Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-06

Francisco Eul"tu 100 Russia during her
stay IN that country gave h,r imprr.
s.onS iu the following story pulli-lrd r
a. r"r"W issue OF tine Editor md rub.
li-har:
MISS BEATTY has seen % uuw aud
A'1 great democracy m ,h. making.
She caught th" spirit of tine ra,oru-
zion. t"l' the thrill OF tine primal spiritual
for@"s wh'ru have swept away ago-old
political and social traditions. Witnessed
""udr"us Processes of 20 national re-
ken'raii"u in which the things That
hh\" been are no moro. aud m which
'1 great people arc being led ana sggay,d
by q vision and au ideal.
newborn Social consciousness
She has seen at close rang, fHr
m"te"ric rise and ialls of leaders such
as Miiuiluu aud k,rrnsl;y. Snr has
known personally both Lruiur ana Trni.
sky. ana has had the opporruuitr tp an.
uraiss them and their policies without
bias. She has seen the imnrmuriul bar
rlcrs of autucracy beaten down. the
U"odgat"s opened, and the birth of 500
"lal consciousness i'm the hearts and
lives Of luultirudcS OF men and women
MISS Beatty spent eight days iu bar
racks and iu IN" trenches with the Rus.
SIAN regiment uf women. "thc Battalion
Of boath." She was within 100 wards
oi the German front trenches. and
under IRE. In this company of grHmIy
determined women she found the rv
preston Of the inner life of the Russian
p""plo--a symbol Of that drathl.yg as
pirttion for liberty aud democracy which
mas swept al lesser things away.
Tor Better Mutual understanding
Her experiences and adventures in
Russia have served to convince Miss
Beatty that tho American people appre.
oiate but f"ebly the real significance uf
events th'ro, and that their understands
hE Of the Russian people H. quite as
vasue and faulty as that Of the Russians
of American ideals and purposes.
Tho BolShevIli, the dominant political
group in Russia az present have Soc
cured their impressions Of American i'm.
situations and Of American political auJ
economic conditions from the r,ports
brought To them by Russians who have
returned home after having lived ON
New NOrk'S East Side. We are mra-
sured ana judged. as 10 our attitude
toward the workers, by ;he experiences
Of those who have encountered the most
sOrdid phases Of our Industrial system
by the stories told in Russia Of oun
sweat shops. Of the grim problems of
life faced by these people i'm the bitter
conflict with social ana economic con-
ditious I" tile existence Of which our
own people have been all too blind
Hester street has Interpreted Amer
lea 20 Russia" said Miss Beatty "The
Russians think Of uS aS a great capi-
talistic nation because they assume that
the defects, the Weaknesses about which
they hear, are typical r. workers are
oppressed by siuve-driyiHg methods on
Hester street they argue that this must
be the American way.
They talk with their friends who
have been here, and who have managed
--otten through long privntiuns-to save
enough to get them back home. When
American democracy is mentioned they
visualize our SlumS where our poor are
cheated and exploited by employers and
tradesmen alike
'Our ambassadors 20 Russia cannot
get the ears and attention Of the people
there, for they think and talk in terms
which the rcvolutionists do not COM
prehenG. The spokesman, the real am
bassadors for our nation, are the re-
turning Russians, both Slavs and Jews,
who have tasted American democracy
and found it bitter We are seen
through their eyes, weighed i'm their
scales. L. il strange that these Rus
slams, under the spell Of a new freedom,
are wary Of the proffered friendship Of
nation in which their poor have not
always fared well?"
Not Anarchy, but Democracy
Miss Beatty feels sure that the ma jor-
ity Of American newspapers have failed
to make plain the meaning Of the great
things that are happening over there.
She believes that we have gained the
impression that the whole movement in
Russia is a form Of auarchy--that the
people are intoxicated with the wine of
new liberties and are prepared to follow
any leadership, however disastrous. She
contends that we have false notion OF
Lenine and Trotzky
How may we estimate the conduct Of
men suddenly placed in posts of author
ity, except by inquiring how their policies
square with the things they have stood
for all tnsir lives? Lenine and Trotzky
have been revolutonists always. They
have always taught and preached the
things they are now doing. They are
idealists, Of course, But why should the
Germans find II necessary to pay them
TO do what they would readily sacrifice
their lives TO be able 10 dor"
Miss Beatty was asked TO explain the
motives Of the Bolsheyild leaders In de-
serting the cause OF worldwide democ-
racy ana in concluding a disastrous
peace with the German autocracy.
Russia Held Out
Russia held out for long months after
ner lighting forces had lost their effect
iveness. Back OF the lines every man,
woman and child demanded peace. They
were war weary They had ofcrthrown