The New York herald., 1922-08-20
THE BOLSHEVIKI
UNVEIL STATUE
In a Garden at Sviagorod the
Presidentof theLocal Soviet
Glorifies Judas Iscariot
as Capitalists Victim


4 episodes in a book which bears
the same name, written by Henning
Kehler and published by Alfred A
Knopf. Since o'clock in the morning
/ had been pacing back and forth in
the railway station OF Alatyr. waiting
for the train from Kazan. 1t did not
come. In the waiting room IL was i'm
possible to breathe for snoring peas
ants and soldiers. / could have stayed
in the hotel and slept, but 1t was in
the town and the town was, as usual,
five full versts from the station. so
that the train might come and go
many times before could be notified
No. there was nothing to do but wait;
TO doze on a travelling bag with my
back against the wall or with my
head in my hands; to eat soup and
drink tea at the buffet when that
variation offered itself. and to light
one cigarette with the butt of another.
Along toward noon an armored train
arrived from the north. Now / had
that to look at anyway. 1t was
manned by a choice selection of human
scum, escaped convicts with low crimi-
nal foreheads and runaway schoolboys
whose pale features bore marks of
mental bewilderment and early physi-
cal decay But otherwise 1t was an
impressive train. First class Entente
ware In front was an armored tower
with a quick firing cannon in a re-
volving turret and with Sits in the
ST. yuh he v,,a ,fva
barrels cleaned brassily. After this
came the monster locomotive, monitor
gray like the rest. 1t was armored
right down to the tracks. In organic
connection with it was a long corridor
car for riflemen, large enough to hold
the entire crew of the armored train
during combat. The rest OF the train
was composed of three elegant slender
Pullman cars, four tjepluskds, or box
cars, with ammunition and baggage,
and last of all a fiat freight car on
Sailor in Command
of Armored Train
The commandant of the train was
sailor from the Baltic fleet. He stood
on a step which was let down from
the locomotive and he was talking
with the engineer. / ventured to in
terrupt the conversation by handing
him my card and dropping a few
words TO the effect that 1t was hard
for diplomatic official to have to
waste his valuable time at damned
tiresofne railway station. The sailor
seemed TO understand -. His
smile hinted at dazzling teeth as he
babe me take a seat in the foremost
car and If the guard made any trouble
to refer him to his permission. Any
way, he was coming himself. right
away. We were leaving in ten min
utes.
Both ten and twenty minutes passed.
but was still alone in the car I was
almost going to sleep. But / decided
not to when / heard a woman hum
ming in the next compartment. the
last in the row. and the only one
hadn't Investigated. Soon I lit a
cigarette and went out into the cor
sidor.
The door was ajar and gave me
enough of glimpse of the compart-
ment TO disconcert me considerably. 1t
was hung from ceiling to floor with
varicplored silks, and these were again
decorated with military portraits and
other photographs belonging to the in
ternational genre: nu artistique. A
crumpled sky blue quilt covered the
sofa and on the floor a genuine rug
had been folded several times. 1t
looked as If the services of powerful
vacuum cleaner would do IT no harm
At the window, before n dressing table
and with her back to the door, sat a
feminine figure clad in thin silky
psjamas that still had pink tendency,
and with her feet in a pair of downy
slippers.
The occupant OF the compartment
had ceased humming and was sub
jectng the result of her work to a
critical inspection. Presumably she
caught a glimpse OF mo. for she turned
| suddenly, and when she saw that
was engrossed in what was going on
on the platform. she tiptoed to the
door and shut 1t. though not without
first having noted my foreign appear
ance. caught a glimpse OF her black
eyes, which Ire = smile. and l saw that
she had bobbed hair and was about
seventeen.
/ made myself comfortable in the
commandants plaot, and soon after
she came in. Now she was all pow
dered and dressed in a short white
frock. white stockings and shoes.
rose. bowed and gave my name. She
wasn't at all curious to know how I
| happened 10 be aboard Bolshevik
armored train. but just asked me
charmingly how was. Later she pro-
posed that we have ten. / was will
ing, and accompanied her TO the front
room to help cut bread and bring the
samovar to boil.
When we had brought everything
into the compartment and cleared the
shelf of typewriter and papers the
sailor finally made his appearance. He
thought 1t was fine that had made
myself at home in the train so quickly.
and In spite of my poor Russian had
managed to make myself understood
by Dolly Mikailovna, who was prom
inent member OF the crew. Sister OF
Mercy and, IL need be. n physician.
Also she was chief economist OF the
household, but In case OF danger and
battle she was a soldier who could
handle a machine gun as well as her
revolver.