The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-17
BY H. J. r.
(Master MarIner.)

Continued from yesterdays issue)
ON July 10, the fishing was getting
~ pretty well done. That morning
there came Soviet Russian cruiser
steaming to the village. Her name
was the "Voroysky." About in the
afternoon there came steam launch
alongside with three officials from the
cruiser, Russians, one Of them l re-
cognized. it was an official from
Petropovlosok. We had met him while
there. He jumped on board, shook
hands and asked for Staricho, as !
could understand that much Russian,
by that time, which means old man, j
knew he meant Mr.. Bennett.
l brot him to Bennett and as soon
as he saw him, shook hands and en-
braced him and told him thru one of
the other officials who spoke English,
that young Kenneth, his grandson,
was given four outfits of clothing and
was on his way to Moscow with the
other young folks by way of Vladivos-
tok, to commence his studies at the
university.
Visit Soviet Village.
They stayed and had coffee with
us. One gentleman from Vladivos-
tok by the name of Goerman, spoke
good English. He had been in San
Francisco. But when the revolution
started in 1917, he went back to Rus
STA. They asked us how we liked
the village. SO we told them that we
had not been there because it was too
far away,
They asked US would we like to go
and visit the village. We said we sure
would. Alright" they said, "can you
go tomorrow We said we could.
Alright" they said. I'VE will ar
range and have motor boat come
for you tomorrow afternoon about
two o'clock, then. You be up to the
village about 4:SO p. m. and we will
meet you there" So about they
said goodbye and left.
The next day the motor boat was
there at the appointed time and six
of us started for the village. The
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fishing village about three miles up
the Kamchatka river with a popula-
ton of about 700 people. We arriv-
ed there about 4:30 p. m. and Mr.
Goerman was there to meet us. The
Red cruiser was anchored q mile
from shore and we asked him if we
would be allowed to take a look on
board Of her. He said you are wei.
come if you want to go and said, Amy
of our warships are open to visits by
worker, so come right along" So
we started for the cruiser.
Board Soviet Warship.
We got alongside and when we
came on board, Mr.. Goerman intro
duced us to the commander who was
at the. gangway. The commander, a
polite man, spoke good English and
Immediately took us around the whole
ship. They showed us all the quar-
tiers and the big salon which was used
for educational purposes for the crew
with all the up-to-date and Communist
literature. Then we went thru the
crew QudfbcIS WHlCH were very BOOO
and shook hands with all the boys,
all fine big strapping young fellows.
We met one young fellow amongst
them who had been in Honolulu and
spoke good English We were the
first foreigners, who had come on
board to visit them and he told us
he could not understand why It was
that foreign merchant seamen did not
come on board their warships oftener
to visit them. That they were al
ways welcome. And that they were
the only real workers navy in the
world and that the foreign merchant
seamen were workers and are well
come. tf trf
Talk Of America.
So soon explained why II was
they did not visit them as I under
stood II thoroly. explained that the
merchant seamen of the world, never
came to visit a warship of any ma.
tionality as 1t was not customary for
them to go on board warship and II
they did try to visit aawarship OF any