Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-14
IBy Associated Press. !


WASHINGTON. May i3.--The RUS
sian Bolshevist government az a so
cial adventure has become CHASTITY
failure" according to Colonel Edward
w. Ryan, Red Cross commissioner for
North Russia and the Baltic States.
Colonel Ryan Is just back from n
surreptitious visit into Russia with
tho Esthonian peace delegation. and
report received by Tho State Depart
ment. Russia cannot hold gu. six
months. he said, without aid from
abroad.
assistance from beyond the borders of
Russia" the report said. "or there
viii be chaos"
Colonel Ryan left Rcecl on March
%. travelling as private citizen with
the Esthonian mission. He spent the
following day In petrog yld. arriving
In Moscow March 26. and returning to
i'ttrograd five days later and to R.val
Robert f. Odds, Red Cross commits
sioner for Europe. and forwarded
here. is said to he the first authorita-
tive first hani Information on condi-
return Of the Bullitt mission "A year
ago.
Colonel Ryan visited hospitals.
schools. churches and theaters and
which he described az SO hopeless as
Ia have reduced even himself in the
ten days spent amidst II to despair.
Government is IIopeicss.
Tie government was CLEARLY hone
less" he sahi. and all government, Of
fcials adinittrd the transportation
problem would eventually result in
the overthrow Of the present regime
Unless help came from outside.
Raw materials and the necessary
organization TO provide adequate
transport was nowhere TO he found,
Colonel Ryan reported, and the coun-
IL 90 IL,
dition from which no one can sec any
outcome"
Lacking outside aid a revolution 10
expected within six months. when
faced" the report said. continuing:
The general belief is that &, will
start with "a gigantic poErom and the
best that is hoped for is that from
the weller Il middle class inteilisentia
nav emerge"
Colonel Ryan. was accompanies in
,ltT asG ~ repres Gn, OF the
,erprcte- at Brest- Litovsk. and in
Moscow by krassovin. presumably a
representative of the Red Cro.r, OF
the foreign Office.
~ no time: he said. was he per
mitted to make any independent IN
veStiRation. Except when lie was
ASLEEP. he was not alone for a
moment. lie saw. according Ia an
explanation of Colonel Odds. wha;
Ibis guide saw fit to show him" was
unable to take notes and throughout
/ the adventure was harassed by the
possibility OF being detained In Rus
sia against his viii.
sanitary Conditions had.
Both Moscow and Petrograd were
"indescribably nl,hy In appearance"
was informed, had not been cleaned
for four years and were at least
ankle deep. in most places knee deep.
in dirt.
Only par, of Moscow is supplied
with water. few electric lights were
visible, and there was no coal and
little wood with the result, every
sale "as mostly horse meat. and the
whole population seemed absorbed in
the. effort 20 obtain food enough to
sustain life.
a daily, bread ration Of one pound
is prescribed. but in reality has been
reduced TO one-qnarter OF a pound.
Mn.sef af sabIs Y MsnSy @soNs;
seyan inquired whether there had
/ been any. attempt TO classify and
Register the poor.
! piled. In Russia all arc equal and
/ In the same class"
lrr9abitan's Of Moscow are so
| preston that it is regarded as a
tired" tho report said. The aver
age man presents the appearance OF
bum"
Medical Attention Lacking.
or the hospitals visited. rs per
cent OF the personnel OF one was said
/ to have died in the proceeding three
months. Medical supplies were to-
tally lacking, including rubber goods
and heart stimulants, and surgical
. Instruments and anesthetics were
also absent.
schools apparently we're in opera
I ton. and ii was stated that lin gem
eril the children are being cared for
| after the Red army"
Churches also were open. and ap-
pcared ito be doing a good business"
Picture galleries were open and
kept mp as they were before the war.
At the thcaters. which have been
| taken over by the state and opened
| to the public without fec. Colonel
| Ryan stated he attended prescnta-
lions OF The Bride of the Emperor"
Chalopin in The Barber Of Seville
! and a ballet, The Sleeping Princess"
Women. he said. presented a dole