The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-28
Carl Won Lambert Tells Story
About Jewish MASSAGE

Carl Won Lambert native Of Rus
STA. but whose headquarters are in
Chicago. is In Mankato as the rep
rcscntative Of 81. Johns Institute for
the deaf at 81. Francis. Wis. In a
conversation with Free rrcss rep
rcscntativc today. the young man told
Of his early life I'm the cars country.
lie lived there until he WAS seven
teen years old. That was six years
ago. His father was OF German do
scent and his mother of French. but
both were natives CT Russia.
1T was the massacre OF the Jews
at Odessa that caused me To come In
America" said Mr.. Won Lambert. Il
was a student ut Scbastopol. vi ,,
We heard that a massacre Of the Jew
at Odessa had been planned. Fiir
four OF us students had sect I
meeting and We decided To go e
Odessa and see what we could Il"
protect the women and children. s.
We made our way there. ami 10
other students at the place.
Regarding Religious Freedom.
The ear had issued an ediCt
granting his subjects absolute rel
gious freedom. The order has s1mr.
been revoked. There is still rel,E Gus
freedom To the extent of allowing
everybody to believe and worship as
he SEES fit. but nobody Is allowed Ia
make any attempt 10 convert n g"
Catholic from his church. That liberal
order Of the ear. granting fuller re-
ligious freedom. was hailed by
people with great JOY and there were
celebrations all over Russia.
The students that met ut Odessa
with the idea OF protecting the J "
ish women and children. In case of =
massacre. numbered about 100. as
rccollect We gathered I'm the base
mcnt OF a building. There was great
parade outside. \ picture Of the cZai
was being carried through the street.
Somebody shot at ii. Instantly there
was a cry that this WIS the act OF Z
Jew. and then the massacre began.
Jews Attacked Ely Cossaeks.
The Jews were attacked by :
body OF Cossacks. We students ha
orders to shoot at the Cossacks an,
W. ouooi w MIL. VIZ ihE VI
them from behind our shelter. ! d,
not know how II happened. but "
some way | got separated from tn
rest OF the students during the fight
and | managed TO got shelter in an
other basement. where Jrwi"'
merchant had his place of business
! hid behind large box. until a.,
danger was past.
Il learned afterwards that ont r
all the fifty-four students that has
gone from Scbastopol tn Odessa O.
fight against the massacre. only scv
en- escaped. The rest were either Kill
were afterwards executed by Cnu:
martial proceedings.
Father Very Angry.
IL managed to make my way bacl
Ia ScbastCrOl and to the family cstat,
near that place. told my mother wha
had happened. My father. who wa
an officer in the Russian army. wa
very angry when he heard about t.
liu; he stood by me. lie had grra
deal or political influence. an'
through him I obtained six months
ItdNt WI ltbiit .HiUiN sfIh " v
| came tn America and have mo: Cnn'
hack. ! have lHcomc a raiurali7r'
American citizen. After coming la ihi,
country I completed my education II
German college nj Dubuque. Iowa.
Their Cossacks i'm some ways pr
wonders. We "tuden,R used To hav,
mancuvcrs with them. usc'i Ia har,
little Arabian horses and No ha'
large horses. They wuuld have u
surrounded before We know VIVA, wa
taking place. I saw those will ives
riders and want to say they are nc
in II with the Cossacks. Tho Corsack5
had to 20 through with such dan
gerous military training that The,
are often killed during the mancuvcr
\ Cossack can fire gun. and tho
hang on the side of his horse whil'
the animal Is going ut full gallOp. ~
that the enemy cannot shoot tn,
man, as tho horse will shelter him.
Afraid Of Cossaeks.
The people of Russia are NOR,
afraid of half dozen Cossacks. thai
of regiment OF ordinary soldiers
When Cossacks approach with whip
the crowds scatter. These whips
right through the clothes into TN
flesh and cause maddening pain. 4
few snch blows on any man ard h.
faints."
The young man stated that he Va
graduate of the military acaderI'
at Sebastopol He said that the cdic
of the car prohibiting the use o
vodka was a wise one and its benc
fetal effects are already noticcab',
among the reorl". .,lso the army or
fcers have improved by rcfrainin'
from indulging in the stun.
rs~r Tuesdao's C,''~
For four days this summer. In,
newspaper men from every part o
Minnesota will let the dust OF mus