Show 1 Daughter of I Great Author 4 4 S X COUNTESS TOLSTOY Gandhi Modern Counterpart of Her Father Russian Declares Sympathizing with M a h hat a t m a Gandhi and his battle for Indian in independence independence in- in dependence Countess Alexandra Tolstoy daughter of Count Tolstoy famous Russian novelist and advocate advocate cate ante of Friday declared the Saint of India is the modern counterpart counterpart coun coun- counterpart of her father r If father were alive today he would be persecuted as Gandhi is she said Father was a religious an anarchist anarchist anarchist an- an and an internationalist anc and if f he lived Jived now he probably would be je imprisoned or exiled from Rus Rus- sia sin Countess Tolstoy who for 26 years ears acted as secretary of the famous author au au- au thor hor was a guest Friday of Mrs I Susa Young Gates She lectured in Provo Thursday night and left for forthe forthe the he east Friday afternoon The countess lived with her father Continued on Pate Pare Twenty KIN OF FAMOUS NOVELIST HERE Continued From Prom Pare Pue Thirteen for many years among the peasants and serfs of or tsarist Russia and in her own words tries to be a disciple of ot my father Asked about her opinion of the soviet regime in Russia the countess shook hook her head CRITICISES SOVIET fN No a good will wm come of it all she said sadly and then recounted the hardships she endured during twelve years she lived in her native country country country coun coun- try following the revolution She was arrested five times and imprisoned for eight months in the belief she was a revolution counter she related It was terrible she said There were thieves murderers and criminals criminals crimi crimi- nals of all classes but I sympathized with them and It wasn't long until I started a school for them The peasants peasants peas peas- ants who knew me began to ask for forme forme forme me however and I was freed During the dozen years she was In Soviet Russia Countess Tolstoy maintained the only school in which propaganda against religion was not taught she declared EYES SPARKLE Her eyes sparkled when she commented commented commented com com- on the present state of ot Russia Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia and the original year five planAs plan As my father would have said the soviet regime is the lesser of two evils and the economic plan of the country is merely a bluff blutt to give people hope she asserted They have reached a R point now where they are reaching for tor anything the they can grasp in the hope of continuing as long as possible The countess now makes her home in San Francisco and for lor many years has lived in Japan |