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the Washington conferences The
plight Of China has been q fruitful
source Of Asian weakness. for 81
per cent Of China's territory Is still
under alien control, Russia controls
42.S per cent; Great Britain Ste
per cent; Japan Sc per cent, and
France "a per cent. Her forts and
harbors, her mines and industries
are controlled by foreign aggressors.
CHINA'S POOR OUTLOOK.
A Chinese is a slave in the land
of his birth. The Chinese Govern
ment cannot even borrow money
from wherever It wants. or try q
European criminal who has killed q
Chinese. European Imperialism has
become all the more formidable m
China because 1t Is buttressed BY
the new Imperialism Of Japan.
Let us hope that before long Rus
sian. British, Japanese, French and
Portugueses possessions In China
may be things Of the past; and
China may take her rfgnrrul pace
among the free and .unfettered ma
tons of the world. ....
But the freedom Of China and the
scrapping Of few Japanese battle
ships will not settle the Oriental
issue. The crux Of the Oriental
problem Is not China, but India
India is the central pillar Of tho
bridge of the Orient; and India Is
the pivot Of the British empire"
And midas biggest issue in the
Orient is its universal fight against
the British empire In the East.
II China is to remain permanently
free, II American-Japanese friend
ship Is to be based on sound and
permanent basis, and Americas
trade with Asia Is to be developed
unhnmpered, then the death-lSnell Of
the British Empire must be sounded
In the East. And rthIs can only be
brought sbouf BY ire Independence
Of India. ''' u w.
1t is not necessary here to enter
into a discussion Of India-s wrons,.
but suffice It to say that II Ameri-
ca had just cause for revolution in
1910. India has a much moro just
cause for greater revolution in
1921.
The Orient Is observing with keen
interest England's frantic attempts
at Washington TO make America
underwrite her ill-gOtten and totter-
ing empire In the East.
StudAnfs 81 history and BrtfAah
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the art OF letter writing had fallen
into disuse. Telephones there were.
and these were more widely dis
tributed. relatively. than in London.
but for the greater part Of the time
tho telephone refused to work. The
only way, therefore. to communists
with man was to call at his house.
II he happened to be absent. how
ever. there was no servant to whom
a message could pe given, not q
''visage of wood" to wit. the door,
and had no other recourse but to
turn on ones heel and go away.
NORMAL LIFE PARALYZED.
These little Indications of the
paralysis of normal life may servo
to explain why. having fallen by
accident into the Savoy Hotel. I re-
manned there during the whole time
Of my stay. because it was really
beyond the power Of the government
to find me a better place.
Next day I rose betimes, shaved
In cold water and without the aid of
q mirror. then set out to keep an
appointment with Krassin.
should explain that before going
to Russia had asked advice of one
or two experts. Experts are always
terrible people, for when they go
wrong they are wrong with q ven
geance.
Wells had written me a short
note, advising me to bring ''Keat-
ipg's" and saying that the bread
was awful" In both these points
he was right. But another expert
had told me to bring no money into
Moscow. as nothing could be bought
with money. This expert was very
wrong, although what he said had
been true a few months previously.
It was just about the time Of my
entry into the city that the regula-
ton had been adopted allowing trad
ing in the city, and shops began to
break out here and there. Follow
ing the peddling Of lace and the
setting up Of a stall for bootlaces,
appeared women scattered here and
there through the city. each stand
ing in the gutter, holding q plato
on which were exhibited some ten
slices Of bread. These had a ready
sale among passers-by who had
money sufficient to buy 1t. A slice
of bread could be had for about
five hundred dollars-on the old
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FREE ALL ORIENTAL PEOPLES NOT CHINA

South America and Europe COM
bined.
The population Of Europe ID 1884,
881, 900, and that af Asia 872 SEE 900.
That is to say, the population OF
Asia Is larger than half tho popula-
ton Of the world.
1t may also be profitable for them
to remember that European Russia
has an area of 1,S87.737 square miles
and a population Of 131. 100000, and
she rules over a territory In Asia
extending over 6,294,119 square
miles with a population of 10000, 900;
that Holland herself Ia only 1882
square miles, and her population is
$685., 231, but the area of her Asian
empire is 688,000 square miles with
a population Of about 10000 900;
that France is 207,504 square miles
with a population Of 8s,601 500. but
her Asian Kingdoms spread over
256,1s8 square miles with a popula-
ton of 17.-26S,72s; that England her
self IL only 50,874 square miles in
area, with a population Of 81, LOOT. 900,
but In Asia alone she rules over q
territory Of 1,s72.4b5 square miles
with population of 25,018 900.
These figures do not include the ter
ritories and their population, under
British mandate in Asia
II would be treason to humanity to
hide the fact that supercilious AFRO
gance and unmitigated audacity
characterize the average Occidental
in his treatment Of the Oriental and
have engendered In tho hearts Of
the average Oriental a bitter feeling
Of resentment, and in many In
stances of relentless retaliation.
That Is why a great many Orien-
tails are feeling exceedingly jubilant
over the present unenviable predica,
ment Of the nations Of Europe.
ORIENTAL VIEWPOINT.
Tho greater isses of the war"
wrote an Oriental during the World
War, ''the human issues. leave us
unmoved. We are unmoved by the
slaughter, the Losses, the untold SUI
ferings, the wholesale destruction.
The reason for this Ii simple and
obvious Whatever hurts the Ooci-
dental helps us Therefore It pleases
us.
Asia and Europe play the game
from opposite sides of the board.
the losses Of Europe are the gains
of Asia Each killed European Is q
killed potential snsuay We
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TO achieve even the most meagrs
results.
found this in my little affair Of
discovering an apartment. When I
met Krassin he was greatly con-
cerned at the plight In which I had
found myself. and he explained that
neither from London nor Riga had
the authorities sent any intimation
Of my coming. II they had done so
all would have been In order. Yes.
no doubt-except that this is also
true. that such negiigences were
not extraordinary. but were rather
part and parcel Of the general fail-
of the machine.
At later period. while In Kazan.
wished to let one Of the professors
know that / would be returning to
Moscow in a day or two, as de-
sired to save time in the work
which appeared to be almost beyond
their powers of arranging for my
lectures. This professor was the
head Of a small department Of State.
When I wished to pay for the tele-
gram was told that they could
not think of charging me. and that
my message would be sent as q
State telegram. was quite pleased
at the moment, but l afterwards
discovered that the telegram never
arrived at its destination. In such
cases II never seemed safe to probe
the mystery as to where the stop
page took place. At any rate no
inquiry was ever made.
had seen Krassin only few
weeks before In London. and when
/ saw him again in Moscow / was
quite panied to SEQ how much older
looking he had become in the inter
val. Let me describe Krassin, for
a moment. as a fair type Of the men
who are trying to run Russia under
impossible conditions.
In the first place, It Is necessary
to divest ones mind OF the stories
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scale; or about two cents Of present
money.
To continue the theme of the shops
for a moment. every new day saw a
fresh sign Of enterprise. and one
fine morning shortly after this
trade had been permitted. Paris
mode shop suddenly blazed out. bril-
liant with cosmetics, perfumes and
face-paints. There was a run on
this. and many women who could
hardly scrape enough money to buy
bread found sufficient to buy per-
fumes.
A sensational opening was that Of
q shop for children's toys. This
shop possessed an unusually large
window. and the sudden appearance
Of the dazzling display Of dolls.
teddy bears, pop guns and the like
caused q large crowd to assemble.
EATING HOUSES APPEAR.
Then there began to appear little
eating houses. while those who
knew their way about could pilot
one to restaurants where a glass
Of dubious wine could be obtained,
or a bottle Of a curious kind of
homemade beer. which reminded
mo Of the Kaffir beer in South
Africa.
Now all these things could be OBJ
tanned for money. but acting on the
advice of my expert, 1 had neglect
ed to bring in any Russian money;
and as my friends were out when I
knocked at their door, I wandered
about the streets Of Moscow for a
time, very hungry and gazing with
longin, eyes at apple stalls. or per-
haps at an underground little hole
marked restaurant"
would not for worlds have miss
ed these curious little experiences.
for they enabled me TO under
stand better the actual condi-
tons Of the city. Had the message
announcing my arrival been re-
ceived and had been really met
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one secs neutrality-suspicious. in
certain sections of the English press
Ito the discredit of the Bolshevih.
have already spoken with suffi-
cient candor Of the defects of their
system, and I shall continue to
point out many causes Of admin
istrative breakdown, 30 that evident
ly / hold no brief for the Soviets;
but 1t is my duty to be fair. say.
therefore. that nothing is more alb
surd than the description of the blood
thirsty Commissars shooting peo-
pie right and left, for the pleasure of
exercising tyranny. while at the
same time living in riotous indul-
gence or luxurious ease.
SCHEMES COME TO NOTHING.
Krassin looked like q man not
only overworked but harassed and
worried almost to death. He was At
that time In constant negotiation
with various groups of concession
hunters. The most important Of
these was represented by an Eng
lish group, and the concession they
sought for was one Of enormous
value. The negotiations. which had
run over great number of points.
had been brought to such q condi-
ton that IL seemed that only the re-
spective signatures were required
in order to complete matters. AZ =
sequel. however, all those negotia~
tons came to nothing. The head
Of the English group suggested that
the signing of the document should
take place in London, but as soon
as he got over the border his att1-
tude changed. and he reproached
the Russian government with all
sorts of shortcomings and crimes,
ranging from lack Of security to the
misdeeds Of the secret police.
And this was the kind of business
with which poor Krassin had con-
tinually to contend. He was always
working in the most conscientious
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This Is the third in a series
of articles on Russian internal
conditions By Captain Arthur
Lynch, former member of the
B,itish Parliament. who has
fust returned from a t,oo
months visit In Russia.
II oNDON. Dec. 17.--In order to
make m narrative clearer,
win again anticipate a little and
say that these experiments of mine,
though extraordinary. were yet quite
In keeping with the general disloca-
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Disarmament and Peace
Arc Impossible So
Long as the Eastern
Races Arc Held Under
Dominance, Hindu
Writer Declares.
BY BASANTA KOOMAR ROY,

BY BASANTA KOOMAR ROY,
Axthor Of ~Rablndranath Tagore
-Ths Mon and His Poetry"
ut u futile to talk of peace on
earth and foolish to think Of
Disarmament OF nations while
ths scheming international diplo-
mats arc deeply engrossed only in
the solution Of tho problem of the
Ear East
Tho problem Of tho Far East b
nst an isolated ono. IL Ii incx-
tricably entwined with tho problem
II tho ontire Orient Tho Oriental
problem b one In Its relation to tho
Western world. and tho Orient en-
braces the three continents Of Aus
trAliA. Asia and Africa. .....
Only q glance At tho map Of these
sentiments u enough to convince one
81 the Occidental domination over
ths Orient. Take the case of Asia
alone continent that has given to
tho world great philosophy and great
poets, great artists, great scientists.
great generals, great statesmen and,
above all. the greatest religions of
the world - Buddhism. Judaism,
Christianity, Hinduism. zoroastrian-
I'm, Confucianism and Moham-
medanism. With the solitary e1cep-
ton OF japan this vast continent is
under the iron heels of the nations
OF Europe, primarily. the English.
THE vASTNEsS OF ASIA.
In the midst Of the diplomatic en-
change of honeyed words and seduo-
tive Fluctuations at Washington II
may DO wise for the peoples and the
statesmen Of the West TO stare the
following facts straight in the face:
The area Of Europe Ia S.782,561
square miles. and that Of Asia H.
100000. In other words, Asia Ia al.
most - larGs - North America.
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''The Orient is 0bserv-
ing With Keen Inter
est England'S Frantic
Efforts to M axe
America UnderWrite
Her Ill-Gotten GainS."

diplomacy ut once realize in these
attempts another snare for the do
struction Of Americas growing trade
and growing financial influence In
the world. In the past few centuries
England has destroyed her trade
rivals-Spain. Portugal. Holland.
France and Germany. Tho nexr
blow she Is aiming at her moss
powerful trade rival Of today
America.
Such are indeed the complications
Of the currents Of international sf.
fairs that what helps British i'm
perialism hurts the very vitals Of
the most sacred things In American
life and tradition. And such Is In
deed the God-Kiven destiny Of Amer.
lea that she can gain both morally
and materially by siding only with
truth, with justice and with liberty.
The world has recently witnessed
the tragic fall of Woodrow Wilson
but we people OF the Orient still hob
fast to the paramount Americas
principle he promulgated on behalf
Of the American people on January
%, 1917. in the United State Senate,
and hold America responsible FOR n.
He said. ..
II am proposing that the nations
should with enc socsrd adopt tho
doctrine of Presidens Monroe rs the
doctrine Of the world; that no nation
should seek to extend its policy over
any other nation or people, but that
every people should be left free to
determine its own policies. Its own
way Of DEVELOPMENT, unhindored. us-
threatened. unafraid the iitne sronS
with the great and powerful"
We demand the fullfilmont OF this
solemn pledge Mt the Washington
conference. Not only China, but the
entire Orient must be uuoond,ttos-
ally frssA
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by the committee appointed, and
had been driven off in q car to a
well-appointed house, and had found
there everything prepared for
guest of state" as ] was called. I
should have formed q false impress
sion of the place.
Something OF tho sort had hap
pened. imagine. to other official
visitors.
Later In the day my friends called
for me and took me to see Krassin.
/ had to depend on these friends.
for. as usual. 1t required a counter
sign to pass the inevitable Tartar
soldier standing In the doorway
with his fixed bayonet. to say moth
ing of the Tartar soldiers on each
landing with their fixed bayonots.
On the way to Krassin's office
we passed a gate of the outer
Kremlin. and on the face of the
high wall we saw the famous decla-
ration of the Soviet. printed In con-
spicuous letters: Religion In the
Opium of the People"
AT KRASSIN'S OFFICE.
A great deal has been written
about this, and 1t has been held up
as evidence Of the manner In which
the Bolsheviks prosecuted religion.
These stories. like 30 many that 1
heard In London. seemed ridiculous
in Moscow.
Directly opposite this sign stands
one of the curious little gilded
churches, as Of q toy house built
round shrine, and there a service
was being continually held by a pope
in glittering tiara, and there the
faithful kept bobbing in and bobbing
out and making the sign of the cross
every few seconds. stopped and
looked In for a moment or two, and
a woman came up TO me and, point
ing to the aphorism about opium.
said: There you are! These people
think II a crime to worship God"
The stolid Tartar soldier with his
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ton of social life
I'm Moscow. Az
one of the pro-
fessors Of tn Q
university subse-
Quently told me,
tn ere was no
Q o m m unication
of one section Of
the population
" 1 I b another.
There were no
newspaper ok
cept two or three
published by the
government, and
less for the pur-
pos % Of giving
news Of any kind
than of serving
the n alto n q l
propaganda.
1t happened.
therefore, at
after / had been
In Moscow q fort
night this aam0
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works with uncompromising sccu-
racy. And humanity, after all Ii
one and lndlvisible--bound by tho
mystic bond Of blood that runs
red In all.
II is a healthy sign OF the times,
however, that China. the largest and
the most populous country In Asia
" rsosivins q oourtsus haarinG at
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are glad Of this war. Whatever the
outcome, II win weaken Europe In
treasure and blood II win kin the
flower of their fighting men. 1t
will reduce their birth rate.
Europe will not get over the ef.
fects OF this conflict in fifty years.
Asia will be strong and ready In less
than nifty years.
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LEONID KRASSIN

A highly
trained
electrical
engineer,
Krassin, by a
strange twist
Of fate,
has become
one of
Russia Is fore
most
aoonopo;cfS
and recently
was sent
to England
to effect a
trade agree
ment with
Great Britain.
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professor, who had charge of the
arrangements for my conferences at
the university. wrote me a letter
addressed to my house in London.
asking me a. to what language I
proposed to speak in. At the time
Of his writing this letter. which
received after my return from
Russia. I was within q stones throw
Of his office.
All this seems somewhat difficult
to understand for us SO familiar with
newspapers recording with delightful
indiscretion the doings of large and
small. but in Moscow there were not
emily no newspapers. but apparently
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What Asia did to Europe yesper.
day, Europe Is doing b Asia today.
With the conquest Of Europe Asia
sowed tho seed Of her own counter
conquest. And q few moments
searching thought will convince even
a nincompoop that In the conquest
Of Asia for Imperialism and CONNER
cialisn lies latent ths germs d thu
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present destruction and humiliation
Of Europe.
No class, no race. no nation and
no continent can permanently
thrive at the cost OF another. The
destruction of one is bound to result
in the destruction Of all In the long
run.
Ths Great Lag of adjustmant
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TOY SHOP
Is OPENED
WITH RUSH
Women Stand In Gut
ters of Moscow and
Sell Bread for $500
a Slice, Says English
Writer.

way, over-conscientious, In fact, be-
cause he was steaming away like .
mailman. and displaying great abil-
ity and even high business-liks
qualities in the preparation Of
schemes. which in the end came to
nothing; which, In fact. were des-
tined from the beginning to come
to nothing.
Krassin Ia a Siberian. He looks
like . scientist. and he ID, in fact,
= highly trained electrical engineer.
With his tall, well-buiIt figure. his
square-cut head, and prominent,
well-formed features. the whole mask
of the man one Of intellect and
study. his portrait would not be out
of place anywhere In gallery Of
distinguished engineers. Here in
Moscow he was trying to do the
MISUNDERSTANDING to run a business
concern In q community where the
essential foundations of business
had been Intentionally Destroyed by
the State itself.
However. to come to my lodgingsi
Krassin IL man of driving power,
and he soon set the wheels In mo-
ton. He detailed the excellent Mr..
Shviets to make my affairs his spe-
cial care. Shviets kept the telephone
wires hot with his ringing. Messen-
genrs were soon hurryscurryfng to
and fro: consultations were held; the
agitation reached other government
offices. The power of high digni.
taries was invoked. and the mind Of
the most advanced government In
tho world was concentrated on the
effort Of finding me lodging.
Had all this effort been successful
one could have found a CLEAN OF
hope; one could have seen the posi-.
BILE lines by which the Soviet Gov
eminent would rise to higher things;
but the fact Ia that the work was in
vain. and, sympathixing with the
difficulties of friendly State. de-
clared. at length, that was quite
. content to stay at the Savoy.
never regretted this decision.
and / never regretted the peculiar
circumstances under which arriv-
ed In Moscow. for I got to know the
Savoy itself. and all the people In II,
and all the servitors, and came -
appreciate that extraordinary spirit
of friendiiness and good Fellowship
which is pervasive In Russia. and
which often seemed to me to COM
pensate for every deficiency.
(Other articles BY Captain Lynch
Ill SoIIn-N
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SOVIET LEADERS BUSIEST MEN i'm RUSSIA ASSERTS CAPT. LY
FRIENDI INESS OF THE PEOPLE COMPENSATES FOR DFFIC


seemed indifferent.
We arrived at last at Krassin's
office. which was In what might be
called the business center of Mos
COW. 1t may once have been the
Wall Street OF the capital. but In the
busy time OF the day II looked like a
Wall Street at night. into which
many bombs had fallen. What had
once been Lloyd's Bank stood there
dreary and deserted, with only the
walls intact. while adjacent was a
deserted tract OF land where Lloyd's.
before the revolution, had laid the
foundation of another palatial build
ing.
Krassin's own office looked like q
regular beehive of industry. Story
after story OF clerks. all working des-
perately- hard. seemed to indicate
great business. but the actual out
come In the sense of definite trade,
and especially Of returns, was very
small.
Again. in DEPRESSION. I ought to say
that nothing In further from the
mark than the tales which I had
heard of the great Soviet chiefs lead
Ing sybaritic lives In palaces. while
the unfortunate population was toll
ing to death in their support.
OFFICIALS WORK HARD.
The population of Moscow really
tolls very little. except those in gov
eminent offices. for there Is no ado
quate employment to be had, but, on
the other hand, most Of the great
Soviet chiefs were working like mad
men. That is. In fact. one Of the
great faults of their system. The
organization has so broken down
that these great statesmen had to
look to details which an ordinary
clerk or intelligent office boy could
have accounted for.
Tchitcherin. the minister Of for
eign affairs. works all night as well
as the greater part OF the day. I had
read before 1 left London that
Tchitchertn had considered some
dispatch Of great importance, be-
cause he had had a conference
about It at 2 o'clock in the morning.
Here again, nothing is SO mislead.
ing as partial views of Russia The
simple fact Is that Tchitchertn's
favortte hours for giving any inter
view begin about midnight.
These late hours and the hard
work of the heads Of government
do not imply efficiency, but rather
the reverse. The very system of
comtnunistic rule has destroyed in
the social and business life the thou
sand and one little connections and
regulators and wheel-work. which,
in the ordinary way in civilized ordi-
nary life are taken for granted and
unnoticed, but OF which the impor-
lance becomes manifest when they
are missing.
Some Of the chiefs Of the govern
ment are men Of great energy, men
tai and physical; serious, hard work
ing men, some of them highly edu-
Gated: but with the breakdown Of
the system that has been produced
It would require SO many Napoleons
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GOVERNMENT CHIEFS
UNABLE TO OBTAIN
LODGING FOR GUESTS

Very System of Communistic Rule Has Destroyed
the Social and Business Life of RusSia-KraS-
sin interchangeable, But HE Accompanies Nothing
Because 'It Would Require Too Many Ma
poleonS to Achieve Even Most Meager Results
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M. TCHlTCHERlN

AS Minister
Of Foreign
Affairs of the
Soviet
Republic,
Tchitcherin
finds no time
for any
recreation
and is
probably ono
of the most
overworked
Of all
the Russian
officials.