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Show Hl PEASANTS WILL SAVE RUSSIA. So much of propaganda for or against the Bolshevik! has come out of Russia that the people of America have been confused and as a result have withheld Judgment, awaiting ln-formation ln-formation from reliable sources. Lately Count Tolstoi, son of the fa-moue fa-moue philosopher, has been lecturing H and on Tuesday evening he addressed the Bonneville club in the Hotel Utah, and his subject was "The Real Truth j Concerning Russia." He denied that H the Bolshevik! were practicing the communism of his father, which was based on love and established on the doctrines of Christ Lenine and Trotz-H Trotz-H ky were possessed of envr and hate, H and believed In violence. Telling of present conditions in Rus-sia. Rus-sia. Count Tolstoi said: "The Russian revolution is econonv la The people have been equalized. I give the Bolshovikl leaders credit for leveling the people, but they leveled them to the lowest possible level. The H equality Is In misery. They have com-pleted com-pleted their work successfully for all H classes In Russia are starving. In do-teg do-teg this, they have aroused the lowest I traits end Instincts of men hste and I envy. Tho Bolshovikl have taken awaj all incentive to work. The doctor and ; the professor get no more than does 'the man who cleans the streets. "The first few years of Bolshevism seemed to be all right for the peae-jants. peae-jants. They continued to work, for the I Villages there are far removed from ithe cities Then the peasants began to realize that the money they received re-ceived for their crops was worthless land they refused to sell Then came confiscation, which was nothing short of robbery. Now there 1? continuous war between the peasants and the cit-los, cit-los, There is famine in Russia because ;the p-'.isants havo refused to produce m re than they need for their own consumption " , Count Tolstoi predicts that Russia will emerge from its disorder through the passive resistance of the peasants, who gradually are gaining control and who will suppress the Bol-sheviki Bol-sheviki When violence is put down, Russia will be&in to build on new lines and tho inexhaustible resources will make the nation prosperous and powerful. pow-erful. Years will be required to give to Russia tranquillity |