Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-03
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care Of children than to almost any
other branch OF their activities.
View OF Communion I'm America.
The propaganda section is another
OF the few efficient branches OF the
government. There is scarcely u per
son with whom ! talked in Russia
who Is not more or less Affected by
this propaganda. At the present time
among the workers ana the peasants
there is Il bitter hatred against the
entente. Wherever / have been the
allies are pictured on posters as be-
inE the real causes OF the present mis-
cry i'll Russia.
However. the feeling toward
America is even friendly.
Many Communists told me that
they rcgnrd Il revolution in the United
states AZ a remote possibility and
that they think our country must
change TO communism by "a general
process ot evolution.
"Thcr" are three very popular post
crs in Russia which hav. seen wide
~ played. one pictures - French
general Whispering into the ear of a
pig with a Polish hat ON. Another
shows Uncle sam as AN opuicnt capt.
tn list. with two similar figures rep
rCscntinS France and England reach
ing out tor the gold of the Russian
workingman. The third shows a Rcd
soldier lunging with his bayonct at
figure OF Wrangcl, and the second
half of the poster shows the coat
ripped away ana a number of allied
officers in the figure.
one particularly clever piece Of
propaganda work now being abused
with the Polish war prisoners is this:
Before each batch of prisoners is re-
patriatcd it is given better food for
n month or six weeks and then all OF
the men receive new pair OF shoes
and a decent suit of clothes. Since
the Polish Russian peace treaty was
| signed their food has improved great
~ and when these soldiers get home
| they will he a walking advertisement
for the Soviet government.
But of the total number of prison
crs captured it is safe to say that at
least one-third have either died Of
starvation or OF disease The treat
| mcnt Of the prisoners also varies.
! Upon being captured each is qucs-
toned separately. They arc asked IL
they were drafted or if they volun-
teercd. The volunteers have tho
hardest time OF ii.
But | saw no brutal treatment in
the prisons. and the guards were
| friendly and some Of them would even
share their rations with the prison
crs All of the prisons contain a
number OF foreigners OF various ma
| tionalities who call themselves Com
munists and who are being dcta :ed
on the suspicion Of being spies.
| There are no laws in Russia to-
| day. and the government is enforced
! by DEGREES. And the DEGREES are en-
science Of the Communist party. As
for tho party. it is the real arsto-
| cracy Of Russia today and it is one
of the most exclusive organizations
which have ever been ofganiZed in
Russia.
The party is not composed OF
working people, for whenever n work
ingman is admitted he either takes
a political or military job. The
party members distinguish them
selves from the rest OF the popula-
ton by either wearing badge with
| the Communist emblem embossed or
revolver on IA Sam Brown belt. As
members Of the party are the only
persons in Russia permitted to wear
re volvcrs. the communists are ather
distinguished crowd.
The party is one OF the best dis
lCiplincd organizations in the world.
| for there is seldom but one punish
mcnt for all oncnses.' That is death.
| There are very few Russian Com
munsts in prison in Russia today.
! And any person Of influence in Rus
STA today is a Communist"
| t-NNhcn asked what his next move
was going to bc captain Cooper con-
| iided that he was going tn Poland to
Get his discharge and then hc was
going home TO Florida to become an
, cpicurc.