The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24

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In winter time. So the children OF
those bourgeois parents who can hc
persuaded to part with their little
ones, ana such prulctatian children
~ promise to make good communists
are called together in homes and col.
onics where they are fed on prefer
cntial rations at the expense OF the
general populacc and are clothed
mainly with clothing seized from
children whose parents refuse to part
with them.
Some Of these homes and colonies,
despite UndcaVOrs, are In "A deplor-
able coudit on and fail hopclessly In
their object, but desperate effort
has been made to bring Il few as
/ nearly as possible up to western
standards, In order that there may
be at least something TO exhibit to
distinguished foreign visitors.
In pursuance of thr theory that all
Independent philanthropy rs blcm-
| ish TO the state, the numerous sue
cesSful children's wclfary iustitu-
tons that grew up in tho last years
prior to the revolution were SUBJ
! jccted to gross mOlcstation. The
wcll-knowu League for the ProtCc-
tion. of children, n society which in
cludcd several philauthropiC institu-
tons. became the object of partiCu-
I lar persecution. Even now, when at
the eleventh hour the bourgeOtsie
are being invited to serve the soviet
government. the existence OF this
league IL but erudgingly tolerated.
Effect Of the Changes.
AZ IN" close uf 1920 the League fof
the Protection of children prepared
a report on the condition of children
/ IN Kussian cities, portions of which,
with other frank Admissions. were
published in the official soviet press
carry thiS year. The statistics pre-
eented form a tragic contrast to the
propagandlst connections designed
for consumption abroad.
We are powcrless," says the dis
| trict pcdagogic report for Petrograd.
December, 1920, quoted in VOLTA
| Rosii, in face Of condition OF
| thlngs formerly unnoticcd in Rus
sIa. namely. the increase Of ~enile
immortality ana prostitution. The
| FORMER Is the result of universal de-
fnoralization and experiments OF the
soviet government (such as com
| bining boys and girls boarding
schools); the latter Is consequent
upon the privations OF present eco
nomic conditions. immortality has
| become so prevalent in our schools
that drastic measures will be needed
70 combat II. Yet we do not see how
TINS is possible in view OF the sup
preston Of public philanthropy in
matters concerning the care of chill
| dren.
IL IL essential once again (savs
! lnVestia, March 3, 1920 to point ont
! the evcr-inCroasing lack of care of
| chlldfen, with consequent infant!le
trading, theft, deceit, and more Sc
! rious vices. There have
been cases when in d brothel on the
| Hitrov market place az many as SO
| children have been seized in n single
day. The number of chill
, dren now leading street life Is colos-
\ Social Calamity" In Cities.
"Childrcn in 1.-The big cities (says
Trud, February, 1920 dragged into
the maelstrom OF street speculation
are becoming a social calamity In
the> majority of cases they are the
children of workers. They support
the emselves and earn for the family
an additional income"
beginning with the year 1918
Gays the report OF the League for
the Protection of Children), juvenile
destitutlon began to assume catas-
trophic proportions. The percent
age OF uncared for children in Mos
l''N' "i'lNi III IJl TO
more than ] or per cent, in the
summer OF 1920 reached % or 30
per cent. In reality, however. the
number OF unCared for children is
much higher even than this, for the
soviet department dealing with chill
drcn's welfare possess no adequate
apparatus for egistration."
a special conference on children
held in 1920 revealed the fact that
juvenile prostitution had Increased
tenfold OF 1000 per cent since 1917.
The Interpolation Of $500 girls of
or about Is years OF age showed
that no fewer than 400, that is. SIS
tper cent, indulge in prostitution.
Sailors, red soldiers and the vast
class of profiteering spectators to
which the communist regime has
given birth provide the custom for
these girls earnings, The bolshevist
com missariat of public health ad-
mits that while in 1917 in hospitals
for social diseases there were IL per
cent OF children to SS per cent
adults. there are now go per cent
children to 40 per cent adults.
Saving Little Refugees.
Such are the appalling results OF
the system OF children's upbringine
established under bolshevist com
munism. Fortunately, there are
those who recognize the suprem,
gravity OF this problem and have
taken 1t into their hands TO save as
many as possible of those Russian
children whose good fortune IL has
been to be thrown, even destitute
and orphan, outside the pale of all
vitiating boshevist influence.
The Russian Relief and Recon
struction society OF London y de-
lyoting it's entire energy ana re-
sources TO this end. and is establish
ing schools and homes in those cen
ters on the outskirts of Russia where
refugees are most congested. The
children OF these schools are de =
tined to form a leaven wherewith 10
purify juvenile Russia the moment
the present system in Russia comes
to an end. The call for funds should
appeal 70 all. wherever they may be-