The Condition of
Russia
What few glimpses we get thru the cloud which veils Russia
from the Western peoples show us a scene of utter confusion. They reveal a
nation tossed in revolution, all its orderly life at an end. It is a might
people given over to cold, starvation, cruel military domination.
In Eastern Russia there is scarcely food or clothing to be
had at any price. Siberia is better off for food but its transportation is
impossible as the trans-Siberian railroad has been worn and neglected to such
an extent that it is well nigh useless.
At the time of the Russian revolution the country was not
ripe for democracy. A true democracy implies the ability for self-government
and that the illiterate hordes of Russia had had no opportunity to gain. There
was no available halting-place between an autocracy and red anarchy.
The Allies will not be doing their duty unless they take
some measures for helping Russia to food and fuel, to an opportunity for
general education and to a settled government.
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