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hireling OF tho capitalist press, max
ing the New York radical and not go
radical rounds, is quick to notice.
The younger champions and follow
ers OF every sort OF social and indus
trial cause" are stimulated by what
has happened In Russia and by the
outlook there as they see it. 1t excites
them as a combat of antlered stays is
said TO excite all the yearling bucks
round about. 1t gives them hope.
Even II their tenets are different from
Lenine's his have got action, and on
a national scale. Older and calmer
spirits are quick to say the Bolshevists
have been grossly misrepresented and
ought to be left alone in Russia to
work out the salvation OF their ex-
pertinent
Putting an n to Evolution"
Parlor Socialists, so called. thinkers
with college degrees who smiled at
Lenine's naive MARKHAM ideas" not
long ago. now see great deal IN So
Wet Russia, and some of them are
spelling social evolution" with an r.
Just how the 1. w. w. people and the
anarchists are feeling THE SUN re-
porter only knows from hearsay, but
there is no doubt that the present I'M
disputed domination of the Bolshevists
in Russia looks to all such elements
like the red dawn of their long awaited
day, and Lenine is frequently quoted
as wishing them we'll and solicitously
inquiring how they are getting on
The kind of East Side crowds that at
tend and furnish the noise for every
variety of class conscious and vituper-
alive peoples meeting" are, OF course,
tremendously worked PIP.
Moreover. a great many thoroughly
sane and thoroughly loyal native
Americans seem to be taking a new.
inquiring interest in Soviet Russia, of
which they feel that their previous
mental conception. gained from as
sorted and contradictory accounts, Is
a vague nightmare. They think II
| would be worth while to have the facts
The Prinkfpo conference proposal, the
debates on a Russian policy at Yer
sallles, and now the federation of a
Soviet Russian mission in New York
may have something to do with this
feeling. Or II may be a sort of re-
action. now that the war and the re-
sentiment OF Russia's collapse as an
ally are behind US. 1t doesn't by any
means imply that Bolshevlsm Is COM
ing into good odor. only that people
| have read so much about "propa.
ganda" of one kind and another that
they have arrived at a sceptical at
tltude toward the foreign news.
Tho Bolshevlsts In New York sense
, such reaction. overestimate 1t, and
bank on it. One OF their explanation,
of It Is particularly entertaining. as
will appear in a moment. They be.
lieve American capital wants to Dc
business with Soviet Russia more than
The sun., 1919-04-20
Soviet Mission Has Opened
Headquarters Openly in
New York and Is
Now Ready for
Business

OF Labor, for instance. IS hated by
Bolshevists almost as bitterly as cap
ital Is.
The Russian Soviet Government II
crude MARKHAM Socialism or commun-
ism in action. The Bolshevists say it
is not. However they esteem Karl
Marx they don't like the suggestion
that Lenine has not improved on him.
But the differences they try to point
out are metaphysical. The Marx
Engels Communist Manifesto divided
society into proletartat and bourgeoisie,
the latter being anybody who owns
property. from a chain OF factories
down to a modest bank account earn
ing interest. It proposed the over
throw Of the hourgeoisie by the prole-
tarians Of the cities. to be followed by
the emancipation" of all wage earn
ers. and the Encouragement OF the
whole OF society on a common level.
National limos as We know them,
like class lines, were to disappear.
Private property was to cease TO be.
While everybody was to have to work,
nobody was to have to do more work
than was necessary to produce his
livelihood. "The hive subsists on the
laval honey which the hive produces"
as a wax moth explains in an allegory
about bees. by Kipling, which Social
lists do not enjoy. All instruments OF
production were TO be Centralized In
the hands of the State-that is, OF
the proletariat organized rs the ruling
class" until there should no longer be
class distinctions, but only a homo
geneous community.
SO far as this thumbnail sketch goes
1t Is an accurate likeness of funda-
| mentals OF the Marx idea. likewise of
the things the Communist leaders are
| trying to work out in Russia and to
foster everywhere else.
When IL . Soviet Not q sovietP
New York has been hearing rumors
| that Soviets are secretly forming on
the East Side. During one strike of
garment workers last winter there was
report that a Soviet was concerned.
Any knot OF tea shop takers can call
itself Soviet II it likes the name; so
can any group of industrial workers.
To say the system OF Soviets. with a
| central direction, was secretly form
| ing in preparation for a revolutionary
| dtteIlpI "Oulu Do dnOtHer tIllnR. NOtn.
| ing has indicated that such construc-
| tive plotting is going on. A good
ground for assuming 1t Is not is the
present policy of the Russian Soviet
Government toward the United States
| Government.
| They want railroad and factory ma
chinery from our manufacturers and
other trade, and they are playing for
recognition. For the present, at least,
they are putting their best foot fore.
most and endeavoring to mako a
favorable impression upon Washing
ton and the American people. Dis
closure of any sort OF plotting in
which they were concerned would undo
these efforts at once.
On the other hand, Lenlne, unless he
has been misquoted several times in
the last year by interviewers presum-
ably sympa thet.c and over his own
signature In the Liberdtor itself. is
convinced that a proletarian revolu-
ton is impending in America. and ID
constantly asking Americans he sees
II II has not already begun.
So much is speculative. What fol-
lows is tSnSibis condition which even
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In the atmosphere there Is no ner-
vousness. no distrust-no fear. to put
il coarsely, OF being pinched. Nor Is
there either braYado or obsequious-
ness The mission and It's office force
know their business. They comport
themselves as II Bolshevist junta
in New York at a time when Bolshe-
visit troops and American soldiers are
fighting were the most natural thing
in the world In the same way. Nuor-
teva gives his interview. He talks
candidly. He makes no effect of be-
ing on his guard: in fact, he makes
the opposite effect, letting drop a few
things (none OF them at all stArtlinG)
which 1T would not do TO publish at
this time" and taking your good faith
for granted
The missions two occupations, he
says, are the locating OF Russian Gov
eminent property In the United States
and the establishment of connections
with American manufacturers and tho
placing OF tentative contracts with
American manufacturers, conditioned
on the lifting of the embargo" which
isn't an embargo, against Soviet Rus
STA. and ability TO obtain exporters
licenses.
Seeking Government Property.
The Russian Government property
in question amounts. he says. to $780,
| 600, 900 In all. Little II any OF It Is
war munitions, as all Russian orders
OF those got as far as Archangel. The
property is a heritage. or the Bolshe-
visits hope to make It one. from tn.
q, former Russian regimes. At presen,
, the representatives OF the former
regimes, being without funds, are
turning some o;the property into ready
money The Soviet mission will place
claims and try to have that traffic
stopped Their status before Ameri.
can courts depends on the attitude OF
the State Department, out they coun'
on early practical, II not formal, recog'
milton.
THE property" said Nuorteva, "in-
cludes, for instance. several thousand.
Of units of a manufactured product
| won't name it--that is always mar.
ketable and sells for $50. This produce
was bought here by the Czarist repre-,
sentatives. who continued as repre-,
sentatives OF the Cadets and Kerensky
for 5000 apiece, which, Of course, mean
ralSeoffs and graft. We know tha
| the Bakhmetieff crowd are now dispos
, ing OF them for $50 apiece, becaus,
they need the money.
There are 900 to 700 OF that GROVE
here, the former Consuls, attaches anC
clerks. and they are coming around Il
us asking what they can do for us
trying to climb on the band wagon, a
you say. Their hopes OF the faction,
they represented are gone. There Il
no internal opposition worth mention
The sun., 1919-04-20
By HARRY EsTEY BOUNCE.
AS Bolshevism. the real article,
obtained foothold among us?
= La thera anY in New YORK.

obtained a foothold among us?
Is there any in New York,
and If SO, how is il getting on?
To answer these questions fully,
short OF elaborate secret investigation,
would be impossible. Mere discussion
Of them depends on what you mean by
getting on" also on what you mean
by Bolshevism. The word is loosely
used by many speakers and writers in
dencuncing all sorts OF Red radicalism,
every kind OF social and industrial
agitation. Such confusion makes the
real Bolshevist smile. But he seems
10 be avoiding the name, as II under
standing that the American public
SHES at II. He prefers to call him.
self a Communist or a representative
OF or believer In tho Russian Soviet
Government
Soviet" simply means council or
committee. The Russian machinery
Of government Is a pyramid Of councils,
the small local ones choosing delegates
to larger. regional ones, which In turn
choose delegates to the national coun-
ell, very much as II our caucus and
convention nominating system were
turned into a standing governing az
fair. 49,.
There r. certainly a mission or
bureau OF the Russian Soviet Govern
ment openly established and doing
business In New York. The business
II avows Is commercial and diplo-
matte. It makes no bones OF main
tanning a bureau Of information, which
ISSUES a weekly bulletin of "the truth
as opposed to propaganda tiles" about
the Soviet Government. Any one can
have this bulletin by calling and ask
ing for II.
There is also a monthly publication
called The LbeTdtor, whose name is
in the telephone book and on the street
door Of an office building fronting on
Union Square. The LibeTdtOr Is a
frank, rancorous. fighting propagan-
dist. on behalf not only OF Soviet Rus
ala but of every other faction violently
"aginr any "capitalistic Government
IN the world. It's appeal is elemental
IN class hatred. Its editors are Amer
leans.
And, according TO morning news
oaper. the chain OF Socialist SUNDAY
schools" in New York Is teaching Boil
shevism TO children from the age Of
up. The socialist schools are no,
new. They have existed and inquired
from time 70 time in the news fol
number OF years. Tho question Il
whether their teaching has taken OF
new radical color since the las
revolution in Russia
BoIshevism and the Socialists.
solshevism ia a variety OF Socialism
one OF the fltty-nine varieties, one OF
the oldest and easily the most radica
Of them all. 1t calls itself Socialism
now and even the fairly moderate
lights OF the SOCIALIST party in Ne"
Fork are beginning to acknowledge Il
Ms sucf,-a thing they were ioath to do
Tor publication. at least. year ago
sol.nsvism is not anarchy. and on I'M
alhsr hand. the American Sederat'oa
The sun., 1919-04-20
"Red Revolution" for This
Country Scoffed At by
M0derates, Who Ex-
pect to Win Out by
Political Means

Tho total number of executions n
Soviet Russia during fifteen monEne
! had not exceeded 5000, and the victims
had been either armed plotters or ROB-
bers and looters. "Of course" he said.
"a revolution isn't Sunday school
picnic, and there Is bound to be soma
blOodshed during such unsettled times"
! For the present, he said, Lenine will
pay n bourgeois manager or expert I'm
applied science as much as 100000 a
year in order to put Russian indus
tries back on their feet But Lenineb
own wage is only $50 or $40 a month.
Similarly. everybody at the West
| Fortieth street office Is working for
much less than we could make else-
where" out OF sheer devotion to the
cause.
"Honor' to Replace Lucre.
After n transitory period, howev&
money in Russia is to bs done away
with. Wages are to disappear. Tho
worker is to have new incentive
progress in his trade or profession WI
bring him honor. and 1.-THE satisfaction
OF being an important man." Nuor-
teva tried patiently and good humor--
edly to get it through his callers head
how that will work. He spoke Of a
system OF credits. While there is to Be-
a minimum wageless wage OF credit, n
will be possible for a citizen of ex-
pensive tastes and interests to crafty
them. provided his productive work
corresponds. But no one will have 10
work any harder or longer than IN
necessary to earn his keep so TO speak.
/ TrNr this g,t
man contesscs that his got all mixed
up.
That IS the institution in West For
tieth street az 1t exhibits itself TO tn
capitalist press. The head Of Il fully
expects TO be recognized Ambassador
TO the United States sooner or later,
although when the happy day arrives
Martens will not put on Tugs but WIN
call himself merely Representative
as now
Malnutrition is no more conspicuous
than anxiety is IN that ONCE. Prof.
Lomonosov, the railroad expert, who
came into the Soviet camp whom Ke-
rcnsky fell. has what in bourgeois cir
cles would be called a corporation.
Every one IS neat, quiet. amiable
cheerful, optimistic. Tho youths and
girls OF the office force. who seem TO
be East Side New Workers. are pal
.TaNiy set up by the honor OF their con-
rection with the mission.
Anti-BoIshevists Hard CD.
Down on East Fourteenth street,
three flights Of narrow stairs up and
almost in the shadow Of the Third ave-
nue. L." is the Bureau OF the Central
Executive Committee OF Federated
Russian Societies. II represents, or did
represent all the Russian elements
that opposed the Bolshev1k revolution
The contrast Of its Office to the other
one is eloquently symbolic OF Russian
affairs The office is small and dara
and musty and shabby, with a fne full
rcek of garlic from the restaurant un-
derneath. Tho force on hand when
TIE SUN man called was ono pailid
youth az n typewriter. He was en-
chantingly courteous. but regretted
that he could not understand much
English.
Tho Li1erator Is now edited By a.
;! Do~et.peA % TAkd FU~4
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by the SiSson documents, which John
Reed and others call fakes He did
mention the familiar naturalization
Of women" story. which has brought
upon Soviet Russia widespread denun-
citation in this country. II alleges
that the Soviets OF Smolensk, Sara
TOW. Vladimir and other Russian towns,
with the approval of the central Gov
eminent, posted a decree abolishing
property in women" and putting
every woman between II and 80 at the
disposal OF any man. with a few small
regulations and with penalties for re-
slstance. A version of the decree fig-
ured in Roger E. Simmonss testimony
before tho Senate Judiciary Committee.
American radicals have protested
that II any such decree ever was post
ed 1t was the work OF practical jokers,
and some independent testimony has
appeared to the effect that the decree
was the work of a local group OF An
archists in Saratov, who had no con-
nection with the Soviet Government.
Nuorteva simply smiled and said that
the contradictory terms of the decree,
as sh had seen them reported. should
have discredited the whole report at
once.
Whatever the lies" and their
sources are, and whatever the bust
ness OF the Bolshevist mission is,
Nuorteva is a busy and communicative
source OF truth" His weekly buIle-
tin is OF newspaper size and typo
| graphical style, printed on one side OF
single sheet, It Is well written, and
moderate. even dignihed in tone, re-
porting progress made by the Soviet
| Government in reconstruction and or
/ ganization. rather than indulging In
emotional propaganda. II sedulously
avoids anything on which a prosecutor
could put his finger. and every issue
IL marked FOR immediate release, -
| like any publicity bureaus outgivings
The grapevine supply of news items
Nuorteva says, comes over, as It has
done for a year, by hand. sailors and
others acting MS the Couriers.
Reds Take Credit for Meeting.
Local radicals seem TO be jubilant
over the tidings of a mutiny IN Com
pany I, SSsth United States Infantry
! on the ArchanEeI front. They think
the Russian propaganda caused It. and
| point 10 the Soviet leaflct circulated
among the American troops which the
War Department in Washington has
made public. Nuorteva lie not so tact
/ less.
II give you my word" he said week
before last, that the Soviet troops are
taking extraordinary precautions &c
avoid killing American soldiers. ! car
get affidavits from American soldiers
who have returned to this country
from Russia that when they were sur
rounded by the Russian troops and
helpless they were unmolested.
! Instead, the Russian troops said tC
them, We are not your enemies and
would like TO be your friends. We only
want you 10 go away Americans
captured by the Soviet troops have
been taken TO Moscow and given Z
good time, with tho opera and little
hanquets. Then It was explained tc
them that there was no reason for
fighting, and they were sent back tc
the American 'front.'
He said the reports OF wholesale
butcheries during the Bolshevik revo.
Hutton were wholesale sxaggerationK
The sun., 1919-04-20
IN
JOHN REED @%xsa1o~A4s

II fears social unrest in this country.
and that it is fostering change o.
public opinion with that end in view.
Their mission has taken the third
floor OF the Tower Building, at 10
West Fortieth street, a neighborhood
where office rent comes high. II it
finds itself cramped for room It ex-
poets to take another floor, Bureau
of Soviet Russia" is on the glass of
the doors for all the world to read.
The full style affected by the Lenine-
Trotzky Government, as you learn
from the missions literature, IS Rus
sian Socialist Federal Soviet. Repub-
lie" The word Federal may or may
not be put IN TO disarm the ultra
conservative.
The offices Just now are fun Of lum-
Der and telephone wire and hammer
ing, but the Bolshevists keep office
hours none the less. There is a great
deal of heavy mahogany furniture.
Everything looks like prosperity and
confidence, not to say assurance. An
Englishman would comment that the
mission was doing itself we'll" An
American would wonder at the over
head" which wouldn't At in with his
notions of proletar!an regime at ALL
The official representative and head
OF tho mission is Ludwig c. a. X.
Martens, described as an eminent
mechanical engineer, forty-four years
old. born in southern Russia, and for
the last few years American represen-
tative OF the Demidoff Iron and Steel
Works He does not sec newspaper
men That is done by Santeri Nuor-
teva. secretary of the mission and
chief of its diplomatic bureau. He
must be about the same age--a COM
Portable little man with n twinkling
eye and n quiet, energetic way of
talking He used to be In the Par
lament of the Finnish republic. His
associates call him q great diplomat
He first came TO the United States
five years ago, and for the last year,
he says, he has conducted an informa-
ton bureau. trying to meet the lies"
about Soviet Russia with truth.
Reporters Made Welcome.
His bureau Is now an important
| source Of news to the Socialist pa
pers, and he sees their reporters daily.
But he is equally cordial to a hire
ling of the capitalist press. At making
the newspaper boys" welcome no
Presidential asplrant's campaign
press agent could beat him. He apollo
gizes for the hammering and disorder
in the offices--you must come again
when everything is fixed up. Yes, in
deed; he can give you some facts that
will make Q very nice little Sunday
story. But II will take him an hour
or two. Could you come tomorrow
morning at Q, or would that be too
eariyf -..
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1o~e.,seA % rAvf Pe~e
The sun., 1919-04-20

| to our government now. The former
Cadet lcaders-Lvoff's and Miliukoff's
associates-are scattered around in
Paris and London clamoring for help
but attracting no attention. Some of
our former antagonists OF ability have
| come in with us at home"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-22
ALLIED CAPITALS LINKED
WITH FAST TRAIN SERVICE
Through Line From Paris to Bel
grade and Bucharest Is Big
Help for Reconstruction.

PARIS, May Correspondence OF
the Associated Press).-What is char
acterized as one of the most vital
steps toward the speedy reconstruc-
ton of war-torn Europe is being
taken this week in the Inauguration
of the through. transcontinental train
service between Paris, Belgrade and
Bucharest via Pontarlier, Milan.
Trieste. Agram and vinkovce. This
line would under any ordinary cir
cumstances be a great boon to the
now. on the eve of the signing of
peace, it assumes an incalculable i'm
portance to the welfare of many coun-
tries.
The allied capitals will now be
linked up once more by a rapid serv-
Ice, which will permit of easy COM
munications. The slow sea route can
be abandoned for the numerous gov
ernmental missions which will play
a great part in the reconstruction. In
numerous other ways the new line
will facilitate the process of rebuild
ing the fortunes of the allies.
The new service will provide
through trains de luxe between Paris
and Belgrade three times each week,
according to present plans. One train
week will go through to Bucharest.
Thus with good train service be-
tween Paris and the English chan
mel ports england will again be
brought into close touch with her
eastern allies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-22
PERU H0NORS MIR. GOMPERS.
Labor Executives Send Testimonial
on Parchment.

Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation Of Labor. has
received. through Senior F. Tuleda.
the Peruvian minister, a testimonial
of esteem, engrossed on parchment
and signed by one hundred Of the ex-
ecutive heads Of the labor organi-
cations of Peru. expressing appreci-
alton Of the trades unionists of that
ices rendered by Mr.. Gompers in
bringing about better labor condi-
lions throughout the world.
The testimonial is intended more
particularly to emphasize the appre-
citation of the Peruvian labor bodies
for Mr.. Gompers' work in the inter-
national labor conference formulating
labor's part in the formation of the
peace compact in the league of ma
lions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-22
$500 Tapestry
Couch Covers
at $40

Heavy Weight Tapestry Couch
Covers, in oriental designs Of
green, red. blue. tan and brown.
so inches wide, full length.
Manufacturers samples-Friday
at S2.29 each.
Observation-Disclosures Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-22
PUPILS PRESENT COMEDY.
Western High Audience Applauds
Green Pears"

Western High School pupils Tues
day evening presented before a large
audience the musical comedy, Green
Pears" George R Dewitt directed the
entertainment which was given for
the benefit of the athletic fund of the
school.
The cast included the following:
Marjory Prehle. Mildred Fish. Marion
Kutz, Elizabeth Garner. Elizabeth
Pearre, Calista Pearce, Frances Peck,
Mary Harrison. Mary Taylor, Claudia
bell, Jean Tucker, Margaret Hayes,
Natalie Wood, Donald Wight. Bern
hardt Spille. Rriant Well. Cothran
Graves, James Hume. Edward Alte-
mus, Bryant Grove, Hugh Cockrell,
A Iexd Rerrai anS Maso 11g Raad 0rse'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-22
NO CASUALTY RATE RAISE.
Unemployment of Disabled Not to
Affect Workmen's Insurance.

Unemployment of disabled men
coming out of the Army and Navy
will not affect the premium rates for
workmen's compensation and liability
Insurance. the various companies
which write workmen's compensation
and employers liability insurance have
assured the federal board for vocational
education.
Prospective employers. therefore
are assured that by taking disabled
re-educated men in their shops and
works will not be the means of caus-
ing a raise in rates from the various
casualty companies. These assurances
have been received from practically
every company in the United States
writing employers liability insurance
It IL announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-22
q. s. Congratulates Cuba.

The State Department has extended
to the president of Cuba the felicia
lions of President Wilson on the an
niversary of Cuban independence and
the best wishes of the government
and people Of the United States for
the continued peace and prosperity
Of the Cuban nation.