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Show Th? Russian Experiment S' ven years of Bolshevism furnishes a striking example of what will hap-i hap-i i " n m any country from the application applica-tion of the principles of Communism. I A recent lvv;k on the working out I of applied Communism to industries is written by M. L. fi'Xjua. showing efTect.s of Soviet government on human I hie. ,1 In 1017.. under the shrewd guidanrc Vif 1niii and Trotzky. the Soviet se-'inred se-'inred complete control and look rxis-'. rxis-'. 's'ion of the go'.einmint of nuso-,:i. The Assembly, so-calli d. issued a (proclamation confiscating all property in the boundnes of the Republic nnd abnlishi'd all private ownership of land The land w;us to bo apportmned a-,nong a-,nong the farmers for orrtipatinn and ' -ultnat ion. the pnIuris to be alni dnided up in common u e for the ieo-ple. ieo-ple. 1 The fanners were to acquire no t.tle out onlv ihe relit of --v .cvmoii and Use. J ai'-e i'o; nounistic farms were established which as a rule nearly all tailed. 1 The cities beng the centers of o-'tieal o-'tieal in.v.er. sen! on! armed commis- ioners to seize tlv grain crops and levuic lliem iNu:;iy anietbT all the e-.ile. There was rioting about distribution r (lie lands and rm.on about d.viding he eron,, nnd desnotic Mile, woise than he old regime, followed commune rule. The result was the fanners hid whaler whal-er t'e. v coo!, I. an 1 i .-fused to pro-One pro-One more than ju .t cuou :h for c;u h hum to supply the family with bread To accomplish land and crop division-, a large number of government employees em-ployees were reinnred who were mostly lazy, ineonipeten,' and corrupl, Foii-i' had to be used by the Red :u:o-,!s to ec ,,nv results, but the gibeial result wa.s terrorism, oppression, oppres-sion, anarchy, corrupt ion and debauchery. |