The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-16

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was going to kill all. OF course he
was a defeated Bolshevist, and cried
this morning when he came into the
office and asked to be pardoned. If il
had been me I should never have par
doned him. But Newton did and 50
/ say he is bit more generous than
/ could be. But you ought to hear
them kid me today. You see l think
I used little Dakota force in getting
Michael away and very few men have
ever seen woman who would actually
fight. It is the second time since l
came here that I have wanted to be
a man. A Russian Bolshevist, think
i wrote about the other narrow es-
cape had. A Russian who has mar
ried a Greek girl, tried to force me to
give him suit after had taken care
of his wife with everything possible
and given them bed and blankets.
He insisted, saying that ! had to give
him suit-he could make me because
the clothing belonged to the poor. I
asked the guard to put him out and he
refused so the Interpreter and I put
him out and he picked up an immense
long log and tried to whirl it on us.
After the log was taken away from
him., he came up and tried to fight,
saying he would kill US both. Well,
ip my rage I urged the Interpreter to
give it to him and got stick myself
to give him crack if my interpreter
got the worst of it. At least three
hundred people stood in the hall, peo-
pie who had come there for soup all
of them refugees, and not one of them
moved to help the terrified Russian
and all prayed that he would get hurt.
l saw some children pick up things
and move close to>me as if to help me
if possible, when l felt someone at
my arm and looked to see his wife
begging me with her eyes to save her
brute of husband. Because she was
pregnant, did and called the. inter-
prefer off. But think the old Viking
blood in my veins called for fight and
it was all ! could do to tear myself
away from the horrible brute, held
now by four or five men. That affair
blew over for I promptly forgot it and
did not have him arrested as I might
have done for there is no love in the
heart of the Turks for the Russians.
So you see, that it is not the dagger of
the Turks which we fear but the devils
who have come from the lowest class
of criminals and peasantry of Russia,
to make fortune.
l don't hate all Russians for the best
friends we have here is Baron and
Mrs. Yelagan from Moscow and 9TH
ers who have had to flee from Russia
just for the sake of plundering and
robbing Bolshevists. I really think that
there is not a single Turk in town
who would not save my life-they
know we wish to help them and that
we have nothing to do with the war
with Turkey. I was proud of the old
Turks who stood by me yesterday
watching lest the Russian should get
too close. We have much to mistaken
idea Of them. This just shows that
half of the Russians who assume pow
ter now are poor demented farmers
who have no knowledge Of squareness
which they preach but want every
thing they see. One must not think
that every farmer is that way-no-
for l have two poor old farmers like
dad and mother, here who were chased
away from their home ard comfort
where they had never harmed soul
end are living here in the most
wretched poverty, without shoes or
even a scarf to tie over the snow white
head. We have dressed them and
tried to make it bit comfortable for
them. But it is hard to listen to the
heart broken sobs of the old couple as
they sit hand in hand and weep over
their dear sick Russia, praying for
the day when they may find it safe to
go back to their little farm and die.
They were sent out because they were
more educated than most farmers, be-
cause they had travelled little and
could appreciate art and literature.
I am told today that Turkey has de-
cided to sign the treaty Of peace ]
hope this is so and that it will end the
struggle in Ismdid and Broussa. 1t is
year since I left Ismidt and it has
brought a change that is certain
Conditions in the newspapers are
much exaggerated and one must not
believe that we are in any danger
There is no deportation here and the
Greeks and Turks are as friendly as
ever, or more so if possible. It is true
that in the VILLAGE If Karrasunde
where Doctor Norton was stationed,
trouble is going on but that is due to
the pirate who rules that city. He
kills and wounds anyone he pleases
and the people are all helpless to in
terfere. The English because he does
not permit the boats to stop and the
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