The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-05-12
WOMEN UNDER LENINE'S RULE
(Seattle 1'imes.)

despatch from Warsaw, written by Mrs Cecil Chesterton, in-which the correspondent allud ed to some phases of Boshevist activity in Russia which it is necessary that the Ameri- can people and, in particular our womanhood should know.
 As its readers long have understood, it has been the settled policy of this paper to keep out of its columns the brand of alleged news" which mothers would not permit their young sons or daughters to read
 The belief of The Times always has been that there is enough of interest in the daily happenings of the world without dragging in by the ears despatches that would not be giv- en publicity anywhere were it not for their unsavory details.
 In conformity with this established pol icy, certain phases of Mrs. Chesterton's des- patch were omitted last Thursday. Neverthe- less, the omitted parts throw such light on existing conditions ill Bolshevist Russia that tf1is paper believes it is in duty bound to lay them before the people and, in particular be- tore the womanhood of the city
 With natural feminine reserve. the writer shrlnks from detailed description of certain phases of the matter she discusses Were she to state the bald truth, it is questionable whether any reputable newspaper in the coun- try would give it publicity
 For the information of its elder readers therefore that they may know to what depths ot lntamy Bolshevism has reduced whole nation, The Times now repubishes Mrs, Ches- terton's despatch in full:
 WARSAW, Thursday, April lO-A constant stream of fugitives is pouring into Warsaw, each of them with fresh tales of bolshevlst horrors. The people abroad have no conception of the, deep feeling of dread which the name "Bolshevism" inspires in po- land Already the Russian Reds are at the back door of Poland.
 Russian refugees who have escaped thru the Bolshevist lines into Poland tell stor;fk of miraculous escapes and hair-raising adven- lures.
 One half of the 100000 people left in fetrograd are less than half fed and great numbers t1,l of are dying daily from starvation inc wood pavements of the former capital are being torn up for fuel. Even the books in the libraries, some of them rare editions are being burned. ~ ' The art galleries have been footed and the churches burned.
 The people are being shot on the leas, provocatlon. For instance, men who remain ca Tn ped during the cold weather to keen warm, because they had no fuel, were accused o1 dlscontent" and dragged into the street and shot, Dead bodies are left lv;no ;,, tl,,' streets in heaps. ''' '''>
 1t has now been decided by the Rolsbe- vist regime that "control' of des;rs =. :''. Pulse' p even when self-imposed, is against fine li1eooln a,'1 or man As consequence unbe]iev- ape orgles and indecencies take place An restraint is at an end ~~' 'A' m the few restaurants where food can De obtained men eat like beasts while otber. ''ldke lire ot the nearest chairs and tables uiltil someone feels an impulse" to nut if oo'' inc arlstocrats remaining in Russia have lost all will and energy They accept degra- datlon or death with complete fatalism. Thev oo not even try to save their wives and dauet- terS. "s'' 1. inc naturalization of women is becom- ing quite general. The Bolsheviki have de clafed war on family life and consideration TOT ones mother or sister is forbidden All must be treated alike. The most terrible thinp IS that the women themselves have accented their standardization and very little protest IS made. This applies to every class.
 In certain cases however, hitch has oc- cured. Even Bolshevism cannot master hu- man nature, and it has been found that mas culine jealousy occasionally stands in the way Certaln men have refused to "nationalize" a particular woman and as a result Bolshevik mas fought Bolshevik with considerable force.
 Everywhere moral anarchy is rife
 Dlstasteful as discussion of these matters may be to clean-minded America, the facts must be set forth considera 4ol,. ,,.La.a .>~.