The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-06-29
straints except those imposed by the
observance of the law of eugenics
A Woman of Many Husbands.


observance of the law of eugenics.
\ Woman of Many Husbands.
Kolontai herself, by the way, has
had "any number of husbands" the
last young soldier many years her
junior. A widespread looseness of SEX
ual relations is found everywhere,
much of it, however, the correspond
ent says, an inheritance from the old
regime. The number of kept women
in the Soviet Offices is enormous:
Trotsky is notorious for his open La
isons. ''In prison. says Mrs. Harri-
son, Il met a young Ukranian girl of
great beauty and charm, who had
been his mistress for a few weeks.
'Trotsky told me once, she said, that
I was the only woman with whom he
had had an affair who never asked
him for food supplies Among the
lower classes, however, old-fashioned
ideas still prevail-as a matter of
fact people get married and divorced
by Soviet DEGREES in Russia very much
as they do in other countries, but ir-
regular relationships "are not looked
upon askance'' and there are no legal
disabilities attached to illegitimate
children. There are thousands of Of
fcially orphaned children in the pub
lie homes, hundreds of them wander
ing the streets, speculating and steal
ing while their parents are at work
and the amount of juvenile 1mmorali-
ty among children of this class ap-
palling.
Even bathing suits, it seems have
become part of the Bolshevist scrap
heap, as this refreshing incident told
by this venturesome American corre-
spondent will confirm. With some
American acquaintances she made
provincial trip to neighporing vii
lage. "The sun was blazing mot and
we were tired and dirty when we ar
rived at our destination on Saturday
afternoon. We had walked at least ten
versts from the station and the vii
lage was situated near the Moskwa
river, which looked very cool and
tempting. Let's go in bathing,' said
my companions. I'D like to- I ans
-wered, but I have no bathing suit
That makes no difference they an
swered. Nobody wears a bathing
suit in Russia. Come down to the
river and see for YOURSELF When 1
got there T saw the most startling
sight I have ever witnessed. At this
point the river made sharp turn,
throwing up a bank Of fine white sand
which made an ideal beach. On the
beach and in the water beyond were
hundreds of naked people, men, wo-
men, boys and girls, all indiscrimi-
nately mingled. Some Of them were
standing knee deep in the water chat
ting with their neighbors, others TAX
ing a sun bath, quite undisturbed; no
one seemed in the least self-conscious
or concerned"
German Dominance an Eventually.
Long before the Russo-German en-
tente coup that so disturbed the &C.
noa parleyers, Mrs. Harrison found
the trend in that direction plainly
evident in Bolshevist circles. In an
interview with Karl Radek, the
"Pecks Bad Boy" of the Soviet gov
ernment, she was frankly told that
eff the German communist revolution
did not come off he believed that a
profitable deal could be made with
the German junkers to join with Rus
sia against the entente.' And it is
one of her conclusions, upon things
she heard in bureaucratic circles in
Russia, that the coalition between the
two countries may have far reaching
objectives. eve pay as we'll recog-
nize the fact" she sums up in her
afterword, that the Germans will
eventually dominate Russia CONNER
cially. At present, in their desperate
financial situation German business
men are willing to take chances ard
embark on enterprises which the
large interests in other countries are
unwilling to undertake. They have
nothing to lose and everything to
gain from the exploitation of Russia
and they can afford to wait for re-
turns. But there is also a political
side to the situation. Things may not
remain as they are in Germany. If
the country ever swings to the right
there will be renascence of militar-
ism, the desire for revenge on Eng
land, the old Berlin-to-Bagdad dream,
I have told how l saw in Russia more
than a year ago evidence that many