The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-19
EDUCATION AND
LOTS OFITIS
RUSSIAN NEED
Taxes Unpaid-Peasants Ignore
Orders Sent Out by Gov
ernment-No Organ
lied Opposition.
NEED MUCH EQUIPMENT
Newspaper Correspondent Dis
favors the Recognition of
Soviet Government
by u. S.

Education, aad lots Of il. is Whist Rus
sia needs, in the opinion Of Frank II
King, Associated Press correspondent
who was one Of the first American news
paper men 30 visit that country after the
Bolsheyik revelation. Mr.. King is visit
ing with his parents, MIR. and Mrs. II. H
King. before leaving for London to re-
sumo his work with the Associated Press
Anticipating a question as to the de
tails Of the trip, Mr.. King FIRST launched
into discussion Of ihe Russian situation.
Zone thing Russia needs and wants" Mr.
King said, is educational facilities for
all the people. The ills of Russia can
be traced back TO the czars. The Rus.
sian peasant is democratic, but will not
brook foreign interference The BOlshe-
Wiki have really stolen the revolution. and
strongly centralized the government"
In regard to the agitation for the rec
ognition Of the Soviet by the United
States, Mr.. King said that be did not be-
lieye the BOlsheViki should be recognized
under any circumstances, nor should
trade relations be opened with the pres
ent Moscow government Il do not be-
lieve that the BOlshevik represents the
people. BIr do they control their own
pOpulsti' a. said Mr. King. As an in
stance Of this lack Of control. Mr.. King
related how he was able TO travel 1000
miles in BOlshevik territory without the
slightest interference from the Soviet Of
feials, who had been ordered by Moscow
TO turn him back to Nladivostok.
ALLIED BLOCKADE NECESSARY
Turning to the question Of the Allied
blockade OF Russian ports. Mr.. King
said that / was unfortunate but also un-
avoidsble, since il was believed to be a
necessary move TO win the war.
The peasants" he continued, ''bene-
fied most through the Bolshevist revolu.
tiOn, and their position is stronger than
ever Taxes remain unpaid. the peas
ant completely ignoring the orders sen,
cut by the sOyieis. There is no evidence
Of any organized force to overthrow Boil
shevism. Ii will either change its doc
trines in a way acceptable 10 the people
and to the foreign powers. or il will con
iinue in power until coup d'etat over.
throws ii. Ii seems that such a move,
however, must come from the country dis.
tricts in order to be successful"
As 10 the recent KTOnstadt uprising.
Mr. King had but a smile of depreciation.
The Krontadt sailors assisted the Boil
sheyiks in assuming power, but did lit
tie to assist in reconstructing Russia"
Here Mr.. King mentioned an incident
which happened near a Russian hotel in
which he was quartered. A Kronstadt |
sailor, on seeing a pretty peasant girl
bending under the weight Of water she
carried. politely offered TO assist her. The |
girl refused, saying ''Kronstsd sailors do |
not work"
The intellectuals," Mr.. King contin.
ued. ''as well as many Of the late cars !
officials, work for the Bolsheviks, since
they can find no other employment. Few
Of these, however, are given positions Of
Importance. Contrary 10 common belief, |
there are few, If any, Chinese troops used
by the Sovieis, but there are many former
subjects Of Ausiria-Hungary in the Red
army. This is mostly due to the fact that |
they are practically men without a eoun-
Try"
Turning to the details Of his "trip across
Bolshevik Russia, Mr.. King related how,
in eompany with Harold V. v Fay, for
mer captain in the Siberian A. Z. F. he