Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-04
ENGl AND'S WELCOME CONTRASTED THAT 0f RUSSlA'S TROOPS
England's Soldiers Receive RoyaI Welcome While RnSsiaEs Ire In :. ing Along the ROa }sidr.

London, Nov. -tC0rre JonG- ence Of the Associated Pra3s. )-En- glands welcome to ho- eta"vaI and allimg prisoners returning from Ger many is in striking CIntrast t. the Indifference with which soviet Rus sia receives the hundrnCS nf th.u- sands of emaciated, forlorl soldiers of the Russian army Who are StYag- gliny lack into their rnin2a home Land. which is practically fo&dless and fuelless. snoWbound and ill the throea of zero weather tempered bv Cnly four CT five hours / sun n5nine.
 England's King and Queen have greeted many of the ratnrning pris- oners. Hundreds of patriotic snciet- ies have committees of loyal women on the docks where the eXiles land to provide them with warm drinks and food and express the gratitude of the nation for thei: sols sacrifice 10 the entente cause. Bands play the familiar airs of the homeland as ttl,; victims of German prison harIehius again set their feet on British soil. Flags line the street ana grateful citizens cheer the returning heroes.
 But it's a far different picture in disorganiked Russia. Dispatches from the Russo-Gernan boundary announce that thousands af the con- sumptive and disabled Eassiaue re- leased by the Germans, mEufficient- ly clothed and without fnad. are dy- ing along the highways of the once glorious empire of the Romanoffs.
 The red flag has repia"2l thc c1n- blem of red, white and b(,le stripes under which the prisoners marched to. battle. The cause for wi},ch they fought has been disavowed ly the Bolsheviki. Officials ale calioused to the sufferings Of hunger and dis ease and wholly dev 1tcd tn efforts to perpetrate the great political ox- pertinent they lauac''ca vaar ago.
 Conditions have gradually grown from week to week Food has he- come scarcer. Coal and oil are not obtainable. Spanish sickness has in- tensified the disorga lizatien. Pre- mier Lemine has issued orders To border soviets that they must bet ter physical conditions for the re- turning soldiers, but tha food sup fly is so limited and the coftni,lo, are sc hard for all th1 population in Central Russia that even if officials were inclined to heed the mandates of the Bol@heg,I premier. they rrob- ably would De helpless because O the utter lack ,f sunp.as and lnd'f- ference Of the ;:rcat mass cf red supDortars.
 For months the American Youug Mems Christian asToc'ation. and the American Red Cross attempted to soften the retrrn of Russan Hr"on' CTS to their devastatcd nnrl land. Receiving camps we"e made sani- tarv by these organizations. Simple foodstrffs were provided. Workers were placed on hospital trains to clean them up and cigarettes and games were supplied to the patients who were able to sit lp.
 Teachers were also placed in many of the receiving hospitals in Moscow who offered instruction i1 indnetria' lines and taught illito'Gte prisoners to read.
 But the Bo'shevik governr ent him. dareh this work systematically and finally -torped it ent'helv Officers of the Porne Mems Chr's1ian aeeo- ciatjon were arrested end imnricon- ed. Some of thsa prominent Rolshe- wiki ohiacteh violently 10 the a~so- citation because it had 'Ch7ietian' 'N it's name. Others held wh"t both the American Red Cross and the An,rr- of the Young Mems Christian asso- ton should be prevented from doing anything which might win favor for the United States among Russlans.