The Washington times., 1922-01-01
is NOT RRELIGIOUS NOR EVIL, ITS WOMEN ARE MORAL
S COLONEL LYNCH WHO FOUND DRUNKENNESS ELIMINATE

papers, and I know that active
propaganda 10 ut work. by lectures
and otherwise, informing well-mean-
ing English people that all the wom-
en- in Russia are common property
and that the, commisars are In the
habit Of selecting the prettiest and
most attractive for their own use.
This Ia another story In which there
IL no truth whatever.
OF all the countries which have
seen in my life. viii say that
Russia is first in the accordance
Of perfect equality to women. There
are women everywhere. Young
girls, as I have said. hold response.
BILE positions exercising functions
of trust and delicacy. Women stu
dents are conspicuous by their num-
Der at the universities. Women and
easily and confidently assured than
I have seen elsewhere. They are
not made objects Of alteration, ~
the pretticst Of them are In France.
nor treated ~ good beasts Of bur.
den. a. In some parts Of Italy.
There IL not the undue deferencs
paid to them as Is customary. at
any rate according to etiquette. In
society in London or New York. but
there IL more Of spirit Of easy
comradeship and good will. without
afterthoughts. than have seen in
any Of these places. Tho only do
feet IL that the women have got all
that the suffragettes ever claimed.
and SO one misses the romance Of
life, hidden In mystery and shining
In gallantry.
have occasionally walked the
streets late at night. The streets
Of Moscow nowadays arc badly
lighted at best and before midnight
all the lighting disappears. The
streets are deserted. because there
Ia nothing doing, but at times I
have met solitary women, some
times young and pretty girls, wend-
ing their way homeward. perhaps
from a government office or from .
visit to friends. They as a rule had
to pass along lonely and deserted
streets. They had no fear Of mo-
lestation Of any kind, and as far as
I could discover anything Of that
sort was entirely absent.
NO SOCIAL EVIL"
The social evil so conspicuous In
Piccadilly or on the boulevards
seemed to be non-existent In Mos
COW. There Ia something extra
ordinarily incongruous in the
stories circulated in other great
cities Of the degradation Of women
in Russia, whereas sights % ordinary
as to become commonplace in those
cities would bo thought scandalous
to the highest degree In the Russian
capital.
wish to hold the balance with
entire fairness, and will say now
that too favorable an inference
should not be drawn from the alb
sence Of the social evil in Moscow.
Tho simple and brutal fact II that.
on account Of the disappearance Of
money and the artificial restric-
tons on industry. trade Of all kind
has ceased, and with the fAct that
conspicuous feature Of great towns,
trade In women.
NO DRUNKENNESS.
Twas told BY those who knew that
all sorts Of clandestins irregularities
were rife, ana especially the pinch Of
hunger having besn felt % much
that . largo proportion Of young
girls were willing to give themssivss
UP to anyone who would provide
them with food and clothing. with
the slow beginning Of the return Of
trade, the social svil also began to
reappear, and a. Moscow revfves, no
doubt It will soon be in fun swing.
1t IL not possible to make people
virtuous by act Of Parliament. and
no decree. even Of the Soviet gov
eminent. is Of avail that leaves un-
touched the deeper sources from
which these evils proceed. Promi.
nent among these is poverty. ana
poverty has been a great result Of
the Communistic system.
Another point about Moscow IL
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