The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-22

Sculptor.
America does first and thinks after
wards; Russians think first and no not
care whether they 90 at all or not"
said Dr. Lewis A. Convin in his Tues
day lecture at the chautauqua.
The speaker asked the audience to
lay aside its prejudices against the
Russian people and consider 1.-THE
Soul of Russia" He stated that the
Russian mind is essentially oriental
and that two principles dominate it.
The first of these principles, he
said, is that those people who are of
the higher class must go down so that
all classes may then rise together
This. he said is the reason why boil
shevism took such firm hold in
Russia.
Individual Is Strong
The second principle of the Rus
sian mind is that he is intensely in
dividual, said the speaker The Rus
sian, of old, spoke and acted as he
chose. He did not interfere with the
affairs of his neighbor nor mix in do
nestle troubles. In the old Russia you
were allowed to be yourself Conven-
ton is almost unknown in Russia
His intense interest in life makes
the Russian very sympathetic and a
foreigner in Russia receives the great
est amount of consideration"
Geography's Influence.
Give me relief map of a land and
I'll write the history of its people, -
said Arthur D. Rees in his Tuesday
morning institute lecture. This NAV
seem whimsical, but it shows a great
truth-the intimate connection OF
geography to life The plains make
one people mountains make many
The Balkan wars were largely due to
mountain ranges separating the people
there"
THE Volga and the Don rivers made
Russia Asiatic," he said the Dneiper
made her Christian, and Byzantine,
and the NeVa made her European.
Rome conquered northern Europe by
the Rhine and Rhone rivers. The low
lana containing the ancient Belgians
maintained independence because the
lowiand marshes of the Rhine by the
North sea made their conquest very
difficult Ancient cities were built
on the heights for protection, or were
built back from the mouths of rivers
in order to escape invasion. Cities
built on rivers and by the sea are
more or less modern and were built
for commercial pursuits"
Seattle to Grow.
Seattle is destined to be the great
est city of the west-perhaps rivaling
New York in a century and half
because it is the shortest route to the
far east. The route to the far east
from Seattle is two days shorter than
from San Francisco"
Mr. Rees also showed how the Alps
and Carpathians are responsible for
the Russian famine. for they steal the
moisture of winds flowing east. Dis
lance from the sea also is responsible
for cold weather in lands closer to the
equator than others. Odessa, far
south, is colder than Glasgow, far
north: Paris is colder than London
and Labrador is much colder than
London. although in the same latitude
Man to Conquer World.
Almost all rainless lands are Mo
hammedan,' said he. Poor environ
ments addicted to famine and dis
aster are always given to supersutious
rites"
Man will triumph over the geo
graphical peculiarties of nature, Mr.
Rees said. He will reclaim the Mon
golian and Saraha deserts. He viii
people the Arctic and harness the seas
to do his bidding. Atomic chemlca
and mechanical powers will force the
less propitious parts of the world tc
Weld to civilizations conquering will
see man astriGe the worid-mar
astride the universe.
Humanity on March
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i son the march again It's goinE
somewhere-? This was ms pecu
liar warning to the American people
given by DR.. Lewis A. Convls IN nj
address, Under the Paws of the Rus
sian Bear" Monday night.
Russia is in the grip of a serribl'
machine" said DR.. Convis. "An bu
about . per cent of the Russian peo
pie hate bolshevism, but are too igno
rant to resist il, and all of the educat
ed and cultured Russians have eithe
been killed by the soviets or hav'
been driven from the country Tn
soviet republic is the greatest auto
cracy in the world and Russia toda,
is under a stronger grip than whel
she was under the rule of the car
There is absolutely no freedom of an
KIM anu IO Suu1dlAOldl oyoISLl ~
education is detrimental to the caus
of the Reds"
In support of his attack on bolshc
vism as autocratic Dominion, DR.. Cor
Wis stated that all Russians are sui
iect to serve in the Red army an
s that a large disciplined army is nov
at the service of Lenine and T. otsk1
S He stated that the penalty for desel
ton from the soviet army is certai
assassination of all the members c
the family of the deserter.
Let us not be too harsh with Ru3
: sia," pleaded DR.. Convis, I'VE car
not expect her democracy 10 sprin
into existence full-blown after he
people have struggled for so man
wears in darkness. Russia is not a
together to blame for bolshevi sm fo
a large part of the soviet communist
idea was manufactured in the cas-
side district of New York city, an
exported to Russia. The Russia
is a dreamer. His nature is orients
rather than occidental and his sol
is essentially religious soul. Tn
faith in the ternal God is commo
TO all classes of the Russian people"
Revolution Threatened
In case the crop fails in Russi
this year the hungry Russian peopl
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