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Land <& Water 
March 21, i 9 i 8 
Russia's True Voice : By C. Hagberg Wright 
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THE text of this "Open Letter to Count Kaizerling," 
who is a German noble of Courland. with large 
estates in that provinre and in East Prussia, 
was originally published in two Russian news- 
papers (the Den and the Petrogradsky Golos), but 
no sooner did it appear in print than every copy discoverable 
was destroyed by the Bolsheviks. This letter demonstrates 
clearly that the voice of true Liberty will yet make itself 
heard in Russia, and that the reason and conscience of the 
Russian people arc 
not dead, but stupe- 
fied by the succes- 
sive earthquake 
shocks and torna- 
does of revolution 
and war. The coun- 
sels of moderation 
are unheeded, while 
the overthrow of 
authority and the 
disbanding of great 
armies create a 
general condition of 
chaos ; but the 
forces of the ebbing 
tide are equal to the 
power of the flow, 
and it requires no 
excessive optimism 
to recognise in this 
protest against Bol- 
shevism a sign and 
portent of its ap- 
proaching downfall. 
The_ copy of the 
newspaper from 
which this letter is 
taken is possibly 
the only one which 
has reached Eng- 
land, for the present 
Russian censorship 
is rigorous, and 
shows as little re- 
spect for the liberty 
of the Press as the 
old regime was wont 
to do. With regard 
to the names men- 
tioned in the course 
ot the letter, be- 
sides those of Lenin 
and Stiirmer, the 
Imperial Prime 
Minister, which are 
known to all Eng- 
lish readers, it may 
be added that 
Myasoyedov was 
the arch-spy at Rus- 
sian headquarters, 
who was eventu- 
ally shot. Sukhomlinov was the War Minister, convicted of 
treachery, and Sumenson and Kukovsky are Bolsheviks 
who are said to have been employed by Germany in the 
distribution of bribes. The following is the translation : g 
"Count Kaizerling ! — You come an envoy of victors to the 
capital of a dishonoured Russia which has been thrown down 
at your feet. Your satellites and henchmen have become 
our governors, and a peace is on the eve of conclusion ; but 
it is not a peace between two antagonists, it is rather a pact 
between two parts of the same victorious side, and one of 
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In the time of the Emperor, Alice of Hesse and Stiirmer, the 
Prime Minister, acted as your agents ; Rasputin was your 
mainstay. Then came the days of revolution, when 
Kukovsky and Sumenson became your chosen hirelings, 
enriching themselves with the fruits of 'contraband.' In 
July the first skirmished of the populace in revolt were in 
the nature of reconnaissances. It was by German prisoners 
of war that the military operations of the Bolsheviks 
were directed ', and now the Bolshevik Government, in its 
ignominy, welcomes 
you. Be that as it 
may, when in their 
enthusiasm they 
proposed at one 
moment to bring 
you face to face 
with the people in 
the Marinsky thea- 
tre that idea "had 
quickly to be aban- 
(loncd. Instead, a 
magnificent proces- 
sion was arranged 
in your honour, and 
soldiers and work- 
men marched past 
you bearing ban- 
ners with devices 
designed by your 
Fatherland for the 
humiliation of our 
native country. 
"Count Kaizer- 
ling ! Put not your 
trust in that page- 
ant. Our servile 
Government is de- 
ceiving 3'ou. One 
and all — the 
Ukraine, the Don 
province, the Cau- 
casus, Esthonia, 
Finland, and 
Siberia — all have 
severed themselves 
from Petrogracl, of 
which your secret 
service has seized 
hold. With whom, 
then, do you say, are 
you making peace ? 
" There is no gain- 
saying — we cannot 
fight without an 
army. But those 
who sold Russia 
have as little right 
to conclude peace 
as to continue 
war. You know 
well Russia does 
not believe in your 
magnanimity nor in your fantastic proposals to withdraw 
your armies from Cburland, Poland, and Lithuania on the 
futile condition of England's submission to the peace you 
offer. Your nation is in a state of exhaustion. You know 
well that England and America will crush you. It matters 
little how 3'ou bluff, or how you drive or corner the unhappy 
deluded Russians, you shall not escape the day of reckoning. 
There is no peace. This is the conquest of Petrograd, not 
the conquest of Russia. 
"The Russian people are wont to make peace with honour. 
They made peace with the French and with the English after 
Sevastopol, and these are now our friends ; they made peace 
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these swore falsely when it claimed to speak for the whole with the Japanese, and they are also our friends. 
Russian people. That matters little ; the soldiers no longer 
desire to fight. You are in no need of peace ; the right of 
the conqueror is yours. But you did not conquer the Russian 
armies. You did not win the battle in Eastern Prussia— the 
traitor Myasoyedov came to your rescue. Neither did you 
win the battle in Galicia— Sukhomlinov, the War Minister, 
aided you. Neither did you win the battle at Skokhod, at 
Tamopol, or at Riga — it was Lenin who was your helper. 
"And with you it is also possible to make an honourable 
peace ; but it must be a peace entered into by a Constituent 
Assembly, and not one drawn up by those whom you have 
sent here as Ministers. Make it onerous, if you will, and if 
Russia deserves it so ; but it must be a real peace, and not 
a farce. Now, in half-strangled accents, we cry aloud to our 
Allies : 'Never, never believe that Russia is a traitor. This 
peace is no peace. Russia has had no part or lot in it.' " 
