Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-14
.PETROCRAD IS REPORTED
SAFE FOR THIS WINTER
Belief of Starving Population Into
Starting Revolution Is Hcrcsy,
Says Saponcn.
BEGAN CAMPAIGN TOO SOON
Art Dealer Tells Thrilling Story OF
His Arrest and Subsequent Escape
by Bribing Leaders OF Bolshcvist
Element,
tBy Associated Press. J

- BY Associated freSs')
- iiELSINGFORS, FINLAND. Dec 10
- There ia no likelihood OF n rising OF
:. nc people OF Pctrograd against the
= iolahevists xhis winter. no matter
=. 1v terrible their plight may become.
-, SAYS l. Saponcn. a prominent art dealer
Sof that city, who sacrificed fortune
.---cof 100000 rubies to escape i'ott'
=, The belief Of starving the popuia,
- hcrcsy," he declares 50 lar as tne
: Russians are concerned, they VIII sim
General Yudeni;ch; without Fin
srctrograd, for he began his campaign
Ia month TOO soon. ii ne mad waited
= until Trotzky's men began 70 feel the
- cicnt food. their lowered morale might
have enabled the ATTACK to succeed"
= VI. Sapouen contr!vcd by Lavish bribery
:. OF the Boishcvists. 10 leave Petrograd.
= He arrived AT Hesingfors j month
-, ago. To representative OF the AS
sOciatsd Press u" related. the FIRST time
= Tor publication, his remarkable expert
: 'nccs, from the arrest in June while
r. i''nnish government in negotiating for
:, nc eAcnasc OF war prisoners NJ Sa-
u tasided IN Petrograd for last ten years.
., Mcie.tsd During, March;
crs We're nevcr no,ested had been
representing the Danish Rod Cross
until 1 took UP the exchange Of pris-
tee. signed by, schlovsky. the Petro-
Of ore aRq Aars5 sha,
-. VAS allowed to return to Finland
~ l was kept in detention in my own
"-house, and was formally arrested on
:. !nnc 2 | was then taken 10 Moscow.
- created worse than dog simply be-
--snnse ! was Finn. ! ~as kept in
- =. , -dcred me to Sc released.
= The contents OF my pctrosrad house,
. .s3,as ing RE Of works Of ATT jewels
- nave no hope Of seeing ,hheni a az ih"
- Tells OF Conditions.
CoHtmen;inE on the conditions in
.j'ussta. NJ. Saponen said:
~. The allies blockade Is destroying
se.nrally. feed their own followers firs,
M thcre is little len for the govern,
:, "eTIt s enemies Who are perishing.
POSSE bhity Of a countcr-rcvolt. for .ho
3srssian prasants arc incapable OF act
.,.S~onrhhhs am ana "a the people. who
b Hcre5HSy i .se Emperor and later
: ~" could obtain two or three hounds
nread Afterwards they were only
-. -. o we'd one-e!ghth Of po,ind M,
- There arc only ; 10 S no. o.,
~ SFJr I ~ i;oishevisIn in Russia and
I" thcir side over
l,:- y ,.i nment deapi.e the control OF the
.... lHGa sove,s, but The Bolshevis t have ave
,', ~. schools Eager TO educate the
f"w kinderEartens and TIC SIZE
-. kcs care OF tho children until tbo,
7''eh f9nr,sen years OF age
~ nc criticised the aliies' military
70 tho White Russians as inaf.
,c'lHe: by saving that the allies do
sufficient Quantities )"
-, The Finnish troops could them
'sheNist fear them above al, o,be,s
Is result OF the Eoishevist nrora-
Sinssr s dqrnS ne was Rolsheyist
+" AEht the devil hi mself that the Finns
mo never know when thew are de-
ASK Of sona,sr'Hs, ~ cent Of the
would be ACCOMPLISHED With tho can
,ure Of PetroErad as that is the onIv
The people who are believing in BOZ
.sbher'sm, n and . in the nvincihili,v Of
ne appalling conditions in PetroErad
= wh,ch The wirterr, will make far worse.
long sinee eng" be. an h w90aSn houses had
well $ the noori Of others. i'ei
Is ,,,s re ASSERTED howsver, that the de-
s ~nSt due 60 much to. starvation as TO
INC .aet th}t the Bolshevists had sent
nTay snei souLeolsie and had removed
Keeps Cattle Away:
o wa eiiox yonns Ree; 1scstt,e VII
other trees and shrubs to survive in a