Evening journal., 1921-06-15
COMMISSION Of
REDSNEAR ROCKS
Passive Resistance of Peas
ants Forces Free Trade"
Compromise
DECREE ISSUED
ON MARCH 30

WARSAW. (By Man)-Russian
Communism has begun its harikari.
Two years ago. after watching
Communist Russia from the banks
OF the Dniester. the prediction was
made that Bolshovism would have
TO expand or burst II burst
That the explosion caused no sud
den uphcaval in Russia is duo to the
fact that the Communist leaders
have chosen 20 compromise with the
peasants instead Of throwing up
their hands. As n consequence,
Nlkolai Lenino may remain in power
for an indefite period.
Lenineist Communism. however.
reposed upon the hard and fast doc
trinc that compromise spelt death
| to the entire system. one COM
promise must fatally involve others
In the end. the soviet sphinx will
have lost most OF It's red spots
Throughout the process much vii
probably be heard from MOSCOW
about revoluuonizing Europe. Blu
behind the scenes Russia will grad
ually develop into an ordinary de
mocracy.
Communism viii be dead. and
Nikolai Lenine will know IL. Under
pressure OF realities. supreme
among which is country wide fam
inc. the Moscow Communists have
reluctantly entered upon an era OF
decantation. One OF the outstand-
ing facts in recent soviet develop
ments Is the Governments decree of
March 30 granting the peasants lib
erty TO dispose OF their surplus grain
potatoes and fodder after paying a
fixed maximum tax in these COM
modities.
This decree. which the soviet gov
ernment has practically withheld
from It's foreign publicity, came as O
result OF a decision by the tenth con-
gress OF the Russian Communist
party. As recently as last Decem.
Der. when a suggestion to donation.
alize agricultural production wal
laid before the party congress. th'
result was indignant rejection Of tn
idea. Since the edict OF March 3l
was proclaimed forecasts have beef
reaching Poland from Russia tha
the abandonment of the principle o
naturalization win shortly be ex
tended to other agricultural pro
ducts.
Moscow was forced into compro
mise by the passive. silent hostilit
OF the peasants. who. during the fou
years. have sown only for their owl
needs. What surplus remained the.
concealed in forests, in the earth. II
] IA -.
thought the government requisition
ing parties could not get at IL. I'm
der Communist law. all this surplu
should have passed automatically &
the state.
Now this is no longer the case. y.
their decree Of March 80 the Com
munist rulers proclaimed their sub
mission TO the property instincts o
tho vast moujik masses, which form
: So per cent OF Russia's population.
When the Communist rulers cap
itulated before the passive resistenc
of the moujiks they received no as
surance that the decree would in
crease the country's grain produc
ton. The exists a chasm of hatre'
and distrust between the compar
atively Insignificant Communist par
, " and the peasants. Observers re
turning to Poland after living 4
Soviet Russia since the Bolshevi
revolution report that over wild
stretches OF the country villages ar
free from Communist officials.
/ Even before the free trade" de
3 cree was issued the practice itse
e was no novelty. Despite his dis
b like of paper roubles. the averae
! mouiik frequently falls victim to N
5 temptation of huge sums offered \
81 disguised Communists from the citi,
! who are not content to live on n
\ prescribed food rations.