Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-13
Russia Far From
United In FAVOR
of Soviet Rule
BY Associated Press.

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Terijoki, Finland, Russian frontier,
Aug. 11.-Development OF the soviet
government in Russia has been such
that today the vast Russian terri
tory, from the Pacific to the Baltic,
is divided into three distinct sections
IN the attitude of the people toward
bolshevism.
In a recent 1000 mile trip across
the country, from Vladivostoll to the
t1hn1Sh border, the correspondent
observed that soviet support dimin-
ished with increasing distance from
tthe capital at Moscow.
In eastern Siberia the bolsheviki
admit failure to establish their sys-
TEN, and are seeking to create a
buffer state known as the "far East
ern Republic" Siberia proper from
lrkutsk to the Urals. where eight
months ago bolshevisrn was well
coined as relief from the Kolchak
regime, is ready for another change
for economic betterment.
, Proceeding westward, the traveller
finds European Russia like a great
mobilized army in starvation cir
cumstances, and cursing thesreds yet
executing their orders passively.
The apportionment of food, as well
as the relative proximity to the mil
itary headquarters. apparently is
vital factor in maintaining soviet
support. Everywhere thru Siberia
one hears that the peasants are re-
fusing to plant their fields or raise
stock because Of repeated requisi-
tions. Thruout the central part OF
the eastern region efforts are being
made to establish hard systems for
the exchange OF manufactured goods
in return for agricultural productss
From Samara, on the Volga. to
Moscow. the traveller passed thru
hundreds of miles of wheat fields
which at the height OF the harvest
late in July were filled with count
less aged peasants, women and chill
dren. Many OF the reapers were
women and children who came in by
train loads from Moscow and Petro-
grad, declaring they had been prom
ised a share in the crops.
The government leaders urge
faithfulness and sacrifice on the part
OF the people. They assert that any
failure which may have attended
their efforts to thoroughly establish
the soviet program has been due to
indifference OF the Russians or to
foreign interference.
In Omsk, center of the Siberian.
grain districts. there i, at present
shortage OF bread, which apparently
Is not due to scarcity of grain. Re-
ports indicate 1t is the result OF a
boycott conducted against the gov
ernment by the peasants because
they are not satisfied with their re-
turns for products. The situation,
consequently, has resulted in a
shortage of clothing and other man
ufactured products and textile ma
chinery for the rural population.
In the far eastern republic, where
a compromise has been made with
the bolshevik system, there is indi-
cation that concessions would be
made in attempts to gain economic
contact with the outside world thru
the orient, efforts to accomplish these
aims via Europe apparently having
met with little success. There are
evidences in that section Of private
rights to property, free trade, and in
vitations for exploitation of the
natural resources by foreign capital.
These steps are said to have been
taken with .Moscow's approval, and
the new governments foreign min
lister is reported in Moscow now for
the purpose OF obtaining documents
giving bolshevik recognition to the
republics independence in COM
merce and trade.