The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-05-06
More Light on
BOlsheviSt Rule

turned home, when he went to Russia
as correspondent.
1.-THE soviets are pretty solid polit-
ically, but economically extremely I'M
sound" said Mr.. Fay "They may
have TO give way TO firmer form OF
government, and one wherein property
rights must have some say. The people
In the cities are the most unfortunate,
for they are so underfed. The govern
ment sends out expeditions to requisi-
ton food from the farms, but the
peasants do not take kindly to the
appropriation of their products, and
are heartily opposed to the soviets,
although they Will be slow to take
| any action.
Real Property Taken.
Sometimes the peasants ambush
these expeditions and kill them, but
these cases have not been very numer-
Gus. All real property has been taken
| from those who owned the land. 1t Is
not likely that they will ever be able
to recover any of 1t, but all this propa-
ganda by those who have come out OF
Russia and have lost their estates will
be of little avail, in my belief, for 1t Is
extremely unlikely that Russia will re-
turn to the old form of government.
! "There are very few Americans In
Russia now. The government does not
take kindly to visitors, and travelling
has been made very difficult They do
not like to have travellers come through
from Siberia, and no one Is allowed to
enter from the southern countries OF
Asia. Another newspaper man and my
self were the only two Americans COM
ing through from Siberia, and when
we arrived in Moscow the authorities
did not seem to like it, but finally they
! sent us through to Finland, and in this
way we came out of the country.
"In Siberia Americans are very popu-
! lar, as America has done great deal
I for Siberia In sending clothing and
! other aid to the people, and also be-
cause the United States government
! did not recognize Kolchak. But the
: Russian people in the more western
! areas are very bitter toward us, al
s they feel that we offer greater re
( sistance than any other country. ant
they say that we are the last strong
( hold of capitalism. Their ideas ar
that communism Is bound to prevail
I all over the world, and that they vii
I win out.
! Issue Ration Cards.
"Rations are served to every one
Russia, but there is really great orde
there. A traveller gets one pound
black bread day and one-half poun
of sausage and some salt, sugar ar
! tea, but the residents only get OF
80 pound of black bread and no sausag
. They give you ration cards for Will
YOU can draw from the governme
stores, but only one meal a day. "
must buy the rest from whatev
sources you may be able to find. The
are government restaurants and the
a are also some public markets In Nj
4 COW, but the government means
q eventually control all food produt
n and dispense with the public market
4 they would do that now, but they Fl
a IL difficult to prevent those that 9
q fopen.
q There is no gaSoNne 10 run
n trucks and automobiles, but they
n as substitute a spirit made fr
n potatoes. This is also drunk quite z
a orally as a stimulant. 1t Is poo
y made alcohol and not so good as
u vodka that they used to have In forr
q times. but 1t Is consumed In gr
"a quantities. Prohibition preva
"a though, all over Russia and 1t see
IA to be good thing.
s2 "The American dollar Is now VIC
,w from 1000 to 5000 rubles, but
money has to be exchanged secre
- While was In Moscow l heard
Z Emma Goldman and. Berkinan had b
y sent out to one of the Russian p
inces to collect data on some pre-
ar another, as they were very un
come to the Bolsheviki. The gov
ment was greatly annoyed that
United States should send anarcf
1 the to Russia, as they do not recog
,nch them there. The aoviet FORM .
anarchistic."