THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, FORT LAN U, .txi uksaj. x , wpxoxo.
RUSSIAtJ SOVIET
IS HOT TOTTERING,
DECLARES YMER
,. ( , ; . J y
Russian PeoplAre Supporting It
as Against Denikiner Fearing
, Landlords' .Return to ' Power.
WOULD REMOVE BLOCKADE
Sees In Resumption of Economic
Relations Best Way to Get Rid
..of fleds; Soviets to Remain.
(CoBtlatMd Trom Ftse Om)
man Lata tnil QotMclu of Russia. No
Impartial Wbtsmr can leave soviet
. Russia today '. without delivering; this
': message from millions' of Russians ter
rified: at the prospect of the coming
winter with Its hunger, cold and disease.
f XtXITABY WOW BUZ.ES , ' ;
; ' Prom dictatorship of the proletariat
the 'soviet government la rapidly be
coming - ft . military dictatorship. The
mlliUry situation now dominates everything-.
and the civil functions of the
soviet institutions- are being taken over
-by.; revolutionary defense councils.
. Blockaded ' by Its enemies, the soviet
government' Is compelled to postpone
- social reconstruction and concentrate
i all vital resources to the prosecution of
' the war which.- Is waged with masterful
? organisation and, skill. There is strong
.-' opposition teethe severe war regime
- within the ranks of the Communists, a
strong group of the latter ' standing
x against Iron rule and ' for Internal re-'
. . forma. But mo lonar aa the BMilaha.nd
French keep Denlklne, Tudenltch and
m Kolchak in the field, so long mil soviet
Russia be ruled by extremists and ex-
;. traordinary commissions.
MODERATES GAI2T OK VICTOET
During my stay In Russia Xhero was
- one moment wnen ine moderate Bol-
ahevlkl gained a big victory. There
was uncovered In Moscow an extensive
counter-revolntionarv ornnlutlnn main.
talnlng Intercourse with General Denl
klne, receiving- financial support from
Admiral Kolchak and preparing for
- the overthrow of the soviet govern-
menu mere followed thousands of ar
.. rests bv an extrasirritn&pv
7" When General Denlklne learned of the
arrest or uenerai Dimitrleff, one of the
7 leaders of secret officers' organlaa-
lion, he threatened the soviet government
" by wireless that In case General Dim-
- ltrleff was executed reprisals would be
- taken. More than 100 persons responsi
ble for the plot were shot as enemy
agents. : In the midst of this tension a
bomB was thrown into the hall where
r the Mcecow communist central commit
tee was m session, causing three deaths. :
This provoked Je Indignation f the
masses, strengthening the extremists
considerably since Jt waa thought that
the bomb was thrown by members of the
counter revolutionary organisation at
large. At the f aneral, of the victims
of the explosion' there was an . Imposing
manifestation of soviet power. Certain
communist sections inarched under ban
ners Inscribed with a demand for the
"red terror and the mass extermination
of the bourgeoisie. For ft day or two
there was great anxiety lest there be
ft repetition of the outbreak of mass
terror such as followed! the attempt
on .-Lenin's- life last. Tear. , However,
the central committee of the communist
party : took quick action. Lenin, sup
ported by the majority, carried the
field against the terror and the extrem
ist agitation was stopped. Later it was
discovered that the bomb was -thrown
by. anarchists who have recently become
active again. - ' '
MA5T EtTMOBS ABC LIES
.The rumors circulated abroad about
the terror in Russia, about Trotzky having-
arrested Lenin and similar occur
rences re vicious lies. Upon arriving
in Russia one feels Immediately the rule
of an organized government capable of
keeping order. The state of things
under the soviet regime Is the very op
posite of anarchy, r There were no street
disorders whatever in Moscow and the
other .cities X visited. I was perfectly
safe on the streets of the capital, which
I traversed after midnight on numerous
occasions, although I was sure to be
stopped several times and asked for my
passport. The opera and the theatres
are crowded as usual. Tea parties are
surprisingly well patronized In spite of
almost fabulous prices.
Two days ago X crossed from soviet
Russia,; where-1 spent six weeks. Dur
ing this period I was under arrest three
days. , I traveled toy cattle, troop and
passenger trains, of every description,
for ft distance of 1600 miles, and mixed
with thousands of people of all classes.
X talked wlth the Bolshevist and antl
Bolshevist leaders, and visited- several
munition factories as well as other
plants. All the time I was gathering
information as to the political, military
and economio conditions in soviet Rus
sia ; .. evidence of counter-revolutionary
( plots, Bolshevist executions and mis
rule; and proof of the terrible Denlkln
atrocities and frightful Ukrainian po
groms first hand facts current in the
highest Communist circles ; ine inter
national relations of the soviet govern
ment and the fate of the Romanoff Jam
lly, as well as ft number of other sub
Jeota, . -, .. ..
HARD TO EVTES RUSSIA -
It is becoming- next to Impossible to
enter soviet Russia. Since my first trip
to Russia In May last, the Finnish bor
der has been tightly closed. .This time
I spent the whole month of August
maneuvering Into a position close to the
soviet Russian front. Finally early on
the -morning of September 6, X found
myself convoyed, with my eyes and face
covered with ft handkerchief, to the
bank of the River Dvlna, forming the
Lithuanian-Russian front. Ten miles to
the south an artillery duel was In prog
ress over the possession of Dvlnsk. Sev
eral hundred feet across the water was
the Red army's position. A Lithuanian
officer who was ordered by the general
staff to assist me In -'entering soviet
Russia tried to persuade me to give up
the attempt, saying that tfaer was no
boat on hls'slde of theDvlna, and that
Bolshevist 'machine uns on the oppo
site, bank vwOulojoWm Jmr"" effort-is-'
failure. However,, upon my Insisting, tie
led ,me, waving an Improvised white
flag, to the edge f the water, with my
eyes still covered . by the handkerchief.
BOAT SJE5T FOB HIM "
The Bolshevist machine guns did not
fire upon the white flag,. and soon, to
my cry. "Tovaristchl." cams the reply,
"We listen." : Having put my ease be
fore the Reds across the Dvlna as loud
ly as possible, I asked tbera to send a
boat V for me, which was done. . Still
robbed of my sight by the handkerchief,
I was rowed across, and greeted there
by several men of the Red army, whose
faces X could nor, see, and led to oat
talton headquarters. Here my- bandage
was removed, and I found myself In a
cabin, filled with curious but disciplined
soldiers, f was driven to the reaimen-
tal . and then to the brigade headquar
ters; where -1 was treated most cour
teously, the conduct of officers and men
leaving nothing to be desired.
From the type of men "forming the
regimental and brigade staffs I realised
that the Red army was not ft collection
of bands, but a highly organized mili
tary machine. It was evening when I
was brought to the-division headquarters
at Dvlnsk.. The city was under fire and
the - shells ' were causing considerable.
damage as. well as casualties among tne
people. .Here I was handed over to ft
"special section" bf the extraordinary
commission dealing with military mat
ters only, and placed, under arrest
Anybody crossing the soviet, front falls
Into the hands of the special section and
Is-arrested as a possible spy. After a
most minute search I was thrown Into a
wretched room. : All night the artillery
boomed violently. On the afternoon of
the following day, together with a batch
of other "prisoners I was ordered to be
sent to army headquarters at Veliki
LukL The distance to the station being
two. miles I asked permlssoin to take a
cab or hire a baggage carrier. .
"JtOT AMEBICA, HB IS TOLD
"This Is not i America," shouted the
warden. "Hire there Is democracy. Tou
cannot have somebody to do your work
- I pleaded that-It was physically im
possible, for me -to carry two, heavy
cases distance of two miles, but I
was' forced to take them. A few min
utes' latter I broken ttown and the con
satins;; soldiers. In spite of the war
den's orders, allowed me to hire help.
When we Mated ourselves In a bos car
the enemy artillery In the hills across
the river opened fire on the station. The
shells came nearer and nearer to US.
The-panic stricken passengers detrained
andVscurrled to -cover inside the massive
station building. We prisoners wanted
to follow the passengers, but were held
at a revolver's point by the chief of the
convoy, who announced that anybody at
tempting to move would be instantly
killed. There were a few anxious mo
ments when we heard the report of guns
and watched approaching shell. Finally,
when a shell flew over our car, strik
ing the station squarely, the convoy de
cided to seek cover with us. The bom
bardment ceased and we started for
Veliki LukL .
PRISONERS KEPT HT SQUALOR
- There I was thrown into ft detention
place improvised out of a monastery.
In one large room, bare of the most
primitive furniture, were kept about 100
persons. AH had to sleep on the floor.
The place was vermin" infested. The
Front Over Seas-
Kenneth Durward
English
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for
Quality
We have just received" a big
shipment of these , famous
English coats for men. -
The stylfes are in light, me
dium and heavyweight belt
ers, town ulsters, light weight
slipons and knese lengtiijdress
coatSillif3 jnaterials embrajce
a liill range of velours, fancy
cheyiots, Shetland s iand
f tweeds in theilatest foreign
; color ettects.
x) louare sure-to tind a coat
y,among them ,'that is just tb
iyouv liking a
$55&$125
Overcoats
Rain or shiheKeniieth Dur-"
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GloveTime
Whether it's foridresis or
drivings youll find here
the glove of your prefer
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The best leathers
The best makes r'
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Moderately. priced -
food raUon consisted of half a pound
of bread sjd quarter of : a pouna ot
sugar dally, - Although It was ft pre
liminary detention place where prisoners
are kept only until their, cases are in
vestigated, there were persons here who
had been under arrest for several weeks
Without knowing ; the reason a why.
Among the prisoners was a lC-year-old
boy,: who had traveled without a ass-
port, a local physician who bad Jeen
taken for trenuted i sympathy with the
bourgeoisie, a German who had crossed !
the frontier and upon whom was found
a catalorue of steel firms, two Red army
artillery officers suspected of. a. desire
to go over to the enemy, a Baltic oaron
said to have been the bolder -of large
estates, and a number-of peasants and
Jews. 'On my vehement, protest -I was
given an office room and spent the nignt
nnder guard. On the following day I
was subjected to a crosa examlnauon
and w&s 'sent to Moscow, where I was
released several hours latef. '
ECONOMIC SITTTIOITWOBSB
I? X found that the economio situation
had taken a big turn for the worse since
the enrlnr. 'When X left Moscow in May
the price of a pound of bread was 22
rubles (nominally 111), early in Septem
ber it was 55 rubles (nominally 227.50)
and now it was 75 rubles (nominally
137.60). , However, .this Is the price not
of the government ration of bread, but
In the free market which supplies two-
thirds of the bread consumed by the
Moscow population on account of the
Inadequacy of the ' municipal food, dis
tributing apparatui. Vet. there is more
bread in the Moscow-; markets today
than there was four . months ago. the
Increase In the price, .therefore, indicating-
the faU in value of the soviet
ruble. During the same, period salaries
were only doubled, while the free trade
prices Increased three and one-half
times. Apples in Moscow cost 30 rubles
(nominally 115), not because of a short
age of apples but on account -of specu
lations. ; , w .; y. - .
PEASANTS fifiOW EICH ,
Peasants living near" the large' cities
have grown enormously rich by selling
their produce at exorbitant prices, ; The
farther one "oes ' from- "Moscow the
cheaper food lev. In Gomel bread costs
25 rubles (nominally 117.501 a pound, in
Dvlnsk 2. rubels (nominally $18),: in
Brlansk 22 rubles, (nominally 111), in
Tula 20 rubles (nominally 210), and in
Ufa. Samara, Saratov, Kazan and: other
eastern towns, from 5 to 7 rubles (nom
inally $2.50 to 3.50) ft pound. In the
provincial town the soviet food control
Is able to supply most of the bread -de
mands of the population' at fixed low
government prices. There the higtt cost
of living Is not so terrible since there
Is plenty of money in. soviet Russia on
account of the nigh wages..
COLLAPSE JTOT INDICATED
In spite of the seriousness of the eco
nomic and military situation, there Is
no reason to' expect the speedy collapse
of the soviet government. All the. indi
cations before my departure from-Mos
cow were that General Denlkln's suc
cesses were temporary and due to the
fact that the Bed army high command
had (committed a big error by devoting
all Ho reaoiireeB to comnlete the drush-
ring of Admiral Kolchak, thereby giving
General Denlkln his opportunity. ? If it
had been possible quickly to move re
inforcements . from the Siberian front
against General Denlkln the latter would
not have, advanced-far. since, the Red
soldiers who drove . General Kolchak
back 1000 verst (about. 660 miles), cap
turing 300.000 prisoners, destroying the
entire Southern Kolchak army and open
ing the road to Turkestan, are Imbued
with an irresistible victory spirit. I
saw thousands of them in Tula on the
way to the Southern front from the
Urals, being reviewed by Trotzky, sa
luting and cheering bis sreetlne- lustily.
The cavalry was magnificent and there
were Infantry, artillery, machine guns
and armored car detachments. Three
airplanes and one enormous airship flew
overhead.- One felt -the might of the
Red army. One felt that Denlkln was
doomed if the Russian railroads could
transport from across the Volga suffl
clent reinforcements.
SHOULD REMOVE BLOCKADE
The day I left Moscow the soviet army
assumed a general offensive against the
Denlklne forces. Leon Trotsky, as well
as the other leaders, were confident that
the Red army would be able to drive
him back.
There is no permanent solution of the
Russian problem in forcing General
Denlkln, uenerai Tudenltch and the
monarchy upon the Russian people, let
alone the Iniquity of such a course. The
only way to rid Russia of Communist
control and allow the development of
an advanced social democratic state lies
through the removal of the blockade
and the resumption of economio rela
tions with Russia, which would enable j
the workers and peasants now opposed
to Communism but cooperating with it.
in defiance of the revolution, to devote
their attention toward creating more
democratic - government. ' The extreme
Communists in . Russia know this, and
like Lord XorthcUffe. Winston ChurchlU
and , Premier - Clemeneeau, . they are in
favor of civtt war. ; They tear the -re-noval
of the blockade, as they see in
war ,s chance- to - keep - themselves in
power until social revolution breaks out
in Western Europe, f 3 Only' American
food and the usual agricultural machin
ery and rolling -stock " can direct ' tem
pestuous-Russia Into moderate channels
and gradually evolve ft new Russian
government. It is clear to all unbiased
observers in soviet Russia, that the
blockade , and the support of Kolchak,
Denlkln and Tudenltch only perpetuate
unrest, chaos and bloodshed and above
an . Bolshevism. - . :. .
WITTE SAYS PETROGRAD
; IS CERTAIN TO BE TAKEN
i By . Georra Wltte : -
Special Cbl to The Journal maA The Chios
(Coprocbt, ISIS, ey Ctuetf Eafl Newt Co.)
On the Russian Front, Oct. 23. Via
Copenhagen. Denmark.) From a hilltop
at the front 1 saw; Fetrograd, the "for
bidden city.'V today, - Through strong
binoculars' I could plainly discern the
white .palaces,' the green cupolas of
hundreds of churches, thousands of
chimneys and .factory smokestacks. But
no smoke, poured forth as a' sign of in
dustry and home comfort. -The cHy rose
n oe oisxant Aonzon lute a lata mor
gana, the peaceful picture , being dis
turbed enlv bv tha mw f ih, niM
below me and tittle white clouds as the
sneiis expMMeo. -w. - -.. ,, ..
I General Yudenltch's men are pressing
forward lrreslsUbly, and the tall of the
Russian metropolis Is certain within a
week. Oatschlna was cleared of Bol-
snevun xour nays ago. it la sUll suf
fering from the after effects of four
months of life under the Reds. The In
habitants hailed the Whites as libera
tors.' They, are bitter against the Reds,
who took everything, freely-distributing
houses and Uvestock among the Bolshe
vik!. The peasants were found to be
living in residences formerly Inhabited
by their superiors. The Whites an re
storing the property to its rightful own
ers. -V '-'.i:
BEFORE YOU . SAY; GOODNIGHT
Prepare for a dear, Bright Day Tomorrow by
Taking "Cascarets" for Liver and Bowels
Simple Wash Removes
'w- Ririgt Under Eyes
. Portland people will be-urpn$e(K
how- quickly simple . witch - hacel,
cxmphof bydrastls, etc., as mixed in
Lavoptik eye-wash, relieve! cloolshot -eyes
and dark rings. One yount lady
who had ye trouble.: and Very tin- -tightly
dark rings was relieved by a
single week's use of Lavoptik. We .
guarantee a smalt bottle to help ANY;
CASE weak, strained or Inflamed eyes.
Aluminum eye cup WEE. Skidmore
Drug Co.. 151 Third St -Adv. -
Drive away those persistent enemies
of happiness biliousness and constipa
tion. Don't stay headachy, sick, tongue
coated sallow and miserable i Get rid
of olds, indigestion, upset stomach, or
that misery making gas. Feel splendid
tomorrow bytaklng Cascarets tonight
Cascarets are so pleasant, so harmless.
They never gripe, sicken or inconvenience
you like Calomel, Salts, Oil or nasty,
harsh Pills. They cost, so little and
work while you sleep. Adv.
When yon feel so "blue1 that
even tb sky took yellow, you need
BEECH ALTS
PILLS
A atagswft' Bver sad poorly acttog jddiwre
laa to destroy toed pouone, which sflect ike
ssiad as well as the body.
SeleefAay
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1 ins exhibit demonstrates facts
about milk that were not suspected
by the average man or woman who
drinks milk.
The chemists analyzed milk and seg
regated all the different minerals,'
fats and salts found in pure, fresh
milk.
Our exhibit at the Food Show in the
Armory shows exactly, what is placed
by. nature in "Nature's one perfect'
food." -The display is in exact pro
portions to one gallon of milk.
We also Show the housewife and
mother the difference between a
balanced and an unbalanced meal
and set before the business man
. what scientists declare tto be the
perfect nealth luncheon.
The exhibit, is open to the public.
Admission 10 Cents "
Armory at Tenth and Couch
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With fine tea an, abun
dance of exquisite tea-
flavor develops before the
tannin begins to draw.
In common tea the tea-
taste hardly vstarW before
the tannin comes l9n5
and smothers it Tatiin,
therank harsh injurious- -
what people use to tan
leather with.
Try Schilling's. You'll
never go bade o -coramon
tea.
There aim toW flavors el Schilling
Tea Japan. Ceylon - India, Oolong,
English Breakfast.., All one quality. In
paKbjava4ined molstare-proof packages.
At grocers everywhere. , . , -
A Schilling & Co San Francisco
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