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Show More Light on I Bolshevist Rule I Russian Farmers Resent Food Requisitions and Often Kill Those Seeking It. BITTER AGAINST AMERICA Russian Government Does Not Take Kindly to Visitors and Traveling Has Been Made Difficult Americans Ameri-cans Popular In Siberia. Now York. A better economic system sys-tem must bo evolved by tho sovlot government gov-ernment or It must surely glvo wny In a very short time, nccordlng to Harold V. Foy of Auburn, N, Y., who has Just returned from a yenr's absence ab-sence In China, Hussla and other points In the Far I2ust. At Uio beginning begin-ning of tho war Mr. Fny wns In China, and when thu American forces went to Slberln ho resigned his position In the University of Nanking nnd Joined, remaining with them until they ro u m turned home, when ho went to Russia ns a correspondent. flj "Tho Soviets are pretty solid pollt- Icnlly, but economically extremely un- BJ sound," said Mr. Fay. "They may hnvo to give wny to a firmer form o H government, nnd ono wherein property BJ rights must hnvo some any. The peoplo BJ In tho cities nre tho most unfortunate, flj for thoy nro so unilcrfeij. Tho govern. HJ ment sends out expeditions to rcqulsl- S tlon food from tho farms, but tho H peasants do not take kindly to tho 9J appropriation of their products, and flj nro heartily opposed to the sovlots, H although they will bo slow to taku H any action. flj Real Property Taken. BJ "Sometimes- the peasants ambush H these expeditions nnd kill them, but BJ these cases hnvo not been very numer- BJ ous. All real property tins been taken .Bj from those who owned tho land. It Is BJ not likely that they will ever bo able H to recover nny of It, but all this propn. BJ ganda hy those who hnve como out of BJ Hussla and have lost their estates will BJ be of llltlc avail, In my belief, for It In BJ extremely unlikely thnt Hussla will re- H turn to tho old form of government. BJ "There ait. very few Americans In BJ Hussla how. Tho government docs not Bj tnko kindly to visitors, and traveling BJ has been mnde very difficult. They do BJ not llko to have travelers come through BJ from Slberln, and no ono Is nllowed to HJ enter from tho southern countries of H Asia. Another newspaper man and my- BJ self were tho only two Amcrlcnns com- BJ Ing through from Siberia, nnd when BJ we arrived In Moscow the authorities H did not seem to llko It, hut finally they BJ sent us through to Finland, and In this BJ way we came out of tho country. BJ "In Siberia Americans nro very popu- Bj Inr, us America has done a great deal BJ for Siberia In sending clothing and BJ other aid to the people, and also be- M causo tho United States government BJ did not recognlzo Kolchak. Hut tho BJ Russian peoplo In tho moro western BJ areas aro very bitter towurd us, as BJ they feel that wo offer greater re- BJ nlstanco than any other country, and BJ thqy say thnt we aro tho last strong- BJ hold of capitalism. Their Ideas aro BJ that communism Is bound to prevail ,BJ all over the world, and that they will BJ win out. BJ Issue Ration Cards. BJ "Rations are served to every ono la BJ Russia, but thero Is really great order BJ there. A traveler gets ono pound of B black bread n day and one-half pound M of Buusago nnd somo Halt, sugar and BJ tea, but tho residents only get ono .BJ pound of black bread and no sausage, jl They glvo you ration curds for which f BJ you can draw from thu government .' BJ stores, but only ono meal u day. You ' jH must buy tho rest from whatever ;BJ sources you may ho ablo to find. Thero BJ aro government restaurants and there BJ urc also somo public markets In Mos- .BJ cow, but tho government means to jBJ eventually control all food products "'?BJ and dlxpcnso with tho public markets; ufl they would do that now, but thoy find VlB It (llllkult to prevent thoso that aro B open. (BJ "Thero is no gasoline to run tho H tmcks nnd automobiles, but they uso B as a substltuto a spirit mnde from j Dotatoes. This Is also drunk quite gcu- M erully as a stimulant. It Is poorly uu mado alcohol and not so good as tho fQ vodka that they used to havo In former jll times, but it Is cousuund in great BJ quantities. Prohibition prevails, Si though, nil over Russia and It seems BJ to bo n good thing. HJ 'The American dollar Is now worth BJ from 2,000 to U.000 rubles, but thu H money has to bo exchunged secretly. jBJ While I wns in Moscow I heard that M ICmmn Goldman and Derkman had been J9 sent out to ono of tho Russian prov- jfflj Inccs to collect data on somo pretext B or another, rs the.'' were very unwol- 111 co. .e to the Holshuvlkl. Tho govern- BJ tic. ' was greatly annoyed that Mm BJ l'pKC'1 states should send nn..ri'hlttt S to Hussla, as they do not recognlzo BJ them there. Thu soviet form ' not BJ anarchistic." JM |