East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-04

ihussia-many months fhereHfter-thii
brave little sheet (edited by Philadei
,phian but owned by Engiishmen) surely
did its Bit in telling the English speak
ing population of Russia that "Uncl'
Sam" was not in the war as picnic but
to use the vernacular-"with both feet =
and nobody on this side the water car
realize the deep, deep satisfaction that il
vas to the little knot of MS Americans
yes. and English--in Russia to know, and
to have everybody else know, that such
was the fact,
In June-as soon as 1T was meckan-
icaliy possible for it to do SO after our en-
trance into the wharf.-the Novoe Yremya,
of Petrograd. issued special "American
humber with colored cover. The
front page was filled with really beau
tiful reproduction of the American flag.
having an excellent fac-simile Of Gilbert
Stuart's portrait Of Washington ia the
centre of it. There were also well exc
cuted engravings Of Abraham Lincoln.
President Wilson and his Cabinet, th,,
White House. the American Ambassador
and his staff, New York's familiar Statue
Of Liberty, the Capitol at Washington.
! tRethlehem Steel Works. the Naval Ad-
,isory Board, the New York Seventh"
marching up Fifth avenue past the Pub
lie Library, number of Characteristic
New York city views. a good shot at
San Francisco's water front. also several
battle ship and military scenes. 1t was
a highly credtable production, especially
so considering the very special diff
l1l 4ha sir u7ralo OF
sort of newspaper production in Russia
at that time; but to me it was-and is
chiefly valuable as an indication of q. de
sire to "do something to show-that is
yisibIy to evidence-the deep satisfac-
tion in the best sort of Russian hearts
over Americas action in putting its fist
nm in front of Kaiser Wiihelms face
Z ID then pushing IL toi1ard that face!
AS a result of the ro,shevik uprising
last October found myself momentarily
homeless in Moscow. For many months
| had lived with more or less comfort at
the Hotel Metropole, but the violent five
day siege of that hostlery virtually made
living conditions there impossible. How
ever. I1HI, lU uuutt ~ AAAphhes - NAN
shall be madel another story.
An English Home.
Hospitable English doors quickly
opened to me. however. anS / became the |
sharer in a charming home during the
remainder of my stay in the famous old
Muscovite capital. Naturally, in the ex-
tremely disturbed conditions then exist
ing-with burglaries. highway robberies
and murders of daily occurrence-the
question of ones personal safety, whether
indoors or upon the streets, became one
of high Importance. One gets accus-
toned to facing danger, however.
found, and am ready to confess that it
was not so much through personal cour-
age as through that Familiarity" that
''breeds contempt that I was able to
face with calmness-not only then but at
sther times in Russia-conditions that. as
| now look back upon them, seemed filled
with danger.
For example. I would frequently go to
Sunday church service in Petrogradt
when street shooting could be plainly I
,eard not far away. Yet 1t was ''all IN ID
he days work" Later, on The occasion
# my first air, raid experience in Lon
lon, 1 thought nothing of TIE quick fu- +:
illade of shooting that sounded through