The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-05-09
Reiuqes From Russia.

steerage. The vessel was boarded dowr
the bay by officers of the Customs and
the Navy Intelligence Services, and 1t
was not until the passengers had beer
Intercepted and every scrap of writ
ing taken from them that they were
allowed to land.
Official complication resulted, it Is
said. from the fact that two new pas
sengers were added to the list after the
vessel sailed They were boy and a
girl, born on April 20 to two families
in the third class. News Of the stork s
arrival was wirelessed in so that the
list of passengers would check up.
Frederick NJ. Corse of New York CT
ty. who had spent sixteen years in Pc.
trograd as the manager Of the New
York Life Insurance Company, and
who left the former capital with Mrs
Corse and twelve other Americans, said
he was not surprised to learn that
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Russia. 1t was inevitable. The cOun.
try was in condition of bankruptcy
and something was bound to happen.
''We left Petrograd," he said, be
cause of those intolcrable conditions |
have spoken Of. Murder, particularly
at night, was so common that citizens
of the peaceful element who valued
their skins were only too glad to spend
their evenings at home. Business was
absolutely dead Nothing could be
done.
"'The larger and better homes Of the
well TODD were seized by the Bolsheyiki
and occupants under these orders of
seizure were designated COnfscation
was the rule, not the exception. So
you see, there were many who found it
difficult, or impossible, to stay at home,
even though minded to do so.
owe had little difficulty getting ont
Of Petrograd, but we were month
crossing Finland. The fighting lines Of
the Reds and Whites were strung all
across that country. In the end we
managed to get through by inducing
the contendcrs TO declare "A seven-hOur
truce while we crossed the field of fire
60 The revolutionary government
which supplanted Carbon in March,
1917, was apparently never understood
outside of Russia. The world was dis
posed to believe that because body
Of conservative men, well known
abroad, took over the various minister
al portfolios stable government was
assured
"The cardinal fact, however, re
mains that from the start not a yestigC
Of power was ever lodged in the var
Gus governments headed by Kerensky
The Council of Workmen s and Sol
der s Delegates assumed and maintain
ed all authority from the day of the
| revolution, but did not assume the
responsibility Of government or, rath
er, misgoyernment, until Nov. 7, 1917.
''The council during the early period
| Of their supremacy occupied themselves
with the disorganization aud disruption
of the army. by June 8, 1917, at least
100000 soldiers had deserted the
ranks and were wandering aimlessly
about the country looting, pllaging
raping.
cat the present time practically tn,
whole Russian army has, of its own in
itiatiye, demoblized, and if the coun
try was able to express the horrors Of
the present condition, the world woulC
be treated to one Of the most harrow
ing recitals of human suffering ever re
corded
Wholesale conGscation of privat,
property is practiecd. Life is nowhere
in the country safe. When I left Pc
trograd the intelligent and property
classes were openly soliciting Germany
to come and establish order. The prox
unity Of German troops to the tow
was far less disquieting than the grow
ing anarchy within.
"There is everywhere in Russia
great labor upheaval. The maximum
wage and minimum work is the orde
of the day The destruction Of capita
is going on at such rate under Bol
shevist management that if it contin
ues during the current year not onl
will the state be bankrupt, but year.
perhaps a decade, must eapse befor
the country can repair the damage
done.
cit is apparent that Germany cor
templates complete political and bus
ness domination in the whole eountr,
| The investments of her subjects sh
has protected in the peace treaty wit
the Bolsheviki, but should her conten
plated dominion of the country be r,
allied, Germany will see to il that n
allied investments and interests AZ
cancelled.
" After residence in Russia Of sis
teen years ! am compelled to agrc
with many Russians Of light and lea,
ing, whose opinion ! was formerly dii
posed to discount, that is, that tn
preservation Of the national intcgrit