New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 18, 1919, Page 5

NEW BRITAIN BLIGHT OF BOLSHLViSM IS BARED BY RETURNED GOVERNMENT OFFICER Nationalization of Women and Other Official Decrees of Reds Show Depths of Degradation to Which People Have Sunk. Feb tigatir United The Bolshevism Washington, 18 senate eommittee inve abroad the States ' been policy and has told the which in the free love recognized by the RBolsheviki in various par of Rus: It told of pickpocket vho were organized ‘from among the Red Guard and who operated with official sanction; the story of delicate women being compelled to work the streets because they happened have been horn of the middle aristocratic classes; the disfranch ment of all but followers of Lenine and Trotzky, proof that the German government backed the Bolshevist uprising, the story of the allied rorces in the Archangel district, the with drawal of whom it was stated would most certainly be followed by the acre of thousands of innocent people who live in North Russia and 1o have been actively cooperating with the American and British troops The narrator of these ho: W Hoger E. Simmons. the former sentative in Russia of the department of mmerce, weeks n Russi jails Archangel for this country last Mr Simmons began his 13 Saturday concluded thi afternoon When Senator an of the story of a was mas co who spent vho left November. narrative it late and and Mr. his chair- thanked him in the name of the senate and told m that no American had rendered 4 greater service of late than he had in bringing before the people of this coun the real sto the chaos, ¢ that pre- vail in Russia as a result of Bolshev- ist domination. “When the Saturday,” said Mr Simmons, just concluded the horrors and terroristic of carrying them that witnessed while Russian Now T shall refer to some things I saw after my relea Forced By Soldiers to Toil. “First, T wish fo state that through the of that finished the Simmons Overman, -ommittee, ory adjourned oy committee methods out T had in of use arms repre- | t s to | or | of women? narrative of | prisons. | the | i | t s | men | and women are compelled to work at | any labor that the Bolshevist authori- ties assign them to do. Great num- bers of these pecople are old or frail, nersons utterly unfit for such as they are forced to do at the point of bayone or uns. They are lawyers e men, and other sone whose work in normal time was “of what term a mental na- ture 1 suffer the same fate. The ‘ed into the heav- fest sort of labor. Many are used to dig graves, and 1 have heard of many who were forced to dig the of their relatives and who displeasure of sraves own triends the Bolsheviki “In Petrograd one day these gangs at work in the street breaking with pickaxes the frozen &10w. In this gang was a young wo- man of evident gentle breedingand of frail physique. but she met the I saw one of declined to be an object of charity. She told me everything that her family had had bheen appropriated hy the Balsheviki and she had to dig ice out of the streets or perish. It was the only kind of work that the Bolsheviki would permit her This is the case of great numbers of others of the same class.” In answer to a question by Senator "FREE TO THE SICK! A Remarkable Offer made to the Sick for this to do.| | worlk | g | geois per- | T offered to help her, | Overman, Mr. Simmons told of the hunger condittons in Petrograd, of people dying in the streets. He cor- roborated the testimony of previous witnesses regarding this phase of Rus sian horror. “A few words more Red Guards,” he coatinued “The ages for service in the Red army arc from 16 to 52 years. As I have stated, it is o force organized by force and at the point of bayanets “Another phase of Bolshevism one not hitherto referred to at hearing is what the Bolsheviki the ‘Leveliag of Intelligence.’ forms one the most ghas of the system. Persons. under rogulation, who are considered to have more intelligence than is consid- cred healthy for the cause of Lenine and Trotzky are . thrown into ison and I am certain in great num .rs of instances put to death simp becausc they were considered af higher intelligence than the leaders approve of. This one pha should indicate to any thinking man or wo- man in America what Bolshevism is and what its spread means to the civi- lized world.” “What can you tell us of the policy that is known as the nationalization Mr. Simmons was asked. “If the facts regarding that phas of the situation are lerstood in the United States,” Mr. Simmons answer- ed, “‘the propaganda which is trying to justify Bolshevism before the Am jcan people cannot passibly before public opiaion. I will read to you two official decrees for the con- trol of the free-love policy in two Russian cities.” Decree of Saratov Soviet. first decree read by Mr. Sim- mons w dated March 15, 1918, and was issued by the anarchist Soviet, which was charged by Lenine and Trotzky with the governmeat of the city of Saratov. The official transla- tion of the decree reads: This decree is proclaimed by the Free Association of Anarchists in the town of Saratov. In comypliance with the decision of the Soviet of Peasants regarding the and of The as | 2na Soldiers and Workmen’s Deputies of Kranstadt, the abalition of the pri- vate po: sion of women. MOTIVES. Social inequalities and legitimate marriage having been a condition in the past which has served as an in- strument in the hands of the bour- thanks to which all the best species of all the beautiful women have been the property af the bour- geois, have prevented the proper con- tinuation of the human race. Such ponderous arguments have induced the present organization following decree 1. From March 1 the right to pos- sess women having reached the ages 17 to 32 is abolished. . The age of women shall be de- termined by birth certificate or pass- ports or by the testimony of witnesses, and on failure to produce dacuments their age shall be determined by the Black Committee, who shall judge them according to appearance. 3. This decree does not affect wo- men having five children. f. The former owners may retain the right of using their wife without awaiting their turn 5. In case of resistance af the hus- mand he shall forfeit the right of the former paragraph 6. All women accordiag to this de- cree are exempted from prvate own- ership and are proclaimed the prop- erty of the whole nation. New Englan stand | to edict the, ! 7. The distribution and manage- | ment of the appropriated women in compliance with the decision of the | above said organization are trans- | ferred to the Anarchist Sar club. ) In three days from the publication of this decree all women given by it to | the use of the nation are obliged to present themselves to the ziven dress and give the required info tov { | i tion. S Before the Black Committee is | formed for the realization of this de- | | cree, the citizens themselves shall be | charged with such control. Remarks: | Each citizen knowing a woman not cubmitting herself to the address un- der this derree is obliged to let it e known to the anarchists' club, giving Ithe full address, full name, and father’s ne of the offending woman 9. Male citizens have the right to use one woman not oftener than three times a week, for three hours, observ- ing the rules specified below. 10. Bach man wishing to piece of public property should bear of certificate from the Fac- tories Committee, professional unio or Workmen's, Soldiers’ and Peasants’ | Couneil, belongs to | the work | 193 obliged his 1se a | be a ! certifying that he amily class Zvery working member i to discount 2 per cent. from earnings to the fund of general public action, Remarks: This com- mittee in charge will put these dis- | counting funds with the specifications | of the names and lists into the slate banks and other institutions handing | | down these funds to the popular gen- | | eration. | 12. Male citizens not belong the working class in order to have the | right equally with the proletariat are | obliged to pay 100 roubles monthiy | into the public funds. 13. The local branch of the state bank is obliged to begin to reserve the ments to the National Generation unds. 14, All women proclaimed by this decree to be the national property will receive from the funds an allowance | i of 235 roubles a month. { ! - All women who are pregnant { are released of the direct state duties ! ' for four months, up to three months before and one month after child- birth. | 16. The children born are given to an institution for training after they | jare one month old where they are | trained and educated until they are 17 years of age at the cost of the pub- lic funds. | . In case of birth of twins, the mother is to receive a prize of 200 | roubles. | | 18, All citizens, men and women, | | are obliged to watch carefully thelr | | health and to make each week an ex- | amination of urine and blood. Re- { mark: The examinations are to he made daily at the laboratories of the | Popular Generation Health 19. Those who are sguilty spreading venereal disease will be held | | responsible and severely punished. | { 20, Women having lost their health may apply to the Soviet for a | pension. | 21 The Chief of Anarchists will bo | in charge of perfecting the temporary ! arrangements and technical measures | concerning the realization of this f’Lr‘-l cree. of All those refusing to recognize | and support this decree will be pro- | § claimed sabotage, enemies of the peo- ple and be held | ties. ] (Signed) COUNCIL OF THE CITY ! OF SARATOW, Russia. | Vladimir Soviet Decrec. | The second decree, read by Mr. Simmons, was issued by the Soviet of the City of Vladimir. 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Wednesday, Feb, 19th from to consult with and examine OFFICE AND LABORA- 311 MAIN STREET, WORCESTER, MASS, SALLY counter-anarchists and will | 1 T1ERA L N Any offender agaf girl by using insulf# attempting to ravish Hi the full rigor of Revold Anyone who has ravishe has not reached her 18th W idered a state criminal ami | to a sentence of 20 years’ unless he marries the injured The injured, dishonored girl §§ the right not to marry the if she does not desire, Any having reached hef ear and not having man ohliged, subject to the most Sef penalty, to register at the Buresi Free Love of the Commissariat of ## veillance. . ITaving registered at the Bureaw Jree Love, she has the right to choom om among the men between the ag 0¢ 10 and 50 a cohabitant husband. (1) The consent of thi id choice is unnecessary., on whom such a choice falls has no right to make any pro- whatsoever against the infringe- Remarks— test * ment The right to choose from a number - girls who have reached their cighteenth year is also given to men. The opportunity to choose hus- { band or wife is to be presented once month. he bureau of us. Men betwoen the ages of 19 50 bhave the right to choose from among the registered women, even without the consent of the latter, in 1 nterests of the state n who he issue of these are to become the property of e state. The decree states further that it as been based on the “excellent ex- | ample of similar decrees already is- | sued at Luga, Kolpin, etc. A similar “project of provisional ghts in connection with the sociali- tion of women in the City of Hve- linsk and vicinity” has been published in the Local Gazette of the Workers’ d Soldiers’ Deputies. Mr. Simmons | id ‘Gentlemen,"” he finished free love is autcno- and | added Mr. Simmons, reading the Vladimir “these documents speak for themselves. God and morality are own to the Bolsheviki and every. that makes life decent and living is in jeopardy if this worth | thing is permitted to go ahead.” y’s Part in Bolshevism. Simmons next testified relative to Germany’s part in spreading Bol- shevism in Russia. “All of the terrorism that reigns in Russia,” he said, “I believe to have been instigated officially in Germany. | 1 am convinced that Lenine and i Trotzky were put in power by Ger- many. The fact that I am now to disclose 1 am certain has never ap- peared in the public prints. My in- formant is the man who acted for von Bethmann Hollweg, the former imperial chancellor. His story was | told under oath in the office of the American consul general in Moscow. “In 1914, when the war started, this man was in Germany. He is a Rus- sian and a socialist. The Germans & i informed | Germans to fight should said, he anarhy T | German go and was himi | return to Russia himself with the/ K@ ubsequently Lenine! J&f and, under German prof ed Germany and entered ! ritory. “Whether or not Lenine act entered into an understanding with the Germans T am not in a position to say. He did, however, do the very things that Germany at that time de- sired to be done. In 1bsequent writ. ings I think that Lenine almost ac- knowle: standing. I also think that the facts go far toward proving the truth of the Sission papers. I have also been on the highest authori that proof exists that the Bolshevik enfered into an alliance ith the Allies in the north and the Czecho-Slovaks in the west, and in that same agreement Germany agreed not to interfere with the work of the Soviets. “On one occasion after Lenine and Trotzky came into power, Bruhebe- vich, the secretary of Lenine, made the statement that German artillery and German soldiers had passed ‘around Petrograd on their way north.’ " Mr. Simmons recalled that when he was in Nijni-Novgorod three Russian sailors were executed by order of Fiduk, the assistant commissary of that city. These sailors came in to protest against the cutting of their bread allowance. Eiduk, Mr. Simmons said, uttered, in his presence a com- s that there was an under- | § | i the | mills, every one of Wh T it A dismantled. was sold to Germans. And they are sold at the lowest prioes’ The Germans are strengthening theit” economic hold on Russia In every way possible and the Bolsheviki are giving them a free hand.” Mr. Simmons estimated transportation system of running now at about normal that Russia, 20 are per cent In conclusion Mr. Simmons referred to the situation in the Archangel dis- trict. He said almost to a man the population of the district was heart and soul with the Allies. He told of one labog union of lumber who, to the number of 10,000 unteered in a body to fight with American and British. “When I left Archangel”, the he said the | s g piothed and th, We simply cannot take them aw DOV, therfe can be no question to what would happen to the peo left behind. 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