Show NO Q MERCY SHOWN BY BOLSHEVIK 1 p TO PRiSONERS 1 Stories of Suffering Suffer Suffer- ing i In n Detailed 1 by hy CorreIn Corre Corre- r s Who Escaped d L London Nov O Sufferings Sufferings R ot of some lOm lOmot ot of the tho British rel residents of ot Moscow In Inthe inZ inthe Z l the e Bol Bolshevik lk he s In that city where they thc were ero kept kelt for tor sl six c weeps weeks after aler Saving been arrested b by tho the red guards Upon lipon pon flimsy pretexts aro portrayed portrayed por por- by Gu Guy Deringer Beringer a Reuter Router corI correspondent correspondent cor- cor r respondent at Moscow who was set eel I free treo early this month and has 5 reached Sweden 1 Beringer In his Ills sport wired from Haparanda says a s 's ho was wai arrested whilo British chaplain adjoining ad ad- d- d in ln r tho the home of tho the joining the British consulate In Mos Mos- ow and together with tho chaplain rand several other Enli English h men and women omen was marched on foot toot two miles through a-through the streets to the Lub house of detention 2 M I was separated from my companions companions compan compan- ions and was led to a room In which were wore I some ome thirty prisoners mostly r civilians CI Including n a few evl worn on writes Mr r. r Beringer I spent five days band and ancl nights In this room In which there thore was just sufficient space for tor tho the In Initiates Int In- In t mates to sleep on the floor There Thero was I. wasi i no bed bod of at any kind for tor food tood we had hadA hadl A piece of or black bread and a few tc dips l with a wooden spoon Into a n. bowl of ot the thinnest possible cabbage soup con con- I gaining somo herring heads Eight of ot Jt pis had to shale tho contents of ot this Q o o io o 0 bowl Many people who were with with- toUt liter all 0 t provisions pro from outside were Ilter- Ilter In n n. state of ot starvation LIko Iko the nus Russian lan prisoners we were treated ted as ns helots and were vere a addressed dressed Insultingly In th the tho second per person On singular singular lar by low brutes among tho the red guards Led l. l Led cl io to Slaughter er Late one night when some of ot the theother theothor theothor othor other prisoners were singing suddenly there thero was a deathlike hash hush I looked up an and saw sal n n. red guard officer and soldiers standing at tho the opening to the anteroom in which the the- prison guards were ero stationed A of at twelve tel names name of at civilians cI and m soldiers was w read out No 0 ono one doubted what this meant It Il was wae the list of those set net down for tor Immediate Im- Im Immediate Im lm- mediate execution It Included two t pairs p of or brothers All tho the condemned men rose without dela delay and shook hands with their neighbors Not Zot ono showed shoed the tho slightest fear Tho The Iron folding doors between the big room and the anteroom wore were then closed This was nas as done done- only when prisoners were taken away for tor tion The doors remained closed for tor a afew afew few tew minutes and were then than reopened an and tho names of ot two other other soldiers who had hall previously been overlooked o ed were called out Th These se also rose roso without without without with with- out a L tremor an and the folding doors were shut a second and m last tUne time Tho The condemned prisoners were either shot In the basement of at the tho prison with their backs to tho the firing party or the they were taken out to the the- suburbs In motor motor motor mo mo- tor lorries an and there tol told to get out and got sot aw away Then volleys were poured Into them while they were walking or running awa away The bodies are arc are sometimes recoverable reco b by relatives on payment of or heavy bribes Sanitary ry Condition End Bud Later Later Beringer er was transferred to Jail at the tho tho other end of ot the ell city which contained somo some prisoners prison prIson- ers In the cell h pe occupied th there re was wasa a n. Russian Judge ex a n. few soldiers and some somo members of or the middle and workIng working work- work In Ing classes The vermin was as bad as asat asat asat at and sanitary con condition worse There was no possibility of ot taking a a. bath but Beringer er was al allowe allowed allowed al- al lowed lowe a hours hour's exercise dally daily In Inthe Inthe Inthe the yard Thero There he lie an antT anZ some of or the others re received ro- ro calved ed assistance from tram MaJ Allen Wardwell of or tho the American Red Cross who ho he writes literally slaved on be behalf be- be half haf of the prisoners Tho The conditions of our Internment were so vilely sordid ld sor that It Is no wonder wonder won won- der that tho the minds of or somo some of ot the tho more refined prisoners became unhinged Beringer writes Tho Bolshevik leaders lenders show no merC mer mer- C- C cy In their newspapers they hold hoM up Marat as the Ideal friend of ot the tho peo- peo Pi plo They ey urge that his example example- should be bo followed and preach the extermination ex ex- ex- ex termination of the entire ml middle le class clasa COMMENDATION TION Met fet Sir Ernest Shackle Shackleton on Ina In a L grill room a n. da day or two ago aCO a nh d found him rather displeased wIth n. n IS tou tough fh steak I r I am reminded he ho said m km of or a boot- boot maker who aal said Bald to one of or my m fellows on returning from our last expedition liow dod you yur like the boots I made mado for tor you Best I ever tasted wan the ro- ro nh |