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Show REACTION IN RUSSIA. Ta;n There should be a reaction ;i j.iinst i he Bolshevik! government in Kusjia is not in itself surprising, bnt that the reaction should" come before ihe so;u--box iaiesmen have had a . .rune to administer aiiairs is some-v.h.nt some-v.h.nt unexpected. If we coal! see behind be-hind the scenes in Russia we might uis-t-over that a great dread prevails lest '.o new rulers turn the country over to lier-.nanv before the people have had a rhanco to interfere. And if such a ;-.ir is prevalent we may look for im-lue-nate civil wa;-. While the Germans have already started for Tetroizral by way of Hel--inut'oi .s if Swedith reports sr-eak truly, : )-. .'u'.lowers of the provisional gov-iTi'.ruent gov-iTi'.ruent aie forcing to overthrow the vro Gen.au radicals and save the coan-trv coan-trv from further invasion. Even :f they n.ue with the greatest celerity they ;;rc apt to re too late. Treachery p-ob-A, has done it? work so well that ;he Teutons cannot be !;ept out of J e'roirad. On the other hand, the foe ;. av e made another blui .er. As .-on as the Holshviki were in office : .:r crn-.ans oc;:pied the Aland ii-svA ii-svA nade uurenily hast-.- to seize -..? (a; i:;i of Finland. Thi vst waro- i - eiioucrh for the Ri;i..u8 that their c- 'iitrv -,va- to be sei?rl .'ml they rnr-oi'ivi's enslaved if they permitted n rw government to remain in Wh-'-n v.-- picture the sit uat ioi: in this f;'-: ion we ;re, of co :-e, merely n- '..tinj in nM-r.vn'-k. Tin- capital and : e:-tirii M,,n'rv are w-:!ri iu mvt-vy. ? -r,ffv.' no' crhat cr- rpni3 a t ;,...m;l'- On th" Mir'a.-e the nw go- v.r.y-r.x. h-dr. : ;r.jr:g backing. for il :(:.- to b" vli j po: u not only by h , i y rlmer.t of vnrest, hut by the ; e i -nr. ; aTy. And yet we can fvl ,.:r ti-at ti;.- r A j arty i- cot wiil- ii g to 1'illow the .-idii j,!s i far aj 'o - T' .-:.,r rii" -'Oui-Try m A.r. i.rrnan-. Tr.'-'v have -.-n by th pro-1 pro-1 ' v-in agfnt? and v.hn the -alrts drop ".7UU- thir ( t1,pv '-'ll not Pipport a l r. 'rM'.'-nt w!:'-h .-'i:s to betray ;'!l '.-'",: ino iifiad-i of ;h enTTiy. !"'.' I'ovi .-.il. ":' cr-ii loy.-"1? and th? -.u'.'.-f.-.i' v.or i?' h.'i" C'n rn a r i . ?::) Trf-o r, YjV p t i i ? r. '.' io'-n;-n f .-j ' . f 'V j 'f o ; n exhiVnt ion o t f i H-a' i - f't 1 T . n in -ng t rpr-.-n T'r-; T'r-; ; . p. r ;o.i f'f t h. t op; lb"? ' ion. Th" pi.'Tnmf'n' -.n; I-'f- ? ri'pre"lnt th'"1 :: ;"'': an I orl-. ii.j1 fda1-. Th r;ii!-v;". r;ii!-v;". rrn r-r'-'-; ! v. nr k i ng r)-.a Mi 1 to -';.!'' t n ' ttH. n l i d 1 ' ' 1 a - J . i i o -. t'-'T ;a I h ( vorkingmn ail o.r th: world :;::y Kr-.f- bf coif-, thriy arf ' orj-'-r ai. f3 j a i vjrh t1:' ;'- who - i t r ! n 1 I ; . i r - in F't rorad. Tt'"'" rJili"- r, i'onarv h ri n w 4 r i; r r i n in thn 'loifi'iin of industry i .y r ;'; ti...t i iii.ii f ion ii r'i; v ; i 'irifTing ir;t' h unknown, but th1 ii.aliu' t of ;f j 'r -T'ion a rm thf-m t' ii" a- nviri caiiiinn aa pov-dldc i" ' ' -i - i i n f-oni r j old or 'r to th nv, ( '-'m t ori icnT ir - ro f t h ni t n fit in . fi - d H't-i1! f'T.!' the ft. PITT' of k i - - lorn n I r' ' :,r nl i n '( ' f " . Tnr' f-sr-t-tin nnl i -r-- jir n"t ; - s''rt in ai:n wc'i'h'T fl in ffirn-v. ' '.!! 'h"ir - I i ; n.n ( iMo Thf !i i :T i n - r;:-n l-tivr- t hr r if i'i ' h c v rr-.'iii." til'! r; py n..i.' ii"- nil :1m-ii f a-'iiii u-! to e-t ::.'' - h i jr.- r'-'k . A re I 'o i' i-, 1 1 . ''!:'' it. 'ii i;i a '-r,p-. .., n:i.'r u ' - in I ,t 'i- ' ' .1 .1. r, ;i i: - i ;i' t;,'- tr. o.-,-r. rh'- 'u , ,o!' ri: ;i'f no' i ' j ' ' ' i p ,i i it,nl Thr-V kfn: !f.;it .,.,., tj : ' h i '. '() '!' in t h f n k i fj i ,i ii r r'-'' -t' if- a f1 v oa; " t- ' i . of ; r . " i in -o.inr on f),f fn-r f t hi ;i.'i! o." 'I'"'- ni in o'frkliri' Pn'iM I , u ' or .. n ' in oi i r o . n ' on n t r I . , 'i t:'k tn'1 lorm of r' olw I iom;i r; tr n h'- i - f 'i" i ii ' 1 1 : i.r': . j-r n i, no. - -'and i I i t i! i" lody f . : : i old fn. t'.-v un'H a r.r. , r, , , J , ! . a " I" Ili'.'H.f o -vrrj - - ! f !. n , ' .' r ' nf j '.'illOl ..: .1 . .r- ai.d -.i ! h."- 1 " i ., if.' . ;."'. "f IM--. ...,-,, ;.ro.- , i If . ; ' r. ii",,' r l. ' I I I r - 'd - . I", v. - ' i- I'"'" '"- d'-r : It is because we are human that we progress. And it is because our inteb j licence i? finite that we nirt progress j slowly. Tli at, of course, is something that the j half-baked theorists do not understand. I They seixe control of 1 io.nno.Ooo poo-j ! pie as light-heartedly as if they were . j taking control of a merry-go-round, j They proclaim an immediate overturn; I of all the old institutions and suddenly ; 'awake to The faet that the old instilii j tions are based too deep in the cen-i turies a nd in the human soul to be swept aside with the wave of the, hand, j They might just as well proclaim that i they were about to make all men twelve feet tall as that they were about to establish Russia on a Socialistic foundation. Both of these goals are perhaps achievable, but not iu a day. a week, a month, or a year. We need not be surprised by any turn of events in Russia. We need be surprised sur-prised only if the Russians are able to j restore order soon enough to prevent i the enemy from seizing their country nr I forcing on them a shameful peace. j |