The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25

lies spread broadcast over the world by rumor-mongers in Stockholm Helsingfors and other propaganda stations, that nobody will believe the truth if it is told.
 Going to jail, however, Is an incl dent of small importance. Being sentenced to death is formality that most prisoners go through. Not all the sentences are carried out-not majority of them, perhaps, But there are executions. nightly. Every pris- oner in the Moscow jails soon gets accustomed to rattle of musketry outside his cell window every night. He gets used to having the guards come and take one of his cell mates out from time to time. After a while he ceases to be curious, when the guards step is heard at the door, as to whether 1t is his turn this time.
 Power Not Waning
 Is bolshevik power waning? No Communism IS dead but the commun- ists will hang on a long time. Their organization. politically, is admir- able. They have trusted agents everywhere--but not too much trust ed. Generally they go in pairs, each to watch the other. This was true, for instance, in the case of Budenny's
 
 Budenny on his way to Moscow where he expected to get his release Instead of prison sentence. Budenny Is not sole commander of his wonder ful 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 command CTS; for besides these two, there IS Menin at Moscow. He is the so-called political commander. He does not go to the front or amog tnhe troops, but has charge of propaganda ana the surveillance of the armys morale. He Is a communist through and through. He was thrice imprisoned in Siberia under the czar and de- clared that he had no respect for any Russian who had not been sent to Siberia at least twice.
 He Never Reads
 Budenny can read. but doesn't Asked what books he liked best, he said he never read any. Borosche- loff. his colleague, however, reads voraciously, and said his favorite works were those dealing with the campaigns of Stonewall Jackson. He admired Jackson's strategy. and had employed It eAlthSlF0iy III ms %V3~ campaigns.
 Captain Fitzpatrick laid no empha- sis on the reasons for his arrest. Reasons are hardly necessary he says, although it is sometimes diff cult to understand the motives. In his own case, he was Red cross worker with Wrangle's army. The pretext of his arrest. after travelling practically unguarded to Moscow, was a telegram from the state de- partment asking if "our attache with General Wrangle, Captain hilpat- rick" had been shot. This proVoo' said the authorities. that he was military spy The wording of the telegram calls for explanation, for Kilpatrick was never an attache.
 His Greatest Regret
 The greatest regret Fitzpatrick has is that he can now do nothing for his former companions in prison, who begged him, when he was relea3ed, not to forget them. Many were Hun garians, captured during the war. who have been imprisoned since 1914 and 1915. He showed me hand made wooden cigarette case, bearing the autographs of many well known Hungarian officers and this inscrip- tion:
 May the true lONe VI yotA iui garian friends be in your remem- brance forever. Moscow, Androntef- sky hard labor camp. March 4, 192l.'
 I smoked one of the cigarettes which bore the arms of the Soviet republic. It was surprisingly good
 There are 10000 Hungarians slowly dying off In the Moscow jails. But then there are 15o.o0o prisoners in Moscow altogether.
 Gobble Lard Eagerly
 As to the food situation at Moscow Captain Fitzpatrick told me today that he will never feel the same again toward lard. A year ago he regarded 1t as possibly disagree able necessity in the kitchen. thing that used sparingly and skilfully. might go into the making of many wholesome dishes. but which cer- tainly he could not consider in itself as a food product. Today, after six months of Russian prison life he considers lard one of the blessings of the human race. Smuggle a pail of it into any Moscow jail, and be hailed as deliverer by the prisoners yes, even the governor of the prison, if you include him among the beneficiaries. All will gobble 1t ea- gerly, preferably spread on . slab of black bread, to make 1t go further. but in it's crude state If need be.
 That Is how you feel about food when you come out of even the best parts of Russia-for those outside u ,r;vopS foro hut 1itt1a haftar ha n