The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-02
GOLD MINING IN SIBERIA IS
 FREE TO ALL

much to commend in the new order of things in Russia, as the following sympathetic article relative to condi- tions in Siberia shows:
 Commodore Wittenberg arrived on Thursday night from Anadir after stay there upon a trading trip of all most a month. and where the Russian citizens, both Menshiviki and Bol- sheviki made him quite at home and gave him all the rights and privileges of Russian citizen.
 The Mensheviki are in control of the situation at Anadir but they work in harmony with the fourteen Bolshe- wiki who are there Those in charge of the wireless station are Bolsheviki. being hold-overs from the regime which was removed from power by the rise in Siberia of Mennsheviki | ideas Mir. Wittenberg interviewed | both sides to ascertain the views of both one and the other A Mir Kas- haloff, a former BolshcviN official. | spoke Tor ms party.
 Bolshevik Against War The BolsheviH are opposed to the i accumulation of privately owned | wealth in all forms. and insist that | every member Of the community en | gage in productive labor They are really more communist than socialist 1 and claim that as communist their 1 system is better adapted to the i'm l poyeriahed and partly developed econ i omy of Russia. They are against war l ! They hold that eventually those na 1 tions now impcralist will experience ! q revolution similar to that which overlook Russia, and Mir. KashalpfI said that the Bolshcviki idea would extend not alone to Germany but throughout the world.
 Mensheviki Are for War
 The Mensheviki are not passivist like the majority in Russia, as the word bolsheyiki Cmajority) means. On the contrary. they believe in fight ing for the extension of liberty not alone in their own land but through out the world. They want like the Bolsheviki. no cZar, no kaiser no king. no president, but just such an official as they may popularly elect and who has handed in his resigna ton before he takes office, so that he can be recalled at will. They insist upon work as the foundation of their society and with work efficiency in distribution management and opera [ ton.
 Their belief in democracy is fun damental; the people must own and . rule themselves and their property. ! Private property is confined to such essentials as are to be classified as . domestic. All things needed for sub sistence are publicly or collectively | owned and administered. They rec Ognize that 1t is impossible to sep arate themselves entirely from the . capitalist system, and they must aC- commOdate themselves to such form as exists until they can supersede it |, with something which will fill the so- cial need as effectively Experiments of this kind to develop d collectivist system are to proceed while the pres ent methods are still in operation.
 Mines Free to All
 "The Mensheviki in control at Ana dir assured Commodore Wittenberg that the mines and the right to pros pect are free to all. Every person by such residence a Russian citizen, entitled to all the rights and privi- leges of that citizenship, participat- ing in election and the various con vacations in the district to legislate upon general subjects of interest. No title is granted to any claim, but every miner secures a squatter's right in the eyes of the law. which lapses upon removal from the ground or failure to operate it, No passport is re- quired for residence
 Small boilers and some machinery is permitted, but to prevent any at tempt upon the part of monopoly to grab the ground, large operations are not permitted and extensive machin. cry, unless for cooperative operation, is prohibited.
 Want to Cooperate with Nome
 The fishing industry is extensive in Anadir and the citizens of that place want to live and cooperate in friendly manner with Nome, it's Amer ican neighbor. The head official gave letter to Commodore Wittenberg for the mayor of Nome. urging him to SC. cure the exportation to Anadr of sup plies in the way of food. ammunition, etc, as no steamer Is expected from Nladivostok next year. In exchange, fish and furs and gold will be sent to