Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-16
BACK FROM RUSSIA.
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Vitebsk and Moscow--a 80 hour rloe-
Mrs. Harrison made in Il box car IN
charge of a red guard. a very NiViu
idea OF the Soviet description OF the
accommodations. Our quarters in the
staff car" she writes, were close u
saw the least, but we were lucky
seemed, to have those. A compar'-
mont for two was reserved for four OF
us and there, with the exception OF
few venturesome visits to the toiiel'
we spent the next thirty-siX hours.
occupied the lower berth, the doctor "a
Jewish woman) and the commissar
wife the upper berth, and the soiuler
slept on the floor. Standing In the
corridor was impossible, because II was
filled with solid mass OF soldiers WIZ
irs;sted in defiance of discipline on
occupying 1t. They made 1t almost
imnossible for us to open the door ana
ON. escort had to fight his way out 10
e,et hot water to make our tea from
the samovar machines that are In ope-
ration Mt each station. The rest OF the
train, which was entirely composed oi
box cars, was packed, people even slt-
ting on the roofs and bumpers anu
there were fights at every station De-
tween persons trying to get on ana
off,"
shadowed by the "Checka.'
Arrived in Moscow, an upwclcolhc
guest, she went through the usual
forms Of search and inquisitorial m
vcs,irotion and was finally allowed by
Checherin, head of the foreign oihce'
to remain, at first for few weeks III
apparently unchecked freedom f'er
to Income conscious of the fact that
wherever she went the lurking shad-
ows of the checka-the secret ponce
bureau of the Soviet-were dogglnS
her footsteps and watching her every
action. Her first glimpses, of Lenine'
end Trotsky were obtained at en- open
Soviet meeting at the opera house. ar
ranged with dramatic enects-sar
In nded portraits Of Leniae, TrotsKy
and Marx were everywhere. Red hags
draped from the galleries and around
the stage, multitudcs of banners IN eV-
idence displaying the matter OF the req
renublic. "Prolctariat of the World
Unite" Lenine delivered an address
on the governments policy or recon-
struction.
"When I saw him come out on the
,toge" writes Mrs. Harrison, my first
feeling was one of disappointment. he
Is n short, thick set, unimposing look
ing little man, with cClorless hair ana
n small pointed beard
piercing grayblue eyes, and quie''
almost monotonous man
ner of delivery. After q few words'
however, l, like every one else, began
to listen attentively. 1t was not mag
rctio eloqucnce that held me, 1t was
the impression Of tremendous sihcer-
ity. utter self confidence and qule'
mower. He is absolutely sure of him.
self and his idea and when he speaks
TO tho people he has talent for PICK
ing out the simplest possible words 10
express his meaning. Trotsky, while
I I,enine was speaking, sat with MS heau
bent scribbling industriously on
nod-a broad shouldered man of mid
die height slightly inclined to stout
ness. but erect and military in his
bearing. The line of his mouth was
hard. cynical, almost forbidding, unlil
he began to speak, and then | sudden-
" realized that there was something
about the mans personal
ity. There was something almost eN-
ultant in his expression as ms eyes
swept the enormous crowd in front OF
him and it seemed to me that subcon-
sciously it was mingling with a Ger
tain racial pride. l could almost I'M
agine him as saying, For the first time
since the days of the Maccabees, l,
Jew, am the head of great army.
Naturally interested from womans
standpoint in the position OF women IN
tho Soviet scheme and the much moot
ed ouestion of sex relations. Mrs. Har-
rison called upon Kolontai, the only
great woman publicist among the
Communists" and found her Bolshe-
yik de luxe, living in luxury at the Ma
tional hotel. "She was wearing an oN-
uuisite boudoir gown of green VelNet'
trimmed with sable, her little feet were
encased in velvet slippers of the same
shade and she was altogether chic and
charming. Evidently she has great re-
gard for her personal appearance, and
although not young, she is an extreme
lv pretty woman of the fragile blond
type. She is the daughter Of an i'm
pcrial general and q lady TO her finger
tips. We talked principally about the
education Of children, which is her
chief hobby. She told me, that She
considered family life absolutely sub
vcrsive to the interests of the Com
mune, that children born should be re-
garded as the property of the state
that they would develop much more
genuine sense of social responsibility