The Bismarck tribune., 1919-03-25

The Russians themselves don't |
know what Is the matter with their
country "
And the most annoying thing about
the whole Russian situation is the
assurance with which each represen.
tative Of different faction will tell
you his point Of view is right and all
who oppose it are Bolsheviks.
Take the case of M. Sazanoff, rep
resenting in Paris the governments
Of Siberia, Omsk, Yuba and Crimea.
SaZanOff used to be RussiOn am
bassador to France. He makes his
headquarters at the old Russian. en-
btssy here and has been trying to
got powers to treat as allies those
Russians who are repudiated the Bol.
sheyik treason. He talks Snglish
perfectly. ./.
l told Sazanoff there was a great
deal Of Bolshevik propaganda being
spread through the United States.
1T is Of no consequence" said
Sazanoff, dismissing it as if l had
said fly was walking on the garden
wall, "Bolshevikism cannot last"
"All right" l said, "but some Of us
don't like this thing in America. We
believe in scotching the snake before
there's nests Of them all over the
country" Z,
NY Word Enough,
Says Mr.. Sazanoff
SazanOff shrugged his shoulders
and looked as if he had an urgent ap-
p0intment. Then told him | want
od to get hold Of some writings of a
man who had bitterly attacked Boil
shevikism, a man wlose name was
known In the United States and who
would be believed
sf'9What! That fellow!" exclaimed
Sazauoff. He's dreamer He's a
fool! S>EF " ."
f'I'ye told the people OF the world
!. Ill about 4Bolshevikism I warned
them: They know what say. That
Is enough. They must believe! l
am an authority" N,-.....r.... .,-,,....
p" refrained from telling him some
thing he probably never suspected:
That most Of the people in the United
States had never heard of him.
ATLenine and Trotzky
IN Every Village. .
Sazanoff told me his views of Boil
shevikism.
He talked of It's terrorism and its
tyrannism. He said it would do no
good to kill Lenine Trotzky, be-
cause every village has Its Lenine
and Trotzky.
He said they were making no muni-
tions; that the munitions belonging
to the imperial government, bought
when Russia was fighting ON the side
of the allies, had been seized-but
would eventually run out.
Sa II know this" he said, impressive
~. "A big famine is coming in Rus
sia-the worst in the history Of the
world No land is being titled. The
people are land greedy They grab
! It. They want it even of they haven't
time to till it.
They're all idle. They don't know
u neither the big land grabbers nor
the little land grabbers-whether the
land is theirs or not from day to day.
The Bolsheviks tell them they don't
know whether it's true.
- d Someody else comes along and
grabs it from them. The man with
100 hundred acres becames just as
Z had, In the eyes of the Bolsheyikis-
uc-baptised peasant, as the man with
i 5000 or $4,000 acres.
Rush for Jobs ~
No Work to Do. sa ia e +.
- Workers were promised five-hour
day and double pay. There was a big
rush for jobs. Then it was found the
factories had no work to do.
Famine? There can't be anything
else under such terrible conditions
Just before left Crimea I met man
who just came from Petrograd-a
city the population of which has
sagged from 100000 to 100000.
'This man saw hundreds of horses
lying in the Streets. where they had