The Arizona copper camp., 1920-03-06
CLASS IS REAL HOPE Of RUSSIA
SAYS AMERICAN ENGINEER AFTER STUDY

Analyses of conditions in Russia
issued by special groups having spe
cial aims, are common enough in thi.
country. Not so plentiful are calm
deductions from impartial observer.
on the ground, who have a deep in
terest in the situation, but are identi
fed with no particular propaganda.
An account of Russian affairs Of
this exceptional nature has been re
ceived from an American engineer OF
note, who has been connected with
railroad matters in Russia the last
three years, and has kept in close
touch with the trend of mind of the
common people. His description oil
the existing attitude of the Russian
peasant-in whom, in the last analy
ses, he pins confidence for eventual
recovery in that distracted land
toward the two extremes of leader.
ship, represents a point of view that
has been but slightly emphasized in
the mass of comment and criticism
extant.
Especially interesting is his de-
scription of the 'intelligentsia," be-
cause of the striking similarity which
the portrayal bears to class which
has become increasingly in evidence
in the public eye in recent times, and
to whom the not wholly inapplicable
title of "parlor Bolshevists" has been
given by popular assent. Absolute
necessity of outside aid from the al
lied governments declared by the
writer is perhaps the most important
feature of his letter, while the def.
mite plan of procedure suggested, with
economic aid given first place, is at
least an addition to the long list of
well-intentioned programs already
submitted from many quarters.
after sojourn of over three years
in Russia" says the writer, during
which time l have had the opportunity
of associating with all classes of Rus
slams and have lived their life, can
not hut feel that they are most mis-
understood people. Especially have
the railway workmen appealed to me.
They have been the most loyal people
of Russia and have received the least.
I'm old Russia there were three
classes, the nobility, the peasant, and
the so-called 'intelligentsia. Today
the nobility has disappeared. The
peasant. passive or distrustful per-
haps, is not sufficiently educated to
form government, and there re-
mains the intelligentsia for govern
mental timber
Incapable of Yes or No
This class has never yet produced
one great man. All have come from
the nobility or the peasantry. The
intelligentsia are marked by the in.
ability to say yes or no in clear terms
to any straightforward proposition.
Their sole aim is to form a govern
ment. Their ideals, their theories,
are numerous-so numerous, in fact,
that they cannot follow fixed pur-
pose, definite aim. How often have
they promised great things in which
they at the moment firmly believed
and in the end the inevitable result
followed. They could not execute
their ideas and have fallen.
"They are politically unripe. They
can talk and one may believe them
capable of the very best action, but
when put to the test they fail They
know only party morality, not nation
al; only personal liberty, not national.
Left alone to construct a government,
they either fall or resort to the only
form of government they really know
the highly centralized one, with a
military force at it's back. They soon
become extremists, either old regim-
lists or bolsheviks. They seem to have
no idea what it means to secure the
approval of popular opinion. They
will even say there is no such thing
possible, but herein lies their mis-
take.
Popular opinion does exist, and
its law is just as inexorable here IS
of Phoenix, and Florence Mabel Oh
son, 25, of Fort Bragg, Calf; G. E.