The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
SIBERIANS AT FRONT
ARE IN NEW WORLD
They Fight Eagerly. Though
Many Were Never Near
Frontier Before.
ITS GODS WILL. THEY SAY
.s...r, cotr.spona.rce 20 Tnr suN.

errpogyAp Nov. An through tne
A,-. winter day you see them moving In
.,,sss and companies from the stations
=. No outfit department. from tns outfit
easement 20 the armory, and from the
.-,orv 10 the stations FOR the west. the
-,,,sy Slavs Ina. are making for the
s,.r..r TO swell the flood Of Russii's in
dcnltable Infantry.
Many Of them are already In new
,o,t Tue Young Sihcriaus are very
s,n,c,ous 81 a. You notice th'ir quick
~, ch.ns wei up. they are sure ~
...rssi,es and Interested iu everything.
A The crossings people s:op ,' watch
"a wish them godspeed. Tor answer they
"A confidently and wave the.g fur caps
10 lie crowd.
rbsy aye on.y one in ;ae long line OF
..--,,ori.l armies that Russia has as
s.rbed 10 nght Toy tAe Slav cause, but
h.cause they have com" from atar ana
hnosuse hey are the children OF Russia
Yr own colon!zing pioneers 1he people
are following their progress in the war
~, proud heart. PROFESSIONALLY they
are formidable fighting men. Not very
.sr an average Of i've feet eight or
n,ne inches. they have big. firm limbs.
a.., chests and broad backs. and they
look bigger under their coats Of COM
nl,,e uudgesssd sheepskin. With III" skin
turned outside Many Of them are the
.rs Of prosperous farmers: they have
brought their own honesrua wraps ana
S,perb field boots and FURNISHED copper
kettles.
In their quarters by the railway sta
tlon A. they await "a eut.a!u for tina
-
some oder. sophisticated citizens. prob
ably cartcrs and purters. who are very
willing to explain 10 them what it is all
about.
One View Of Wars Beginning.
This Is what happened says one
observer OF events. The Germans got
all the hest places In Russia rs managers
@. the big estates. They brought IN their
own agypuowcs and their own toreste'-
They had their own way with 'hc crops
and with tho timber. They 80; more and
more until at las. they said. Now, give
US Your land. But We said. no. YOU
will not get our land You vii! get out
That is hon 1t began
This Siberian type Is not confined by
any means 20 the SONS OF the generations
VINO went East and took their families,
reused by the same hopes that used 10
send Scotch crotters to Canada and New
Zealand. II represents much more the
prevailing spirit Of the country Russian
who Is lucky enough TO live far from the
administrative centre than Foreigners
would suppose from looking NJ the facile.
familiar pictures Of phenomenal humility
nat are held up as the likeness OF tn.
Russian peasant. OF course. he is re-
nsious His religion belongs to him and
makes UP his life. just a. his Land belongs
20 min and makes Mp his life. The two
toge,her ara his existence.
Tut there is no ponderous burden o.
santl!r-Ss about him. He speuu> very
little 81 his pocket money On BARRIERS or
tSliors and hence specifically he l. taken
10 BE- yolel and a simpleton. Very much
the reverse lie knows in these present
times what he is fighting about: and the
German used-to-be pacfists, who recon-
oiled themselves 10 the war because they
fesrei the coming of the Slay. had prob
ably good grounds for their fears.
The philosophers Ut the railway stations
ere left behind, and the new troops are
seaning away down southwes: into the
heart o; Poland. Here is how they came
into the first fight: 70 happened 10 be the
opening o. tho battle OF the N!stula:
at vas > o'clock i~ the morning and
eli the horizons were dark; tho morning
az was frosty. .oar frus; was on the
grass cur regiment got the order 20 adj
vance We had rested two or three hours
ana rdsy Ve Were going into acton. The
regiment had q very difficult task. Tho
orders Weg' To establish both the position
o. the enrmy and his numerical strength
lts Gods Will. III the forest suddenly
something cracked. and this happened
ssa.n. We feel the enemy. The battle
began, the Hrst shots IN the grea, battles