The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-13

The most GisSnteresced and the
most gifted class in Russia, the intel
Igsnssfa, has perhaps suffered more
trsn sny other class In the raging
storm of anarchy that has devastated
the country. The members OF this
class are noS persons Of great ma
terial wealth, but they have culture.
refinement and true G5eralisy OF sen
riment which r2rsly runs into ex-
rrsHss- They are in touch with mod
ern thought. and. while their ideals
are Russian. their outlook is cosmc-
poliran-
wilGes. OF dreamers In another. they
new Russia Theirs has been the
Hons share In the making OF the Rus
sian revolution 1t was the prcpa-
gsndism OF the infelligentsia that
really led 10 the destruction of the
old regime They have anEagoniEed
both the large landowners and the
leaders OF the prolsgariat. and yet
they alone could effect . reconciiia-
ton or understanding between the
Icnaaic-ing elements OF Russian social
life
/ The inteIligsutsia should not be
sconFouadsd Nth the nEsllecsuals
who have brought German kuitur
into Russia These opponents OF Teu-
stonism form distinct caste anG their
ideals and their methods are entirely
different from those OF the tnteili-
genrsia whose WORK has been 20
Heaven the vast fnponderabls masses
lin Russia with their splendid visions
sof human progress
TIE ranks OF those true pioneers
3Uf freedom have been Largely re-
lcrutIs5 from the professors zE1 uut-
svsrsiIy students Of Pussta- Some OF
them have been reTolutioutSts, Others
Enthusiastic artists, writer's ard
scholars, Who had 10 direct interest
lin politics By SORT Of reactioE, The
progressive policy OF -he cars gov
eminent drove ideai.Sss Who nElsla-
ally viewed political movements WIZ
indifference into herce opposition 10
an unjust and ryrannical exercise O.
Authority.
Such men as Tursuenie1 and Dos
.toyevsky had In them none OF The
+ qualities that belong 10 the political
'Sintrzguer or conspirato-- And yet,
as events proved. Turguenish had 10
hive during the closing years OF MS
life IN exile. and Dostoyeyssy, amer
having been condemned to death. was
sentenced 10 ten years in Siberia
II was the intelligsulsia that help
81 the Russian nation 10 win liberty,
but unhappily the people for whose
L emancipation they strove so unset
Hshly 10 win did not appreciate their
noble efforts. and so q prole-aTiaE
which Identifies license with freedom
has prosecuted the true ssviours OF
Russia
I The free expression OF opinion was
so long forbidden in Russia that
when the prohibition was removed
the masses became rzhid as : dog
Itoo long mu1zlsd may go mad
i The Russian moujik scarcely IN
! derstands the inteIligsntsia al all
His problem is entirely sgrarian- He
wants the land, and whatever party
satisfies his desire viii have his sup
port For liberal views he has no
sympathy unless they happen 10 coin
eide with agrarianism- But because
of their pronounced liberalism the In
itelligsntsia may be expected after the
termination OF the war 20 bring Rus
/ STA more into touch with true denoc-
racy than either the socialfstic probe
tarians or the reactiolartes- Even
S-lAl IL Ia. De tl- L1SA Va ~42S
class 20 destroy the influence OF both
Bolshsyism and Germaaism-
In the early stages OF their eFolu-
ton the intelligeatsia were in sym-
patty With the Russian rulers who
favored enlightenment Even the
great Catherine loved distinguished
scholars and men OF letters Her IN
te-Ttew with DEderot was an interest
Ing episode IN her strange career II
Is true that being OF German blood
she had 4 panehzat for Tsu-onic cul-
ture. but she encouraged native
artists and also invited foreign artists
20 Russia
In music especially Russian genius
has exhibited distinct originality Not
only she music but the subjects IN
GlinEzrs operas showed national lido
syncraciss- TschaikovsEE, though N
the beginning he was under the In
fue1ca OF LsszI- developed eventually
strong personality OF his OWL
IN like manner the Russian poets
ard roveliS-S we're free from what !
viii call intellectual hunkeyiSm- They
were Russian Of the Russian In Ehe
entire history Of literature there have
been 10 writer's with such strongly