Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-10-21

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It sounded very funny. ct the time |
and after, that We ali slept for |
nearly four hours. But Capt. Emma |
had become baboushka for the re-
mainder Of our wanderings. Maj.
Arapoy and were supposed to
share the only bedsteAd but when !
awoke he lay curled up In his army
overcoat on the floor. He had
thought, I'd rest better II ], slept
alone. In incidents like this you
learn what Russian hospitality Is,
still don't know where our host,
the tired and gentle medico, slept
that night, but I know he shouh
have slept where / slept and that
he needed sleep more than an ac-
Gordon concert at 2::3O in the morn
ing. Yet. it was the medico who
summoned the lieutenant with his
accordion and It was he who knew
what would make . perfect ending
to difncult day.
Asked About Second Trent.
In the morning DR.. Lojken- took
us to- the next, door cabin to see
some Of his wounded. They all be-
longed to his own mine -throwers
battalion and had been wounded In
fights of the last few days. Except
for one or two head cases, their In
juries were entirely Of the hands or
feet. They were all young. lusty
fellows in their twenties. Having
comparatively light wounds: they
we're treated here close to the front:
just the necessary Instruments care
fully arranged on couple OF peas
ant tables. -
The first soldier I talked with
had been wounded two days before.
He was big. blond Siberian. He
grinned broadly. FRITZ? Oh, he's
running fast and when I 60 back
he'll run faster"
you don't look as If you thought
Hitler would win the war" re-
marked. ss.'s.
When Ehrenburg translated that.
there was general laughter. Then
a Observation-Disclosures UkrainiaIl-he
was 80 and his name was 1t. Alexei
Kutz-spoke up: 1--WE fight" he
said, 'but We need help"
Then he asked me whether there
would be a second front this year.
I answered honestly that it didn't
look that way and I outlined, as
best I could, the reasons which
apologists for the British-Ameri-
| .on da1ou - nrna %snr = ~AearS
front have been putting forward
ever since July. That was all that
anybody said on that subject-while
we were present, anyhow.
No Defeatism in Wounded.
After all, 1t was not what these
Russian wounded men said. It was
what you saw In their faces rs they
listened. Yet there wasn't the
slightest defeatism about them
Nevertheless, for all their restraint
and pronounced good manners, any
one with an eyelash OF observation
or intuition could see that these
Russian soldiers felt that they had
been let down.
They did not want to talk about
their individual exploits. The,
wanted to know about Britain, the
United States and what the Allied
!; peoples were thinking and doing
/ AS for them: They were soon goinf
back to the front and the Red Arm,
. was going to take Rzhev. The Rus
slams would still shower Fritz witt
: unpleasant surprises. asked 1
|, anyone would like to send mes
, sage to America and the Ukrainiar
lieutenant was the first to respond
He stood very straight and spokt
very seriously as if he were address
; ing President Roosevelt and tn
American chief Of stan In person
!, 1.-THE first thing want to say t,
: American soldiers Is that we, havl
/ 4 great desire to meet them, and q
I soon as possible, z declares. Ii, Alexe
. Kutz. Then he added "Tfis VII
) of 1912 is worthy Of marking tn
/, end Of Hitler. In the name Of TIL
: Russian soldiers, must also say +
S Americans-you are also brave mer
> With your aid, we can establisl
5 justice in the world. To your health
And-turning directly to me-"Te.