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Show TRYING TO PROTECT RUSSIAN PEASANTS Distribution to Them of Lands in Siberia Si-beria Is Vexed and Complex Problem. OMSK. Pec. l.l.-llly the Associated Press. ) The all Russian government basnet bas-net yet. been able to se He t lie all-Important ourstion of the distribution of farming land of Siberia. An effort has been made I empora rily to provide t lie peasants with land, or at least to enable them to cultivate it. until the proposed national constituent assembly ran finally dispose of this vexed and complex proh'. iem. The. steps thus Uv taken by the nll-RusHtan government In thin direction have been Intended only tn meet the el-encien el-encien nf the present' sltuailon. The farmers, or peasants, tn ; oA PO-iyo.sMion of land belonging n (. sl:,,e lo tlie church or clergv. T.ir govi-niiuent has now given them assurance Hen their rights lo the'; erop.s from land ibus II- leu-nlly a npropria t r d will be r u-nl.fd pending final decision as to h, o i in t be hi ml. 'flu- all-IIussinn gnvernmenl ha-; nn-nouneed. nn-nouneed. also, that lis soldi--r' will lev,-tin"- right during a len-war I-C'lcd h o- .ate on public domain hitherto reserved to immigrants. The government proposed, also, to distribute dis-tribute among ptasan ts private properties proper-ties and land owned by tlie government. The purpose of these steps is to encourage encour-age tlie peasants lo continue to cultivate even the illegally acquired land. To protect pro-tect the interests of soldier drawn from thu peasantry, their families will be per-mitted per-mitted to settle on public land without waiting for the soldier to return to his family. |