The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-09-19
WILL TELL
CONDITIONS
IN RUSSIA

Rabbi Goldman of Seattle, who will
be remembered by Canon City people
as having leetured here a number of
times on the Zionist movement during
the past few years, is visitor IN
town today He'is making free lee
ture tour of Colorado and will speak
at the First Methodist church here
next Sunday. both morning and eve
ming. At the morning service his sub
ject will be 1.-THE Homecoming of
Israeli and in the evening "The In
ner Life of Russia"
Few men in America have made as
thorough and exhaustive study of Rus
sia as Rabbi Goldman, and what he
will have to say of that country next
Sunday evening will be of peculiar in
terest in view of the fact that the
United States is now endeavoring to
help the people of that unfortunate
land in an industrial. economic and
military way. Rabbi Goldman is a
native of Russia and he is familiar.
both by observation and study. of
every phase of Russian life.
Two years ago Rabbi Goldman,
while preaching in Russia, saw his
wife and six children murdered by
Cossack troops. For many days aft
-erward he and his son. Reuben. the
only members of the family to sur
viye. were hidden in a cellar until the
massacre had passed. Within the last
Russia for the purpose OF getting mis-
son out of the Bolsheviki ranks and
bringing him to this country. He was
compelled to pay $4,000 to the officials
to obtain his sons release. Upon
reaching the United States the
younger Goldman enlisted in the
American army at Seattle and is now
on his way to France after a military
training at Camp Lewis. Wash.
Rabbi Goldman says Russia will
yet invigorate the forces Of the Allies
by restoring the Eastern front with
millions of trained soldiers intent
upon the overthrow of German despot-
ism. He declares that Of the 1s0,-
600. 900 of Russians only 100000
have been poisoned by the doctrines
OF Bolshevikism. In a conversation
with The Record reporter this morn
ing Rabbi Goldman said in part:
nicholas Romanof was the arch
traitor of Russia, the tool of the
Kaiser. The Kaiser was the real in
stiga.or OF the7massacres which killed
OF thousands of Jews before the great
war" The Rabbi declares that there
is hardly child from ] TO 5 years old in
Poland today who has not been mutili-
lated orakilled by Germans or by Ger
man agents.
Russia has wonderful men and sol
diers from the shoulders down. The
United States will furnish the army
from the shoulders up. The result
will be wonderful irresistible army
Rabbi.
american engineers and American
materials have doubie-tracked $500
milss of Siberian railroad through ST.
IBERIA. The wharves and warehouses
of valadivostok are overloaded with
American materials. according to the
Rabbi, who travelled across SIBERIA
less than a year ago.
"The brains OF Russia have been in
Siberia. The men with education and
ideals were plucked out and exiled
under the monarchy. The Kaiser was
always whispering to his cousin, Nich-
olas: Such group of men are dan
gerous. the Jews are plotting trea-
son." and was keeping the nation in
international war.
1.-The Bolsheyiki movement is Ger
man propaganda on simple. unedu-
Gated children. Lenine Is known to
have been paid spy for Is years.
Trotsky WAS one of the Kaiser's
agents in America according to the
Rabbi.
my mission in this country is two
fold. work among my own people
and tell the INTO support the United
States with money and men. point
TO myself, broken down. disheart-
ened, when / came TO this country.
but now strong and self-reliant. ] say
to them. You came here with patched
pants Now you have pawn shops,
fruit stores department stores, and
much else l say to them. America