The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 13, 1921, Page 12

OPERATION OF SOVIE American Observer Writes Colorful Story of Russ Legislative Sessions EDITOR'S NOTRE: P am American citizen of I cently ® rick Quintan, of being Later, he w everything Quinlan to write of soviet 1 saw it eee BY PATRICK QUINLAN NEW YORK, April 15. New England town meeting, dis ing in a straightforward manner tts Jocal affairs and voting by simple @how of hands. That b y is about how a soviet in the heart of Russia looks to a foreign observer Between the New England Meeting and the typical Ru soviet in session there are, of course several fundamental diffe But these grow out of the char Acter of the Rusisan people and the @iversity of their political ideals. VISITED SOVIETS IN THREE CITIES I visited the soviets of Petrograd, Samara and Saratov, among others, while in session. Thus I was afford ed an object lesson of the operation of present system of government “| Imagine a wh ate Russia, At the meeting of the Petrograd foviet, to which I was invited by} Zinoviev, president and governor of the Petrograd district, | was startled by the variety of costume Being the second lar t soviet In Russia, Moscow taking the first place, it gave rather the appearance of a huge mass meeting, attended by & nondescript crowd of sailors from the Kronstadt fleet, soldiers on leave @ressed in khaki or brilliant Cossack uniforms, workingmen in their wotk ing clothes, and peasants garbed in simple white blouses and shod with picturesque sandals. Many women ‘Were present, some fashionably dress @4, sitting next to their peasant sin. | ters clad tn smocks, with vari-colored handkerchiefs on their heads On the platform sat the presidium of executive committee, as well as nu- Merous foreign guests and special delegates from outlying districts, gome having come from remote Places in Siberia. The delegates are elected by their local trade unions o1 guilds. As each member entered the | ‘buliding—in Petrograd the sessions in the Uritzky palace | required to show his creden- the military police who stand fixed bayonets at the door. ‘The program for this session, as ts custom, was read by Zinoviev, As in the British parliament, the members are frequently interrupted | from the floor and fired all sorts of | Questions at the speaker. All the delegates, downto the humblest gray- Bearded peasant displayed remarkable skill in discussion. It was most fan-| tastic to see "kerchiefed peasant wom. | en rise and interpose a question, but | all conducted themseives with dignity and decorum, as tho they were long accustomed to parliamentary debate. Often where a delegate was too diffi dent or for some other reason did not | wish to take the floor, he would write | his questions or objections on a sheet | of paper and pass it up to the} speaker. | I noted that In the Petrograd sovi , as in the others I visited, almost i shades of political opinion were represented, The communist faction ‘was counterbalanced by social demo- crats and social revolutionaries, and here and there waa a sprinkling of | anarchists. The delegates addressed ach other from the platform or the floor as “tavarish” (comrade). VOTE REVERSAL 18 PUZZLING When finally the vote was taken by a show of hands, I was astonished at the overwhelming majority the Measure received. Puzzled, I turned to my interpreter and said: “I didn’t know they were all in favor of the Measure. For a moment I thought the opposition was very strong.” =| He, however, explained that while Many objected to the measure previ ous to discussion, they had reversed | themselves without hesitation when | they learned that the future of Rus-| sia depended upon work | ‘This seemed to me to be typical of the workings of the Russian mind as I encountered it everywhere. The Russian workingmen and peasants honestly believe in the efficiency of | & public exchange of ideas, and are perfectly willing to be convinced, if only the question at issue has been! completely threshed out. Not only did the soviet pass the compulsory | labor measure, but it considered at length the advisability of botny,”| which means giving up holidays and| working without pay on those days for the government After the important affairs of the Gay had been disposed of, the specia delegates and guests were inv | ed to speak, Mme. Revitch, re nting | both the foreign office and the gov-| ernment workers’ trades union, a Most beautiful and intelligent gentle. woman, addressed the meeting. | MAXIM GORKI IS LOUDLY CHEERED Maxim Gorki and his wife were ealled on, When the famous drama-| tist and novelist rose, the applause | was deafening, He spoke in his ca-| pacity of commissar of art and edu cation, and his subject was the fu ture of both in Russi. It was a high-spirited address, and when he bad finished the palace rocked with cheering. Zorin, secretary to Zinoviev fditor of the official newspaper spoke. When my turn came I asked what they would like to hear, and tey said almost unanimously: “Give | ns news of the outside world and what they think of us here.” | ‘ ,. The session had opencd at 730 In Star staff photographers. More Than Half the Entries in Star Movie Thirty entries in The Star-Universal $1,000 film actress contest gathered at the office of The Star today for the first test films, which are included in the series to be shown at the Clemmer theatre, next week.—Photo by Price & Carter, | * Contest Show Promise in First Test Film In the presence of a crowd that almost engulfed the cameras, direc tor and cor the first test films in The Star-Universal film star con were made this morning. Thirty girls reported at The Star Office at 10 a. m. and registered for the Several and groups were taken in the street in front of The Star building by Harold J. Bin ney. of the Pacific Film Enterprises, ty) be shown at the Clemmer theatre for one week beginning Sunday OF THE THIRTY ED AGAIN estants wtills’ Seventeen of the group of 30 were | Ringwood, Helen Carol Sturgeon and| pear in the second testyfilm, next CONGRESS GETS DOWN TO WORK Tariff and Taxation Pro- grams Tackled WASHINGTON, April 13.—Con gress buckled down today to the big job cut out for it by President Hard- ing’s tncesage. Tariff and taxation program pre iminaries were tackled in both branches, While the house ways and means committee was putting the enlarged emergency tariff bill in form for pas sage tomorrow or Friday, the senate | the reaction to the “feeler” put out finance committes organized for jenles tax and tax reform hearings, |@¢Ciding whether to seck ratifica-| which Senator Penrose, chairman, said would start soon. Republican leaders, conferring af- ter ding’s message, decided to lump @he emergency tariff and anti- dumping bills into one measure and touch It off with an angle of foreign exchange adjustment. This made necessary further com- Mittee action today and postponed for one or two days the passage of the bill by the house. “However, time will be saved in the long run,” said Representative Young, North Dakota, in charge of the emergency measure. The Young bill, reported today in ance with the new program, is up of the old Fordney emer gency tariff bill with rates un changed, the anthdumping bill and contains an exchange-fixing clause Italy, Germany, Austria and the central European and Balkan states will be affected by this new feature. Because of exchange disparities, tariff duties on imports from those countries to the United States would made be increased from 3 to § times by| this plan. |Looks for Job but Finds Moonshine! | Looking for a job, George Wy. vishis, 21, found a gallon jug of moonshine in Georgetown Tuesday afternoon, he said in police ednesday. “I thought I would take the stuff home and let the folks taste it,” he added, Officers, acting on a complaint t @ gallon of booze had been de- livered to the Wyvishis house, found the jug of pellucida juice on a sew- ing machine. Judge John B. Gordon fined yvishia $50, enn It was over by 10:20 the evening | As I passed out with the crowd, I | reflected that the difference between 4 England town meeting or lemocratic government anywhere and the soviet system was not #0 arnenta| —Advertisement. fofopofoyofoyopoyo Do You Know THE VICTORY RUBBER CO.? The product is a new rubbertile floor covering FoI made in Seattle, Inspect ay o Women’s Edu- a ©) cational Exhibit © for Washington i Manufacturers tf] April 19-23 ARENA 3 ADMISSION FREE court | instructed to remain for further pic tures to be taken during the after noo an! tomorrow morning. Seven of thene were to report at 2 p. m. to day at the studio of the Pacific Film Enterprises, at 14th ave. and Pine st, to be “shot” in a number*t ex terior scenes. | The remaining ten were instrocted to appear at the atudlo for “intert-| ore” at 10 a. m. tomorrow. ‘The seven scheduled for this aft jernoon’s filming include: Honor |Marie Bailey, Ruth Franklin, Inex| | Dotson, Madonna Moselle, Eatelle ! * |Harding s Message Disturb Britain) | LONDON, April 13.—Great Ririt ain disturbed today by President Harding's recommendations for tech: | | nieal peace with the central powers | | Despite the reassurance of high of. | | Metals, there was a genera! belief that the message will encourage Ger. many in evading payment of repara tions, Definite rejection of the league of nations also caused @ belief that America was determined to let the European powers setue with Ger many as best they = Harding Waits Word From His Message WASHINGTON, April 19.—I-reat- dent Harding is watching today for in his message to congress before | Yon of the Vermilles treaty minus the league of nations covenant. Word came today from a well informed quarter that if this re |action is favorable Harding has in mind sending the Versailles treaty | back to the senate to ask ratifica- | tion with reservations which would eliminate the league covenant #0) far ax the United States is con cerned and would otherwise protect American interests along the lines| laid down in the Lodge reservations, | Harding is sald to believe that} | ratification of the Verwailiea treaty | thus modified offers the only way in which the United States can permanently end ita peculiar rela tionship to the allies and the cen-| tral powers. He views the resolu- tion declaring a state of peace with Germany as & more or less tempo- | rary expedient, HERE’S MORE ABOUT WOUNDED VETS STARTS ON PAGE ONE | regional and other offices be consol | dated in order that a man requiring | hospitalization, compensation or vo-| cational training, may receive thru) one organization the attention he te quires, This, at the mame time, should reduce the cont of handling | the work by avoiding endless dupli cation of rentals for offices and per sonnel.’ “I then said and later wrote that! | we are of the belief that it should be the policy of the government to pro- vide a man who haa a dinability of 19 per cent and more, or who hae a vocational handicap, with an oppor tunity to be trained—giving him a chance to become a better and more: self-respecting, self-sustaining citi zen, Consequently, we demand that |a pereon with @ disability of 10 per cent or more, or a vocational handi cap, be immediately eligible to train ing which will carry maintenance pay. “In cloning, I raid and wrote that under the law there is no provision for the retirement of a disabled | emergency officer, as in provided in the case of officers of the regular establishment, or of emergency na val officers, We demand that any | officer who served in the military | forces of the United States during | | | jthe war with Germany, and who in-| curred disabilities in the service, and | Who is honorably discharged, ‘shall | be entitied to retirement on the sare | |terms as officera of the regular army “A bill bag been Introduced, known an the Sweet bill (H. R. 16159). We want it passed, because it provides |for the very things I have asked of the president | “In addition to that, President Harding has been asked to designate | the week of May 29 to June 4 an a | Disabled Soldiers’ week. More than 123,000 women are behind it, and they plan to speed action for bills ot} relief," | Jenuie June MacDonald | wee not including the 17 se | It was an interested crowd that lected for today’s and tomorrow's | gathered to watch the cameramen shots,” were told to hold themselves director and contestants at work this In readiness for later summons, |morning. But it was an orderly MEAP OF PHOTOGRAL |crowd that stood back when the ds CONTINUES TO GROW rector whouted, laughed good natur While the first teat film was being edly about, stood on Its tptoes and made & heap of photographs of later | craned ite necks, entries for the $1,000 Universal con-| The first “seta” of the test re tract continued to grow on the desk quired nearly an hour and « half for of the contest conductor at The Star | filming, Old Sol playing a tantalizing Others, office. | game of peek-sboo with the cameras. From there photographs will be| The contest does not close for four chosen the contestants who will ap | Weeks Entry may be made at any |time during that period. NEW CLUE IN BRITONS ORDER GENERAL STRIKE Triple Alliance Calls Walk- out for Friday Night LONDON, April 13.—Facing Indus trial death, Great Britain today made herculean efforts to meet a general atrike called for Friday night by the triple alliance. Driven by the implacable miners, demanding nationalization of indus try, railway men and transport work. ers prepared to ald them in stopping all business and the circulation of] New facts unearthed by the depu necensaries of life. tine direct muspicion, the officer said, Premier Lioyd George, for the first | on three men who are believed to time seriously threatened with defeat. | nave defrauded the wealthy woman renewed his efforts to avert disaster | of property and money. This evi and bring about a settlement of wag?) dence gives rise to a theory that the disputes. _—_—— WENATCHEE. — Norwood w Brockett, Stone & Webster attorney, necks franchise to establish electric] The flrnt beeg sugar factory tn the power lines thruout Chelan county. United States wan erected in 1499 Three Men Suspected Death of Wealthy Woman 1O8 ANGELES, April 13.—Inter- est in the eerte murder of Mra. 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