The Washington times., 1922-03-28

I URN ON
RUSSIAN
MASTERS
Noted Anarchist Explains Re-
action to Government
Seizure of Grain.

Emma Goldman, noted anarchist,
,cus depoyf,d 60 Ryssia in Decent
be,; 1919, bg the United States De-
pdrtment of Labor. After ttJo
years of disllusionment and discs
ter. she has finally reached Sweden,
and has indicted Bolshepism in q
series Of bitter, stinging articles.
Because of the fact that an arch
anarchist, a Uomdn WhO has de-
Uoted her life to attacking eristirg
forms of government, turns upon
the aegis of Lenin Nth such fury
The Washington Times thinks u
Worth Whiie to print her uiers or
Bolshevism. Her second drttcls
appeared yesterday. The third ar
ticle folloWs:
By EMMA GOLDMAN.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March
28.-The Razvyorstka, the method
of forcible food collection, soon
followed upon the heels of the
Brest peace. The Bolsheviki will
have it that they were compelled
to resort to the Razvyorstka be-
cause of the refusal of the peas
ants to feed the cities. This is
only partly true.
The peasants did, indeed, re-
fuse to turn over their products
to the government agents. They
demanded the right to deal with
the workers directly, but it was
denied them. TIE inefficiency of
the Bolshevik regime and the cor
ruption of their bureaucracy con-
tributed much to the dissatisfac-
tion of the rural population. The
manufactures promised to the
peasants in exchange for their
produce seldom reached them, OF,
when actually received, proved to
be damaged goods, short of meas
ure, and so forth,
Cites Laxity Of Officials.
In Kharkoff l saw the demonstra-
tior of tn. inefficiency of the central
iz-d bur Saucratic machine. In
large factory warehouse there lay
huge stacks of agricultural ma.
chinery. Moscow had ordered then,
made within two weeks, on pain of
punishment for sabotage" They
were mhds. ard six months already
had passed without the central au-
thorities" making any effort to dis.
tribute the machines to the peas
antry, which kept clamoring for
Ihcm in their great need. II was one
of the countless examples of the mar,
nrr in which the Moscow system
worked" or, rather, did not work.
| Is 1t to be- wondered at that the
peasants lost h,l faith in the ability
Of the Rolsherik state to manage
| things properly When the Bolshe.
Wiki saw that the peasant was not to
be coaxed or caioled into confidence
ley devised the Razvyorstka. n
more effective method for antagoniz-
ing and cmiittering the peasantry
could not have been invented. Ii be-
came the dreaded terror of the agra
rian population. II robbed them Of
e"erythinE. only the future will be
able TO give an adequate picture OF
the terriblA consequences of that IN.
sane mea sure with its great sacrifice
Of life and devastation.
Blamable for Famine.
Unbelievable as II may seem. II IL
a fact well known In Russia that the
Razvyorstka system was partly re.
spon sible for the y. esent famine.
For the peasants were not Only
stripped Of their last pood of flour.
loften they were robbed of the seeds
they had put by for their next plant.
ling. The drought is Of course, The
main cause OF the narrowing co,,di
tions In the Volga districts. But Il
lts nevertheless true that IL the peas.
lsntSr hsa been able to plant at the