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COL, WARD'S LECTURE AT SHANGHAr, Human society so far as Russin is concerned has been ripped to pieces Human society has been ripped up until a man can scarcely call his soul his own. And people say • Why doesn't Russia help berwolf? Let your country get into Buch a condition and see whether you, would not be delighted if some neighbouring country helped you in that day."
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it was with these stirring words that Col. Jann Ward made his point in speak g or the condition of Russia as he round it, in the lecture waien no delivered at the insonic hall, Shanghai, on June 25th; besore a good attendance which was presided over by Mr: J. W. Jamieson,
... H.M. Consul General,
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Trotzky claim that Bälshevism has already cintion, which consists at its inaugura-spread all over the world, and thint though tion of members of the inspection brunch they themselves will die the crisis is of the department, has been formed to already past and. Bolshevism will facilitate mutual assistance between the triumph."" members and to standardise methods of This was the stutement made by Mias inspection in the engineering, chemical, Exitve "Gilbreath at a special meeting of. and allied industries, with, it is boped, the Women's Club at Tokyo, where plaris benefit both to the State and to labour.
were made to start some summer work for
Mr. Collinson said that the ... jollowing: figures, which were approximately correct, the aid of the Siberian Army, whose dia- would give some idea of the output of tressing lack of bandages and medical sup- munitions required by our armies and the plies of all sorts Miss Gilbreath so vividly amount of inspection work involved be tween August 4th, 1914, and November | described, 11th, 1918:-
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Miss Gilbreath described the main im- pressions of her year in Sibaria and 35,000 Ussia, the main facts of the political 19,200 situation there and gave many instances 180,000 of Bolshevik tyranny and oppression. &,050,000 Min Gilbreath told of the refugees
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Hussia they have come, from the German The border, froin the southers part of Russia 4.173,000 and from Petrograd, Most of them have 730,000 the possessions they have in the world with them. Few of them get farther east than Omsk,, where Hiss Gilbreath described the holes in the ground in which they live. These holes are built in the Book by maes of garbage heaps, and are very small, very dirty, and very dark. Rude, makeshatt stoves are the only means they have of keeping warm and of cooking their food, such as it is. All the stations are full of retugees, and at one time they were, so congested that the people were sleeping three deep on the floors.
Col. Ward took his audience with his battalion from the time in 1913 thashe set sail from Hongkong for Vladivostock, He pointed out that his battalion-the vath Batt iddlesex Regiment-was composed mostly of men who had seen service on one or other of the front, men autering from wounds, etc, who were classed as Bi, for foreign garrison ser- vice. They were not first-line troops not equipped for first-line warfare, and shortly after their arrival they took part in the campaign in the defence of the Ussuri Not being properly equipped for that service they conducted operations. Of the many lessons taught by the four under conditions unknown to any other years production, none stood out more unit in the army. They had no tents, no prominently than the necessity for et transport, and nothing which an ordinary dent inspection. This was applicable service battalion would consider ordinary with even greater force to peace produc equipment, hut, true to the traditions of tion in the development, progress, and their race, they carried on doing their success of british idustry the efforts of best.
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NEARLY SEVEN TO ONE Speaking of the fighting in defence of the Umuri, the speaker told how with the irst Freach detachment under Major Pichon, a force of not more than 3,000 men, they faced the enemy in whose first Iine they located 12,000 men and a reserve of & Cod. Those, for three dr tour Weeks they held back until they were forced to retine upon the Japanese, and in a battle which took place shortly afterwards the forces opposed to themi were entirely destroyed.
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In a simple straightfärward manner Miss Gilbreath related some of the evid. All the Tit-Bits from the Vaudeville ences of Bolshevism which she herself saw in various towns along the line. As Kungoor, near Perma, a town of five thou sand persons, the Bolsheviks had killed over twelve hundred persons,
In the enthedral yard there was a huge mound," she said quietly, in which there were one hundred bodies of per sons whom the Bulsheviks had killed,
hey had, all been connected with the The cathedral, choir boys and, priests. Bolsheviks hadn't buried them, but the people or the town had gathered as many of the padres as they could find and brought them to the cathedral and buried them. rou net, the bolsooviks often take people, particularly priests, down to the river and put them, through the ice. Another way they do is to put the purser down through the ice into the cold water and raise him again, keeping that up until be 1s quite frozen and dead..
they give such illuminating reasons. One man was why they kill people. killed because he lived in a brick house; another, a blacksmith, because he had ave thousand roubles which he refused to give. up.
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how the battle was commenced by a night attack, the speaker went on to say that after this victory it was decided to at- tempt the establishment of an All-Rusia Government at Omsk. The question was asked of the speaker whether he would. take his battalion to Omsk, 5,000 miles away from Vladivostosk, practically ignoring the question of communications, without any chance of support or rescue, for the purpose of supporting an All- Russia Government and seeing whether certain taat up to the end of
June no transactions wit take place." order could not be obtained out of the
The total amount of rice exported from chaos that existed. He agreed to go and January 1st up to June 10th is: 152,677 his battalion, fitted with three months' supplies and ample ammunition, left for ponding period in 1915.
tons against 60,6us tons icr the corres- Omsk On the way there were attempts made by the Bolsheviks to stop them, but though the men tried everything to tempt them to a fight they were not successful. The success of Admiral Koltchak had
The Soviets are not representatiya and At Omsk the All-Russia Government wat been no a great extent due to the efforts of not at all democratic according to Miss. formed and Admiral Koltchak was made our own little country. The speaker told breath. No member of any profession Minister for Wart· One of Admiral Kolt now the army, had been equipped by nor a person of any warta is allowed. chok's first duties was to survey the Great Britain and of the terrible..condi- representation. It is strictly, contined to Russian front and for the purpose of lend- tions that existed. He said that British avourers, and even the peasants who ing him support. Col. Ward and a guard soldiers would not have fought under such have any money are excluded. The eager. and the battalion's band went with him conditions, they would have said: Letness with way these people flock to the to Cheliakinsk and back.
us wait a little time until you can guar-sumidaru vi the Sumerian army is shown APPALLING STATE OF BUSSIAN ARMY.antee our being picked up within 24 hours all the saus tuas the ariny in wovember The speaker then gave a most appalling after being wounded. The British w3 10,800,anu is now 300,000, statement of the condition of the Russian soldier would not have fought in the con- And such a ave hundred thousand," Army as he saw it, first detailing how at ditions in which the Russians did. Their she said, "nghting" without spricient a. banquet given earlier, M. Axventief wounded were arried in Chinese carts | ammunition, without suuciant vlothing, had declared that the Directorate had over the rough country and many of them witsout any arrangements for medical equipped the new Russian army The died before they got a few miles. Wounds service; no stretcher service, and in the condition of the Russian army, he said, were wrapped round with blanketa, put-cold of the siberian winter, it want was unbelievable. It was very cold, fortees and any old pieces of cloth for lack that if a man was wounded and fell, he it was winter, and he saw soldiers stand-of bandages and all because human society would treeze" to death beroro he could ing guard with nothing but grass around so far as Russia was concerned was rip- drug himself to surety." The morale of their bare feet, standing on the frozen ped to pieces, ...
the soldiers was wonderful when one snow. Bits of clothing were. tied about
TERRIBLE RETALIATION...
considers the tremendous odds against their bodies to keep them as warm as At Omsk 20 officers would be found dead which they fought. And the blackest was possible, while their fighting equip-in the streets any morning," Any man months of the year, November, December ment was as primitive as could be believ-wearing epaulets was liable to be shot on and January, were weathered no one ed. Many had no rifles, those who had sight. No one was arrested; there was knows how. Kolichak himself was ill, rifles probably had no ammunition, and no one to arrest them and the afficers During January three things happened, in one or two charges the soldiers without retaliated Officers not knowing when any one of which might have been suf. rifes and bayonets cut spruce trees point they would be struck dowa struck out at helent to break the spirit of the Orisk ed the top and used them in place of the civilian population whom they Government-the Czechs withdrew from bayonetted rifles.
thought might be guilty of the murder of the Ural front, necessitating the sending their comrades. If twelve soldiers died in of this poorly equipped new army; it
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On the return from Cheliabinsk to one night, twelze civilians would dis the was reported that the representatives of Omsk, Admiral Koltcbak was invited to next. If 20 officers were killed, 40 civil-Į the foreign Powers at Omsk were going to become dictator, and though at first beans would die. Human society was withdraw; and the Bolsheviks were in. refused, in order to prevent the political ripped up until a man could not call his vited to the Prinkipo conference - Yet the cross-currents that were then at work he sou nis, own.
Siberian army lought on, and the Kalt- accepted and the speaker found himself,
-ONLY-TWO ALLIKS WORKED TOGETHER. !!! democrat, defending a dictator. He There were only two of the Allies who one knows how." could see nothing else to be done at the had worked together in Biberia,-the Some time ago Mr. E. Ralphs communi. time and he could see nothing else now, | British and the French. "I say that cated with the British Red Cross in and nothing but good came of it.
positively and frankly. There was no India and asked if Hospital supplies This resulted in the withdrawal of the Flash of politics and no clash of interests. available in consequence of the demobili- Czech forces and in this connection the with relation to the others, I am boundsation of Hospitals in India could be sent speaker critized much that had appeared to contess the same cannot be said. They to Siberia. The matter, we understand, in the newspapers, especially the Ameri-know it just as well as I know it, but has been referred to the Indian Council can newspapers, whose correspondents, he you may take it for granted that when I of the British Red Cross. remarked, could only have gone through get home it will be told there."
the country in the night-like some people Col, Ward remarked that they were saw ships. Ther Czechs, he said, did not doing their best, but he wanted people stay at the front nor fire a single shot in baanghai to continue their assistanca from the time of the appointment of and do all they could to assist in the re- Admiral Koltchak in November, and when construction and resurrection of human it was said that the Allies took Permit Leociety in Bussia,
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should be remembered that tho' Allies on Commandant Lasies, speaking that occasion was merely the Russian French with wonderful eloquence, told army itself. He asked them not to be of how he met Col. Ward at the battle lieve what they saw in the newspapers For Le Cateau and five years afterwards of the overwhelming defeats of Koltebak's 1.f Vladivostock. He and Col. Ward wezé army in any part of the front triends, & friendship indicative of the LACK OF BANDAGES. Sedemity between their two nations. The Whatever might "be said about the riendship was built upon the blood of Russian he was a fighter. He might have their sons who had died in the common rudimentary idens about organization cause and on the tears of the mothers, ORDERS ISSUED BY ME. J. W. FRAMES, D.5.P. and discipline, might not be everything Listers and wives of those who had died, to be desired. All those things he grant and upon such a foundation he was sure
ed, but the Russian's fearlessness. his their friendship would last for ever. bravery in the face of danger, would not
The proceedings came to a close with a
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