r; t-; '; ' ' EVENlNGr PUBLIC LBDGEK PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1919 " V ;J " rr i !! t. ' WCHKAREVA GOES TO SEE.KORNILOV . DISGUISED AS A SISTER OF MERCY Mission Is a Political k Ohci Taken at the Re- fc ! i ?itrcftn I Hiinfc k.-: " " "fl"-Mo Di$giscrf JFifi micZ Dis- .gneartcned by Irend of &Ei)cnts in Petrocrad f, mM&tiancc of the German Ar- finics Arouses Distrust in 'mfri-j. -i e-7.7- . fr. juliii (fifis oj ouiuivrs, wnv V'Had Thought Peace As- tsurcd With Ascendancy i Ts7tf lisiftfciit i "j v f ui(jfiuuigric JffTUIS STARTS THE STORY ftlti the summer of 1917 Mnrin otehRarea formed tne Battalion PC'JDeath. a woman's fighting unit In MlATTlievfnn nl-mv nnrl tlinn n npna $&n.t''Rlrl steprcd into the Interna ISfTtlonal hall of fame. This Is her IJfiie fitory; Jn earlier Installments she K-y" JUIU UL I)Cr CI1IIU1HIUU. ul wio uruiHii Jf ltikte nf Iiah mn.x.ln.1 1 1 f n nn.l thn .n..l . Ffva.v ,,; ifiuiiicu me fiiiu nil.- ini- ,X -?JAtlon of her wish to become a sol- & ..Js-'won, and of-the demoralization of the EpTv .army following the overthrow of the Jt-f "VGzar It was to shame the ""n Into K! ptlnn Ihnf tVin hnttallnn wns fm-tn. -Ijut it did not entirely succeed. It ; navy iiiin-ii itLliuiit duiicicu occa Jlbsses. and at last was forced to dls- b., liana by the men It set out to aid. f, 'Botchkareva returns to her home, K'Bick and disheartened. Ktf AD HERE IT CONTINUES RfJIOTALSK had also been a wept by -!. the. fiiirT.tn.iiin rt Tlilelini 1 em Thorn vro many soldiers who had returned yfrom the front. Imbued with Bolshevik (uwjeficnings. .nisi neiore my arrival ine SHnew-ly made heretics even burned the upvillage church, to the great horror ot he older Inhabitants. It was not an $f unusual case: It was typical ot the B3 tlm. TTllrull-pfls nf thousands nf M. blinded youths had returned from tne trendies with the passion to destroy, ,to teaifcdown everythlnB that had ex isted before, the old system of govern. ment,, the church, nay, God Himself, all In preparation for the new order of life they were Going to erect. But one Institution the scourge of the nation they failed to wipe out. They did more. They resurrected It. The Czar had abolished vodka. Tne prohibition was continued in force by the new regime, but only on paper. JTearlv everv returned soldier took to m distilling -vodka at home, and the old &'''' nlflpltA nf thn nnnntrv war In swnv .., c,-, - - - . '.. ." --. . sj,, again, contributing to tne Dunning 01 Mr? ,ib rtnlnhevlkl's niw world. KJ. t vEvery town and village had its com- !'-'& tllan nr. 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Kven more harrowing was the situation of the country, it was falling Into the hands of the enemy so rapidly that some kind of immediate action was imperative, A secret meeting of ofllcei-s and sym pathizers had tic-n held, at which It was decided lo get In touch with Gen eral Kornllov, who was reported as operating In the Don region. There were so many-conflicting tepotts con cerning Kornllov that It had been sug gested that a courier bo sent to him to find out definitely his plans and condition.' After a thoiough cam ass. General Jv proposed that 1, as a woman was tho only person that could possibly get through the Hoi shcvlk Hues 'and reach Kornllov. Would 1 go7 "I would not Join the olllcers here or Kornllov In the south to wage war fare "against my own people." I re plied. "I can't do It becauhp every Russian Is dear to my heart, whether he be a liolshevlk a Menshevlk or Kcd Guard. Hut I will take it upon myself to get to Kornllov, for your as well as for my own Information," It was agreed that I dress as a Sister of Mpicj. A costume was ob tained for me.-and I put 't on over my uniform. My soldiers cap I tucked nway in a back pocket and put on the sister's regulation headpiece, which showed only" my eyes. nose, mouth and cheeks, and made me look like a matron of about forty-live. v A passport, hearing the tianio of Alexandra Leontlevna Smlrnovna. was furnished to me'and this wasito bo my iiHine on ino way. a i, woro army boots there was no danger of my trousers showing under the skirt. I took wuii mo a letter from Princess Tatuyeva, In which Bhe Invited me to visit her In her Caucasus home. A direct ticket from Pctrograd.to Klsi lovodsk a Caucasian resort, within several bundled versts of Kornllov's whereabouts, was given me lo be used only In an emergency. It was agreed that in case of danger I should dis card my garb of a Sister of Mercy, appear as my ical self and claim, with the aid of tho emergency ticket to Kislovodsk and tho letter fronv Princess Tatuyeva ,that I was on my way to take cure at the resort. In addition, I was, ot course, provided with money for expenses. It was gieat fun suddenly to loo one's identlt and appear as a com plete rtranger. 1 was no longer Maria Botchkareva, but Alexandra Smlr nova. And as I g-ianced at myself In the mirror It seemed even to my( own eyes that 1 had been lelncarnated from a soldier Into a Sister of Mercy. Upon leaving i'etiograd my des tination was .N'lkltlno, a station which one would ordinarily pass on the way to Klsloodk. Nobody recognized me on the train. Sometimes a soldier asked: "Where nie you golnp.'llttle sister?" "Home to Kislovodsk," was my usual answer. The next question would be about the service 1 had seen nt tho front and the scctois at which J worked. I woulil reply with' facts from my actual experience as a soldier. There was nothing strange about a Sister of Mercy- tctiirnlng homo, nnd ns I 'pic fcrred silence rind seclusion lo conver sation 1 reached Xlkltlno, at the cud of several days without any trouble. The flrst pioblem confronting me was how to get,(o Kvcrevo. t went to the commandant of. tho station, com plained that I was penniless, that I could nut wait Indefinitely for tho end of the fighting to icturn home to Kis lovodsk and urgently begged him to advise me what to do. 1 inado such an appeal to horn that he finally said: "A munition train Is Just about to Lleae for Zvereo. Come board It ttid go tlicie. Perhaps they will pass ou through the lines at the front. There Is a second-class coach attached to the train." He led mo to the car, in which were only five soldiers, those In charge of the train, Hd Intioduced me to ono ot them, the chief, as a stranded Sister of Mercy and asked for their Indulgence. I thanked the obliging commandant profusely and from .the bottom of my heart. (CONTINI-KU TOMOIUtOW) ' I Tlit Tttltr In T- k - p' We'll Make to Your Order a SPRING SUIT .00 Juit tht flntit m torlils yon Tr siiw, and, of conn, a porftct ttt and abiolnt atlsfso tton art Minted. vjo4 South 8ih St. (,l.itUk.Ch.r.J) I Ytn'U htar mere aim! iri. The cxecuthc committee of the Soldiers and Workmen's ilcputits at a Bolshevist demonstration in I'etrograd 9k p& An order was Issued to confiscate all articles of gold and all-1 er. Committees tearched every house ' for such belongings. There was also,' or was supposed to be, nn order taxing i furnltuie and emthes. When the ai bitrarlly demanded taxes were not paid the furniture and clothes were takenJ till Hit In the towns It was the townsmen who suffered, In the villages the peas ant1., all under the pretext ot con fiscating the riches of the oouigeolslc It was sufllclent for a peas-ant to buy a new overcoat, perhaps with his last savings, to be marked an exploiter and lose his precious garment. The , peculiar thing about such cases was the fact that the confiscated article would almost inarlably appear on the hack of one of the Bolshevik ringlead ers. It was simple looting, nnd the methods were ot unadulterated terror, practiced mostly by the returned sol diers. 1 icrelved some letters at Tutalsk. One was from m adjutant, Princess Tatujeva, who had arrived safely in TIflis, her home town One morning 1 went to the post office to ask for mail. "There goes Botchkareva!" I heard a man cry out. "Ah. Botchkareva' She Is for the old regime!" another fellow replied, apparently one ot the Bolshevik sol diers. There were several ot them and they flung threats and Insults at me. I did not reply, but returned home with a heavy heart. Even In my own town I was not safe. "My Lord," I prayed, "what has come over the Russian people? Is this my reward for the sacrifices I have made for my country?" I resolved not to leave the house again. Surely this craze would not last long, I thought. I spent most of the day reading the Bible and praying lo Heaven for the awakening and en lightenment of my people. On the 7th of January, 1918, I re ceived a telegram from Petrograd, signed by General X. It read: "Come. You are needed." The same day I bought a ticket for the capital, parted fiom my folks and started out. I lemoved the epaulets of my uniform, thus appearing In the garb of a prlxate. About this time the Germans, to the profound shock of the revolution ary masses, began their lightning like advance into Russia. It had an almost miraculous effect on the Bol shevik followers. The train was as usual packed with soldiers, but there was a different air about their faces and conversation. All the braggadocio had been knocked out of them by the enemy's action. They had been lulled into the sweet belief that peace had come and that a golden ago was about to open for them. They could not reconcile that with the swift movement of the Kaiser's soldiers to waid Petrogiad and Moscow It was refreshing, exhilarating to' listen to some of the men. "We have been sold out!" one heard here and theie. "We were told that the German soldiers would not advance If we left the front," was another frequent ex pression. ' "It is not the common people, It Is the German bourgeoisie that Is fight ing us now," was an argument ordl narilv given in answer to the first opinions, ''and theie Is nothing to be afraid of. There will soon be a revo lution In Germany." "'Who knows," some would doubt fully lemark, "but what Lenlno and Tiotskj hae delivered us Into the hands of the accursed Germans?" There were always delegates from local committees going somewheie, and they talked to the soldiers, an swering questions and explaining things. The could not very well ex plain away the German tieachery, but they held out the piomlse of a revo lution In Gei many due almost any day. The men listened, but were not swept off their feet by the assurances of the agitalois. One felt that thev I were still groping in the dark, al though the light was dawning on their minds. The awakening could not bo long postponed. I 1 had a safe and comfortable journey to Potiograd. Nobody mo lested me, nobod threatened my life. 1 ariHeil at the capital on the 18th of January. The station was not as beleaguered as two months previous. I Red Guards weie not in such evidence I In the stieets. which appeared more I normal. I w cut to one of nn former I patronesses and harned of the terror I In which the capital lived. The following d.i T called on G'en I eral X, who greeted me cordially. I Kiev, he told me. had Just been can- tuied bv the Germans. They were threatening I'etiograd and the opposi tion of the Red Guai ds would not pre vent or even halt for a day Its capture If the Gcimans were bent upon It. Red terror was rampant In "the city. The river was full of corpses of slain nnd lynched officers. Those who were alive were in an awful condition. 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