The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-06
By J. II. DucKwoRrH


. eeaas~~ r,rveiutiea. Whether r~v~nt
altered conditions In the great cmptr~.
BY J. II. DuCkWORrH
REvAI.. ESthonia.--tRy courier 10
New York. by mail 20 scattle.t--
what keeps the Soviet republic go
mgr asked a clown at retrogrsd
circus. his answer was In Russian
rhyme:
Jewish brains. Le,tish hayoncts.
Russian stupidity"
This crack brought down the
house. The clown got two weeks In
the fortress OF Saints Peter and Paul
for his temerity.
often thought Of this incident
when I was safe out OF Russia
There was morc than a modicum OF
truth in the jest
TERRIBLE REVENGE
TAKEN ON OPPRESSORS
Led by the clever Jewish brains
the workers and peasants OF Russia
have also taken a terrible revenge on
their oppressors--the capitalists and
the big landowners.
Hut the workers and peasants are
now heartily sick OF the experiment
In communism. Russia IL now eco.
nomicnliy a wreck. The proletariat
h praying for a change OF govern
ment In the hope OF getting bread.
II h only by hayonets and the
threats OF Imprisonment or death
that keep the people from openly re
voting. Russia Is ripe for a counter.
revolution But the people arr too
stupid. or rather stupcfied. a. a re.
suit Of continued starvation. to make
. move
The long and weartsome ride from
Moscow to hamburg ! shall never
forget. Soldiers guarded all the sta.
tons Soldiers were In all the little
vayside towns. They boarded the
train every hour or so to examine
permits And all along the 500 miles
peasants were beseeching Us to give
them bread
SOVIET OFFICIALS ASK
HELP IN REACHING AMERICA
II seemed strange. but numerous
Soviet government officials begged
me. almost with tears In their eyes.
to help them get to America
Soviet Red Cross nurses. railroad
officials. even some OF the commits
sam on our train Of 800 Swiss refu-
gees. everybody in Soviet Russia. q,
seemed. wanted 10 get out
Scores OF Americans OF Russian
- - -
in the States and fiockcd back 10
Russia after the revolution in the
hopes Of finding a paradise on earth.
now find themselves prisoners In =
land OF famine.
AZ hamburg. near the Erthonian
frontier. the cornmiszar In charge Of
our food and the Russian command
ant of the train were both marched
off TO the local headquarters Of the
extraordinary commission between
armed guards.
II was rvImored that they had been
discovered plotting to escape into
Esthonia- We were sorry for them
Their fate was sealed. All the way
from Moscow These two BoIsheviks
had been eulogizing the beauties and
benefits of Bolshevism-cam
DUCKwORTH ACCOMPANIED
BY AGENT PROvOCATEuR
was accompanied all the way
from Moscow by a man I believed to
be a spy or agent-provocsteur. He
Tas thrown in my way the day ]
was evacuated from the prison OF
Vetchaika in Moscow. He pretend
ed to be an Englishman who had
been in prison. too. But he looked
30 uncommonly fat and well that
at once became suspicious.
He seemed particularly anxious 10
find out what | was going to write
when / got out OF Russia And he
was always inviting me to hop the
train and return to Petrograd I pre-
tended that my trip had been fail
urc: that had seen nothing Of con
sequence. He expressed astonish-
ment when got over the frontier at
seeing me busily taking notes.
You seem more cheerful now" he
said.
Yes" answered. Il am now on
the safe side OF the line
Let me here make confession.
went IN Russia with the friend
lest Of feeiing toward cOmmun-
ism. In fact. my intimate friends
haIf-humWousIy called me Boil
shevik.
I expected to find that "the great
80 per cent" In Russia were compare
lively happy, on top. ! was quite
willing that tho 20 per cent capital.
lists, exploiters. bourgeoise. call them
what you will. should suffer If the
majority were happy.
BOLSHEyISM IN PRACTICE
A CHASTITY FIASCO
An CURED. But perhaps was
only parior Bolshevist. after ali.
Communism may be beautiful
theory OF government. In practice II
II a CHASTITY fiasco. Nobody IL happy
under n. ayervbodv hafb tho 81 and