Show P PRESIDENT i LEARNS lARN OF f fR R RUSSIA'S IA STATUS TATU Advisers From Petrograd Petrograd Petro Petro- I grad Urge Against MiI Military Mil Mil- Military I Intervention ParI Particularly Particularly Par Par- I by Japanese By John McHugh Stuart International News Service Staff Correspondent May l W Members l of the thc staff of Ambassador Francis have arb arrived ar ar- rived b d in Washington and arcI arc are areson r I j h re p or t I Ii 1 V c l lson son and to the state department discouraging dis dis- discouraging military intervention in Russia particularly f If that Intervention intervention tion must be carried out by Japanese Japan Japan- ese These men bell believe c that Japans Japan's I intentions are aro the best in the world and her anxiety to interfere in Russia Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia it is based on a genuinely disinterested disinter disinter- disinterested ested wish to serve the great allied cause But Dut the they sa say Japan Is more disliked disliked dis dis- liked in Russia Hussla than any an other nation naI nation na na- tion in tho the world worl The United I States Is the best liked of ot the allied nations If It intervention cannot be bc I carried out h by tho the United States Slates the they I believe there might better be none If It Japanese go goo into Siberia the they say it will immediately drive Russia Russin Into tho the hands of ot Germany and thousands of or Russian men Into tho the German armies PRESIDENT INVESTIGATES The president is carefully scanning all of or the tho Information submitted by Mr Ir Francis Francis' returned men Upon this data he lie will largely base basc his determination of or how his pledge to help holp Russia may b be carried out Here Bere Is the thc Russian situation as asIt asit asit it was outlined h by one ono of or these re returned returned re- re turned turne 1 diplomats to today The constitute but one- one tenth of ot 1 per cent of or tho the Russian population out of ot They rule rute Russian only onh because of ot the tho accident whereby they held the arms anns and the governmental centers They have not the sympathy of the vast ast mass o of tho the agricultural RussIan Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian people Russia has plenty plent of supplies Outside Outside Outside Out Out- side of oC Petrograd and a a. few tew other centers food Is plentiful Only means of or transportation and distribution distribution distribution tion arc are lacking PEASANTS WANT MONEY If Russia is to bo be saved she must be saved ed through the thc great peasant class With their now found liberty lIbert liberty lib lIb- erty ert and newly new won land ownership the thing thins the peasants want most of ot all is IR mone money Most of ot these people arc aro illiterate They cannot bo he reached by printed message They must be reached bythe by bythe bythe the spoken word in the Russian langu lan lan- gu guage age And the tho spoken word to be believed must he be hacked backed up by y American gold sold cash money The great reat mass of or Russians e express hate halo for tho the Germans But Dut the they will take lake no steps against tho the German armies Means of communication are areso areso areso so bad 1 that the average Russian farmer believes he Is safe from the until tho the German Gorman advance guard swoops down on him Then it will be too late lato to resist Tho The same sarno strange apathy permitted the to gain power Tho The peasants followed them because the Bolshevik promised them free land They got ot their free tree land and then when the red guard of tho the tried to requisition supplies the peasants peasants peasants peas peas- ants refused to let them have ha them Like everyone everone in Russia they took all the they could get set and would not give anything anything anything any any- thing in return voluntarily Yet tho the Bolshevik hold all the government property and have all aH the arms So UH they Y exercise what power there is PETROGRAD IS TIRED The man who told toM of ot this state of ot affairs is b by birth a Pole Pote He has haa lived for tor man many years in Petrograd He enjoyed a highly confidential place in inthe inthe the tho staff of Mr Francis Franch Leaving Petro Petrograd Pet Pet- ro rad he spent nearly two months the miles between J getting over o th the tho capital and Vladivostok He lie aw saw w Russian life lire in almost almo t all aU Its stages he sa says s 's is hungry hun and andrt rt Continued on page pago 3 3 PRESIDENT Continued from page pago 1 tired The Tine Germans will be welcome If It they restore order and bring in food Only a few hours out of oC Petrograd good bood white bread meat and all aU other food essentials even luxuries s like fowls and fresh vegetables are available available avail avail- able ahle in plenty plent In where I au Ambassador Francis Is staying there is not plenty plent of food but hut there is I enough One of oC our interesting experiences was in jn a small mall town near inear Perm in tho the Ural district There we found a a. typical Russian farming arming community Tine The Bolshevik held the government properly prop prop- prop prop-I crt ert erly and that Is about all The rest I of tho the people are only Interested in making a good living lI off oft their rich I land It requires ver very little labor to todo todo todo do that thaL But they are densel densely ignorant They know little of Germany German and nothIng nothing nothing noth noth- ing of oC the United States LAWLESS The are arc drastic In suppressing suppressing suppressing sup sup- pressing measures of or resistance At In Siberia when their power was resisted the they killed most of oC the inhabitants men women and I children So most of oC the farmers go I about their business without paying paying- an any attention to the government go When hen the red guard Juard needs food it has to go 0 and take talie It at tho ho point of oC the tho bayonet These farmers are the real Russia Hussla It Jt Is to them that the tho United States Slates and the allies must appeal J If there is an invasion In which Japan Japanese ie I troops are cn engaged a d the they will wit be reached by the G German propagandists Iwho j I who are right ht on the ground bround German I officers officer will wilt follow tho tine propagandists j I quickly and there will be Russian Hussian brigades brigades brigades bri bri- bri- bri gades in the German arm army There is practically no bour bourgeoise class In Russia any more The only bourgeoise lost all aJl their money mone- and InfluenCe Influence in influence In- In fluence In the course couro of the tine war var A second class of bour bourgeoise which rose with the first fint revolution was thrown out by the second Tine The persons you ou I see in the cafes of or Petrograd with money to spend are an I crowd |