Arizona republican., 1919-12-09

sticking out here, an arm or leg there
a whole body in view in another place
all terribly mutilated and Of course in
a state of decay. From there comes
the smell | will never forget The air
of the entire city is polluted with it as
these five places were opened yester
day and the work OF removing ana
identifying the bodies goes on. You
can't get away from 1t and it is the
most awful, sickening smell know of.
As we approached the place. we tied
handkerchiefs around our faces, sat
urated with a drug to kill the odor. I,
would have been impossible TO go near
otherwise. Around the enclosure are
hundreds of people all with the hand
kerchief masks, looking for bodies of
their loved ones as they are brought
out of the pit.
A line of fire hose has been brought
from the nearest hydrant and show
er turned on the bodies as they are re-
moved to wash off the birth and filth
in hopes 1t may be possible to identify
them, while a solid string of wagons
Of the peculiar Russian type quite
similar to a hayrack) receive their
grewsome load of eight or ten corpses
placed on pile of straw and covered
with piece of canvas
When l arrived there were some
thirty or forty lying out on the ground
in line awaiting wagons to haul them
away.
The Horror Filmed
| know it is hard to believe but it
is true, as will thousands of witnesses
tell you, and as will the photographs
show | am bringing back. Not only
this, but we have a moving picture
man with us and he has several thous-
and feet of film of the entire proceed :
ing which l hope to God is shown
throughout the world to let people
know what bolshevism is.
Just think, five hundred murdered
in one night, just five nights ago and
some four thousand in all. Oh. its
terrible,-I can't write how I feel. !
must stop now as I can't write more
and going over it all again is quite toe
much for one day.
| know this letter is disconnected
and quite probably half intelligible but
YOU can't imagine how l feel about il
all and how difficult it is to write.
Kiev, September It'll, 1919.
| Today has only been a repetition Of
what stupendous scale the whole.
sale murder and torture has been con
| Quoted. I have visited many Chez vel
Chicas," seen hundreds of mutilatet
1 bodies, many Instruments of tortur,
and likewise many houses Of the co.
misars, all of which, before havins
been requisitioned by the bolshevi,
were the finest homes of Kiev, 9TH,
1 third To- nitt- ~ c.aN f,,n
priceless and beautiful things, but nov
in such a condition that a pig woul,
| be ashamed to live in them
The Starving Population
| | too know of the actual want AM
suffering of the starving population
and it is terrible not to be able to hel,
more. What little food there Is to b.
had is beyond the price of the poor
for example a cup of tea is $50 ruble
(about $500, a plate of cabbage SOU
soup 200 rubles (about $4,000, a sin
gle pear 200 rubles (about $4,000. o
course these conditions can last onl,
few days as there is much to be ha
only little way from the city and
few days will correct this condition.
The shops are of course all close
as the bolshevic took everything lon
ago. Only few owned by the Jew
are open as they were not moleste6
Conditions here this winter will be ter
rlble as there is no cloth or clothin
and no fuel and with several feet O
snow, you can imagine the rest | d
not know how they are going to ge
along for with the railroad transpor
tation, it is going to be next to impos
sible TO set these things in befor
winter and even if it were possible
where could they be had? The peepl
have no money to buy them with an
il is certain other countries will nc
send them If they are not paid. 1t i
true there is much bolshevic none
out but what good is it? One rubl
isn't worth two cents here and as ia
as its rate of exchange is concerne
with the outside world, it isn't wort
the paper it's printed on. The DEM
kin government Volunteer ARMY wi
of course issue new money as the oil
is by order declared not to be leg;
tender but without gold reserves an
without stable form Of government
what good viii it be? To give you a
example, twenty copeck silver piec
and I've only seen one in all RUSS
is worth as many rubles. Before ii
war. you know, one copeck was or
hundredth Of ruble
Speaking of food conditions, toda
: an old English lady, | would say |
> least seventy five years old, who hf
had to remain in Kiev during the DO
shevic days, came to the car. She ha
; no money and nothing to eat. l,
e course got out a fair supply which
I 20 bnts u
+; made and with bread and butter y
t had quite little lunch. I could hare
4 Nv get her to take the things | had
$ lected for she was afraid l wouldr
J have enough to last till we got out
: town, but l finally explained we hi
e A carload of food left and she a
2 cepted them. Her only words We
t 'Tve been hungry and | know what
is, and / don't want you to experien
y it. but if YOU have this to spare it W
be enough till / can hear from n
i son." OF course, she had to cry AL
$ well to tell the truth. I'll have to adm
= | came darn near joining her at lea
5, had to blow my nose few times, as
n thought suppose she had been r
s mother then just how would | feel?
a Another case was that of the wide
O of a Russian colonel who was kill
J, only ten days ago by tie bolshevic.
e she had in money was $50 rubl
: which of course are no good now, a
II a 20-kopec silver piece. For the sily
II she bought six cucumbers and on the
! she and her two children lived for t.
& days. She came after l had turn
Is over our food supplies to the comm
e tee, so could only give her few ca
! of stuff we were saving for oursely
: and $50 rubles. She didn't want
e take the money as she knew it was
v personal gift and of course pulled
2. crying stunt and the only way col
Il get her to take It was to insist it W
le for her children and not for herst
ir She insisted on giving me ESQ rubles
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