Evening journal., 1919-01-01

er compelled 10 flee or hide or face
death They were beyond the pale Of
the law. (Which meant that anyone could
Kill them With impunily. under the pre-
text that they were dangerous TO The
ruling powers or that they were coun-
ter-revoluiiOnisis. Russia was thus
turned into a vast shambles
But there Was even as great danser
10 the so-callcd 'Bourgeoisie" or mid
die class-ihe professors, the skilled
mechanics. the small merchants and
shopkcepcrs the small land-ownins
farmer. anybody who had a little prop
.erty. They were at the mercy OF any
hoodlum or criminal who chanced 20
be in control OF the local soviet.
Arbitrary arrests became the order o.
the day, followed by summary eXccu-
lions. as well as the official ones which
occurred with appalling regularity and
frequency. In the Crimea. in the eau
casus. in the territory Of the Don Cos
sacks, at Moscow and other places the
FIRST class handed over TO the mob Were
the former officers and the Intelligent
sia" comprising the learned professions
and public officers.
AZ Odessa all the officers. particularly
those OF the fleet were hunted down.
dragged 10 the water front and thrown
into the sea. first having had weights
fastened to their feet SO they could no.
swim.
After the Germans took Odessa and
restored some semblance Of order.
woman whose two sons. former Rus
sian naval officers had been drowned
desired TO have their bodies recovered
so she could give them Christian burial.
She hired two divers 10 go 10 the bot
tom OF the harbOr. One came up with
his hair turned gray from what he
found. The other came up, a madman,
constantly muttering This is how they
are swaw.ng."
At Restov on the Don. the Bolsheyiki
shot all the students at the high school
because some OF the students had join
ed kornilov's forces. The mothers OF
some Of the boys tried TO save them and
were shot down. too. Those. who sur
vived. published a pitiful protest in the
newspapers. For doing thic. the editors
were forced TO suspend publication.
At kiev, Bolshevik patrols paced up
and down the street and shot people
who looked suspicious" to them.
Former army officers were shot down
in open places outside the city by doz-
ems as il they were game birds.
AZ Petrograd and Moscow the Bolshe-
viks took especial glee in hunting and
killing the sO-called "Nunkers." These
were the military cadets, the future Of
ncers Of the army, who. as a rule, were
Young students who had volunteered for
one years service. They were killed
openly in the streets Of Petrograd and
their bodies tossed from the bridges in
to the city canals.
When the railroad station at Ieka-
tsrinodar had been evacuated by the
the Bolsheviki arrived and
killed several score Of women and chill
dren who were there waiting for a
train. Sick or wounded soldiers, who
were undergoing treatment in various
hospitals for disease or wounds con-
iracted or received in the days when
Russa fought Germany, were dragged
out Of their beds and shot in the streets.
BOlshevik soldiers exacted what they
pleased alike from the rich and the
lmsll property holders. They took cat
lie from the landowner and supplies
from the shOpkeepers. Employees and
clerks were encouraged TO demand from
their employers so-called back pay"
which was really raises in pay for
years ago that they gave themselves. ~
! man had been getting two dollars
day and estimated that he should have
gotten ten. he simply claimed eight dol
lars per day back pay and the so-called
arbitration commissions always granted
lis claims.
The Bolsheviki abolished existing
courts without replacing them with
my other machinery for handing out
zeal and orderly justice
This reign Of terror. which still eX-
sis. was fomented, encouraged and paid
or by German agents 1t was the cen
raj empires that proflted by IL, while /
here were such things as empires. In
act. Bolshevism delayed the inevitable /
all Of the Huns. IL delayed the in
,vitable victory Of the allies.
Bolshevism destroyed the last yestige /
If armed resistance TO Germany on the /
russian front. u demobilized the vast |
russian army and made II possible for
Germany TO concentrate its entire army
n France. lt negogiated the treacher- !
,us peace Of Brest-Litovsk in which,
Ifter some play acting, the Bolsheyiki
Practically turned over the crops and
upplies OF European Russia 10 the
iermans.
It frustrated every effort made by
uch men as Alkseyev. KOrnilov, ka-
evif and Dutov TO organize a new vol
Inteer Russian army which would take
ne field against the Germans.
Il facilitated the removal Of Russian
wheat. oil and minerals TO Germany
nd Austria. so that they could the bet
er strike at the great western democ-
acies II forced Ukraine and Finland
ntO an alliance with Germany, TO save
themselves from the orgies Of the Boil
heviki and OF course, this helped Ger
many.
Loudly pr0claiming its principle OF
no anneXations and no indemntie5." Il
ielded 10 the Germans all the Baltic
royinces, practically without resist
nee.
And when it was seen that Germany
vas in danger OF financial collapse. un-
er the pretense Of paying the indem-
tiles eXacted under the Brest-LilOvsk
really, the B0lsheviki began the trans
ortation to Berlin Of whole trains lad
n with the gold that formerly formed
ussia's gold reserve.
Throughout its entire career She BOl- Z
leviki regime has worked in season ]
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