The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-11


sia from Siberia to Moscow in
the last two years, gives an au.
thentic word picture Of the
present plight Of the great
masses Of the Russian people,
and shows not only some of the
results of the soviet rule, bQt
reveals to q certain extent the
hold It has upon the people, and
in what regard it is held By
them.) L
(By STAFF Correspondent Of the As
sociated Press.)
l\/IBORG, Finland, Russian From
tier, Aug. 10.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press. FLUSHED with sue
cess and confident of Poland's de-
feat, soviet Russia faces the ap-
preaching winter with. the grim
problem of food as its supreme test.
From the far east to the Finnish
frontier, 900 miles Of undisputed
territory-the spectre of starvation
stalks threateningly as the far
reaches give up cry for the neces-
sites of life from people whose
hearts, long sturdy in the struggle
for a new day." are forced to heed
the demands of want.
! The Associated Press correspond
ent just arrived here, has observed
these conditions in crossing Russia
and Siberia, all the way from Vladi-
Evostok to Moscow and Petrograd.
His arrival in Finland followed de-
portation from Moscow because au-
thorities had not given advance au
! thorization for crossing Siberia. In
Finnish surroundings, he is enabled
to send an uncensored account OF
the straits of the Russian people as
hurriedly observed while he and a
number of refugees made the first
trip of Americans across Russia in
the last two years.
Cry for Food and Clothes.
Everywhere in all this trip from
one end of Russia to the other, the
! cry for food and clothing was
heard. It was voiced by the old
Russian peasant type at the Chinese
frontier. 1t was heard agaiI
through the heart of Russia, where
the crews of locomotives were clad
in ragged garments, with sandal
like shoes braided from the bark o.
trees. AS they stocked their en-
gines they begged for black bread
from the little group of foreign
refugees. The appeal for the neces
! sites of living is universal excep
from the extra rationed class o
higher military and civil govern
ment authorities.
! Lenine Goes Hungry.
! To Nikolai Lenine, the sovie
president, himself, according to tn,
y accepted report in Moscow, is at
tributed the statement that tn
. Russian people can not pas
|, through another winter like tn
:, last. Even now, stories are circu
!, lated that Lenine himself is suffer
! ing for want of food because of hi
insistence upon sharing the pligh
of the people. This story goes tina
u he refuses more than his allote,
= share of black bread-three-eight
i of a pound daily.
Attended upon the sore plight Q
= the people economically is an eve
increasing spirit of unrest and re
volt. A military organization, dis
ciplined to the core, finds a grow
ing difficulty in carrying out order
by the mailed fist tactics in whic
it has hitherto been supreme
.. From east to west, the bolshevil
soldiers are militarily traine
throughout and differed as an
other regularly organized arm,
Controlled by the soviet politics
commissairies, they stand prepare
/ at all times to fix firmly upon th
l. people the new social system pres
!, cribed by Moscow.
q At the end Of the second yea
u that the bolsheviki have assume
l. direction of the proletariat, Russi
remains in the firm grasp Of th
!, military regime.
. Capitalixing Victories.
J. The soviet leaders are capitali;
y, ing their victories to the utmos
They are instilling into the mind
le Of the people that the red forcs
l. have defeated the worlds armi.
is seeking to enslave Russia. Ths
y are urging upon them that Il
= tragic sufferings and sacrifices wi
is firmly establish national securi1
D and spread the cause Of social rev,
luton throughout all lands.
some cases along the eastern fro,
tier these pleas fall upon the u,
willing ears OF the peasant phone,
who looked upon the former CT,
= rs his Little Father" incapable
9 wrong-doipg.
In their efforts to avert a risil
tide OF counter-sentiment. the lea
ers have resorted to stringe
methods. Siberia, the last gre
ID food reserve to be reclaimed to Il
.. Moscow power. has been stripped
= grain and manufactured goo
lg which have been transferred to +
IL lieve Moscow even to the point