Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-28
AMERICANS ASK AID
FOR FOES OF LEN|NE
Provost Smith Among Those
Signing Appeal to Help Anti
BoIshevist Army

Americans, Help Russia" is tho
Keynote of an appeal signed by thirty
Two prominent mon and women. includ
ing Provost Smith, of the University of
pennsylvania. which il being sprcod
broadcast. urging this country TO send
rood and equipment to the Russian
iorccs combating Bolshcvism.
The communication issued hy tho
anti Bolshevik Society. is addressed 'to
all Americans who arc not Bolshcvists.
nor anarchists. |. W. VS.. Non Par
usan Lcaguers nor Socinlsts--with
whom we have nothing in common.
Cleveland Moffctt. tho writer: Mrs.
Nine l.. Duryca. head of Frcnch re
lief body: Daniel Carter Roard writer
of boys stories; Henry Wynans Jos
sup. New York lawyer: Dr. benjamin
ldc Wheeler. president of tho rnivcr-
sity Of California. and the Roy. Dr.
William Il. Manning. of New York
are others whose names arc subscribed
to the document.
1.-The Bolshcvists. the mad wolves of
anarchy says the circular appeal
''have considerable portion of the
people of Russia by tho throat and are
, fierccly sucking their life blood. 1t is
just as if the unarmcd people of Amer
lea living east of the Great Plains and
north of Jacksonville were today ter
rorized by organized bands of 10000
mcrcilcss robbers engaged in robhinG
everybody. wrccking banks. factories
and industries on mussc. and instantly
shooting every one suspected of dis
liking them or their methods.
THAT is today the condition Of west
crn Russia. The CHASTITY and horrlfy o.
ing facts were 50 we'll proved by Amer
lean eve witnesses before the Ovcrman
investigating committee of the. senate
that no dispute of them is possible.
But let it not he supposed that the
anarchists dominate th" whole Of Rus
sia. Far from it. A hug" Siberian area
having Omsk rs its capital, the Don
river region. the north of Caucasia, and
New Archangel in tho far north. arc
firmly held and properly governed by
the anti Boshevsts. II is by those seats
Of government that BolshcviSm must
eventually be ovcrthrOwn. ThCy rep
resent three ffths of Russia. and 1t is
to them that our help must be dcIiv"rcd'
eve are now asked to send uniforms,
rifles, machine guns. cartridges and
medicines. TO equip Russian men to
cope with the RolShcvists and hurl them
out of power. The Russians ask us for
no American or Allied soldiers. They
say: 'Wc have men enough. Only give
them something with which to fight B..
The BolshCviki have nearly all tn" arms
and ammunition factories. and our loyal
men cannot fight without ammunition,
medicines and clothing.
General. Dcnikinc's forces fighting
! the Bolsheviki consist of about 200 600
mon. and Admiral kOlchak's forces are
estimated at about 5000 men. Gen
Z eral Dcnikine has 100000 infantrymcn
and Admiral Kolchak 10000. Accord
ing to our Russian advisers the proper
equipment of these combined forces OF
o7J, 900 men, to render them fully Of
, fectivsgB against the Rolshcviki forces.
calls Tor about the following 30, ,O00
rifles, "a .OOO. 900 cartridges for imme
diate use, 24OO machine guns. $1,000.
600 machine gun cartridges, 10000 .OOo
cartridges for reserve use, 10000 hand
yranades, 1JO. 900 shovols. -. 600 picks
300. 900 knapsackS, 300 900 cartridge
belts. 22J 900 infantrymcn kits, 800.
600 complete uniforms. 100000 rcv"lvcrS,
. 600 900 revolver cartridges. 2.l.i i
inch guns. G50.O0 Singh shells. lo'
g. inch guns, sc. 900 G-inch cartridges.
I'VE now ask the American people
at large. the press. the Congress. the
War Department and the president u
combine their influences and thrlr ma
terial forces and at one" give I" "'n'
anti Bolshcvists of Russia the war ma
terials specified above 49,
I'VE ask that America snail Il" hel
duty in the rescue Of Russia