Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-27
RussIA's ONLY HOPE.
People WoulJ Welcome Armed Inter
vertion of Allies.

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People WoulJ Welcome Armed inter
vertion of Allies.
New York, June o7.-Herman Bern
stein, editor # The American Hebrew,
returned yesterday from a trip to Rus
STA. where h, went last January to
study conditions. He arrived here fully
convinced that unless the allies TOOK
immediate action by intervening TO
save Russia from the Germans they
would lose the war When asked
about the conditions existing in Petro-
grad and Moscow Mr.. Bernstein said:
Russia Is broken down. wretched,
demoralized, and starving. and waiting
for some one stronger than herself to
come and pick her up. Nine-tenths OF
the Russian pteple would welcome the
advent of the allies with open arms.
The bolshev III and the other thiev-
ing tribes make up the other tenth of
the population, and theirs would be
the only opposition to the allies. IN
Guiding Japan. They are nearly at the
end OF their rope. The holsheviki are
composed chiefly OF wo-kmen and
sailors, who are too ignorant or max
ing to much money to object to the
way Germany is getting control of
their country. I tried to find keren-
sky In Russia and IN Norway. but
could not get any tangible informa-
ton regarding his mos ements. The
Russian people blame kim for not
crushing the holshevik. when he had
the opportunity. -..e !. ~ \ .s,ag 8,
1T is nonsense to talk about the
Russians no. wanting the allies to m
tervene. They would welcome them
gladly. The people expect it and hopa
for it. A few divisions of aHfedttroops
arriving in Russia this GUNNER would
bring the nation together again and
make her an :,npcrtan; factor in win
hing the war. The bolsheviki were
working with Germany before the rev.
olution that overthrow the car.
"All the people were expecting
Petrograd to he taken any day when
! was there. and the Germans can
have the city without difficulty when
ever they feel disposed TO seize 1t.
There is no organized defense.
Russia Is looking for some kind OF
sane government which would be &C
cepted both br the educated and the
working classes. There is an organ
ization which hes just l'ecn formed in
Petrograd to bring this about and has
the support OF all the people except
the extremists. But without outside
aid 1t Is hard 10 do anything. Men are
shot down in the streets OF Moscow
and Petrograd withou. trial by the
agents Of the bolshev.ki in order to
strike terror. into the hearts OF the
people and show that the bolsheyiki
are still in power. A person who is
arrested is liable to be killed before
arriving at the police station. There
are no courts Of justice In Russia.
People do not 20 out after 5 O'Clock
at night, as they are liable to be
| robbed and killed by the bandits who
infest the streets Of the cities.
"The question asked everywhere
went in Russia was: Where are the
allies? Why don't they come here to
help us?'
If there is no Intervention on the
part Of the allies very shortly it viii
! be too late" Mr.. Bernstein continued,
"as Russia viii have been forced into
! the arms Vi 6 ;1n,a1y. Iii Mosco" there
| was food, which wasNbrought in from
! the country, but in Petrograd could
get nothing to cat except little black
| bread, which cost $3.50 a pound. When
left America for Russia had read
numerous reports Of conditions there.
hut now I return having satisfied my
eelf that the intervention Of the allies
| Is the only way IN which Russia can
! re saved and the Germans defeated In
| the war"
Engineer Wants Intervention.
| vladimir Goriachkovsky, chief en-
| gineer of the rev railroad to Muir
mansk on Koia Bay, over. which a few
| Russians have escaped from the boil
| sheviki, said lle was convinced the al
| lies would lose the war unless they In
| tervened In Russia speedily.
| IN order to obtain her freedom and
for her future existence as a nation
Russia must fight Germany, he con-
tinued. 1.-THE Russians can not eight
alone, because any one who now tries
| to do 50 is likely to b. killed by the
:; ba,shs;...iI,, The arst th!ng to be done
| in Russia is TO put the railroads In or :
| der SO that communication with all
| pa1h OF the country can be restored.
1.-THE Munnansk railroad, which Is
I. 600 kil3neterc long" he added. was
| in order ana operating a month ago."
Mr.. GoriacfIk nvsky said he was very
grateful for Ire material. rolling stock
/ and locomotives sent from the United
States to koin. which enabled him "a
| cornpletetiie construction Of the rail.
road. t
Another passeneer on the liner we.
1 Barren serglus Korff, former asslstAfi,
10 the soverno- general q Finland
| who has come here to jain his wife. q
dauS i,ter Of REAR Admita: van ReyDen
1 u. 81. N, retired. He said Russis
needed q constitutional government or
srn,iiar lines to that OF the United
states. The old egitne was dead. Rus
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