New-York tribune., 1919-02-14

having hidden it as part of counter
revolutionary plot. With him were an
other American vice consul and his in
terpreter.
For six weeks they were kept in
prison and not permitted to communi-
cate with their friends. Finally a Bel
gian happened to see them, got word
to Consul General Poole, in Moscow,
and the latter induced the supreme
Soviet there to order their reselase.
The Czaritza authorities paid no atten-
tion to this, but a Norwegian consul,
who came down to rescue a French
party, finally got them taken to Mos
COW.
There they were kept three weeks
more, while the Soviet fought out a
quarrel with the extraordinary commits
sion at Czaritza, which had arrested
them. This was part Of general quar-
rel, he said, because the extraordinary
commission, though created by the
authority. Finally the Soviet won and
the Americans were released.
"In the prison at Czaritza," said Mr..
Leonard, "Was man named Makovsky,
who had been sent by the supreme
Soviet to the Ukraine to take over the
oil interests. He was a man of educa-
tion and breeding, who had long been
revolutionary and had sacrificed
everything to the cause.
"The extraordinary commission ar
rested his whole party, executed three
from Moscow for their release.
"Mallovsky had become completely
disillusoned about Belshevism He
came out of the prison a Menshevik
convinced that Russia was not ready
for revolution, and that slow evolu-
tion was the only thing possible. In
Petrograd and Moscow he had felt that
things were going fairly we'll, but when
he reached the smaller places and
found the kind of men who were rep
resenting BoIshevism and their meth
DDS, his heart broke.
"'lf Lonine knew this he'd shoot
them ALL he told me.
"Makovsky told me that everybody
trusted Lenine, but that while they
admired Trotzky's ability he is the
greatest orator in Russia they feared
that he was trying 10 make the army
personal machine and become dicta-
tor
Mr. Leonard told of the constant
executions while he was in the prisons,
of the steadily and rapidly lengthening
ditch where the victims were buried,
which he could see from his window.
llc dS Slttu llldl tuc peasants we're Urea
Of the BolsheViki and were putting up
d successful resistance against them in
many places.
Breakdown of Industry
lie also confirmed the stories of the
complete breakdown of industry. He
did not believe the different factions
opposed to the Bolsheviki could get to-
gether, though they were in the ma
jorlty.
Leonard said this was "mildly mac
curate." that the planting was about
rs per cent of normal in the best re
gions. Another statement was that
Lenine and Trotzky were working for
laborer's pay and living in privaton
This was only partly true he said
Their official pay Was as stated, but
most of the Bolsevik officials were un-
derstood TO be stealing millions. Also
while their quarters probably looked
like a sty they had high priced autos,
and in Moscow Lcnine had the best
hotel for his home and Trotzky the
next best.
Another point was the morals, and
here Mr.. Leonard was emphatic The
whole aim of Bolshevism he said, was
to break up the home. The Bolsheviki
declared it did not give the children a
far chance and their plan was to have
all children taken from their parents
and brought up by the state
Professor Dennis, who had been
through the capture of Rostov on the
Don and later for some months at
Nijn,~Novgorod. also told OF seeing
German officers with the Red Guard
and of atrocities In one town 140 to
l5O officers, who had been left behind
seriously wounded. were killed in cold
blood, he said and their bodies left
in the streets for four days. Ia Rostov
the Red Guard had the habit of run
ming armored cars around town every
afternoon squirting machine gun bull
lets and killing any one who happened
to be in the streets.