The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-30


now In Moscow. A rid wedge Is
driven Into the top of n block bear.
Ing the inscription. ~ band Of Whit.
Guards" symboilring the overthrow
% the White Guards.
20 two. An Engiiahman acting az
manager OF works near Moscow told
m. that part Of his home had been
allotted 60 workers IN hii factory
and had. think. allowed him 20
choose which rooms be should con.
,-ds, This plan has. Of course.
proved very hard on house owners.
and IN some cases tho new tenants
have made a horrible mess Of the
HOUSES
I then met voEnesenaky tieft
social revolutionary Of the Oriental
department. bursting with criticism
OF the nolshcvik attitude towards
hls party iIs secured tickle, for
IN. 10 set dinner II consisted Of a
plate of soup ard very small por
ton o. something else There are
national kitchens IN diffsrru, parts
% the town. supplying similar
meals Glasses 81 weak tea were
nold 81 10 kopccks zach, wiihou,
sugar My sister had sent the
small bottir 81 sacchaflne just b.
fore I left Stockholm. and n was
pathetic 10 zee the childish delight
with which some Of my friends
drank glasses Of swcotonod tea.
Prom the Mrtrnpole l went 10 the
"R.d Fleet 90 get my room fixed
up alx months ago there were com
parauvciy clean rooms here, bus the
sailors have dcnoraiiEod the hotel
and lts nth ia indeacrihabls There
was no heating and very little light
A wsnovAr left after the departure
Of IN. last visitor was standing on
tho table. together with some dirty
curipspers and other rubbish. SO,
the waiter 10 clean up more or less.
and ordered a new samuvar lie
could not supply a spoon. knife or
fork. and only with the greatest diffi
Guilty was persuaded to lend me
Eiassca
Tha, night my room was 90 cold
went to bod In a shccpakin coat
under rugs and nil possible bed
clothes with n mattress on tho top.
Even so. I slept very badly
Tho next day spent In vain
wrcailinRa 20 get better room. In
tho evening went to 900 Reinstein
In tho National Rainatain IL a little
old grandfather. n member Of the
American socialist labor party. who
was tirolcss In helping the Amer.
cans last year. and Ia prodigy %
knowledge about the revolution lie
must be nearly 20. never misses n
meeting Of the Moscow soviet or
the executive commitfe. gcta up nj
In the morning. and goes from one
end Of Moscow 90 the other 20 Ice.
ture TO the young men In training
nH officers for the soviet army. more
or lees controls tho English soldier
war prisoners. about whose nolshe.
visn he IL extremely pesHirnia,io. and
enjoys an official position as head
OF the quite futile department which
prints hundred weight upon hundred.
weight Of propaganda in English
none OF which by any chance ever
reaches these shores. He was ter.
ribly disappointed that had hrough,
no American papers with mo. lie
complained Of the lack OF transport.
complaint which think | must
have heard az least three times a aay
from different people the whole time
was In Moscow. Politically. he
thought. the position could not DO
better. tho economically Il was very
bad. When they had corn. aa Il
were, In sight. they could not &c, IL
to the towns for lack Of locomotives
These economic difficulties were
bound to react sooner pr later on the
political position.