Show I RUSSIA U IA Wll j J EUROPE OP j I S Soviets viets Held but Pass Passing rig Phase in Slav Stav Development Devel Devel- 1 By Dy COUNT N. N Leader With Kerensky of the Russian Counter Revolutionaries Former President of the North Russian G Gov Government v I fl PARIS April 23 The The twenty-first twenty century will be Russia's I 9 Few ew people realize the immensity o othe of tho the c change that is destined to c corns m mever nii over ever the face tace of Russia Hussla as soon soon as as i ithe the pres present nt unrest has subsided t tl trie few tew dictators who are only passing passing phases of ot revolution banished and re rep rei 11 democratic government s sup set setup et up on the soviet system the system the only way wayby wayby a ab b by which government In Russia is possible possible possible pos pos- sible or 01 practicable I Russia is nearly twice as large large aT aTthe the United States Stales in total area and and h her population Is more than twice a as large H Her r resources are practically bottomless and the surface of her so soil I has scarcely been scratched Virgin forests extending for thousands of r I miles await the lumberman billions of barrels of oil remain beneath the surface e ready for the bold driller cop copI copper cop I per gold iron coal radium the radium the sum sum total of Russia's mineral wealth can canI I scarcely even en be guessed J II The great need of Russia today is I transportation and after that schools I put transportation first because lt is no use putting knowledge into a au achild's childs child's head unless you have the food to put into his stomach and without adequate transportation a large par parti of northern Russia must starve each v winter Inter J I JIt It will wiH take four to five generations to educate all Russia RUsia to transform the heavy indifferent ignorant Ig of today into the brisk trained workman workman work work- man t tf Of f tomorrow b but t 1 I have not the I smallest doubt but that within a cen cen- cen ury Russia will be as far advanced ad as the United States is now Incalculable electrical power is stored up lip in Russia's mighty rivers awaiting awaiting awaiting await await- ing only the master engineer eng to harness harness harness har har- ness them There is enough potential potential poten poten- water power in Russia to run all an her railways light all her cities clUes and to a lar large e extent run all her indus indus- tries And as America knows electricity electricity elec etee- is the key ley to modern progress progress Russia like the United States ha has sufficient resources to become in time timea a self supporting supporting- country with a a. large balance lance of exports over imports She will ViII undoubtedly compete with the United States in time in the market of the world but for a century she will be more or less dependent on or on America for instruction and material aid We ask America to send us en engineers engineers en- en specialists in every line and machinery to make machinery In re re- re turn we offer concessions which in in-a hundred years will repay the outlay a a. million fold fo 1 For all this in my humble belief we must await the disappearance from the scene of the present rulers of Russia and the return of sanity and representative government Not that the work of Lenine and has been for nothing They have been the pioneers paving the wa way for real democracy The world owes them much for their experiment for when It fails falls a great fallacy acy will have been exploded for once and for all If It the United States is wise sh she will watch carefully the events in Russia Russa and prepare to cross the frontier frontier fron fron- ron ron- tier the moment the day comes laden ladet with agricultural machinery locomotives locomotives tives and food If she does she will earn the everlasting gratitude of ot the Russians and she will have made an anally anally anany ally any of the people who are destined to become the most powerful nation in Europe If It she neglects the chance Germany En England land and France will be beno beno no laggards in rushing in |