The Neshoba Democrat., 1921-07-28
N INTERVIEW WITH
! ONE WHO KNOWS
l6|DEL|GHTS ON BOLSHEWSM
BUS kASDAA or HARBlN, CHINA, AND sAMlRl,
RUSSIA, GIVES THE DEMOCRAT AN INTER-
\ VIEW ON SOVIET RUSSIA.

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: Four years ago worth 800 900, a
! plendid business, a happy family.
4nd the future bright; today without
Ortune, business gone to smash, and
Nsyife. daughter, and two sons, strand
. q in Bolsheviki Russia. Looks like
"a mighty bitter pill, but 1t is just
s hat has happened to Louis Kasdan
Samara, Russia, and Hardin, Chi
Va, who is spending a few weeks here
9Th his brother, d. Kasdan.
In 1917 the Kerensl<y regime in Rus.
! gave promise of new order.
buis Kasdan was an exporter Of
Father In Samara. He left his bust
ess there with his associates, and
repaired to Harbin, China, where he
opened another Office. His plan was
10 carry on an exporting business
he Kerensky government collapsed; /;
ne Soviet government took it's place,
hnd Lenine and Trotsky ushered In
Rhe order OF the Bolsbeviki. Goods
akhat Louis Kasdan shipped into Rus
4ia were confiscated by the Soviet,
and business went from bad to rot
ten. Three months ago all that was
eft-of fortune of $lO0 600 was just
enough to buy a passage to America.
lH But this is not the painful part OF
: .kKasdan's story. His wife, fifteen year
kDld daughter, and two Sons are
Htranded in Bolsheviki Russia. He
has not seen them for four years. He
fcAnnot go there; they cannot come
away, and he can ouly communicates
with them by subterfuge through a
brother who lives in Poland, near
tiinsk, not far from the Russian line.
srhis brother is employed on rail-
.oass and manages TO get word to
Hnd from Mr.. Kasdan's family. Two
months ago word reached Mr.. Kas-
ban through this brother that his
Nwife was destitute. The letter was
sent on to Mr.. Kasdan in which his
Family asked for bread, clothes and
hoes. The furniture in a beautiful
ome, and the family jewelry, have
zen exchanged for food. A second
message OF month ago was so de-
Hspondent that Mr.. Kasdan's brother
here who Intercepted the letter, pre-
vailed upon him not to read it. Mr..
kasdan has sent money to the broth
In Poland, but the Soviet govern
hent prohibits over 5 600 rubles to
fbe sent in at any one time to one
6fSerson. The ruble that was worth
,Hfty- one cents a few years ago is now
Worth one half of "a cent In our mon
by. 5 600 rubles represents but twen-
9ty-five cents in American money.
with prices sky high in Russia twen-
Shy-five cents will not go far. Mr..
hK asdan handed us u letter from his
kpiaughter Frooma, which was ad-
dressed to her uncle in Poland, and
forwarded to her father here. The
utter to this girls uncle is written
Jan old ledger, or note book, and be-
sspeaks the poverty OF Russia. 1t Is
written In "a girls neat hand, and In
{ Russian characters. 1t is a letter OF
fgra titude for the 80 600 rubles which
fhe had sent, and urged him to send
more. assuring him that papa would
Aoay 1t back. She further says that 1t
Noes not go far; that forty pounds OF
flour costs 30 900 rubles. That is 900
krubles TO the pound, and the Russian
fpound is less than the English pound.
II 600 rubles a few years ago was $500.
The Bolsheviki government lives un-
% itself There Is little or no commu-
kication. Mr.. Kasdan has tried In
Hyery way to get them ont.
y Our post offices will not accept
backages to be sent there. He is try
Sng now to get them out through
Poland. His brother there may make
kthis possible. But even then the task
Gwill be almost futile. The railroads
| OF Russia and Poland are almost de-
Lbtroyed. Before the war Russia had
Is 600 locomotives; she now has 2 600,
Eand rolling stock and railroads are
Rfn bad repair. Her manufactures are
On top of the ravages of
Awar she faces annihilation.
n We learn something from MIR. Kas-
Sdan about real Bolshcvlsm, commu-
fnism, and the Soviet government.
Pie thinks the Tzar's old order, with
all persecution OF the old regime, a
rparadise to the rule OF the Bolshevi-
rki. Communism, that social or polit-
heal system where all own every
thing in common, and where all