The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-18
S0VIETISM IS ANCHORED IN
 RUSSIAN SOUL

Paris, Aprl 1S-The united states by taking the lead among the great world powers, can save Russit from utter ruin. But she cannot do it by attacking the Soviet system or by sup p o ting counter-1"evolutionary armies attempting to upset Lenin and Trotsky by force.
 This declaration was made in an interview today by General IgnaHeff Russian military attache to France during the war, and the one outstand- ing figure in the group of Russians who remained in Paris after the Le- min revolution. IgnaHeff, though former CZarist officer, has Steadfast- 1y opposed all schemes to overthrow the present Moscow Government by military force. He has refused to hand over to the Kolchak, Denikin and Wrange1 armies any part of the funds entrusted to his care for buying war materials in France, or to take any part in the deliberations of exiled russian nobles, though he himself is
 member of the Russian nobility:
 Sovietism ImniovabIe.
 'tSovietfsm is anchored in the soul of Russia" said General Iganieff. When Americans and F'renchmen and Eng1ishmen come to understand that they will understand what folly it is to try to beat Lenin and Trotsky from outside
 ''Foreigners confuse soviets with Bolshevisn. Communism and even free love, and nake them all the target of one shaft Of reproduction brining down the oscow government is to support these camouflages of 'counter-revolutions', which only ex- aSperate, the Russian people, jealous of the liberty they won at such cost.
 Phantom of Communism.
 Soviet in Russian, means council The first revolutionary soviets were Tai nf nY,f professions. Sovietism is nothing but the same professional representation evf rywhere- Communism originated adopted by republican governments found misery of the people and be- cause of foreign persecution
 If foreign governments want to save Russia let them stop prosecuting her. Let them give to Russia the means of production and the phan- tom of communism will disappear of itself America perhaps aided by France alone, could provide these means and assure the economic re- viyaI of Russia
 ''The question of individuals counts for nothing. Lenin and inovieff know very we'll that they are not go- ing to revolutionize old Old Europe or the young United States. They do not ignore the fact that for the Rus sian people the one vital question is the agricultural question. They know perfectly well that communism will not solve that Sooner or later they must seek a compromise. The Rus sian peasant wants the land which he cultivates, with the right to dispose of it as he pleases, to sell it or to leave it to his heirs. It is impossible to react against this profound instinct of the race.
 Agrarian Problem Uppermost
 Tn my mind the return of the Rus sian lands, now nationalized, to the peasants would solve the agraTian problem in it's entirety, not only po- litically but economically. The United States and France could assist in this process of revival and perhaps France could obtain pledges in land for the payment of he debt owed her by the old Russian Government and in that way the peace of Europe would be nearly restored.
 Russia has failed financially. That is quite clear. But she remains excellene business proposition. The renewal of economic relations between London, Berlin and Moscow, though 1t indicates a desire on the part of England and Germany not to lose the Russian market, really means noth- ing. Russia has no way of paying for products from these countries The only solution is to find a way of open ing conversations with the Soviets, and it should be the business of the United States and of other countries to step forward with concrete prop OsitiOus"