Sir,

Is there anybody in England who cares to know the truth about Russia? At first sight it would appear so. Under the auspices of the British Government there have been published a very important collection of official reports by an official English Consul, setting out in very truthful, honest terms what the facts really are about the horrors of Bolshevism. The Times has also published a pamphlet with the same object, and it is sold at such a very cheap price that no Russian can think of that publication without a feeling of gratitude. Naturally the Russian National Committee lost no time in distributing that pamphlet, with the principal object of making known the important testimonies of Englishmen, as they know only too well facts so terrible that they have ceased to be a revelation to us, but can startle only English readers.

It would be ungrateful on the part of a Russian not to mention also the splendid leaders and articles of the Morning Post. I am quoting now just a few general facts which show that anybody who cares to know the truth can easily be informed from the most authentic and accessible sources. How can you account now for the strange voices often heard in England that, after all, things in Russia are not probably so bad as they are printed? What better testimonies can be required or secured?

The evidence against Bolshevism is truly overwhelming! There is one point, however, which is being lost sight of, and that point is a practical one. People ignore the material consequences which naturally will follow that apparent indifference. There are still, in spite of all the numerous murders committed by the Bolshevists under the aegis of official atheism, many Russians who are alive who not only hope for the recovery of Russia, but are convinced of the day of her resurrection. Before the war there were 180,000,000 Russians, amongst whom there were so many friends of England and the Allied cause. If we assume—as we may rightly assume—that the sacrifices of Russia in the war, followed by the fiendish murders, accompanied by unspeakable tortures, of the Bolsheviks, have led to a diminution of the entire population of Russia by 10 percent, there still remain 162,000,000 who will be either the friends or the enemies of the English people in the future. When, therefore, I mention the apparent indifference to the fate of Russia which is the fashion of the day, I keep wondering. Where is the advantage of that attitude? And again I ask myself, Is there anybody who cares sufficiently for the truth about Russia to understand that the time is ripe, not only for abstract sympathy, but something more concrete and effective, as has been demonstrated so effectively by Colonel Ward, M. P., who, returning himself from Russia, spoke en connaissance de cause? Such an attitude has been shown, for instance, by General Page Croft, when he wrote that England could at all events help the Russians by making available for her the large stocks of medical stores, warm clothing, and ammunition of which there remain after the war such an abundance. As a woman, passionately fond of children, I would appeal to English mothers to help the poor little Russians who are dying now in thousands for want of food and clothing. English women, I feel sure will pardon my appealing for their support, as I have already done in the Daily Mail on Friday, October 31, in response to which I have received many precious letters.

OLGA NOVIKOFF