"THE TERROR."

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue 13905, 5 November 1919, Page 7

"THE TERROR."

: A VP DEATH IX PETROGRAD. .'„;|i)w-iiig are extracts from an '<.. ii'i the Times by a Russian offi- %) e-eapetl from Petrograd on .',,',n-4.-LiiiUiumist receives daily a ,i[ paper v.'itli questions which . I|> ha- to fill up giving «very i,;. ; hi- . r her Fife Snd a full bio- '.,- I-'tirtliermore. rumors are cou--t iji-ini—ed from service, or el.-o , ja ;.- L - are given extra bread or i-jtion-. In tliis way the ranks ;. r ,jr;i. an- filled, the new mem',lim fi"--t listed as "sympathised; :':•- party, then made to go •j ;i .-pecial course of lectures, -Kaih to -'.is- through a trial. .■ receive extra rations M-. They are allowed to do any- : "r,;.r ilk worst crimes committed -i'!!i. I'J'iij'-ries. bribery, embezzle-"ti:-.v '.■.-cape, at the worst, by be-iiiiriinamh-d and transferred to •tsfflutic terror affects the inhabit- •: :~» v.-ay-. On the one hand it Jiri.ry inhabitant to expect it to ■ ■ inm to '"' arrested and to listen ler the sounds of the motor (1 .-niu' "a their turns of per<|iii- ;'. ch.'.-e lii-ing nit other traffic goi! tiurmu tlie night hours), wherej. inhabitant is deprived of his r ,ii r,-t alter a seven-hour spell ■.,-;.; in tin f'olshevik institutions, ■ : [- : ~- .if the committees of pau- ;;. Mid '.' keeping guard at the ~ ;,ite-. And on the other hand ' tmiiiiai'i;- perquisitions made in ■cparatcly and wholesale arrests ryifK ,;.!' people in tin- streets all :fc.- inliabitaiits extremely nerv- ' ..can.-. - ei' :.'[• re.-1 are various. The ] i.;i'.:-"itii»iis are of countor-revo- ' :.;.rfit'any ri lations. even 'hough : ~ ;);,• reipute past, with the En- ■ p.j.v. r-. During the ])eri|iiisi- ' r r.-iiii.-M'li s are taken away. and. - ;B:,ia;i:i-t< fill their [Hickets at the >■ i.f the inhabitants by taking ' -::)--. iira'-elets. gold watches. ' :si' iiiiiii. ami anything to make •aurt •vhen they eventually go ithrir dancing parties. ' ijiniiiiliitaitl must patiently ex- ; ::•; li. hi.- turn to be put into : :a;-i limrilile Bolshevik prisons, r rpn-eiit an accumulation of ' ■-. tliri. cdlil. and famine. Cells ' i f.ir -ingli persons are filled ' a: tn ten prisoners, who have '. Mil damp <tone floors, and bo ' :ii;h raniets alive with insects. L ■t;:li potato skins and cabbage c ■•.rim ruin.-,- in it. and a small t ■ sjiiii- -üb-titiite for hread are 1 t ■•/ id thev get. 1

'(-■:■. i"...'iiparatirily quiet day the >t fciiinvs no rest at night, when i;communists rush into the cell. r.'s !>,t. and laughter read out j:m> i I the people to be shot. nrpo-ely make mistakes, giving >*:ic naiiii--: then begin again. I'Siiim..- tin's comedy for their own !:m. Kinallv the correct liamis it'.'-r.t. and these people are told i~y i:|. anil not. lose their time - =; ".U- it- that i< not needed for /rimrs tor which people are he- ";:•' are various—from being in :ii'-n d! verses written against the -'!■:- :i|i to being suspected of purposes. SomeT !:in ;!].■ army has suffered at m: wholesale shootings take "l!iN lor instance, in Gatchiua '■ "id ot .rune, whole groups of "•-Tr executed on the order of a ■irri-tei- ■"Lichtermann." ":o*nt it is difficult to say to ptviiTciire is given to be "shot-: ~p oppn-etl to Bolshevism, peasEtjiimg to <ri\\. U p their corn to "1 Ami;., engineers suspected of -■-•■ ..'incer> believed to' have a t" the White Guards, or per- " ■< siller wlio dares to express ?- o:i i-ei-tain matters, all are « Tlie daily number of oxe- ''■ ir.im )].', to ,|) men _ wiptiou for the Red Army em- '■'■'>'■" larger numbers, and at pre-;;-;-i'.eio population from 19 to 43 ■■"■ upon to join and former offi--1 :!: >- :'o- of fin. •Vf-itl t- gradually becoming de- - ;■> iio repairs are made: pieces •fj roniice.- fall off the roofs, the '. v - •!!'.'! <lr:n'u pines get cracked fall to nieces, and ffl:v t,, ti lo niln wind, and sun, V-_ l " :!ri - :t " '<■' "■ cleanliness appears jut-- i;.i. Bodies of dead ani- ;■■"-. e.ii». ainl dogs, remain for '.-■':, iv ;!:e streets. Some dead _'V n V .-is an attraction lo the _>..0i:v,.., iiirtively to them and V.! ; - b:: ' :il :!"' v - meningitis. Span- ■'_"_ ■ : ii:a i-asi-s o! insanitv are "'- "'"' l: -":eii:l-. thai the hosni;:',;:n.:': - ;,, |i„d places for all '"'!". r ' : "''' ; . diseases, and ■'.:!.'";'• ; ". ''': v >' '"'' dead, so that - - il..- !i... n ,, s are lying heaped ;_ _■■£> iiapeis ~-' tlie hospitals ~_ r -' '' '■'''■'" ;>> be taken away ._'" _.'•"' v ;': ■■■■ i.mimon open eart ""_;. '•'■.'■■'' l ■■••■'■ transported). .'l'\'' " -p:n: is very depressed ;.;' ••'•'■'• : !..'\-,.riln-le.ss some still ;".' n to placard advert ise- .■;■••;" ■■-:, 0:.1e,i by the Bol- ■ 'i'i'i' 1 , : "./":'"' secret circles to ' r".;.' ; - ' '-' : :ustrii(;tions and or- ;; V"' •'"'e j-eing established be- ;..'/.'''" -eie-. ami the Whites s° - .'•'""' !i ' each institution. !„',.l' : ' '" '•'■■'■■■ work in it by mu- '--'■ tbe inieresis of the '£.''. ?"': ,: .~ t" increased espiou- j -i? n .' :' " Vl been annihilatr-;-- ; :i '-- ;, r : . vtill - =•""" : ' r V' r : -".. ! ; . :! ''"•< set in) again, "/'~; : : ';'' te-i-tauce has been ~.'.' ' ; ; "' i ommuni.sm is well ■:-, " : '' : ,*' u - i! 'illv managed. It ;-; "i.".'^/" I ' l /•'■iective bodies fi'. ." ! lcilK '- >'>> depart---.;'"'"y. :, e'ie-s (omprisc 20 u> . .". 'J;-'-- ; U''"eil n:eii rpirtered .-..', :;; ;4iii. ami having rcr;;,- . V l ',':'"'- wat<-h by turns. f,- ." '""lies and tlie Soviets j .-""". -'g:.>iis are joined by r ,-.'; s, ':eis being supplied ■S'-'-'r'~~'' n ''''"aehnients. who !,a 'l. v to support with •'■'■" ■'••n of the collective