Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-21

I;y the Associated Press.
HELSINGFORS. Finland, August ~.
of all the cities a traveller sees in
crossing Russia. Moscow seems to
present an appearance the nearest to
normal The whole country con-
tributes to its upkeep; from as far
east as Irkutsk. shelves Of shops have
been stripped of supplies and manu-
featured articles. while even the
household goods of well -to-do lndi-
yidua1s have been shipped to the
soviet csnital and the city houses
also the war booty taken by the pol
sheviki after they occupleu Siotria.
During brief stop IN the CITY. an
Associated Press correspondent was
particularly impressed by the pusF
ASPECT of the thorouShtareS.
Upon entering Moscow, one notes
immediately the appearanr 81 =" veil
streets of a large number or Wen
dressed pedestrians. Ihere Is aiso
an animated traffic of street cars,
automobiles and carriages.
and gardens are kept up anu Iow 49, &.
beds and squares are well cared LOT.
ONLY a few stores are open IN the
CITY there being block after oiock
of dirty shop fronts long hSeu ~ VIZ
mast for posters of bolsherlK ProIPa-
ganda usually featurihs ". u.rx
Markets and bazaars are open. now
.ver and i, is possible in Such places
to buv a great variety OF 1000. IN
cIudins meat, white bread, lrui's anu
sugar. condition of
pnssian cities are exaggerated. one,
to the effect that Moscow trees na
been cut down and wooden pui ioiHe w,
RACED. certainly seems untrue.
Moscow like the entire couhti
Il &c
of wood chorping in preparation iof
winter. .,o o;ty
Forests in the vicinity OF the cry
are bein' gcut and light railways iaI'
to them. For a hundred miles souln,
east of Moscow the trees nave pe
cut back from the railroaa s, o mood di a :
wards After two years with "oou as
the chief fuel the local resources dp-
pear hardly touched. ,,,
The American correspondent saw
only censored view OF MosSo"
while being piloted about by po.-
PENDANT the correspondent could not
leave the bolshevik guest house. me
officials continually probe visitors LOT
their Impressions. 1t is apparent tha,
behind the curtain OF appea rances -
the real Moscow The we'll dressed
nersons appearing, it is said. are soviet
officers and commisSars ana their
friends or favorites, who nave peeh
permitted to requisition the supplies
remaining in Moscow or being sent IN
from Siberia and other reclaimed dis
trictS.
The street cars. which seem to be
operating normally, serve to trans
port wood, grain, hay and troops, as
well as the usual passengers. Inc au-
tomobiles are the property OF the
government.
The bazaars give fairly genuine
insight into the real life OF MOS
cow There a thousand SPECTATORS;
made up of soldiers. workmen ana
women. daily risk arrest Tor traolns
in supplies other than the black preau
soup and cooked grain when 'he
government has issued.
Prices in the baZaars preclude pur-
chases except by spectators ana ny
those earning more than three to nVe
tbousand rubles monthly. the amount
which the bolsheviki pay workmen.
In these markets the American doilar
hrings from two TO three thousand
rnhIes (The comparison with the
American dollars value apparen!,s
nartains to the paper ruble) ME
The masses of the people struggle "
ohtain daily supply OF 1oou' ~.
classes OF government,
oasc;als eat plentifully of white preau
md meat at the bolshevlk cues
hnuse The problem of obtaining 1000
&c become chief concern 10 tne
nities Garden-grown potatoes anu
cahhaees are expected 70 MAKE .ne
nonnIous centers partially inaepe
Sept of the country for supplies 'h's
winter.