The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-08

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dofectlonn Of the Voc kmon IN tho In
dustfiea, who had 10 leave their posts
10 fofnEo for food. observation-disclosures
they were paid. Ia holshctik paper
fuoifn the highest wages Russian
uofkmen ever received. they could
not meet the prices fixed by tho Soviet
for food. and they had Il 10 out and
hunt for n like animals In the wilder
ness or starso.
Agriculture was al 100 per cent. OF
normal. . 10 the Industry OF The
peasants and the Introduction OF farm
property Forcibly Takcn.
Lands. buildings. and machinery
had been nntlonalixcd, with no pay
for tho owners from whom the prop
erty was forcibly taken. All private
enterprises was auffpcated. save tina
OF the fraftern n criminal elements
The people soon lost confidence In the
stability OF tho government and hid
their money. TO maintain circuln-
ton. the Boisheviki issued paper
money. which At the time OF the re-
port Was 100 times the volume OF the
gold reserve.
one suit Of clothes and an extra
change OF linen wns all the Russian
was allowed lawfully TO have. Not
more than 10 per cent Of h people
were Bolnheviki sympathixefs, this
observer reported, and Of hos only
8 per cent. were active supporters.
They were for the most part non-Rus-
sian fanntics, chiefly Jewish. and
members OF committees or other bod
les under Bolsheviki patronage, and
receiving pay from the BolEheviki.
The majority. this observer believed,
wished monerchial government re-
stored TO Russia. Terrorism every
where compelled lip loyalty to the
Soviet.
Two EngiIshmen who left Moscow
on Jan. is. 1919. reported that In the
schools both boys and girls are herd
ed together and there IL nc aembiance
OF morality. In the classes all SEM
blance OF discipline has been de-
stroyed. The children do exactly IS
they like, sometimes walking out In
the middle OF a lesson. The attend
ance h abominahle. the children go
InE and coming just aa they Sc III
II n Impossible to keep order n the
classes are simply like n beer garden.
II a master does not happen to he
popular. the boys turn him out, Some
times a master may 10 to q class 10
give a lesson only to find the boys
holding a committee meeting which
saust not he disturbed
Petrograd. which was once a great
city % a.60O. 900. had dwindied TO
aQs. 900 In 1918. Famine and terrorism
had caused the greatest exodus cNrr
recorded from a big city. Thousands
OF professors, lawyers. priests, gem
erals. bankers, and society women
were starving In prison for no crime
other than their intellectual and moral
superiority over the hoodlums and
ruffians who had been chosen as the
ruling class in Russia.
Refined Worien Humlliatei.
Women OF refinement were forced
10 wash the linen OF the Red Guards
NJ their barracks and Inundated he
yond description. Food waE regular
~ stolen from peasants to feed tho
Red Guard. whose pampered pets not
only were fed luNuriously but he'd
high-bred women as their monials ana
worse.
Infants were na~tionalizcd To become
the property OF the STATE at the age
OF eighteen, according TO one report.
Another refers to persistent rumors
Of the establishment or ont. mplaecd
establishment. or free love doctrines
throughout Soviet Russia.
OF thu brutaiities with which no
many informal and less responsible
reports have dealt the parliamentary
report treats extensively. Double
Inc space allotted TO this article would
not accommodate b whole story rs
told by men and women whose stand
ina. entities them. In the opinira of
the British government. to present
testimony for IN official document Of
this character.
Buried Alive.
Repeated instances are described
OF men and women being stood up be-
fore a huge open grave they have
been compelled 20 dig before their cx-
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firing squad n buried. sometimes
with slight wounds. TO die OF suffo-
cation. Mr.. Aston reported 20 Mr.,
Balf0ur unde. date OF Jan. 10. 1913,
that Officers taken prisoner by Bol-
shcvikt had their shoulderstraps
nailed into their shoulders. girls have
been raped. some OF the civilians have
been found with their eyes pierced
out"
One Of the Red Guards more re-
lined orueites was driving phono-
graph needles under the finger nail.
of their victims. Sir g. Eliot reported
to Earl Curz0n on Feb. 20. 1919. that
laborers arrested for refusing 10 sup
port the Boisheviki were thrown
alive into n hole In which hot Stag
deposits from the works at Nehhiset-
ski near Ekaterinburg' were cast
These citations are typical OF columns
OF detail concerning as bad n worse
crimes against humanity. carried oui
with n calculated cruelty that IL al.
most incredible.
a memorandum which IL given
prominence In the British document
comments.
one il startled from time 10 time
nv hearing that some well known man
Of education has Joined tbe Bolsheviitl
such. for Instance, ~ Maxim Gorky
and the famous singer Chnliapin This