Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-09-25
WILLIAM BIRD
Foreign Correspondent of The Tribune
Special Cable to The Tribune.

Copyright 1921, by The Tribune.
Paris, Sept. 24.--"There are just
three classes of people in the Russian
cities today-Those who have been il
Jail, those who are in Jail, and those
who are going to be in jail
The speaker was Captain Fitzpatrick
one Of the Americans recently released
from a Moscow prison as n result OF
the Hoover bargain with the bolshe-
viks. 1 didn't ask Captain Fitzpatrick
much about the terror and bloodshed in
| Russia. As he said himself, why talk
about it? There have been so many
stories written that were untrue. so
many lies spread broadcast over the
world by rumor mongers In Stockholm.
Helsingfors. and other propaganda sta
tons, that nobody will believe the truth
! if it is told.
Going to jail, Not Important.
Going to Jail, however, is an Incl
dent Of small Importance. Being
sentenced to death is a formality that
most prisoners 90 through. Not all
the sentences are carried out-not
majority of them, perhaps. But there
are executions nightly. Every prisoner
in the Moscow Jail soon gets accus-
toned to rattle of musketry out
side his cell window every night. He
gets used to having the guards come
and take one Of his cell mates out
ceases to be curious, when the guards
step is heard at the door as to whether
it is his turn this time.
Is bolshevik power waning! NO.
Communism is dead, but the commun-
lists will hang on long time: Their
organization politically is admirable.
They have agents eveywhere-but not
too much trusted. Generally they go
in pairs, each to watch the other. This
was true, for instance, in the case of
Budenny's army. Captain Fitzpatrick
visited Budenny on his way to Moscow
he expected to get his re-
lease instead Of prison sentence.
Budenny is not sole commander of
his wonderful mounted army. He has
a joint commander, Boroscheloff. No
order is valid unless signed by both of
them. If they disagree, the matter is
referred to Moscow. In fact. there
are three commanders, for besides
He is the so-called political command
er. He does not go to the front or
among the troops but has charge Of
propaganda and the surveillance of the |
army's morale. He is a communist, |
through and through. He was thrice
in Siberia under the car
and declared that he had no respect !
For any Russian who had not been sent
to Siberia at least twice.
Budenny can read, but doesn't. Asked |
what books he liked best, he said he |
never read any. Boroscheloff, his
colleague, however. reads voracious-
y, and said his favorite works were
hose dealing with the campaigns of
stonewall jackson. He admired Jack
IONS strategy and had initiated him
in his own campaign.
Reason for Arrest Hardly Necessary.
Captain Fitzpatrick laid no emphasis
N the reasons for his arrest. Reasons
re hardly necessary, he says, although
ometimes difficult to understand the
motives. In his own case, he was
Red Cross worker inwWrangels army.
The pretext for his arrest while travel
ng practically unguarded to Moscow,
vae q telegram from the state depart
aent asking il "our attache- with
General Wrangel, Captain Fitzpatrick"
I'd been shot. This proved, said the
that he was spy. The
,ordins Of the telegram calls for an
for Fitzpatrick was never
d attache.
The greatest regret fitzpatrick has,
that be can do nothing for former
ompanions In the prison who begged
i'm. when he was released NOT 70