Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-12-20
RUSS TELLS OF
SOVIET HORRORS
Noted Writer, lust Before Death,
Asked U. S. Not to Be
Deceived.
LIES ARE Sent BROADCAST
"No Words to Describe Darkness
Around U.s." is Assertion of Plea
Made by Leonid AndreieV, the
Great Novelist.

New Works.. o. ST." remark
able literary document by LeOnid An
dreiev, written by the great Russian
novelist and short story writer just be-
fore his death recently, has been re-
ceived in this country by the Ameri-
can Central Committee for Russian
Relief, with headquarters in the Ho-
tel buckingham, New York.
Andreievs message, like a voice
from the dead, describes the blight of
boishevism over his country. An
dreiev had been pacifst, as shown
by his play THE Red Laugh" publish
ed during the Iiusso-Japanese war,
but he came out strongly for the al
lies and their cause. His pen was al
so turned against bolshevism with tell
ing effect.
Appeals to America.
In one paragraph the writer makes
direct appeal to America in these
words:
And you, every individual Ameri-
CAM call to you. You are young
and rich, You are broad in spirit and
energetic, you desire that the torch of
your freedom shall throw it's light on
distant Europe also-come then and
see in what agony we are, in what in
human servitude our body and our
spirit are struggling. If you would
but see, ! assure you, you would be
terrified and you would curse those
deCeivCrS and liars who have repre-
sented this most evil tyranny to you
as a break on the part of the whole.
Russian people for liberty"
Andreiev explains the title of his
appeal thus:
Like wireless operator on a sink
ing steamer that through the night
and the darkness sends the last calls,
Quickly to our aid. We are sink
ing. Save our souls so also !, moved
by my faith in human clcmency, throw
into the dark space my prayer of per-
iShins human beings. If you but knew
how dark the night is around us
There are no words 10 describe this
darkness"
Worse Than Death.
ut another point he writes:
ut is not assistance for the Rus
sign people that implOre of you. But
nv I StiC thtSt lhOJSSlil'iS, more VI
less who have but one life. which
is hut an instant, and who are perish
ing every hour i'll ImbearabIe suffer
ing, or who live, but in way worse
than death. 1t is of no Importance
that they are called Russians, but it
Is of Importance that these human
beings. whose sufferings began so
long ago and continue endlessly, CON
ttnue without Il CLEAN of light, as in
a real hell, from which malignant, ter
rible forces rule unchaIlenged.
There is still time to shorten their
there is still time to re-
move the menace of death from their /
heads and it is for the saving of their !
souls that L send forth my human
prayer"
10 give assistance to these suffer- !
ing Russians in nOn-bolshevik terri |
DRY the American Central Committee !
or Russian Relief was formed, with !
prominent Americans at the head of |
t. Charles w. Eliot, president emer- |
tuS of Harvard, is the honorary pres !
dent; Elihu Root, Samuel GOmpers, !
John II. Mott and Cyrus II. AIcCor- |
nick are vice presidents, Princess |
Cantacuzene, granddaughter of Press. |
lent Grant, is chairman.