The Washington times., 1922-12-24

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time in both it's international ant
national policies.
Why? Because the majority Of
those in Russia are In sympsth!
with their government. The peo
pie helped to dispose OF the Czar
istic and Kercnsky governments
and have fought many battles
to save the present one.
TERROR rs ENDED.
The Red Inter,ationais have q
love for their country. and for each
other. Through this they have
succeeded so far. A mere five
years. Al first am told that II
was through reign Of terror that
tho con'munis' government held
i's power. Well. Il 70 certainly no
longer tho case. for I have had
Russians tel me that they were
not bolshevists ana express them.
selves as being out Of sympathy
with certain laws Of the land he.
fore the very cars and eyes OF in.
dividuals who were know 10 he
soviet police authorities. Altho,rh
I did my atnfost TO come In dir {
contact With II. must admit INA
not once did l encounter any act
Of "terroffsm. 49,.
Young or; old. male or fe,naI ,
all have equal opportunities. Com.
munism' makes no distinction be-
tween ages Iror sexes. And that is
merely another factor for the con
tiTued success Of the bclshevist
regime. II accepts the services of
all. and as consequence all are
. part Of II. 'r
The army - Russia appears to
be composed OF men who are
happy. even though they are for
the most part underfed and poorly
clothed. They have boundless love,
respect and admiration for their
ward lord. Trotsky. He in return
regards them as his brothers and
children. Ono frequently views q
red soldier in tattsrs and with the
appearance OF bsing under-nour-
ished. but let him hear a strain of
the RED International" and you
will zee his eyes sparkle with
pride. This man has suffered for
love Of country, and AZ q conse-
quence loves her all the more.
Whenever there Is q public demon.
stration in which the army partici-
pates, the soldiers march with
either q song or a whistle on their
lips.
Tho army Is not an aggressive
one In any sense Of the word. A
Russian soldier does not want to
fight, nor does he desire q war OF
any kind. But he will frankly tell
you that. should foreign o>untry
attack his. he will fight un al hell
freezes over and then find q way
to melt. the ice."
STORES IN RUSSIA.
Are there stores in Russia now?
Yes and no. In the oitiss and In
q few Of the more prosperous
towns one now finds shops open.
The open-air store. the ma rket."
is the real place to 60 IL you care
to make 4 purchase and believe
you have enough millions of rubles
to do DO.
Values are determined By the
demand the world over. In Russia
there are millions In need, and 90
up the prices soar. Recently I
have made purchases Of food and
clothing In Russnu, Latvia, Ger.
many. England and the United :
States. and l know The current
prices in Paris. Moscow ID today
the most expensive city to live in
and Berlin the cheapest.
OF course. this statement u made
on the suppositiou that you are ex.
changing American dollars. As an
example Of food prices In Russia,
can you imagine paying s12 for
the pleasure OF treating three
friends and yourself to some tea
and fancy cakes7 did. A single
unfurnished room, minus heat and
light, would have cost me. at the
least. SIS per mouth.
Thousands upon >thousands Of
refugees have come to Moscow
from north. south, east and west
In search Of food. clothing. medical