Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-06

a hundred and fifty marks; a kilo.
gramme Of sugar one hundred marks.
etc. Also Finland tried to get rid Of
so many people she had to feed. and
as the bOlsheviki who come up to IS
kilometers from R had been re-
pulsed by the Finn troops. which had
ut the last moment come in aid TO the
Let's and to the volontaire corps of
Balthes Germans, the Films then or
dered all fugltives to leave the country
within six days. However, we re-
celved, on account Of my husbands bad
condition, permission to stay until he
would get better.
Going back was an impOssibility,
the situation being still very grave;
/ second expedition was no longer pos
/ sible for the strength of my poor hus-
! band; moreover, we had nothing left.
/ Our large city house was taken and
/ turned into a hospital by a Russian
! volontalre corps. M devastated
and plundered First by the bolshe-
/ wiki. then by the Esths, whom the
Germans left unpublished; then by the
white troops and the Flnns who were
lighting the reds. German properties
being left unmOlested.
Family Lost Everything.
Last year our estate had suffered
but our magnificent castle with all its
dependencies had been respected. Now
all have pillaged It. The Firms being
more civilized stole the most beautiful
things paintings. bronzes, antiques.
etc. Finally the 30 masters rooms and
the IL servants rooms were plundered
What they could not take away they
smashed or burned. We lost every
thing. Not sheet, not "A plate or
glass exist, and when our intendant
complained 10 the mislster Of state Ga
Thesthe), he answered him that nat
uraily in war time everybody wanted
To have some souvenirs. The whites
pillaged. as | hear. so estates and they
We're supposed to be our defenders
Friends here obtained for us the
permission to come to K, where we
found two rooms in family. We
hope soon to find some occupation. and
sell some furs that l could take with
me, for unfortunately my beautiful
laCes are also In Pctrograd.
II do not know whether you have an
idea Of what the Solsheviki have done
everywhere whenever they had TO re-
| tire. At W they killed 81 people:
we have lost friends, acquaintance
and our excellent and noble doctor. Al
most all were tortured before being put
TO death. Before shooting Doctor l.
| they broke his two legs. To the old
Baroness H., seventyewo years old.
after having opened her stomach.
SnatChed out her intestlnes while alive.
| They killed priests doctors. mobiles.
merchants, women, children and peas
ants. They made several persons dig
their own graves, forcing them to I'M
dress; carriage was waiting to take
| away their clothes. Then they tor
/ tured every one, breaking arms aud
legs, crushing the limbs, snatchlng the
intestines. gouging out the eyes. scar
ring the cheeks, and theS even burned
| two persons alive.
/ AAfiN NhAt tAiAtt itlt lftS they
tossed pell nell in one of them the
living and the dead, and then these
monsters jumped into the pit and
trampled under foot the unfortunates
until they were lifeless.
Twelve persons were so crushed
and dstlrured that they could not he
recognized. And all that is true!
after the corpses had heen ex-
humed the doctors and the officers of
the state took photographs of each. af-
ter having examined everyone Of them.
Russia Awaiting the Allies
AT D., ut W. etc. whenever
the Reds were repulsed-note. l pray
Iyou. that / say everywhere same
fortunes were inflicted to the unfortu-
nate ones. | shall not try 70 describe
the horrors of other places, for il has
been the same everywhere
AT D.. hund~e+ls have been
thrown under the Ice Of the river. yet
a clement death compared with the
others,
thousands die from hunger in all
Russia; bolshevlSm reigns everywhere.
We had hoped tn be delivered by the
Germans. and they having failed we
hoped for the allies; now, rs an off
Ger who has escaped from Petrograd
was telling, We do not hope any longer.
we die
Russia is anXiously awaiting the
help of the allies. for she alone cannot
conquer the terrorizing bolsheviki."