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policy modified。 Civil war； whatever happens； is likely to be more bitter
in the Ukraine than elsewhere； because there the instinct of property has
been further developed in the peasantry； and the minority and majority will
be more equal。〃
He asked me if I meant to return； saying that I could go down to Kiev
to watch the revolution there as I had watched it in Moscow。 I said I
should be very sorry to think that this was my last visit to the country
which I love only second to my own。 He laughed； and paid me the
compliment of saying that； 〃although English；〃 I had more or less
succeeded in understanding what they were at； and that he should be
pleased to see me again。
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RUSSIA IN 1919
THE JOURNEY OUT
March 15th。
There is nothing to record about the last few days of my visit； fully
occupied as they were with the collection and packing of printed material
and preparations for departure。 I left with the two Americans； Messrs。
Bullitt and Steffens； who had come to Moscow some days previously； and
travelled up in the train with Bill Shatov； the Commandant of Petrograd；
who is not a Bolshevik but a fervent admirer of Prince Kropotkin； for the
distribution of whose works in Russia he has probably done as much as
any man。 Shatov was an emigr=82 in New York； returned to Russia；
brought law and order into the chaos of the Petrograd…Moscow railway；
never lost a chance of doing a good turn to an American； and with his
level…headedness and practical sense became one of the hardest worked
servants of the Soviet； although； as he said； the moment people stopped
attacking them he would be the first to pull down the Bolsheviks。 He
went into the occupied provinces during the German evacuation of them；
to buy arms and ammunition from the German soldiers。 Prices； he said；
ran low。 You could buy rifles for a mark each； field guns for 150 marks；
and a field wireless station for 500。 He had then been made
Commandant of Petrograd； although there had been some talk of setting
him to reorganize transport。 Asked how long he thought the Soviet
Government could hold but； he replied； 〃We can afford to starve another
year for the sake of the Revolution。〃