The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-30

Don't hr afraid. good friends OF
Russia: DON'T rcjoicr. cruel enemies:
Russia. will not die, nor Will she Dc d.
vidrd.
Nature itself has constructed her I"
remain in her entirety. History ltSeii
worked al tho struCtur" O! TINS 1"rnl'n-
able mass. and hundreds "c generations
Of brave and religious people were ac'NG
gathering the bricks and stones TO lay
the foundation If an cdlhcc, ccincn'cu
by the blood and energy Of men wh"
struggles not for the sake If glory. not
GU, Of presumption and pride, but Guid-
Cd by essential need, by foresight and
providence.
II was not the Tzar's troops who ac-
ouircd tho land which comprises IN"
stock Of the Russian State. who laid us
foundatin and accumulatcd ITS rlChcS'
IT was the people themselves. those Hus-
sian peasants. srmi-savagc, hul "ei'
adapted TO till the soil. to hunt To nsh'
To plant who. step by st"i' and year oS
year. extended their domain 10 cast
north and south.
In tho forests and swamps which COW
cred the immense plains of the Russia
NJ mast DAYS, our noujik sought space
where he could SOW and harvest. where
of being destroyed by the bears of the
Northern forests
To these peaceful conqucrors Russia
10 indebted for her shores on the Arc
Tic Ocean. on the Black Sea. on the Pa
cifc Ocean and tho Caspian Sea- TO
thru,-for all the timhcrs Of ArchanEei-
the minerals Of the Cral, the sold and
furs of Siberia, the wheat and lax VI
the Ukraine. and the fruit and cotton OF
Central Asia
Yes. Russia is great and united by
the efforts Of her crcatorS-the Russian
peasants
And for many centuries the vast
spaces which entered into tho lorna
ton Of the Central State became prov
inccs strongly linked together. not so
much by the common rule and doml-
nation rs by the mutual services rem
dered one another. They all became
safeguards against the invasions Of the
semi wild tribes that surrounded RuS-
STA on all her frouners-cast. west.
north and south They all fortified the
stronghold Of the center. the Moscow
region. which did not year inc ASSAULT
of an enemy
Eut il was not physical force alone
which bound the several provinces TO-
ccthcr SO fast. There existed and there
exists now. moro powerful force.
which makes impossible their tearing
apart. This force is their dependency
upon ono another.
The Moscow (Moscovite) State. COM
! parativcly poor In natural resources.
had to get both It's necessities and ITS
Injuries from the outside world. Rut.
as the restriction in relations and COM
munications with Europe did not per-
nit Moscow 10 share the riches or IN"
\ West, It acquired them from the lands
| where tho indcfatiSa feet of Their
inhabitants explored every nook. search
\ ing for natures gifts
/ Rowing, settling and marrying in new
4 lands. the moujik worked so well that
\ n fter he built his GreeS51atholic church.
\ and was sure that no evil force could
\ harm hiri on the ground he had chosen
| that his children could be baptized. and
he himself buried with cross on his
hreast-the moujik could afford to gn
\ to Moscow TO show the people what
| beautiful things. what delicate furs,
| what brilliant stones and what excel
/ ont fruits WIRE found in this or that
part of the Tzar's domain.
This was enough to excite Jealousy
and cuvntousness at the Moscow Court,
and armed men with greedy chiefs were
sent to subjugatc and tax these pro-
1 duccrs OF great fortunes. But, robbed
| as they were by their own gov"rnn"h''
\ the peasants in those large and r!ci'
/ nrovincrs grew richer and richer AMI
1 began q traffic with their neighbour cS-
\ changing their surplus for that OF other
\ provinces possessed OF different raw ma
Il ,orials. Then foreign merchants came
L 1nte n
\ naci,ics were added foreign skill and
! forces.
H And now We 500 every PROVING" IN
the Russian State acquiring one ar an
!. other special material or goods from
u other provinces and In turn supplying
. them. 1t is tho Ukraine that fed all OF
Northern Russia. giving her excellent
wheat and several kinds Of grain 50
! n-uCh needed ali over III" country. IL
was she who furnished all Russia with
Ihcr garden fruits tho delight or oul
children. After tn" Ukraine il was ih'
A Donctzky Rassryn which "nhhi"d INC
| Moscow region Ia develop lis innusirH
j supplying il with millions CT tons ci 'h'
h best coal giving heat and light l" nun
ops OF people.
What would Russia be without the
= IJral with it's stores of every KIND OF
mineral. metal and precious stones. It's
! beautiful mountains Z nFrrcd Will
mighty forests. with rich meadows CIV
ing tho best Of grass 10 reed m'Il'onS
. of cattle"
y And is it not ArchanEcls river whirf
' furnishes tho most pnlaiahi" fish for al
our cities uf tho North, Pctrograd and
! Moscow included?
= Linen and hump AT" supplicd b!
Little Russia. and cotton by inc 1r"''
jncc Of Tashknnt. oil. naptha and kero
I scne src obtained from BaEu. whIct
= Yields these treasures in su'nr'"n
e quantity to satisfy all tn" demands I"
> Russaa interior shipping and other III
- dustrirS. Certainly. oil is not the "niH
> material from tn" ''au"asus mat '"
riches Russia. Their" is an"ihcr I'M
mcnsc PROVING" thu: presents kuss'S
i with no lesser giftS-Sih"ria ro'
" long time This vast Province mas nc''
II considered by tho Russian people ~
r TREASURY. n: gold. sil""r. precious turs
II and lumber III quantity sufficient 10
: n,any centuries. And in their turn Al
these Provinces arc in nc"d of Inc 7"
1-ion which has Moscow as It's cfh''F
;" for all Russians industry WAS conc"h
itrair,I hero owing III the fact th2l IN
y Icnsr nnnulutiun rf Great RUSSIA
= gathered here through political need ant
" historical developments. could not ~
T. ,,cpd ,,rou tho natural products Of he
g. NUN scaurv soil and WAS forced 10 az
u ,1v It's energies to industrial work
- .1,l,,, they formed u class of peasant
- WIN .anni only - few months or IN
" .u,nm.r ri hom. tilinE tho SOIL. and
\ .,o,r ,,,r: Of the wear working II