sjr ' v. "f . ' v"1 v'rv EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEft PHILADELPHIA', THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1919 mOTCHKAREVA MEETS Acre $ HFR A MA 71NK A a A TN fr. J . M. M. ,M M. . ... M.A. AA X- .A. w-X A . . ...-..-. . ;7iey Ire m SW Plight and She Makes Arrangements Alti rt tPnUn T7.... ,.,-,,,. ;1 .p.-..i. rt J-,.. 11n,n 71ltl!fl ylll ?H urit; j. fiuiu x- f ifit in vaiviu iijjui jiuhiu xuiiii- um Have Them Cared For Plans lo Come to America & JTM lnrv tnM hi? Ma rli TtntrhLnrAt a ." trt -1 A .l . (IV..I V... lanna 11 p; f -jiu i stiaiKiru Mini li uiinii urru ijj- isnm liiii ftf J,vlnf. ! published hv thp I rrdi rick ?o Htoks ConiDanr undfr itie lilt's of "Valhka ) I SPENT onlj sovcral limns in Pel rocrad find did not go In oc Gen cral 3C T got mv war decorations from (lio woman friend with whom 1 jmd left them, und saw onls a few of my acquaintances 1 told all of them Of tlio sre.it chnngo in tlie snldiei'i stato of mind, and they lejoleed. "Thanlc God'" tlicy cxrlalmoil "If tlio soldiers are waking up, tlicn Hus s!a will jet bo saved " k After dinner T took a train Inck to Moscow. As usual soldiers formed tlio larscr part of the passengers 1 listened to their discussions alien lively, although this time t took no part in them, as there vvcro .i few Bolsheviks among the men. and I did not wish to divulgo my plans T heard many curse I.eiiinc and TrotM. , and all expressed their willingness to go to fight tlio Gcrmins Ono fellow asked : "How could jou fight them without leaders and organization .'" "Ah, that's the trouble" answered MVeral at once. "We hae no leaders If bomo appealed and only cilled on tos, wo would make s-liort woik of the Bolsheviks and dmc the Germans out nf T?iim " l I said nntliinir. lint i cinembered tlie iM words cnll The Tannin prp irronlnc for light. It strcngtiu nod mv detei mlnatiou to go to the Allied countries , In search of help for Russia Tint It was ncccssar to eohc sorno pi in whereby I could get out of the conn try. A hippy thought then occurred to mo. 1 would in ike niv dr-Un i tion tlio homo of mv valued fneiul Mrs. Emmellno I'ankhuist Loudon Upon my arrival at Moscow I an nounced to the Vasihcvs my decision! to go to London It was explained to ( mo that tho onlv waj out of IliissU Jay. through Vladivostok and that I vviould have to cross America oeiorc reaching England That suited me exactly. Beforo taking the necessary steps for the departuro I resolved to look Up my girls and visited a clinic in which my poor little soldiers were t-ild to be located When I arrived at tho address I found the building closed i?nd wfts lcferred to a certain profc sor, whom I finally found Ho told mo that those of the gills who vveic not severely wounded had left foi their native places. Onlv about thhtv invalids remained I'lvo of thc-e suf fercd from hliell shock and were either hjsterlcal or Idiotic Many of tho others wero nervous wrecks. He had tried hard to have them quartered In the Home for Invalids, but hardb had they got there when tho building was( "requisitioned by the Bolsheviks and the inmates turned out into the streets. Vera Mlchailovna, a wealthy woman, had picked them up from tlio streets and sheltered them in her house, but Just bcfoio my call sho had telephoned to him that the Bol shevlks had requisitioned her own fouse, and she was in a quandarv as to how to dispose of the girls. He con eluded with tho suggestion that both of us go over to Vera Miehallov na. v With a heavy heart I entered the I largo building in which my unfortu nato girls, momentarily awaiting tho I Word to get out were kept I camo as 'a. complete surprise to them. Bu I Jlhcie was po jen In mv heart as 1 crossed the threshold of their loom II; was not a happy reunion I had no means with which to help them, j no power, no influential friends "Tho Natchalnik' Natchalnik'" tho women exclaimed joyously as soon as they perceived me, rushing toward me, throwing themselves upon my neck, kissing me, hugging me. "The Natchalnik has come' Shi will save us! She will get us mone bread, a home'" They danced and pranced about me in a spirit of jubilation, making me feel even more bitter and miserable "Girls, deal'" I tried to disillusion them carlv "I am mjself penniless and hungry. You mustn i expect anv help of me now " "Nltchevo' You know now to gel 'everything'" they answered with con fidence. "You will take us to light V tho Bolsheviks as we fought the Ger-1 Tttans! " There was a conference between ?Ycra Michallovna, the professor and myself on tho problem facing us "Vera Michallovna suggested that I take the girls with me to my home ''village. I rejected tho idea at first. both because t did not intend to m main at Tutalsk, but continue on n Vladivostok and because of mv la' k of funds Vera Mlchailovna, however insisted hat the wisest thing in the ciieum stances would be to take them away from Moscow. She told me th it sev eral of the girls had been lured aw ly and maltreated by the Bolshev ik sol diers and that the lesult of Ieav ng them In Moscow would be tliPti iuin She offered to provide tickets foi them all to mv village and a thousand i u blc- in icadv monev I finally con tented to lake mj invalids with me hoping to obtain suuicient funds In Ame-ica to Insure theni n life of pcaco and comfort I had resolved to go to Vmetici but 1 had no fund As mv destination was to bo London for thp reasons mentioned I thought of i-oeklng as slstanco from tho British consul in Moscow V ith tho aid of tho Vusllievs I sue reeded In locating tho consuls ollli is and went to see him There wen inanv people waiting to see tho consul and I was informed that he could not be seen Ills secretaiy camo out and asked mo for the puipose of mv cull I give him try name told htm of niv plight and of mv decision to go to London to visit Mrs Bank hurst und asked for aid on the ground tint I had fought and sncrlllccd much for the cause of Bussit and tho Allies He lcportnl niv presence to the con sill who icechcd me almost immc cliitelv The consul was verv courteous Tie met mo with n smllo and a cordial handshake nd that he had read in the p ipci s of mv arrest at Zverevo and inquired what ho could do for inr 1 showed him the document from llic Soviet, hut did not reveal to him tho fict of nn mission to Kornilov, adding f.ospodln Consul as you see. this P iper allows mo freedom of movement I v nit to take idv intago of it and en to T ondon to visit mv friend Mrs I'liiKlnnst Bui I am without means I i line to as von to send mo as a miMici who had fought for the Allied i uic to England If Bussi i should make I will eagerly lesumo my serv nr to this cause I lie i onsiil explained that the Bol slmvikv would not allow him to draw on Hip eonsiilati s deposits in the Kmks hut in view ot my circum st imes ho could supply mo with some monev foi expenses As to my ini to London lie slid thero were great, dinieultles in the way , even for his own country men let nlono Russians But I would not alter my mind, and persisted in begging him to send me to his country Ho promised to con skier tho matter and give a definite answer that night He then invited me to dine with him at S o clock thai evening When I letuiucel for elinnci the con nil infoinied me that he had already tele-raphed to tho British consul ut Vladivostok of mv going to London hv wa of America, requesting him to aid me in every way he could At dinner 1 told the consul how Mrs I'nnkhurst came to know me, bill kept to myself the real purposo of mv trip as I feared that the consul would not want to antagonize the Bolshevists bv extending his protec tion to hip He gave me 500 rubles, and 1 elecided to leave immediately Siberian express was leaving at 1.M0 tlio hame night. I had a few hours left to get mv girls started to the station and to bid farewell to the Vasillev s Mv immediate destination was Tu talsk, on tho Great Siberian line. I was uneasy about the treatment our party might get from tho soldiers finiHn i.Mn nitii.inpd nf t1m stinco on tlie train. But hero again tho menial transformation wa obvious. The pas scngers discussed affairs sanely. There , were many ofllcers aooaru, oui mc-j I were not molested The soldiers were F-t..11. 41-ia.n nn,l tn 114 TIlH Oil' llltllMIJ IU HICIH 1111 v. ... absorbing topic was the advance or tho Germans Lcnlno and Trotsky were cuiscd and denounced as despots worso even than tho czar Thero wero many refugees from the newly 'nv aded province?, and their tales added fuel to tho mutinous spirit of the men. "Wo were promised bread and land. N'ow tho Germans are taking both away ' "Wo wanted an end to tho war, but Lenlno got us Into a worse position than before " "Wo went to tho ISolshcv ist bureaus and told of our hunger, and thoy ad vised us to enlist in tho Bed Guard" 'One can't And work, all tho fac tories are shut down or disorganized." T1tn!p! nn, I cilmltni- KnHmpnts wrorfl expressed on every side. Underlying them till was a greater hatred for tho Germans than ever. There was no eiueslion In my mind that thoso raon vi ere ready to follow anv trusted leader, with arms and food, against the Germans. (CON'TIXLT.D TOMORROW) tc. Zf, Hf ft I& CHEI Popular Price for Particular People Re : Bacon CTT Twenty-five years ago 9 more or less three - young men up in New -" York State, started in business with $165 and a Smoke House as work ing capital. They special ized on BACON today "Beech-Nut" is a synonym for Bacon Quality. It costs more, but there it a difference. Beach-Nut Bacon is used exclusively in the CHERl Restaurants shipped di rect to us from the fac tory, in sanitary packages, sliced and ready to serve. 124 South 13th Street 132 South 15th Street And When Alteration! Ar Completed 1001 Chestnut Street J. G. PATTON, 'Prtildtnl r iv wi - Stemway Due-Art Pianos. 5tQrlinq Pianos Sterling Player Pianos caisonuidmuiiuuiii Phonographs tig ill Sfe..u, i n 1 tj t-p i, l hi; hand - boniest piano ever made starids in the White House placed there durine: the Roosevelt administration. It is a Steinway. Having no dupli cate, its value as a work of art wotild be difficult to compute. Its value as a musical instrument is incalculable yet in tone, touch and mechanical equipment it is the exact counterpart of scores of Steinway grands standing on the floors of our ware rooms, ready for delivery to the readers of this nowsnaner. In the brnnrior sensp. evsrw Sfoin- -,W is an art piano tlie individual work of the Cf. jrreat masters of piano building. if . r L '-- Onl, Philadelphia representatives of Steinway &. Sons LStttsan BiCqrllll Chestnut St. I FIRST Uv S. WAR PLANE USED IN 2600 TESTS Dayton Product Used in 4000 Flights, Yot Boars Only One Repair Patch Miishlnirloii. April 10 (Hi A 1' ) The first Anirrienn built bnltle plane. the De II I, now is on exhibition in the Notlonnl Museum here. The ninchine, built nt tlie Dnj ton - right C omimiiy's plant in Diivton. wns romplrtril in Sep tcmher, lDIi, nnil vins the iirst plnne flonn with a Liberty 12 motor. Tl vns adopted by the- government for use by the Amcricnn expedltlonnry forre in Inncc ns a dnv bomber and observation plane. In nil, more than 2o00 experiments, ranging from motor tests ami different propellers to slight changes in control surface, Imvc been made on this ma chine. It has been used in more than 1000 flights, has been in tlio nlr 1078 ibours and lias ttuvclcd more than 111, '000, miles, including twenty -eight trips of more than 100 miles each, but with the exception of a patch on tlio landing gear and a new section on the side cowl ing, tbcio have been no repairs made to tlio craft. The Dc II 4 lias de veloped a much higher speed than 11!!! miles K:r hour. eluded in the twelve or more airplanes over from Trance by Captain- "Itcd" tingulshed easily from the American assigned to the nlr division ot the Vic- Simonln. With the exception of a planes. There was a report nt Camp tory Liberty Loan advertising demon 'few- mechanical improvements tlicy are Mills today that the machines will bo stration here today. in the mime condition as when used' sent into New Kngland and to the Mid- The Gciman planes were brought, bj German nviritors and can bo dis-jdlo West (o "speed tip" the loan. FOES' PLANES TO AID LOAN Two Fokkers, Downed by Ameri cana, Will Be Exhibited Now orli, April 10.- (By A. 1) Two German Fokkers, brought down by American aviators in I'ranec, were in- PADEREWSKI FOR VOTE Favors Ukraine-Poland Plebiscite If Intimidations Barred London, thuisihy, April 10 (I'y A. 1' ) Asked whether ho approved of the proposal made bv I ITolubowicz, premier of West I'kraine, Out n plibiseile be held lo deride the owner ship of territory in dispute between rrkraiijc and Poland, Ignacc Jan I'ndercwski, the Polish premier, told the Mull s A lenna orripondcnt when the premier s train i cached that eitv on the wai to Paris that he would lpgurd tho suggestion favorably if the plebiscite could be held under Allied supeivision so that intimidation of individuals would be impossible. xrvO DISCRIMINATION P discriminate between Tccla Pearls and Orientals on the ground of origin is about as absurd as to discriminate between 15 and 19 jewel movements when you ask a man the time! 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