Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-26
PAINTS GRAPHIC PICTURE
OF DEVASTATED RUSSIA
Country Needs Food and Clothing,
Not Political Intervention, De-
clarcs DIR. Gregory Zilboorg.
IMPRISONED BY BoI.sHEvIsTs
Organized and CnsclfiSh Relief
Work Only Possible Salvation OF
Stricken People, Speaker Tells
Members of WOnnn'S Club.

Or. Gregory ,znboors. Minister OF
Labor in the kercnsky government
in Russia, declared in an address be-
fore the Woman's Club yesterday
work is tho only possible aid for his
stricken country. There are 10000
moo people in Russia. he said. who are
starving aid smitten with disease. II
icft alone, Russia, he asserted, is a
menace TO the world with its sick
ness and unrest and Will become. in
y generation, the plague spot of the
world.
The dream OF Hussia's future. what
Russia has tried all her life TO OBJ
tain. ne said, is 20 federatc her states.
That is the most popular idea. hat
is the dream as the thinkers Of her
hunger and misery. such aS is no
where in the world. stalks abroad.
'i.Ac menace of Russia tn the world,
the future OF Russia for the world.
lies FOR humanity's solving today, he
said.
only by relief worN. unsc!hshly
administered TO sick arid starving
sitter chaos of that b.wildcrcd ma
lion. The more the world tries to
organize foreign intervention. the
mere Russia Viii combat it and mem
ace the peace of all civilization"
DR.. 2iiboorg, imprisoned by Boil
shcvists. is physician and served
s.iS country as 6ECn uuIin- tuc WOTIl
war. He was twice Imprisoned Ivy
the Eolshcvists, finally escaping the
death penalty hy ;icrins from Rus
s.l. He spoke Yesterday in behalf oc
his country fairly rent a$under 10y
revolution. disease and hunger Miss
KosaIic Soland. chairman of IL.
afternoon, presented DR.. Ztlboorg -
HIS audience.
Dr.. Zilboorg said that America
does not understand the Russian Sit
untion. Not only Europeans fail 10
understand. but especially Americans
and even russians who nave LETT
tI.ir country some fifteen years ago
ave lest tn" perspective, Tor Russia.
lc said, has changed completely in
in" last seven years.
ne preiaccd his address with a
ar'ef survey OF In" country ucvas-
,.t-d by crumblius OF the E.d regime
'l,!ir Russian !,cOple do not love their
rr"htry. h-cHus" 10 them country.
ir"rnmrnt and the nation mean
SON, tii.ns absolutely d:nrrent from
TIA i:uSa!an people. just as BolShc-
irn means crime and blCOdshtd. In
N'trs past anything progressive in
Russia was regarded as revolution
~ and was Instantly suppressed:
~ . was a peaceful year. compared
WIKI others. and Yet in that period
ct kline 5000 people were executed.
'',oOo We're Imprisoned ana 1900
bGnishci 10 the wastes OF Siberia.
Paid Tribute Ia kcrcnsky.
DIR. kiihoorg paid tribute to kc-
renskE and his attempt To transform
Tho. Russian government. He said
that Kerensky was nc; politician
and not democrat His first word
% you TO prove whether you are n
nation worthy OF the name, or only
horde OF insureent slaves"
krrcnskT. lie said, fought beside
N" men in the mud and winter cr
the trenches: he struggled always
10 anlp Russia find her true soul, and
ne fed from the land. pennilcss and
an outcast. with price on his head.
Under the kerensky government:
the Bofshcvists Were paci;ists, be-
cause kerenSlay. was unwilling To
make separate pcac. with Ger
many. Under the Gear !E 1871. the
nation Was starving. the army was
"unsry. nothing was organized and
TIC wounded were dying Tor lack
n The simplest medical attention.
" men the army rc.reatcd in July Of
mat year IL was because the guns
"cre OF one size and the shells G
mother. An avalanche OF millions
~ soldiers ran home, casting aside
"T.rNth!nG as they went
m. trouble with the B"lsh.vis;s
~ k!ibo"7s stated. is that they do
not b@!iav" an Ideal can be strong
because Il - an IDEAL. History never
created anything really great by the
sword. tn; only by ideals and be-
NtiS Wcrthy OF the name. He spoke
.! N" difference" between til. Amer.
icsn Revolution Of 1876 and tn" de-
str"y!ng. devastat~Sf revolutions Of
other countrics..-an2 -p;rid glowing
'ripntH 10 WashingtOn.- who fought,
"hi!' 10 win freedom. never - de-
Eussa los; seven million soldiers
. To-" war, M 10 1917 seven r1iuinn
producers. who might have laii Tho
."nAda,.ons for law and order and
Z" peaceful land, and Russia is losing
tehsNi4S ANA thousands