doleful chorus the choir answered his solemn oratory
and devotional intercessions. He swung his sacred censer pot over each
body and though we understood no word we knew he was doing reverence to
the spirit of sacrifice shown by our fallen comrades. There in the
darkness by the edge of the forest, the priest and his ceremony, the
firing squad's volley, and the bugler's last call, all united to make
that an allied funeral. The American soldier and the priest and his
pitiful people had really begun to spin out threads of sympathy which
were to be woven later into a fabric of friendliness. The doughboy
always respected the honest peasant's religious customs.

XXXIII

BOLSHEVISM

Why Chapter Is Written--Venerable Kropotkin's Message Direct From
Central Russia--Official Report Of United States Department Of State
--Conclusions Of Study Prepared For National Chamber Of Commerce
--Authoritative Comment By Men Who Are In Position To Know--A Cartoon
And Comment Which Speak For Veterans.

The writers have an idea that the veterans of the North Russian
Expedition would like a short, up-to-date chapter on Bolshevism. We used
to wonder why it was that John Bolo was so willing to fight us and the
White Guards. We would not wish to emphasize the word willing for we
remember the fact that many a time when he was beaten back from our
defenses we knew by the sound that he was being welcomed back to his
camp by machine guns. And the prisoners and wounded whom we captured
were not always enthusiastic about the Bolshevism under whose banner
they fought. To be fair, however, we must remark that we captured some
men and officers who were sure enough believers in their cause.

And the general reader will probably like a chapter presented by men who
were over in that civil war-torn north country and who might be expected
to gather the very best materials available on the subject of
Bolshevism. And what we have gathered we present with not much comment
except that we ourselves are trying to keep a tolerant but wary eye upon
those who profess to believe in Bolshevism. We say candidly that we
think Bolshevism is a failure. But we do not condemn everyone else who
differs with us. Let there be fair play and justice to all, freedom of
thought and speech, with decent respect for the rights of all.

The first article is adapted from an article in The New York Times of
recent date, according to which Margaret Bondfield, a member of the
Britis