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The Washington times., 1922-05-14
Superstition of Russian Peasant Has Been Broken BY Revolution
And Village Is Developing Into New Power Saws MAXIM

with this one. They say he ran
q Soviet somewhere
The intellectual was almost In
evitably made to suffer moral tor
turs. For instance. having fixed
after . long argument the exact
conditions of the barter. the mou.
tik or his wife would inditferently
tell the man whose children at
home were down with scurvys-
mo. God be with you. you can
60. We changed our m:rd. We
won't give the potatoes"
When some one complained
against being kept in waiting too
long. he got these spitetul words in
reply
I'VE used to wait on your char.
tty even longer"
INTELLECTUALS SUFFER-.
Yes. whatever qualities the Rus
sian peasant may have. be cannot
boast Of generosity. One might
way Of him that he L. not rsncor-
Gus In the sense that he does not
remember tho evil which he him
self does. But neither does he re-
member the good done for him By
others.
A certain engineer employed in
peat works in the country, having
become indignant at the attitude
of the peasants to a group Of city
people who treked into a village
once In an autumn rain, and for q
long time were unable to find a
place where to rest and dry them
selves. made a speech to the peas
ants on the subject Of tho service
rendered by the 'fntelligertsia" In
the cause Of the political emancipar
ton of the people. He received
the following tart answer from the
mouth of q nght-haired. blue-eyed
Slav:
True, we read that your class
really suffered for political activ-
ity, but It is your class who wrote
it. Now. you worked for the revo-
luton OF your own accord and not
because we asked you 20. There
fore we are not responsible for
your troubles. Let God reward you
for everything.
I would not quote these words
here II I did not consider them
typical. I personally heard this
scores of times in one form or an
other.
But 1t must be emphasized that
the humiliation imposed on the
clever city inhabitant by the vii.
lage, had one serious and instruc-
tive consequence for the latter.
The village understood fully how
dependent the city was on It. Pre-
viously It was aware only by its
dependence on the city.
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with her famous treaty, has for
given Russia all her debts.
1t would appear as though these
two policies are radically opposed.
In fact, the English and French
have severely reproved the Ger
mans for having compromised the
outcome OF the negotiations they
were conducting to obtain recogni-
ton OF the Russian debts.
TWO POLICIES DIFFER.
But this Is mere talk. and moth
ing else. The truth Is that the
two policies differ only as regards
form-for each faced the same
reality-the bankruptcy of Russia
and her inability to pay.
The Germans frankly recognize
this impossibility and condone the
debts which they know they can
never collect-that Is to say, they
renounce that which is definitely
lost.
The French and English. on the
other hand. recognize this impossi-
bility indirectly, Disgusting it by
the device of a five-yesr mora
torium.
There 10 no reasonable person
who believes for a moment that
between now and five years from
now Russia can pay her debts.
The moratorium of five years Is an
expedient in order to not have to
brutally tell the English and
French creditors that their money
Is lost and to keep alive theoret-
ically title to credits in order to
gradually negotiate their renuncia-
concessions.
ton and obtain from Russia new
France. England, and Germany.
therefore, appear to be struggling
frantically, the first two to force
Russia to pay her debts, tho other
to assist her in obtaining universal
conformation Of her debts.
MONEY IS LOST.
In reality, the money Is lost.
Germany has recognized while
England and France are taking
time to recognize that fact.
Germany endeavors to negotiste
without delay. France and Eng
land desire to negotiate gradually.
All this huge struggle at Genoa
concerning Russia's debts Is
fought around q shadow. Nor Ia
the dreaded alliance between Cor.
maryland Russia more substantial
IN fact, Halt of Europe already
secs Germany and Russia united
IN an attempt 10 secure revenge.
IN France and England thsro IL
proclaimed q need to reconstruct
the alliance that conquered Ger,
many in the world war,
Thus Europe seems about to con,
vert herself, like after the war OF
1870, into two rival groups com
mencing preparations for a new
war
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But these are also dreams ana
idle talk.
Russia and Germany are both
% exhausted and impoverished
that for half a century they will
not be able to- put forth any seri-
Gus military efforts. Nor can Eng
land and France boast of being in
much better case. England no
longer has an army capable OF
waging a continental war, because
the English people are ready for
anything rather than to again tol-
crate conscription. France Is
weary. bowed down with debts and
weighted with taxes-she. too.
needs economies in the matter OF
men and money.
Discord. too. between the two
nations Is too acute and profound
to admit Of a true and serious al
lance
In short, the outlook is depress-
ing. After having spent the'-
blood and strength in a world war
to defend their very lives, great
powers consume the small residue
OF life left to them to fight sterile
diplomatic battles, which no long
er have any real serious object.
After the warfare with cannons
they are now fighting with
phantasms.
The Genoa conference Is
small amphitheater where these
last combats are fought by means
Of specters, to which the great
powers are invited as spectators.
the little states Of Europe ask
ing them 70 believe that they are
engaged in repairing their COM
mon fortunes.
DOOMED TO STERILTTY.
The Genoa conference is DOOM
ed to sterility like its predeces-
sors because the sincere and
profound desire for reconciliation
has not yet been born in the
four great states Of Europe on
which the destiny OF the Con.
tinent depends-Italy, France.
England, and Germany.
Only a reconciliation between
the major combatants like that
made in 1878 could save Europe.
Instead Of that today, not only
do France and Germany not de-
sire to become reconciled. but
Italy, France and England are
only thinking Of quarreling among
themselves.
Until when7
In the meantime misery in
oreases, Governments are weak
oning. Peoples are becoming ex-
nsperated, Months and years
pass, Clepsydra is constantly
emptring, To save themselves
Destiny has confided TO the ma
tionS of Europe limited space
OF time
And II this ends?
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treating with Russian affairs, from
the discord between France and
England, Germany is seeking to
profit so as to eliminate both and
become herself the leading power
in exploiting Russia.
The now famous Russo German
treaty, 1t is unexpectedly divulged.
is the first fruit of this policy. "
matters continue thus the most
certain result of the conference will
be the intensifying Of the discord
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a bearded. handsome fellow, we
learned TO ny in the air like
birds. to swim under the water
like fish. but how to Live on the
earth we don't know. We should
have first established ourselves
solidly on land and see later
about the air. And We needn't
waste money on these amuse-
ments."
Another angriiy added:
I'VE get no benefit from these
tricks. and the expense In men
and money is great. need
horse-shoes. an axe; I have no
nails, and you are putting up
monuments here, on the streets.
1t 10 nothing but profligacy!
There II no cloth to dress the
children. and you have fass here.
everywhere" In conclusion,
after . lengthy and pitiless criti-
cism Of the city 'amusements."
the bearded moujfk said. with .
sigh:
"If We had made the revolution
ourselves there would have been
peace on earth long ago. and
there would be order"
PEASANT ATTITUDE.
Sometimes tho peasant attitude
towards the city folk finds It's ex-
preston in such a simple and
radical form as the following:
"All the educated people should
be wiped off from the face Of the
earth. Then It will be easy for
US simple people to live. Other
wise. you will have crushed us
altogether
In the year OF 1919 the gentle
villager quietly pulled off the
boots and clothes Of the towns
man and robbed him generally.
cunningly obtaining from him in
return for bread and potatoes
everything that he could get.
whether II was a necessary or
unnecessary article for the village.
One does not like to talk OF
the coarse derision and vengeful
mockery with which the village
met the hungry people Of the
city. Always getting the better
end in the barter. the majority Of
the peasants tried to and did give
their cheating the humiliating
character Of aims. which they
were unwillingly contributing to
"the master who has squandered
his fortune in the revolution"
It was noted that the attitude
towards the workingman was
more humane. This carefulness
can probably be explained by the
iocular advice Of one peasant to
another
You better be more careful
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between England, France and Ger
many.
Added to the other causes that
divide and render these three
states suspicious. Russia must
now be added. And this although
and herein lies the tragedy-thiS
Russia for which three great
states contend is a mirage exist.
ing only in their imaginations.
France, England and Germany
are contending about a phantom.
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TT wv should you like to have
your house equipped with
Ia doors which open magic.
ally, when you speak some such
phrase as, perhaps. open. Ses.
amer
How would your little boy like
to possess a toy locomotive which
starts, stops, runs fast or run.
slowly as the lsd commands?
Such are some Of the wonders
actually achieved by DR.. Curt
Stille. the sound wizard Of central
Europe. These are mere toys as
yet. A dozen other Of his inv.n-
tons are still in the toy stage, hut
yesterday ! witnessed and heard
in his study at Potsdam a demcn-
stration Of a perfected device that
promises to be Of wide utility, and
is certainly astonishing in its al
ready accomplished results and in
it's possibilities. It was an.
nounced at the Leipsic fair this
year.
SHAKESPEARE ON PHONE.
Would you oblige me by re-
peating that into the telephone9"
said DR.. stille. Some memento
OF mortality on n table had called
forth the recitation. in my we'll.
known bass voice, OF a quotation
from the equally famous shal.e-
speare, OF stratford-on.Avon, Erg.
land.
Would you obliso me by re-
peating that into the telephone"
said DR.. stliio.
Always willing to oblige, even
whom ignorant az to whom IL be.
Ing obliged, picked up tho two.
mouthed thing which over here
In benishted Europe they call q
telephone, and remarked to 1t,
Tomorrow, aud tomorroW, and
tomorrow,
Croeps N 'ts petty pace from
ddy to day,
70 the last syllabls Of veosrdsd
timer"
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"HERE is belief that the Rus
sian peasant is especially pro-
- found In his religion. never
felt that way, although It seems TO
me I observed the spiritual life Of
the people carefully enough. 1 be-
lieve that a person who is illiterate
and not accustomed to think. can
be neither a true believer nor an
atheist. and that the road to firm
and profound faith lies across the
desert of unbelief.
In the course Of my converse
tions with, peasants and my obser-
vations of the mode of living of
the various sects In Russia, per-
ceived first Of all an organic, blind
lack of faith in the strivings and
workings Of the mind, discovered
a mental attitude which one might
describe as the skepticism Of igno.
rance.
I always sensed in the attempts
OF the Russian sects to live sepa-
rately. AWAY from the state-con.
trolled church. negative attitude
not only to its rites, and least OF
all. to it's dogmas. but generally to
the regime of the State and to the
life of the city.
NOT DEEPLY RELIGIOUS.
But I was never able to discover
In this negative attitude any orig
inal idea, any signs Of creative
thought. any search OF new outlets
for the spirit. 1t is simply pas
sive and fruitless negation of phe-
nomena and events, the connection
and significance of which their
feebly developed mind is unable to
comprehend.
1t seems to me that the revolu.
ton has very definitely proved
how mistaken were the beliefs in
the profound righteousness of the
Russian peasantry. Perhaps the
fact that theaters and clubs were
organized in village churches is not
so important. although it was
sometimes done. not because there
was no other building suited for a
theater, but for the express
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Are three years of bitter dis
illusionment and menacing
future insufficient to act as a
restorative for the peoples and
governments of Europe?
At Genoa. as in previous con-
ferences, peoples and govern
ments, in lieu Of trying seriously
to understand each other in
good faith and restore the
wrecked fortunes of a CONT
nent, combat each other with
furious tenacity concerning
chimerical projects, wrangling
over the possession of zero.
Herein is constituted the male
diction Of peace treaties.
In fact. what occurred in 1919
at Paris? The two major pow.
ers Of the entente. France and
England, instead OF trying mod.
estly to effect a general recon.
ciliation of Europe by means of
mutual concessions and some wise
cbiONp dllCI
grander and loftier end that ap.
peared to secure for them the
safety of peace with advantages
in proportion to the greatness of
their sacrifices.
England desired to secure for
herself the supremacy Of Asia
and the seas; France, II not ex-
actly a hegemony, at least a
preponderance in Europe that
should permit her at any mo-
ment to secure for herself an in.
Vincible anti-German alliance.
To obtain these two goals Eng.
land and France sacrificed peace
and everything else, and now are
involved In dumb but tenacious
strife that has enhanced the al.
ready tremendous world disorder.
Yet those two aims were chi.
merical because after the world
war there was not room for a
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Russia has fallen into such dis.
order that for many long years
she will not be able to conclude
any treaty of value with any
power on earth.
Individual Englishmen. French
men and Germans. IL they choose.
like Italians and Americans. can
venture to Russia and endeavor at
their own risk TO do business. but
the various states cannot actuate
in Russia with Russia in any vaGt
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
BY MAXIM GoRKY.
Translated by Isaac Don Levine.

Copyright 1922
N/HAT will become of Russia? This universal ques
~ tion has acquired acute interest through the de-
nands the Genoa conference. In this series of art
his intimate knowledge of the fundamentals of Russian
national character These articles witten IN
toriunn In St. Blasen Southern Gernany Were he spent
several months fighting successfully against all
nents. The foo0ing article pictures the peasant in his
neOfound poaUer and the growh in the strength of the
Uiudge.
The Washington times., 1922-05-14

economic. political or military
schemes. because there does not ex-
ist a government legitimate or
powerful enough to furnish :he
necessary guarantees.
Note, for example, what occurs
concerning debts. France and
England endeavor to induce the
Soviets to recognize the pre-war
liabilities. according fivesyear
moratorium. SO.
Germany. on the other hand.
The Washington times., 1922-05-14

purpose of demonstrating free
thought.
There were cases OF a coarser
and sacrilegious attitude to the
the church, which II is impossible
to explain by the popular hostility
toward the priests, by a desire to
offend the parson. and sometimes
by some such insolent and naive
curiosity on the part Of the young
people as this: What will happen
to me II l should desecrate some
thing that Is revered by every
body?"
But much more significant are
such facts as these: The destruc-
ton OF the ancient Petchersky
monastery in kiev and of the
Troitze Sergeivsky monastery,
which was of enormous Importance
historically and religiously, the
two monasteries that were pro.
foundly revered by the whole coun-
try. provoked no protests nor dis
turbances among the peasantry,
although trouble was certainly an.
ticipated by some politicians.
1t was as il these centers of re-
ligious life suddenly lost all the
magic power which had attracted
to them believers from all corners
of the wide Russian land. And yet
the same peasants without thought
OF their lives defended with arms
in hand some hundreds OF thou
sand pools Of grain.
SAINTS RELICS MOCKED.
When the provincial Soviets
were publicly exposing the "incor.
ruptible" relics Of saints that were
highly worshiped by the people.
the people regarded these acts
with complete indifference, with a
silent. dull curiosity.
The relics were exposed with
extreme tactlessness and fire.
quently in a very rough man
ner, with the active participa-
ton of people Of foreign race
and faith. with coarse mockery
at the feelings Of those who
believed in the saintliness and
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
20 SAYS England France and Germany Sacrifice Peace AT Geno

EagerneSS of Two Nations to Seize Advantage at
Conference Will Cause Collapse of the Meet
ing-Instead of Trying Seriously to Under
stand Each Other i'm Good Faith and Restore
the Wrecked Fortunes of Continent They
Combat Each Other With Furious TenacitY.
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
BY GUGLIELMO FERRERo,
Famous Italian Historian.
Special TO Universal Service.
Copyright, 1922. by Universal Service.

= 80, EENUA, May 13
T UST as before!
The Genoa conference, like all those that pre-
cedsd it in Europe from the peace conference onward
is about to founder for the same causes.
Is evil, then, incnrabe2
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
BY VIM. Il. HALE.

ohNIlN, may 10,
TT wv should you like to have
your house equipped with
u - doors which omen ma1,c.
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500
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TAKOMA PARK HOMES.
MANY NEW IISTINGS.
Continued,


sa.5OO-owner leaving city; price greatly
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p. +. CARLEY.
Evening star., 1922-08-31
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