Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-12-27

the only home. An ohClal may get "A
/ passenger coach or private ear for
himself and his family. but the prole-
T tariai-men, women and chlldren-are
heried By dozens In box-cars. anybody
who can crowd in being free to plck
out a corner for a home.
Moving Slowly Toward Russia.
In Chlta and Verkhne- Udinsk hun
dreds are housed In box-car cities,
cooking. eating and living In the open
during the day and az night sleeping on
rough shelves which have been built
into the ears.
Some are on the move. getting near
or soviet Russia whenever locomo-
tive can be spared to pull their trains.
while others have been waiting for
months. Included IN this west-bound
tide year ago were about hundred
American artisans each month. bound
Tor soviet Russia country where
men are free" as they explained.
The military band Is an important
factor On Chita's life. II precedes
every company OF soldiers, sturdy
Young men In unmatched uniforms.
that marches through the streets dur
Ing the day. In the evenings IT'S men,
beers play az the two theaters and pub
he gardens.
ChIla even has a circus. II Is most
D. clowns with racy songs. on pleas
ant evenings the public gardens are
allied. though cents admission Is
charged. Every seat IN the theaters Is
taken. No one attempts 20 explain
how the strangely assorted crowd gets
TIE price ~ admission. The cement
Hoorcd. free. outdoor dance pavilion is
crowded also during the warmer
months Sometimes there Is grand
Opera aud other weeks there Is a stock
I company or movies.
Among Russians. the paralysis OF the
country and the suffering the people
have experienced In recent years Is
blamed on Japan. Much Of IL, how
ever. Is n heritage from the revolution,
T the overthrow Of despotic monarchy
ana the launching n another govern
ment whose principals 20 10 the oppo-
/ site extreme I'm radicalism.
That Siberia could not recover as
long as Japan maintained a hostile
army within its territory. and that a
/ large proportion OF the japanese mill
itary did not want II 70 recover until
"a was annexed. as Korea was, seemed
equally evident.
Why the Republic Was Formed.
Several motives contributed 20 the
formation OF the Far Eastern republic
as a constitutional democracy. Soviet
IuSsla could have prevented, but as
sisted Instead. Moscow has been the
only friend Of Chita. aiding Il With gold
and soldiers. though extremely limited
In both. However. the tive republics
were separate. as any one soon foEnd
ont when passing the customs guards
immigration officers and soldiers on
either side OF the boundaries.
In the first place. the Far Eastern
republic satisfied the wish for buffer
state between Japan and soviet Rus
sla. Next. the leaders Of Moscow
realized that their beautiful theories OF
communism had been an economic
and social failure. and this eerner Of
siberia offered a good field to try out
the democracy OF America embellished
with some Of the latest radical novel
ties.
The third reason. alone sufficient.
was that the Siberian peasant Is loath
10 accept a broader communism than
the guild communism 10 which he IS
accustomed.
The siberian peasant averages 100
acres o. land. He can have as much
more as he wants 70 cultivate. IL Is
there for the taking. What he naises
Is his own. lie is willing 70 put his
crop In the community storehouse. but
the idea OF turning II over 10 n govern
ment on the strength OF a promise OF
clothes. tools. or a free ride on the
railroad cannot be driven into his
head.
Propaganda Is the gripping force OF
the government. Every employee or
soldier gets free newspaper. and
Russian new spaper Is always more en-
thusinstic for It's country and some
particular local party than IL Is for
news.
Ia each city Is a reading room, and
the demand for books on industry
electricity, mechanics. metaiiurgy,
medicine. agriculture. and other useful
sciences largely exceeds the hmfeeo
number q well-thumbed copies