East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-11
THE "S o S" CALL FOR AID FROM LEONID ANDREYEN
his Fowerfu! Eloquence Was Described by DR..
MiliukOv Last Week.


the other cheek, q proceeding now indeed be-
fore our eyes, But. the assault and murder In
the British Embassy and the subsequent
proclamation putting British citizens outside
the law.
And finally. having eyes and ears. having
Judgment and WILL one must be either savage
like the Bolsheviki themselves. or suffer from
some moral nfirmity to remain unmoved at
their inhnman conduct and call 1t by any other
name than crime. murder lies and robbery!
One must be without human feeling to call sim
ternal affairs" such incidents a powerful
scoundrel violating a woman a cruel mother
torturing child and not interfere on the
prctext that such actions by a certain group
of people are called socialism, or "com-
fnunism-"
On Sacred Phrases.
There are words which are sacred, and great
is their fascination for the living human soul.
but when these wicked buffoons call their g-
pcrant. savage Cinnamon. hired for murder.
'-the advance guard Of the Chinese revolution
airy democracy" must have not a living
brt a dead soul to fall into miserable and
impudent a trap. Here. under the impudent
tinsei Of current terms. the essence Of the mat
te- is being concealed. which Ia the hiring of
savage. yellow faced murderers for the ex'er-
mination OF Europeans. a thing hitherto un-
hesrd of in the chronicles of the worst Eu-
-opean tyranny. And it is terrible to think
thst already for year past crazed Europe
has looked open-eyed upon these exotic Wild
beasts who are being fed with our bodies and
Is yet unable to imagine what is before her
THE advance guard of democracy the ad-
vance gsard of devils let loose from he'll for
the destruction of the unhappy earth. l. is
they who were called to Prinkipo Island.
In short, to fail to understand the Bolshe-
Wiki one must be human being deprived Of
Aght and hearing. memory and consciousness.
reason and will. a human beng suffering with
dull moral insanity. No one, however. would
be willing to admit the thought that the heads
of the great contemporary governments Save
been simply patients from madhouse. Their
names. well known to the whole world. their
energetic and sensible activity in the course Of
the war. finally the respect borne them until
even by their enemies. make such q
thought not merely absurd and inadmissibls
but even offensive. OF course. they not
madmen.
But If this be not madness. then what?
However clear the unavoidable inference
have as yet some hesitation in making 1t. Life
does not always conform to stern and straight
ruled logic. The bases of human actions are
so complex and diverse-in particular. the art
of politics. which. like black gic. is SO dark
and subtle matter-that even here. apart from
the two suggested explanations-betrayal or
madness-can exist even other cogent motives
which become lost in a labyrinth Of loud words.
in the sumptuousness of decorations and In the
solemnity of luncheons. top-hat receptions. pro-
cessions and excursions to ruins.
The Dancing Murderers.
There need be no direct betrayal in order that
the dancing murderer -Bolshevfki should Jour
ney to the beautiful islands. And, returning
% the Gospels Is 1t not better to replace the
classical and fearful image OF Judas by an
other image. not less classical but infinitely
more simple. widespread and humaniE
common, namely. that of Plate washing his
hands?
plate knew that Jesus Just man. Even
his wife forewarned him of this. Nor was he
mad or mean. but he was-Pilate. And say
ing -"'I am innocent of the blood or this Just
person." as a token of this he washed his
hands and sent the just man for judgment to
Csisphas Caisphas sent him to Annas. Annas
back to Caisphas Does not the sending of
Russia to the Prinkipo Islands remind one of
rope around ones neck? You. too. Russia.
wa nder on until you come to the cross
However was 1t worth while to shout
loudly in the beginning In order to end with
the Pilste-like falsetto7 Was 1t worth while
10 intervene for RelgtsD neutrality. to defend
Ser fbia to raise miiIsons s-on millions of men.
to sh-. of bc"c. 90 threaten Germany
with the Last JudEm.n. for hei inhunanuy.
to weep over J.onvajn md the Lusitanfa. 20
lrake yJrz and to cal ncsveu for five years.
TO tsat ones breast refers the God OF hu-
pran;y and end before n. washbasin? Be-
uucaed by speeches. declarations ard ostbJ-
- the most radiant holiday the rssuFrsc-
ts7r Of all the dead the World swsitsd the VIC
tc.y of the Entente. IL was also awaited by
Lhe dead whose lives vert to the purcbase CT
It,e cvstly triumph. Men had believed that the
rtctory OF the gentlemen who talked so well of
r,,od ard evil would usher in rghteousness IT.
,eIf upon the earth. that the peace achieved ty
hsn wouid be true peace and not rev
,Iuod fire anil torment the destruction of the
i.fencrIess the limit OF human suffering
Aud when across the bloody earth sounded
n. hell OF victory how many pale faces lit TO
, ith smile OF hope and happiness how dafK
nd distorted became the evil faces OF the mur
a DED M a M'e