The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-26
Peasants Reported Against Bolsheviki

That ;he masses cf she Russian peasants are gradually oecorsins ais illusroned regarding their status un f der SolsaevisrI and are almost res6y ss rs~ets asainss a Government whies merely allows them ths use ef she lana and as. it's ownership, Is the eoncIu sien reaehes sy ;As Russian cores ron5sz. cf .ne Nisuas See.srds1tsshs courans. jn an article quoted as fol lcsss in the 2uutcheEer Post ot Jan uary sr:
 Following sne fall ot czarisu [ nsc abundant opportunity 10 lock into she 7,enezl r-,aakeup sf .ae Russian peas =H.4 +Ao ssn,ocse the majority ef Ire E-SsizA people sraught t was trr p95tans IS sho~ # inc peasants elc conservatism, ssill preVsilss. or if tre revolution had altered their views The numerous conversations that nave had ~lfh sre peasants have led to tae conclusion that the Russian farmer IS the same ol5 e5oiss as 6e- fors Ths welfare of Russia IS mere IT secen6sF, matter to him. He de mana frcrt ire revolution n which As rz-sicipatsd nothing egt ovsIar arship 5' lznd ard fires trade. as he wants fo sell his grain or she pest terms eh- :s5nasse-
 ~TkErefsse hs is za opponent Of the sols-es1x wno ressra the land as the Property of all s15 the peasant mere " as Us cultiva.or. ssSo must sell his azrves. as fixed prizes to ;he feed com missions. This has already led tc -ss.z-sres being offered to ths 5oishe' x..i b. sas peasants. The peasant ii sskirs himself if he was not better eff ynde- czsris-7 than under tns pres ent regime.
 The country population of Russia was generally noa2-chIaily inclined -egzraine ths monarch not only as .u.er. out also az the infalable divlne authority. The eftorts Of the inteileosu as ss ula the peasants for rtooeT- zs.zs a1s ;s instruct them about pott 2 .tcs. szr,iar9ntsrisr7. sscialegy. econ or7i- problems. &e- did no- meet Witr much success The most they reac ~2s about the ecororic advantage: r-or1ised 5y .hs reyolueiou- Thus the o7ccusz.s of czariSr succeeded n ob- .aini1g the support ot the peasants but, rso,s tn2: the revolution ras lasted .a4o years and has brought noshing bu: 1issccet1treatx, the later are think 3rg thss they hay. bet oa tae wrong ro-se
 Al frs. everything went zs they ~is-ed it, They took the land and eat .is away f-or7 n. big landowners and .est il taen4sslves- B.: ro. l. turns ogs tls. they are not the real owners z-rer sii. ana t1ey are passierzteiy clanorins fer a government. that is rezoy Ee recognize E1eir property rtsn. tn Ire land"
 epotner aspect of the 5olsheYiss re- yclgttea $ presented tu letter vfr.t- ,sr oy [ Russian woman reVclgtion- Is. .o fellow Socialist in Germany zra printed ;n the vor~arts Of Jan z7. [; reads, in rart, as follows:
 ~Ths masses cf the peasarts do not gc1ers-z15 Ile value o' cemocratic rights and are indifferent toward them. !. was because Of this that the eolsasviss Government So easily sue eedes n breaking Up the constttueu. Assembly. n destroying the free press and tn reo5trs t1s people of the l. 5srry o< s.ssmblzge and speech For .te farmer sz1ts onsy enc thing from -1fs revolution lie wants to get the real -s-z.e owners land The Government .hz. 4iu give him this tr an honest fzsnfon edll te able 70 egsaols itself fxr-fy n Rusziz But ! sn1phastze the fac. srz. !. n1Ust be done honestly, for 5~EssH>stss SF>f~t --AFe@-H% '''@-~'( =nrssa the land to ire peasants rTtn .he command: 'oivio. l. among your seI.sz according to your o'@n Iudg- rseat.' scs~. snis way of presenting then, ssttn the land has generated -e1ular rage for mutual destruction a. rrona .hs peasants, and they are so susy 4ita the ask of dividing up and fighting each ether that they will nave no idea of politics fer many yssrz TT. pezssn. ts without pclities-
 ~sefors the February (MarehJ rs' .osus.cn- and during f. the working ,ises scngso fe, csnocrzsic r1snu And here comes Ere most tragic psr' of BoIsnsxisnn. it hzs put peasants lssss fr.o ire heads cf the prolstar tz.s Wrought up .o sns boiling poin' zazsnst the bourgeois class, the prols s.r.sn seek. .o destroy if and to nssT aimsssf by initiating the peasant an: h0rryFng ss divide Gp the propsrty II he city ike the peasznt is oofng il .a. eogr..y ~4th sis propsrty Of tn'