The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-05-21
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction
in Europe Follow the Great
World War?
RUSSIA ALWAYS UNDER YOKE
Easy to Understand Why the Unhappy
People Have Turned to Bolshe-
vism in Their Cropping for
Freedom.
Article XVI.
BY FRANK coMERFoRD.

| ish chrOnicler. tells the story. kiev Is
the mother of Russian cities. In the
ninth century Savs and Firms lived in
a tribal state in the forest region near
Lake linen. between Lake Ladoga and
| the upper waters of the Dnieper river.
! Bands of military adventures from
| the land of Rus, which is supposed to
! have been part of Sweden, exacted
tribute from the tribes. In the year
| $50 the tribes threw off the yoke OF
! the NorSemen and drove them out OF
| the country. II was Russia's first revo-
luton, so the old chronicler relates
and 1t was successful. Freed from the
began 70 quarrel among themselves.
| Their land was large and fertile, but
civil war destroyed order. Then as
now, order was the first essential to
peace and happiness. 1t is told that
| after three years of tribal war they
confessed their inability to manage
their own affairs and they seEt mis-
sion to Rus to invite their old masters
| to come and rule over them.
According TO the legend, three broth.
erS, princes of Rus, Rurik, Sineus and
TruvOr, accepted the call and founded
| n dynasty. from which many of the
| Russian princes of the present day
| claim descent.
While much discussion has been pro-
| voked as to the identity of the war
ri0rs from the land of Rus, the found
ers of the Russian empire. II is gen.
orally believed that they were the
| hardy Norsemen, who In the ninth GEN.
| fury roamed through various countries
vaded and conquered territory and
| lived as the dominant military caste
until they were gradually absorbed by
the native population.
| Novgorod First Capital.
Prince Rurlk built his capital OF the
banks OF the River Voikhov, which
with Lake linen formed part of the
| great waterway connecting the Baltic
| and Black seas. by this route. the
tall, blonde NOrsemen. who composed
the famous Varangian bodygunrd Of
| the Byzantine emperors, travelled from
Scandinavia TO Constantinople. Rus
| sia'S first capital was NovgorOd.
These new rulers from the land of
Rus brought with them the spirit of
adventure of the NOrsemen. They
were not contented to rule the tribes
! who had invited them. They set out
| (" conquer the surrounding country III
all directions. and before two hundred
years Ind passed they had invaded
Byzantine territory, established them
selves al Kicv threatened CONSTANT.
| nopie with feet. secured as consort
for Vladimir |. one of their princes. n
sister Of the Byzantine emperor
adopted Christianity for themselves
| and their subjects. learned to hold in
check the II s,ndic hordes of the
steppe. and tv1ned matrimonial al
Iinnces with the reigning families Of
Poland. Hungary. Norway and France
They became a great power In eastern
Europe.
They had great appetite for con-
''en'' WI '"e! '''Ae" 'i'e P'"e' 10
organize me territory t"ey conquered
Inc i"'i'ica' iu,"fe OF 'he new stare
was aeS'r"Se" wien me princes OF the
h"riR dyhhs'! aiN'oe' thr stare INTO
NUMBER OF independent pr'heiPaiities.
FOR a u'he these We're weakly anu
loosely heid together oE the patri-
archai anthority OF the senior mem
DER OF the fainliy' the grand prince
wh" ruien III hieV. famiS fnarreis
oe'aine frequent ihese princes were
STRONG men, Inc! wanted power. lhey
s.ro'e 10 eh'arse their territories NJ
we expense vi lheir i'S"'S' Inc 'rau'-
''"nn' au.n"r''y Oh 'he grand prince
uec''hea' iaros'uv the 'reat yrs tle
'uS' VI me srnno princes WIN ms
"e''h 10 loo4' ia'li'S ieuds f'nitip''eo
"n" o.s,h'esra''on ser H. Turing the
next l'o years, from looa 10 Iz24'
nussla was sp''t INTO over sixty prih-
c'p"'l'les' disputes over 'he ques'on