Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-12-22

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the only home. An official may get q
passenger coach or private car for
himself and his family but the probe
| tariat-men, women and children-aro
herded by dozens in box-cars, anybody
who can crowd in being free to pick
| out corner for home.
Moving Slowly Toward Russia.
In Chita and Verkhne- Udinsk hun
dreds are housed in box-car cities,
cooking, eating and living in the open
during the day and at night sleeping ON
| rough shelves which have been built
into the cars.
Some are on the move, getting near
er soviet Russia whenever a l0cOmO-
tive can be spared to pull their trains.
| while. others have been waiting for
months. Included in this west-b0und
tide year ago were about hundred
American artisans each month, bound
for soviet Russia-"a country where
men are Free" as they explained.
The military band is an important
factor In Chtas life. 1t 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,
hers play at the two theaters and pub
lie gardens
Chita even has circus 1t is most
ly clowns with racy songs. On pleas
ant evenings the public gardens are
filed, though 5 cents admission is
charged. Every seat in the theaters is
taken. No one attempts to explain
how the strangely assorted crowd gets
the price of admission. The cement
fOored, free, outdoor dance pavilion is
crowded also during the warmer
months. Sometimes there is grand
opera and other weeks there is a stock
company or movies.
Among Russians, the paralysis of the
country and the suffering the people
have experienced in recent years In
blamed on Japan. Much of it, how
ever. is heritage from the revolution.
the overthrow of a despotic monarchy
and the launching of another govern
ment whose principals go to the 0ppO-
site extreme in radicalism.
That Siberia could rot recover az
long as Japan maintained hostile
army within its territory. and that a
large proportion Of the japanese mil
itary did not want it TO recover unta
it was annexed. as Korea was seemed
equally evident.
Why the Republic Was Formed.
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formation of the Far Eastern republic
as a constitutional democracy. Soviet
Russia could have prevented, hut as
sisted instead. Moscow has been the
only friend of Chita, aiding it with gold
and soldiers. though extremely limited
in both. However. the two republics
were separate, as any one soop found
out 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
STA. Next. the leaders of Moscow
realized that their beautiful theories Of
communism had been an economic
ard social failure, and this corner of
Siberia offered good field to try out
the democracy of America embell!shed
with some of the latest radical novel,
ties
The third reason, alone sufficient,
was that the Siberian peasant Is iaafA
to accept q broader communism fhan
the guild communism to which he ID
accustomed.
The Siberian peasant averages 100
acres of land. He can have as much
more as he wants 10 cultivate. ID n
there for the taking. What he raises
is his own. He is willing to put his
crop In the community storehouse. but
the idea of turning it over to govern
ment on tile strength of 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 a free newspaper. and q
Russian rev spaper is always more en-
tausiastic for its country and some
particular local party than 1t is for
news.
In each city is reading Rom. and
the demand for hooks on industry.
electricity. mechanics. nlsiaIiurgy.
medicine. agriculture, and other useful
noes largely exceeds the United
number of well-thumled copiee