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In front of this palace is the famous Red Square, and this has no doubt been red with blood many times during these terrible years of Bolshevist rule. If the very stones upon which people walk could speak, a wave of horror would sweep around the world. IN FRONT OF THIS PALACE IS THE FAMOUS RED SQUARE AND THIS HAS NO DOUBT BEEN RED WITH BLOOD MANY TIMES DURING THESE TERRIBLE YEARS OF BOLSHEVOUS RULE IF THE VERY STONES UPON WHICH PEOPLE WALK COULD SPEAK A WAVE OF HORROR WOULD SWEEP AROUND THE WORLD
inals were hanged, beheaded, broken on a wheel, drowned under the ice or whipped to death. "Sorcerers were roasted alive in cages; traitors were tortured by iron hooks which tore their sides into a thousand pieces; false coiners had to swallow molten metal," says one writer. Woman was considered the property of man and her glory was to obey her husband as a slave obeys his master. No eyes could look upon her face and she was shut up like a prisoner. They used to think that if a husband beat his wife it was the sign he loved her. The Russian proverb says: "I love thee like my soul, but I beat thee like my jacket." Never will I forget the time spent in Moscow. The great center of the city is the Kremlin Palace and at the time of my visit it contained riches untold. Of course, the Bolshevists have looted it long before this. In it at that time was the largest gun ever made before the war, but it had never been fired. Also the largest bell ever cast was there, but this had never been rung. ESCUE THIEVES AND OTHER CRIMINALS WERE HANGED BEHEADED BROKEN ON A WHEEL DROWNED UNDER THE ICE OR WHIPPED TO DEATH SORCERERS WERE ROASTED ALIVE IN CAGES TRADERS WERE TORTURED BY IRON HOOKS WHICH TORE THEIR SIDES INTO A THOUSAND PIECES FALSE COINERS HAD TO SWALLOW MOLTEN METAL SAYS ONE WRITER WOMAN WAS CONSIDERED THE PROPERTY OF MAN AND HER GLORY WAS TO OBEY HER HUSBAND AS A SLAVE OBEYS HIS MASTER NO EYES COULD LOOK UPON HER FACE AND SHE WAS SHUT UP LIKE A PRISONER THEY USED TO THINK THAT IF A HUSBAND BEAT HIS WIFE IT WAS THE SIGN HE LOVED HER THE RUSSIAN PROVERB SAYS I LOVE THEE LIKE MY SOUL BUT I BEAT THEE LIKE MY JACKET NEVER WILL I FORGET THE TIME SPENT IN MOSCOW THE GREAT CENTRE OF THE CITY IS THE CRIMINE PALACE AND AT THE TIME OF MY VISIT IT CONTAINED RICHES UNTOLD OF COURSE THE BOLSHEVIST HAVE LOOTED IT LONG BEFORE THIS IN IT AT THAT TIME WAS THE LARGEST GUN EVER MADE BEFORE THE WAR BUT IT HAD NEVER BEEN FIRED ALSO THE LARGEST BELL EVER CAST WAS THERE BUT THIS HAD NEVER BEEN RUNG
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