3/12/2023 0 Comments Militsioner meaning![]() ![]() Food is very scarce prices exorbitantly high on the markets which are still permitted to operate. Everywhere is evidence of the poverty and suffering in the wake of foreign occupation and civil war. Few persons are on the streets the houses and parks are neglected the pavements broken and filthy. No more cheerful is the once beautiful city in the glow of the bright morning sun. Our first impressions seemed to justify the disconcerting reports we had heard en route. ![]() It required considerable persuasion before the officer was convinced of our "reliability" and permitted us to return to the car. On the corner we were detained by a militsioner who informed us that it is forbidden to be about after sunset, except by special permission. With considerable difficulty we found our way to one of the principal thoroughfares. The great city, formerly the most important shipping center of the country, was shrouded in darkness, its electric supply station having been almost completely destroyed by fire several days previously. The wires we sent to Lenin, Zinoviev, and Balabanova, protesting against the arrest and urging the release of our friend, have so far remained unanswered. He was removed from the train, to be taken under convoy to Moscow. In vain we argued and produced Zinoviev's letter giving Alsberg permission to join the Expedition. ![]() The local Tcheka agents had received orders from Moscow to "return the American correspondent," because he had gone to the Ukraina "without the knowledge" of the authorities. Our traveling companion, whose cheerful spirit and ready helpfulness contributed so much toward making our journey more pleasant, was arrested on August 30, while we were stopping in Zhmerinka. September 2, 1920.-Late yesterday afternoon we reached Odessa, our little commune greatly disturbed over the fate of Alsberg. Source: The Bolshevik Myth, New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. The Bolshevik Myth: Chapter 32: Odessa: Life and Vision ![]()
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