The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-05

Russia may be able to place aoaa000
men IN the field We can faraish 500-
COO You know In every war f9a men
die OF disease for every one who falls
from bullets That viii be tic posi-
ton Of Russia in this war We pro
pose to eliminate disease rs q faefof
Every man who dies in our arms nlast
fall on the field OF battle Ia tlis wsy
we shall ncutralize the superiority Of
RtNsian numbers and stand on com
paratlvely eanal footing
Compare this With the attitude al
Russian officials Ia the far east rs stat
ed by Captain Gunderson. Russian
commander Of tie steamship Unison.
wrecked OFF the aIiaotau islands last
August as she was attempting 20 rim
the blockade at Port Arthur / was %
that wreck three days in company with
my friend Captain BOYD Tenth Tint
ed States cavalry and Captain Gunder.
son repeatedly assured rs that no orr
ii Russia had any idea japan really
Intended war IS ai evidence he cited
camyersa ION wills his brother who
Is TIE Russian surgeon general ct
yladaostoh and WHO sail OH there
viii be no war; II Russia expected
war should be the first g know IT,
So my hospitals could be IL readiness
IS it is. have never been - short Of
supplies as | am today There viii he
10 war
THAT night ADMIRAL foge tofpetioed
the Russian squadron and practically
closed Tort Arthur 70 tie outside
world
what was true Of the Russian med
ical corps WAS equally true Of every
branch OF the Russian service IN Man
churia There viii be no war echoed
the newly Arrived officers aud the
carnival Of retelrs that has marked
the Muscoglte Invasion since lsas WIS
intensified Nv added numbers Arfiy
ing trains that should ltave been crowd
"a With men and munitions of wat
brought each a full complement of tlle
demimsidc and vodka
~The thousands 81 these creatures
and the tens of thousands n eases u
yodka that passed over the siberian
railway ii place ~ food and equip
ments must Lave horriiied even ths
gentle verestchagin familiar is hs
was Win war, il It's most brutal aue
bestia aspects Had he lived TO p0r
tray recent scenes in Manehuria ~
could have revealed to the vietimizee
suffering masses at home perfect
nightmare Of debauchery apathy am
criminal oarelessness. Ills historic pie
ture or battlefield ia the Russo
Turkish war with the dead and dyius
soldiers lying bleeding in the distance
while IN the foreground the Russian
headquarters were strewH With empt!
champagne bottles and the rags of bar
lots had it's counterpart in scenes tina
greeted the eyes Of the observer q
Port Arthur, Newchwang and Nladi
| vostok
Wine, women and song We're eer
talnly the undoing Of Russia. where
| beauty and a bottle were the hlghes
ambition Of its officers from geuera
to corporal Sodom and GomorFah
the current synonyms of Fort Arthu
ana vladivostok n the orient wer
temples Of virtue III comparison q %
debaucheIy RIGHTEOUSNESS. HagraH
immoralities and openly Haunted yie
recently practieed ID those unhapp
I cities
This was Russias preparation fo
| war
But il the bloody conflict now was
ing serves to awaken her from her tel
rible nightmare and brings about be
moral regeneration land nothing les
than such catastrophe can dp ID the
civilization viii ultimately be promo
ed, and the masses Of suffering hHaal
| ity in that grand country viii come
some measure by their own