White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-31
u, col. WILLIAM d. THOMPSON,
No. 3.

u il OF course, too early TO say
.,bat form of government the Boil
.hsviki may ultimately establish, but
ons thing / am sure we can rely up
IN II not crushed by Germany the
a.w Government will be a liberal
government and ultimately 1t will be-
some a stable government. Just now
.ome of It's leaders are under the de-
,usiop that their great nation can
live without economic relations with
The rest of the world; a carry on
industry without the organizing
sAnh,s of leaders, that IL only every
man can have "as much land as he
can cultivate himself" the people can
live IN a perpetual state of peace and
happiness.
Without a radical change in its
attitude In these matters. Russia
would indeed be lost utter chaos
would ensue. and wen a return of
d~espotism might come 10 be vel
coined as a mere means OF existence.
There Is some excuse for the present
attitude OF the part OF the ultra
radicals IN talking about the repudia-
ton OF the debts OF the old Govern
ment They see In those debts
obligations assumed by the old
regime for money used TO perpetnate
their slavery and to keep the autoc-
racy in power Even the debt as
sumed for the present war they may
regard as little of their affair. many
Of them may think of II as the
Cars war" and the un-sympathetie
attitude OF RussiaS allies since the
Revolution has done little to give
the Russian people any interest in
taking over those obligations.
sanity Must Come i'm Time
But the time Is not far distant,
IN my Judgment. when there will be
an awakening in this business. II
even the present Extremist Govern.
ment should remain long In power.
II will have to confront the problem
Of borrowing money from other
countries for the development of the
upon which the continued
welfare OF the people will depend
for the repair. upkeep. and extension
Of railroads and lines OF communica-
ton for the building of public works
the construction Of shipping. and 20
forth. Then they will realize that
even the obligations of the old regime
must be fulfilled. In fact. they have
already shown some appreciation Of
this possibility. The action Of the
All Russian Soviet In voting for the
reputation Of the old debts was spe-
officially made subject to the option
Of the Executlye-it could go as far
with the enforcement of Reputation
as II thought wise. or II need not en-
force It at all
Russia VIII sober down. Russia
will make use of the organizing
ability that II needs to straighten
out the tangle into which IL has
fallen. Inevitably. eommonsense and
common experience and the lessons
that men have learned about the
ways 10 do things. and the things
that are worth while to do, will re-
gain their sway. The workingmen
who are now trying TO run the factor
les without regard to system or order
OF economy oil efficiency will learn
That things cannot be done that way.
that they must have intelligent CO.
operation and intelligent leadership
IL they are to turn ont the products
which even their fellow-Russians-
to say nothing of the rest of the
sorld-must have, and In exchange
Tor which they are to receive other
products equally necessary 10 them
selves. And as education and
intelligence spread across the
great plains and into the villages
OF Russia, and they begin TO realize
their need of the products of the rest
OF the world. books and inventions
and manufactures. to live the fuller
lie to which they now blindly aspire,