Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-06
FooLlNo THE RED CROSS
A Revealing story Of How the Soviet
Worked the oame-Mr. Hoover
VIII Need to Watch His
Step Very Carefully
BY GEORGE NOX MCCAIN

BY GEORGE NOX MCCAIN
HERBERT HOOVER will have his hands
IL full dealing with the crafty Reds OF
| Russia,
There are n number Of people who are of
| the opinion that his plan OF splendid PM
| lanthropy may be thwartcd.
| Recent history has proved that there Is
| no degree of insincerity and low cunning to
| which the Lennes and Trotzkys Will not
descend.
The facts have been established by their
| own deluded followers and sympathlzers.
Even now the leaders are hagglng over
| terms.
Mr.. Hoover must watch his step.
| COME time back / wrote n paragraph
~ about the famine in Soviet land.
had the temerity to say that 1t would
! be brave American commissioner who
| would trust himself to the word of Lenine
or Trotzky.
This was before Mr.. Hoover had an
nounced his famine relief plans or terms.
The statement landed, and stuck in, on
some Red" or his brother in Trenton.
| Thus:
Sir-Your ignorance is phenomenal. 1t is
that you write of what you know not of
| Russia. You are dcspsiug n struggling ma
tion when you lying assert no one will trust
their, leaders. That Is not to be true. The
SERGE SAvINOFF.
1 have not the remotest doubt that under
the signature Of Serge Savinof reposes
another name. The real one Of my compli-
| mentary critic.
That he is n Russian is no doubt true.
| That he Is n foolish and fanatical Red Is
unquestionably truer.
| It would be interesting but wholly i'm
material coming from such source to know
what Mr.. Savinoff thinks Of the following
| statement of fact.
1t is also commended to the keen scrutiny
DR. GEORGE WILLIAM LINCOLN.
- whose extensive reading Of European as
we'll as American literature makes him n
storehouse OF contemporary facts, has called
my attention to an interesting and peril
nent aside on this very question Of Russian
famine relief
The incident sheds a bnleful light on the
brutal and inhuman character Of some OF
the Russian Government leaders.
The Revue des Deux Mondes Is the lead
ing critical and literary publication Of
France.
Early this year it sent n cultured and
daring Russian writer into Russia to inves
tigate and report conditions as they actually
exist.
The correspondent, disguised and mouth
ing Soviet principles, succeeded in his mis-
sion at great peril.
All tneSe 1aCtS are set tOrth IN preliminary
explanatory notes by the editors of the
Revue.
The writer's name IS withheld His reve-
lations, II nothing more, would compel this
DR.. Lincoln has handed me q translation
of portion of this correspondents latest
article In the Revue of July 18, which, by
his courtesy, ! reproduce:
HNOWARD the end of last September
Norway, there arrived at the Hospital for
the Care Of Children in Pctrograd n train
OF twenty one wagons. cars, of pro-
visions.
Fifteen of these wagons contained dried
fish, cocoa chocolate condensed milk, rice,
preserves and canned soups.
THE train was accompanied by repre-
sentative Of ,he Red Cross from Norway
named Krak.
"When the train arrived in Petrograd
krak delivered 500 pounds Of provisions
after which he saw nothing more OF the
supplies.
Bezzabatnojo- Strclnn. the summer home Of
the Communist Chief Xinzinorieff and his
fellows. formerly the family residence Of the
Grand Duke Nicholas; also to Smolna and
Astoria.
Nothing was for the children.
AT the same time the people were being
supported by a sinking kind of bread made
Communists were receiving special food
cards given out at Smolna and the Krcmlin
"They received butter, sturgeon. Cognac
and other doiraciCs Of similar kind"
II any thing were needed to emphasize nil
| that has boon written and revealed of the
| Russia Of today and its curse Of rommun.
| ism, it is the recent book by Alexander
Schwartz
He is n Russian by birth and was a Com
| munist h7 choice. Place the emphasis on
! was "
The Noio" Of Russia" written after his
| return from visit IN Russia, where he had
| hoped to spend his remaining DAYS under
| the glorious Freedom If Soviet rule. is tho
most startling nrrnignmcnt Of the Com
munist Government mud its leaders eyer
| written.
! \ dying nation, vonal aud corrupt lead
ers, every principle of justice and humanity
| flung TO the winds, avaricc, lust brutality
and favoritlsm the ruling passions. are the
| high lights in this book on communism
written by disillusioncd and disheartened
| Communist.
Schwartz lived in this country number
OF years: Ho married Wisconsin woman,
| n Socialist
She returned with him to Russia rs 10 .
| land whore Hll her dreams Of e0uglity aud
| lhorty wore to cN,1e true
The potr attended tho Third Irterretror
ole and "itno',1d with sinking heart, tho
wreck Of thew hopes
Mr. md Mrs GcNwarts we're finally w,
rrl5oned The vito died Of rrivat1on and
! shock and IN" husband returned to Amor
! ica, the 'caDitalisir" and once hotcd
urea states I" tell Of the horrors that
Dei3II under MS once beloved communism.
ParI"r BolSheviets and College Comnun.
ists should take peek into its pages
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