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NOME, ALASKA SATURDAY'. MARCH, 22, 1»10.
THE TRUTH ABOUT SIBERIA AND
IRE CZECHO SLOVAK INVASION
Several weeks ago we pulbished a
letter by Mrs. G. Tobinson, who had
recently returned from Siebria. She
and her husband and family had lived
in America for many years previous
to the Revolution in Russia. When
the revolution broke, they went to
Siberia—being Russians. Mr Tobin
son, on account of his ability, charac
ter and experience soon became a
loader ir. the Soviet government. With
the incoming of the Czecho-Slovaks
and the invasion on the part of the
Japanese and Allies, Mr Tobinson was
arrested and hung.
The following letter is by Mrs. To
binson. date, January 7, 1919 and
is here published for the first time.
We have the promise or a second ar
ticle on “The Children Under the So
viet," by Mrs. Tobinson. who signs
herself “yours for a better world.”
Early in the spring when the So
viet government only began to show
their fruit and lay a foundation for
their summer work in the Far East,
one night two Japanese were killed
in Vladivostok. Before we had a
chance to make any investigation or
find the guilty one the Japanese gov
ernment sent upon us two war boats. I
The people of Siberia organized pro
ter.t meetings and passed resolutions'
against the Japanese invasion and |
ffsked them to give us time enough to!
Investigate and find the guilty one, be-|
ing sure it. was an organized proroca-j
tion to start trouble and we wanted
to prove it to the Japanese consul at
Vladivostok. His answer was that he
did not' think his citizens v:ere safe
onrugh on Russian sail and therefore
he had to protect them.
Notwithstanding the protests and
the •.Us.satlsfaction of the Russian peo
ple their war boats remained. We
gave little thought to it and went)
.quietly on with our work, national-1
iz tig factories, mines, fleets, organ
izing rcnools and theatres and other!
educational institutions for the best]
benefit of the people. Six weeks pass-i
od. Czecho-Slovaks began to pour in
to Vladivostok. We welcomed them;
as our guests and gave them the best,
reception, tho we hoped they would;
soon depart.
The president of the state Soviet
i ' Chabarofsk, Mr. Krasnochockof,
constantly asked Suchanof. the presi
dent of the Vladivostok Soviet, why I
he did not make arrangements for
the leave of the Cezcho-Slovaks. He'
answered, “they are our guests and I;
am trying to accomodate them.’ ’
About two weeks later a few of the
"egiments were detrained in Irkuck, j
Vrskoost, Central Siberia, carrying!
Russian arms, were asked to leave!
the Russian arms which would be ofj
no use to them on French soil. They|
refused and so their trains were sur
rounded by the Red Guards. The So
viets were very anxious to settle this
matter in a peaceful manner and so
■were the national Soviets of the ^
■T’zecho-Slovaka in Vladivostok. To
this effect a peace conference was
called in Irkuck and two delegates
from every city were sent to^ this con
ference together with a few delegates j
of the Czecho-Slovak from the nation
al Soviet of Vladivostok.
While the delegation was In ses
sion a shot was heard from the depot
in Irkuck. No one knew by whom
the shot was fired. (It Is supposed
that one of the counter revolutionists
f.red in order to start trouble.* One
t’ezcho-Slovak was wounded and this
gave the Czecho-Slovaks enough
cause to open fire.
This news reached Vladivostok soon
and on a quiet sunny June morning
the Soviets were surounded by Czecho
Slovaks, Japanese and English troops
All members of the Soviet were ar
rested. One member of the Soviet
shot himself while the enemies were
arresting his fellow members. This
comrade preferred death rather than
see the horrors that were being done
by the enemies.
in the begin ring many institutions
were using sabotagt against the Rol
M.evik government-.’. Tile banks ui. i
• ■'■e teachers :.f the higher schools
■ . ’ t cut on link u *
I remember being present at one
of the meetings in Habarovsk where
the parents gathered' to protest
against the teachers who were on
strike. The parents declared a lock
out on them if they did not return im
mediately to their tasks.
I shall never forgot the face of a
long-bearded peasant father who got
up on the stand showing his hard
working hands and saying, “see these
hands do not know how to write, and
1 know hew 1 feel about it, but I'd
rather have my children (beZgromot
L.y) illiterate than to have those bowr
•>ua teach them.”
Another woman in a black shawl
,ot and declared in a matter of fact
way, ' why we are going to compel
these teachers to go back and resume
their work; where did they get their
education? They got it from our
sweat and blood. \Ve worked for them
and clothe them while they were in
colleges. Now the time has come ;
■\e demand that they go back and
teach our children.” Their strike fell
Jirough-—half in fear, half in shame
•.hey went tack to teach.
The came happened with the gov
ernment banks. The managers and
higher officers went out on strik
declaring that they do not recognize
die Bolshevik government. They did
not get the support of thq lower offi
■ uv, who remained in the banks do
ing double work. After a short time
many of them came back beaten at
their own game.
And so gradually the Soviet gov
ernment overcame all the difficulties
and gained the sympathy even of the
!>< iy bourgeois, who in th» beginning
fought the Bolsheviki because they
were afraid that it woll }.
greedy pockets.
They soon learned their mistake
ul came hack to the Soviet declar
ing full sympathy toward it.
And this was just the time when
be Allies found it necessary to in
vade Siberia and bring “law and
order.”
ily this time the French. English
and American troops catne to the res
ile of the Cezcho-Slovaks and Jap
anese.
The commisaries and leaders knew,
and so did the Russian people, that
all these are mere excuses; that the
Invasion was organized beforehand,
so soon did the French, English and
American troops come. It seems that
they were very near somewhere wait
ing for the call. About 200 Czecho
slovaks refused to participate in the
fight against the Russian people and
their government, and many joined
the Red army.
When the reactionaries took con
trol in Vladivostok the first thing
they did was to announce all profes
sional unions and the1 socialist party
illegal and confiscated the official
gan of the red flag.
I will not dwell upon the br^ve
fight which the people Vladivostok
\r
Nikolsk and Schabaiovsk put
against the tremendors power
stood against them. One incide
want to relate, is that after Via
tok and Nikolsk were taken lh]
maining Soviets of the Far East
ed a special conference to decide
position. The leaders and commis
saries had put in all their person
ality and use strong argument
order to show the people the us
nt3s in continuing the fight and urged
them to retreat and wait for a better
opportunity. At first the people did
not listen to it but wanted to fight on.
They sand we will not give up r?hat
#
)
us
ass.
is dear and means everything
to the hirelings of the ruling
We can only give up when they will
tread over our dead bodies.
After a four-day-and-night pro
cession of hard work the conference
decided to retreat. They decided to
leave the city and banks with gold
in perfect order and for each confmis
saire to take 3,000 roubles in order to
be prepared for emergency.
It is hard to express on paper the
horror that took place after the re
actionary powers with the assistance
of the Allies had again taken control.
When the Kalmikovskis took Scha
barovsk it was enough to point out
a Bolshevike for them to shoot him.
Sixteen people, most of them teachers
were put to the wall and shot, one
woman among them a Korean. In
Vladivostok could be noticed more
than anywhere else the happiness and
joy of the Russian plutocrats and for
mer czar’s officers who came back
from Japan and Chonchv after being
there and doing their counter revolu
tionary work, rejoicing once more
(but not for long let’s hope) in the
life of a parasite.
•It is true that the Soviet govern
ment is crushed in Siberia but it lives
in the hearts of the people and this
is what they told me when' I left Vlad
ivostok two months ago. When I say
the people 1 mean the workers, peas
ants miners, doctors and teachers.
‘Tell the people of America.” they
said, “ we feef that a great injustice
was done in sending troops into Si
beria. We loved and love the Soviet
and we are willing and ready to fight
and die for it. Tell the people of
America, of the Cezcho-Slovaks who
went to prison because they refused
to fight the Soviet and of those who
went over tot he Red army. We still
hope that the people of America will
stretch out a warm and friendly hand
toward and help us in the fight for
REAL DEMOCRACY.—Seattle Union
Record.
The following poems are repr inted from the magazine “SPEED-UP”
published under the auspices of tho Emergency Fleet Corporation.
3y A. M. Sullivan.
A SOLDIKltS 1MJAYK1
0 God, I am a soldier.
And I thank Thee for the chance,
To avenge the wrongs of Belgium
And the bleeding soul of France
To punish him, whose fiendish whim.
Doth mock Thee on Thy throne,
Who seeks Thy aid. yet unafraid
Doth send Thy Temples prone.
My life’s unmeasured candle
May go out in hellish breeze
With shortened years and early tears
To those who love—but I am pleased
To sacrifice my mortal course
if Thou will grant, O Lord,
One lighting day. To spread dismay
And teach the savage horde |
That the sun waf made to shine tipon
A world of Liberty
With men whose creed admits no
greed
Nor Bows to thr»t philosophtaj*"*
Of right devine by royal birth,
We must destroy—and then repiace
For men of earth the right of worth.
Proclaim! one level for the race
The raider, and the invader,
Of Belgium's fertile fields,
The soiler, the despoiler
Let :ne crush him till he yields.
Ill avenge the babes and mothers
That have felt hi^ bayonet.
For be shall feel the plunging steel
Until he gasps regrets.
I'll pierce his blackened memory
And send daylight to his heart
'Till he learns that babes aiul mothers
Are the zenith of Thy Art.
This O’ Maker, is my pleading
As i march to face the Hun
Lot me bo a man in battle
And O God, Thy Will be Done.
m a s
An;! the Truth About World Conti:
lions Must i>f Told
The German working class has
scored a great victory. The results so
far indicate that the Allies have been
fighting to liberate the German peo
ple. The Teutonic military gang has
been dethroned. It is to he hoped
that the man in the street realizes
that our bunch is still in control. The
order-in-council business must go and
illicitly. The working class must he
free to speak the truth even about
Russia. There seems to be a growing
fear of a Bolsheviki movement in
this country. The ruling class knows
full well that it has been merciless
in the use of its power during the
war. and consequently it dreads the
retaliation of those it has oppressed.
The mistake the master class makes
it that it judges the working class
to be subject to the same thought
and emotions as Itself. It thinks that
a Bolsheviki movement in this coun
try would take the same form as in
Russia. The conditions in the two
countries are different. Bolshevikism
is entirely Russian and Is due to the
conditions that prevailed in that
country in days gone by, and also to
the brutality of the czar’s regime. The
ideals of the leaders of the Russian
radicals are probably much the same
as the ideals of the Socialists of every
| country in the wt.;:d, T>ut those men
have to deal with conditions as they
tind them and these are not always as
they would like them to be. In Can
ada and the different parts of the
British Empire the changes that are
politically and economically inevita
ble can be effected without any vio
lence or disorder if the ruling class
is not so foolish as to sit on the safe
ty valve. Free speech is essential. A
free press must be restored. We un
derstand they have obtained these
things in Germany and surely British
ers are entitled to the same privileges
as the Teutons. One thing that puz
Izes us is the talk of feeding the Ger
mans for fear they may become Bol
r.hevikis if they starve. It is under
stood by the readers of the capital
istic press that Bolshevikism has sent
Russia to hell. If it rises in Germany
the Huns will go there too. Well,
let hem go! All patriots have been
striving for four years to send them
there. Germany was to be boycotted
for ten years after the war and now
we are talking.of feeding the enemy.
Germany need food, and If she can
bujr It will give a high price for it.
The profiteers who have large* sup
plies stored up in the Allied countries
can, by sending .foodstuffs to Germany
not only obtain outrageous prices
there, but they can continue to soak
A SHIPliCILDEUS IMiAYKK
O Gotl. I am'a toiler,
In the shipyard by the sea,
I'm unfit for scenes of battle,
In the strife for Liberty
My strength and health are all my
wealth
And though I cannot face the Hun
I'll back the boys amid the noise
With a rattling rivet gun
And I’m asking but one favor
That I hope You'll grant to me,
Where every day upon the way
The Martyrs of the sea,
In nature’s waste, rise up in haste
To heed the call beyond,*
But this, I seek that every week
(My flag will be my bond)
To give the ALL that’s in me
In the cause I know is right.
Help me over to endeavor
To keep my record white
Let no discord, l pray O Lorcf,
Check my speeding hand
Nor prideful self, the wicked elf
Cause friction with his sand
Devilish Kultur, with each Vulture
Gliding through the murkish wave
With murder bent, the innocent
They send to earthless grave
But their spirit lives forever
In the vengeance of my soul
My swinging sledge is now my pledge
To avenge the growing toll
God, O keep that fire burinfng
While from Alsace to the sea
The streams of blood churned in the
mud,
Flow on to VICTORY .
Let my soul transport to Flanders
Hut in the shipyards by the sea 1
t If I am blest, to do ray best,
O Cod. Depend on me.
us here to their hearts content. Pa
triotism and profits go together, from
the point of view of the ruling class.
In a little while they will he telling
us what a fine citizen the German
working man will make and how ad
vantageous it would be to encourage
the immigration of the Teutons into
the Dominion.
There are certain things in this
country that must be changed. The
working man will never consent to go
back to the state of living that existed
in the past. The only waymn improve
ment can hi effected is b., the people
as a whole owning and controlling
those things which are essential to
our existence. In other words the
people in common must own that upon
which they in common depend. Own
ership is determined and maintained
by the taste. The government decides
the question of ownership. The work
ing class with the sate under its con
trol can force the master class to let
go its hold on the means of life. The
working class must obtain possession
of the reins of government, and it
can do so any time it wants to. O
work is to supply our class with ed
ucation that generates in it the will
to do this, the will to be free. This
accomplished, everything else fol
lows as a matter of course. Our
class is ready for the message. The
harvest is here for the reaping; the
tide is coming in.—British Columbia
Federationist.
CHINA WANTS
A GOOD DEAL
China now looks to the Peace Con
ference for permission to throw off
many of the burdens of extra territor
ially. The Chines hope also to be
granted permission to increase her
tariffs to a point which will give the
republic 'a chance to end the rule of
moneylenders and establish a more
stable currency.
Under the agreement with the En
tente powers and the United States
to enter the war on the sjide of the
entente, China was to be permitted
to advance its import duties from 2
to 7.5 per cent. But when the de
tails of the promised increase were
discussed Japan insisted that the
valuation upon which the tariff was
to be imposed should bo baseit on the
average price of goods for three years
before the increase. In other words
pre-war prices were to hold in deter
mining tariff duties and no real gain
came to China under such an agree
ment.
China expects to have Tsingtau re
stored to her, together with all the
rights held by the Germans at the
time the Japanese took over German
interests in Shantung peninsula the
first of the war.
All the Entente powers excepting
Russia agreed to waive ail payment
of Boxer indemnity funds to their
various governments for an indefinite
time in consideration of China’s dec
larat.orf of war against the Central
Powers. It is believed likely that
China will make an effort to induce
the Peace Conference to soften the
burden of the Boxer indemnity by
urtiier postponement or cancellation.
immediate abrogation of axtra-tor
ritoriakty may not bo sought by the
Chinese delegation. There seams to
oe a dlspo: lion among the Chinese
statesmen to ask for the gradual ex
tension of the jurisdiction of Chinese
courts over the affairs of foreigners
as the Chinese courts prove th- rnsel
ves worthy of confidence and show
their disposition to administer justice
without prejudice.
The presence of foreign legation
guards in the legation section of Pe
icin has always been very galling to
'it*. .Chinese authorities. Repeated
efforts have been made to have these
toreign armed forces removed, as
they are a constant reminder of ‘ho
lack of confident <n the Chines: gov
entuent on the pari of the e wers
which suffered so bitterly in the b.xe.
rebellion. It to expected that tk
Chinese delegation at Paris will en
deavor to get he Entente powers to
agree to withdraw these guard;! af
■ er the Chinese republic shall have
created a su.table native guard for
the foreign legations and shall have
demonstrated its eifectivenes in pro
tecting foreigners against violence.
In return for the proposed aboli
tion of the exta-territoriality China
will be prepared to extend foreigners
the right to reside in sections of the
republic now closed to foreigners. At
present non-Chinese may not establish
a residence legally except in treaty
ports. Many cf the large and little
known interior cities of China have
not been opened by treaty.—Ex.
THE PRICE
It’s another cent on the price of milk
And a cent on a pound of tea,
And,a cent on this and a cent on that
To be paid by you and me—
ro be paid by you and me, my man.
But it oughtn’t to make us rage,
Or to make us mad if they’d only add
A cent as well to our wage.
it's only a cent on a pound of meat.
On a loaf from the flour of the
wheat,
And a cent on the clothes we've got:
to wear,
And a cent on all we cat.
Oh, they haven’t forgot a thing, my
man,
Prom your shoes and your coat to
your hat,
Excepting the pay you earn each
day—
They’ve added no cent to that!
But every cent they add, my man,
Is a cent they’ve got to pay
When a halt we call to their greed and
all.
And that time will come some day.
And a cent that you pay today, my
man,
Today when you’re sore oppressed.
Will be yours when due—and it’s up
to you
To collect it with interest!
New York World.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Probate Court of Koyuk Pre
cinct, Second Division, Territory' of
Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of ERIC
JACKSON, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been duly appointed
Administrator of the estate of Eric
Jackson, deceased: Notice is further
given that all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased,
are required to present them, with
proper vouchers, within six months
from the date of this notice, to the
undersigned Administrator, at his of
fice at Dime Landing, Koyuk River,
in said Precinct. Territory of Alaska
Dated. March 22, 1919.
JOHN LAMONTAGNE
Administrator of the estate of Eric
Jackson, deceased.
Pub.—Mar.22, 29. Apr. 5, 12. 19.
NOTICE OE FORFEITURE.
To Felix Brown, your heirs, legal
representatives, or assigns:
You are hereby notified that I hare
expended in labor and improvements
during each of the years of 1906 1907.
1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913,
1914, 1916 and 1910 the sum of on
hundred dollars ($100) on Placer
claim No. 1 above on Newton Gulch
No. 1 a tributary to Dry Creek in the
Cape Nome Recording Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska; notice of location of
which is record d In volume 105 page
379 of the records of said Recording
Precinct. Said labor and improve
ments having been done on said claim
for the purpose ot holding same under
the provisions of Section 2324 Revised
Statutes of the United States.
You are hereby required to con
tribute your proportion of said ex
penditure, as co-owner to the under
signed within ninety days from the
final publication of this notice or you:
interest in said mining claim will he
forfeited and become the property of
(he undersigned, your co-owner, as
provided by said section of the Re
vised Statutes.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, February
15, 1919.
AUGUST KOMBURGER
Co-owner.
Published—Feb. 22. Mar. 1, S, 12.
22, 29. Apr. 5, 12, 19, 26. May. 3, 10.
17. 24. 1919.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Joseph Kramer, Herman Piper,
John Brennan Max Anger, C. N.
Brown and I). M. Brogan, your heirs,
legal representatives, or assigns:
You and each of you are hereby no
tified that 1 have expended in labor
and raprovement.3 during each of the
years of 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910,
1911, 1912, 1913, 1914. 1915, and
1916 the sum of one hundred dollars
($100) on the St Anthony Associa
tion Placer Mining Claim, situated
on the left limit of Newton Gulch No.
1 a tributary to Dry Creek in the
Cape Nome Recording Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska; notice of location of
which is recorded in volume 111 page
408 of the records of said Recording
Precinct. Said labor and improve
ments having been done on said claim
for the purpose of holding same under
the provisions of Seel ion. 232 ! Revised
Statutes of the Knifed States.
You and each of you are hereby
required to contribute your propei
tion of said expenditure as co-owner
to the undersigned within ninety
days from the finnl publication of
this notice or your interest n said
mining claim will he forfeited and bo
20U10 the property of the unders'gued.
your co-owner, as provided by said
section of the Revised Statutes.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, February
15, 1919.
AUGUST HOMBURGER
Co-owner.
Published—Feb. 15. 22. Mar. 1, 8, IS,
J2. 29. Apr. 5, 12. 19, 26. Stay, 3, 10,
17, 1919.