Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-06
Don't Be Afraid, Good Friends of Russia Don't
Rejoice, Our Enemies! Russia Will Emerge
SAYS Catherine Breshkossky in
STRUGGLING RUSSIA
A New Weekly Magazine Devoted to Russian Problems
PeopeA

The plague of Bolshevism has struck Russia
because the terrible sacrifices of the first three
years of War have exhausted the nation, under
mined her industries, commerce, transportation
and finance. But the Russian people have
fought, are fighting and will fight Boshevism to
the very end.
If you want to understand why the people of
Russia, not only the Russian middle-class but
also, and especially, the Russian peasantry, and
Worlingmen, are waging open war against the
Bolshevili; if you want to know why not only the
Russian liberals the Observation-Disclosures
Party, but also the Peoples Socialists, the Social
Democrats Menshevik Xxi and the Party of Social
istS-Revolutionists are engaged in death strug-
gle with Boshevisnl-read the following tele-
gram of the British High Commissioner, R. H.
B. Lockhart, to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs
of Great Britain, Mr.. Bafour. The telegram is
dated November 10, 1918, and here is it's full
text:
'1THE following points may interest Mr. Bafour:
81" The BoShevks have established rule of force and
the m S tU1 of en e of free
speech they have since eomnE into power every
fs $ssSss est %
suppressed closed unfortunate
into prison m or & forced ID to flee for their lives
The vote has been taken from except the
the workmen those WHO dare against the BoshevEs
marked down by the Boshcyk secret police
into prison of which in Russia today truly be said Many
a. The crimes of the Bolsheviks against
their Socialist opponents Of the countless which
BosevS have carried out large has fallen
heads of Socialists who had waged lifelong struggle against
the old regime, but who denounced
onaries merely because they dsappove of the which
the Bolsheviks have dscredted Socialism.
% The BolsheVlks have abolished even the most primitive
forms of justice Thousands of and have been
without the mokery of trial and thousands
left to rot in the under conditions find
which must turn to the darkest annals of Indian Chinese
history
&C. The Boshevks have the methods
torture The examination of prisoners frequently place
with a revolver at the unfortunate prisoners head
a. The Boshcvks have established the odous practice
taking hostages Still they have struck their political
opponents through their folk recently long list
OF hostages published in Petrograd the oshevis
he wives OF those whom they could not find and threw them
INTO prison until their husbands should give up
49, The Boshevks who destroyed Russian army and
who have always been the avowed opponents marsn have
olclbY mObllzed officers who do share their
but whose technical knowledge is Indispensable by the
threat immediate execution have forced them fight against
helr teoWcounrymen in civil of unparalleled
SO. The avowed ambition Lenine is to create civil war
on OF constitutional methods and gorifcaton
OF physical force With that object in view he destroying sy
atlcay both by executions and by deliberate
form of opposition to Boshvism The system terror
aimed chlefY at the Liberals and BoShev Socialists
Lehihe regards as his most dangerous opponents
10 In order to maintain their popularity with the work
ngnen and with their hired mecenares Bolsevs are pay
ing ther supporters by
paper ISSUE until today in Russia has
value Even according to their figures Boshev
Peue exceeds the revenue by thousands of millions
per annum
an excuse, but which they deny"
1Iyo yci,