The sun., 1919-01-30

The people really could not understand
their freedom Then all our bureaucratic
land owners and capitalists became
obessed with fear that the workers and
soldiers would become masters OF the
country"
She had only praise. for Kerens,sy and
Prof. Miliukof. Under their direction
the Zenstvos were elected by the people
and passed good laws. They right
eously decided to keep UP the war with
Germany and called into being a con-
stituent assembly that really was rep
and would have given the
people all the land needed for their own
use II the Bolsheviki had not interfered.
Inrfted by the Germans.
"Boshevlk propaganda" she said
really began before Kerensky became
head of the Government Cnquestion-
ably Il was financed In Germany. The
revolution in Petrograd in June. 1917.
YVES melted by Germans. German
agents went around telling the people.
You are betrayed. You never will get
the land. You will have to take 1t your
selves The Bolsheviki preyed on the
fear and impatience OF tho Russians
due TO the slowness OF tho constitu-
tional Government Hired meters ran
all over the land. They were able to
get food and clothes from Germany for
themselves and their dupes. while the
bourgeois went half naked and starving.
The German prisoners released IN
Russia are helping the Bolsheviki now,
There are war fronts all over Russia
there is fighting all the time. The
Chinese who came to work on our rail-
roads have been put into Russian
uniforms. The amalgam Is spreading
over Russia. The people are tired and
don't know what to do after two years
OF war and then two years of civil war.
They were betrayed and now they are
abashed. The password of the Boil
shevlki is This WIFI be permitted Take
oath that you are a Bolshevist and any
thing is permtted'-robbery, murder
anything. There Is no morality. Every
day something new II permitted and
wherever you find a Soviet you find Ger
man propagandists A conspicuous one
is Gen. Muelbach."
All Russia IL Corrupted.
Nine. Breshkovsky was asked wha,
could be done to help Russia. She re.
piled:
I'VE have four million orphans. They
Tlu6L pe euuCdteu, OtUcIWlSt the ldUs
will be filled with little criminals.
am ashamed to say 1t, but in the las
two years Russia has been corrupted
1t began at the war front and with thu
use OF German money. Not all our Gen.
erals were corrupted, but even IL there
was only one In 1000 that was enough
for ALI The soldiers were paid with
forged money manufactured in I,eipsit
and Dresden.
My only desire is that my peopl,
should be honest and clever enough L
| take care OF themselves. fou ask m,
| n favor Intervention. l reply tina
| any help is welcome II It Is unselhsi
and Is given for the establishment steI
| by step, OF a true democracy. which Il
| the highest ideal OF Socialims. II yo,
are thinking Of your own benefit we viii
not have you.
The first thing I ask is that 20,
| understand Russia Then your Re-
Cross and Y. NJ. C. a. and Y. W. C. A
! and other good societies can send people
| over to help with education. We neec
| thousands and thousands of alphabet
| (prlmers) and millions of books. w
want you to be patient with us. w
shall not always be In disorder.
| Bolshevism Is Destructive.
"In some ways think Russia Ia
! a more beautiful future than any othe
people. Above all realize that Boil
shevism and Socialism are not the sam
thing. They are very different. and ar
now struggling together in Russia Boil
sheviSn Is only destructive. Socialism
is only for the slow building OF free
| dom and a democratic government unde
| which We can educate our people"
| in tho Pn1ghayiki remain A
power so long II they are SO bad?
queried a seeker OF light
THE Cars" Babushka blazed, ''wer
in power hundreds of years. Is III
teen months so long? In the beginnin
the Bolsheviki took all the ammunitio
and arms and dlsarmed all the peopl
who disagreed with them. That is tn
reason. AS for me. am a Socialist an
a revolutlonist until my last breath. TIL
Bolsheviki will be overthrown and WEI
have freedom again. All my life l hav
said only one thing-If you would helI
teach and fight. fight and teach sa
It now"
A friend of Babushka told her she wa
tired, and the Grandmother Of the Revo
Tuition rose as IL her long journey ha
really fatigued her. But when a movi
man waylaid her she shrugged he
shoulders and said: "It It will help Rue
sia." and marched brlskly out 10 tn
steps OF the settlement house to fac
the lens.
She said she would stay in New Yor
until New York knew "the truth abou
Russia" She will speak In Carnegi
Hall on the evening of February 10 a
a meeting sponsored by the Civic Forur
and the Friends OF Russian Freedom.
3 WIVES HEAR HIS SENTENCE
Youthful Bigamist Gets Two and