
those tao things He took for bis
gospel. Repent ere you be saved
And he taught women n they did
not Elm they could not repent He
was like a great many ~ our
church men Who are saving The
poor ye hnvc always with You
And they ilke n that therefore it
IS wrong 90 abolish poverty.
The czarina was very re-.
liRious woman. She thought Ras.
putin saved her child's life. She
turned over TO him the power she
got from the car. and he sold the
rover OF Russia. for brides. to pro.
pie who wanted to get things out
OF Russia.
The women OF Russia played n
big part IN the revolution. A. first
they we're the tcrtorisH like or
own I W W. movement. The I
W W thinks that the only way
for labor 10 get attention is to
scare us into H. The women Of
Russia thought tho same. And
women are pretty good terrorists
Women Like /. W. w.
They used the icrrorizinE meth.
cd until they found out that the
car did not matter. that the Rus
sian trouble was not a matter OF
men. but Of something deeper than
men. II was matter Of econom.
les. go the Russian women and
men left the universities and went
TO live as peasants all over the
country. and teach economics That
seed gradually and slowly came up
and was ready to make the reyolu-
ton bear fruit
"Rasputiu was killed under the
leadership Of one ~ the grand
duchesses. Gossip has told that
he made the people laugh at the
czar and sneer at the czarina. So
the car. who had lost his own
class thru bribery. now lost the
people.
Car Likes Flowers
THE car did not know how to
get his people back. because he
had chosen a minister TO do his
Job. lie did not like his job. he
loves flowers. lie would rather
deal with flowers than deal with
people. 20 he tried TO start n rev.
olution of his own 30 az to get an
excuse TO got the people together
and shoot them down and intimi-
date them I'm order to prevent real
revolution.
THE Russi7n people say Mr..
Steffena qualified. that the Rus
sian government was 50 corrupr
/ that the German government was
enabled to send five German gen
erals into Russia to lead the Rus.
sian troops 70 place where Hin.
denburg could surround them ana
/ slay them.
Shot, Like Strikers
"At that time the Russian people
had no real idea of u revolution.
An they were doing were going on
iu the bread line. men, women and
children from early morning until
evening. The roliCe drove them
away. but they ala not resist They
moved away. but they came back.
| They had To come back because