Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-04-18

the communication from the command
ers at the front were brought in by mi
litary couriers in sleighs or on ponies
over the ice. I.had a good idea Of the
country the American troops are fight
ing in, because 1 visited the fronts al
Toulgas on the Dvina river, Pinigin to
the east of Archangel, Onaga to the
west, and Keetza, which is back of the
line at Shenkherst. l have spent five
days and nights in an open sleigh, and
felt no i'll effect from it.
THE American public need not be
alarmed about the health of the troops
in northern Russia The weather is
cold but not unpleasant. We had
temperature ranging from 40 to As de-
grees below zero in Archangel when l
left, but it was not half so bad as the
raw cold weather in London when l
passed through the city ten days ago
on my way to Liverpool.
| 1T is surprising to me to learn how
little apears to be known here about
the conditions in northern Russia be-
cause the officers of the American
forces wrote to the chairman OF the
committee on military affairs in the
house of representatives telling him
exactly what they had to contend with.
The soldiers complain little about
their rations, which are issued by the
British quartermasters Department, and
are not so bountiful as they receive
in the American army, but that is not
serious grievance. The American
Red Cross has sent supplies of oat-
meal and other cereals and cocoa to
help the soldiers. l have spoken to
the officers of the Allied forces in
the Archangel sector, including the
Czechoslovaks, Poles, Serbians, French
and British, and also civilian officials,
and they are united in the opinion that
the war is not over and will not be
over until conditions in Russia have
been properly Strengthened out and
Bolshevism put down with a strong
hand.
"They also say there can be no re-
public in Russia until the masses OF
the people have been educated. Un-
less the Bolshevist situation Is taken
in hand seriously oy the Allied gov
ernments there is great danger of
| this dangerous doctrine taking hold
in England as it has done in Europe.
Hungary has gone to Bolshevism, and
| China had followed suit and sent SO,-
900 soldiers into Russia to help the
cause of anarchy and bloodshed. The
American soldiers know that the enemy
could drive them into the White sea
if they wished to. If the Bolshevist
forces had proper discipline they
would have wiped the Allies out long
ago.
1.-THE ignorance Of the masses of the
inhabitants in the Archangel district
is amazing to those who had not lived
in Russia before the war. I have seen
men on piers unloading a steamship
eat handfuls of war flour and dried
egg yolks in powder, although they
were not hungry. A big case Of pills
among medical supplies burst open
! in the same way as the food commodi-
ties, and they ate the pills in dozens
without noticing the taste or stopping
to ask if they contained poison. Such
a dose of drugs would have killed any
other men but Russian peasants.
The paper, printed in English, which
| is distributed by the Bolsheviki from
airplanes and by agents in the towns
and villages, is known as The Call,
and is an appeal to the common sold
Tiers to join them in turning the world
over to Bolshevism, by which, 1t is as
serted. all the workers will benefit.
This is the paper to which, l Think
General March referred in speaking
about the recent mutiny. among the
troops of the American ENpeditionary
Force in northern Russia. A copy l
| have with me I obtained from an
| American army intelligence officer at
| Murmansk.
Bolshevist Appeal to Soldiers.
| Lieutenant Dudley exhibited his copy
of the Call The first page contains
an address in English to the English
speaking soldiers Of the world" head
ed. Twelve Months of Working Class
Rule" which glorifies the Bolshevlst
revolution of November, 1917, pictures
I"Iabor," meaning Bolshevism, as haV-
| ing held power against the combined
Iassaults of all nations Of the world
since then; accuses the diplomatic rep
resentatives of the Allied governments
| in Russia Of many crimes, including the
hiring of assassins and dynamiters,
and SAYS: IN spite of their assaults of
famine and bayonets we have held on,
for YOUR sake as we'll as our own. .
But our greatest victory is not OF
| guns. Our ideas are conquering the
Iworld. The idea Of Immediately taking
all factories, lands, mines, railways
i &C., to be the property of the masses
| is gripping the hearts and minds of the
| working people everywhere
1t asks "wty have the capitalists
of your home c, untries sent you here?
and gives the answer as they desire to
steal for capitalism the untold
wealth" Then it goes on to the Nor
gans. the Rockefellers, and Roths-
childs, to double their wealth and their
power to crush such workingmen as
you
There is much more to the same
effect, and then after admitting 1t Is
true that we do not want the kind of de-
mocracy that Woodrow Wilson wants
Ito make the world safe for" the ad-
dress asserts, I'VE arc building new
kind, a better, cleaner kind-industria'
democracy of the working people
After this an appeal is made to tho
soldiers to talk things over quietly
form committees, keeping the matter
secret until you gather enough
strength"