The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-17
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NEW YORK, June 15.-The distress, and chaos which over whelmed the well-to-do classes in the Russian revolution are vividly DOT trayed from the standpoint of Rus sian woman in a letter received by her former classmate in this coun- try. The writer is a daughter of a Russian diplomat who was connected with the Russian embassy in Wash ington about twenty years ago and a widow of an officer in the Russian army who was killed early in the war.
 Russia, crushed by exterior and in- terior enemies, justly despised and ab- hored by the great countries that once trusted her, is ruined and disap- pearing," she wrote. My country is teasing to exist. It was bad enough before the March revolution, when our unhappy, half-witted Emperor, un- der the influence of his German wife, seemed to do everything possible to make people lose patience. We have a thousand anonymous potentates, the top ones paid by Germany, and the lower ones lured into supporting them by money, money, money.
 "The present government has abol- ished all laws, all courts, the police, land ownership, all private reaEestate in towns, all distinction of castes and grades in the army and navy. They have seized all the banks, are opening all the private safes and cOnfiscating all gold and silver found therein al though it had never been said before that it was criminal to have it.
 "Of course everything they decree is so mad that it is quite sure not to last forever, but the chaos they make will take centuries to forget. The country is going back to a savage state. And we will not live to wait for better times.
 All Russia is uffocating-every day brings new surprises that show that there is but one way out of it. the grave On the ground of liberty they abolish laws, judges, attorneys, and substitute for it peoples courts of justice with only soldiers, work men or peasants, often quite Hitter ate and alweys without the slightest Knowledge of court proce eedings, talk ing the places of the former judiciary.
 On the same ground they abolish all police, let looso all the criminals from the prisons, arm them, consti- tuting from their number, together with wOrkmen, deserters and hooli gans, red guard and fill the prisons to their utmost with all those who crave for order and will not work to- gether with them towards the total ruin of the country.
 "On the pretense of equality they abolish all grades in the army and navy and make all posts elective by the simple soldiers. In most places it is understood as complete extermin ation, lynching of the officers, who for being better educated, are under suspicion of being counter-revolution- ary.' The highest posts are occupied by elected soldiers who very often can hardly sign their names, and the former officers are made simple sol diers with a soldiers pay of $3.5O a month and ordered to the lowest tasks, cleaning of the barracks, cook ing food, taking care of the horses
 Our great country could only ex ist when the wheels of the govern ment were working in harmony. Now everything is perfect chaos. Every body was willing to throw over the Czaristic government, but not in or. der to change it for this one, of loot, anarchy and treason toward our allies! Oh, the shame, the disgrace and the folly of it!
 The army, which Iiow consists of young boys (the regular one is long ago killedD, without any sense of duty, morals and discipline, see their ac- quired freedom in the freedom to go