Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-24
BY LOUIS EDGAR BROWNE.
CabIegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1917.

CabIegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1917.
PETROGRAD. Russia. November IS
(delayed) .-Rumors of the most terri
BILE anarchy. extensive destruction and
widespread bloodshed in the history of
Moscow have spread grave alarm
throughout Russia. Tales of untold
horror reached US here in Petrograd.
We heard that the kremlin, which
even the Tartars regarded as sacred.
had been demolished under the alter
nate bonn bardment of the heavy guns
of the junkers and the bolsheikis. l
have just returned to Petrograd from
Moscow, where / went especially to
obtain personal evidences of the raw
ages of civil war. l spent ony fifteen
hours in Russia's second capital. yet
that short time was sufficient for a
glimpse of the appalling results of the
war between the classes. But more
sorrowful than the sight of the torn
Kremlin. than the long lines of revo-
lutionary victims awaiting Identified
COW business center was Prince Kro-
potkin. RuSsias greatest revolution
list, who received me in his home and
expressed wondering doubt about the
revolutionary leaders had played in let
ting loose the forces now sweeping
Russia.
Workmen Are Masters.
Moscow has emerged from eight days
Of bloody revolution with the factory
workmen complete masters of the sit
uation and quiet has been restored.
All Of the factions taking part in the
armed opposition to the boIsheviki have
signed papers recognizing the soviet
as the supreme governing power
InternTefpr a
the Nicholaivski station in Moscow
about noon. and was Immediately be-
sfeged by cab drivers, who demanded
$40 for the half-hour drive to the Amer
the price. It was the most interesting
I had ever taken. For the first Ave
blocks everything seemed normal. Then
We found the road barred by a deep
driving over the sidewalk. This was
the third line Of breastworks. On ap-
preaching the center of the town the
breastworks were more frequent. until
plicated as any f1rst-line trenches on
the western front Our driver said the
street cars were not running. We saw
several cars in the distance and taxed
him with lying to Justify the enormous
price. He grinned. but did not reply.
Closer investigation showed that these
cars were simply riddled with bullets,
while several pools OF uncongealed
blood dispelled the hopes that the
fighting had been exaggerated. We
turned a corner sharply and the Hotel
Metropole came into view. 1t was a
complete wreck. Shell after shell and
thousands upon thousands Of rifle and
machine gun bullets had battered this
building.
Ruin Seen on All Sides.
Let the reader picture a photograph
of any war-swept house which stood
in the track of the armies in France.
That was what the Metropole resem-
bled We stood in the center Of the
square and there was destruction to
be seen on all sides. 1t seemed in
credible that street fighting should
cause such enormous damage. The eff
feet of the artillery fire was terrific.
The opera house. National Hotel and
business blocks were riddled and
rendered uninhabitable. Every win
dow was broken.
People swarmed through the battle
torn section Of the city. For five days
, they had been prisoners in their homes
and many had been without food. Now
they seized tho first opportunity to
crafty their curiosity by a visit to the
scenes of the conflict. Tho people were
exceedingly serious, no one was smiling
and all seemed completely awed. Here
and there ono saw a largo group gazing
at something on the pavement. 1nves-
tigation Of this morbid curiosity dis
closed that the object OF interest was
nothing moro than pool Of blood.
Americans Arc Safe.