The Clio messenger., 1920-08-05
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Neither group were communists In
practice, particularly when the opera
tion Of communism came home to
them. Jspi z hTj
For a time those peasants who had
surplus sold their product 97tbe,,
government. For ii they received
questionable paper money With "a, a
doubtful yalueo Then began the ohhqardi-c
ipg OF farm prnducts, The peasants de-
manted!manutactpred, things which
they needed. y inf exchange 4 for theeiirr
farm products. The government did
not lhaye1the i manufactured, articles,
the peasants needed, and wanted. The,
proletariat frof f,the cities was, hungry. /
1t swas-uR 1.-THE sbolsheyik government
to feed ttbemy orrfaIlg. -, RajdlIpg, paSIo
sHesi we're aeRtnout.g The eRed"s army
was usady The peasants stood together,
to protect ctthelrnpEoperty.g The soGialtT-i
zation of land failed. PyoductionI on,
;theD terms fell . general Ippyertyf re-,
Tile problem Of the belsheYik
governmeptoto provide food O for the
cities stillnremaiued, With the failure
of fcpmminisJnyof (, theIlapd the govern n
}nient SET toNaork 10 cultivate, the great
proprietary estates, on a cooperative
pldn. Graftb ins9ieleney Of administra7 /,
ton. and the iuDwtHingnessdt OF, the n
ineasa ntS to work. caused this plan to
fail ,jnilI 70 ,eYH sunsV yd r9b1o :,
r9Kerzhenstey ju the "Izvesiiar Of the
ipr6fin0iuls eSeGutfve1oco committees Of
.Jnnuars r22b 1919 gives d pictures Of Z.
the, Situation bsBite facts describing 4
the yHI6ge Soviet ofIbhegU ran borough,
present Iai Gshoeking picture which Us
NO Ldoubt ttpieal oftatti other, eOrnefsy
of our provinei al ,soYiet life The ebaAr-s
man ofGthis village soYiet,s Relihaievs 1
and his nearest co-workerss havegd0ue j
ale In their dpONRer) to antagonlze the
population agaiHst--the seviet-rule.
Ralhalev hjInself.1 qbaa sften Tbeen
found in an intoxicated condition and
1hei has frequently, assaulted the local
HThe beating UP of VISIT
ors to the. soviet office was an ordinary
uccurrence.o In the Village of Blere-
)zovka the peasants have been thrash
ed, not only with fists. but have been.
assaulted with sticks, robbed Of their
footwear and, cast into, damp cellars,
on bare earthen floors. The members
OF the executive committee, .Glakhov,
tMorey, Makhoy., and others, have gone.
even rr further. They have organized |
s9reqplsHion parties which were moth \
Ing else hut organized pIllaglngs, in
the course. of, which they have used
wire7wrapped sticks. on the recalcf-
trants,, The abundant testimony. veri! 4
fed ibys the soviet commission, ,por-
trays o. very striking, picture OF yio-
Ience, When these members, Of the; ex-
ecuttVeo ocopmitteer arrived al, the town
ship. Of 0Sadomoyo they commenced to
assault the population and. to rob Them
Of fqodstuffsa and, ,of, their honsetofd ]
belongings, such y as Quilts, Clothing: i
barnessJ etc. No receipts FOR. the ,,re9
QUESTIONED goods were given and no
money paid. They even Aresold to 9TH
ers on the spot some of the bread
stuffs which they had requfsitioned."
This Is tha testinDnY of "a wett ku0Wn
loyal bolshevik leader
Rep6rts n 6Iogeing iof Peasants. ,rill
" The boIskevlk,1 Batzis, II reported m
the s"fzvestia'o OF January 15.9 t191abI
that o"in therivelizsh Jocounty oof 1.-The
province of Vitebskl they are fluggmg2I
the PEASANTS by the authority Iof the |
local soviet committeestsrA ,s9.TaI
RI The .bolshetik,. KrivoshayevyU re-
marks IN the "Severnayai Communal
of May 10, 1919: ".The soviet workers
are taking from the PEASANTS chickens !
geese, bread and butter, without pay
Ing for 1t. In some households of these 1
folk they are conffs- |
eating even the pillows and the samo-
vars, and everything they can lay
their hands on. The PEASANTS natural
ly feel very bitterly against the soviet I
rrIle" IoW 10 bs@cqiEo9 90 IIW Qrfsj
/, The PEASANTS borough meetings Of
the province OF Kostroma forwarded
a resolution 10 oEehine published In
the "Izvestia,,". In which they say:
1.-THE members Of the s6viets are r,ii-
Ing US; they are Violating our win and 7
are tantafizlhg us as If we were dumb
cattIaD ~ b9Js9T9ini S1B n9moW on
y TIE. 3pe peasants are hidihg 9dtheir
rublesS. .b9Iding, them for d day When
they hope that the blight OF CONT
muhisrn Viii pass and sane deiocratfc 4
governmept wih Ilreorganize Russia. 4
bring order out Of ehaos.s establish
Theft safety deposit boxes
are empty B6ttfesp Tito Witch the peas
ants stun the pa1pSdrS rnbies and tf{en |
bury the bottles, Fhey Took for a 2siSys 7
when a Stable igoterhment WIN reel
deem these 1opaper9 promises cafled 4
money witch today are Of little value. 7
1t shows their lack 2. Of trust In the
goyernfnent and . IT'S banking systemIIj
It also points to the. interest they have 7
in the passing sof the obofsheyiH g6tot
ernmett, and fhe Hope they hold for
the coming Of b new state. bsTTes 4
Many. Of ,the peasants who iseizeddl
land are c6ffscidifs OF the fdishonesty9E