The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-02
what they THINK
OF Great WAR AT
TOP OF The WORLD

Oxford university. The follow
ing article 10 from an interview
with Mary Boyle O'Reiily)
fords no escape from the war
All the jewellers round the Pole
resemble each other. northern
Slberians are quite like Amerl.
can Eskimo.
Samoyeds. Tungas. Yeniseios
tayak, uomad breeders Of reindeer
who live In wigwams. know vague
~ that the wise nations who are
always warm now fight IN unend.
ing battle The neutrals of the
North are howildered by that
knowledge An that missionary
popes preached about Christianity.
or Russian political eNiles taught
about civilization. Is opposed To
warfare
Why" ask the child peoples OF
tn. Polar zone. WHY did not their
wise men assemble and srbitratef
During two winters OF uniting
dark our party sledgcd exposed TO
the fun fury OF Arctic gales | was
the first white woman ever seen tn
that Wild and desolate country
Samoyeds and Slbiriaks suspected
me OF being sentenced TO perpetual
exile as suftraget'
When We reached q cluster OF
fur tents the etiquet o, the ice de-
handed that a host hasten out to
help US from tho s~dges while
younger members OF the household
offered sticks TO beat loose snow
! from our furs. Within a tent. the
house-mother spread white deer
skins as seats OF honor. and quickly
prepared tea and reindeer meat
Only when we were fed and warm
ed did our hosts open the csre-
moniai catechism.
'Ladyship. We hear strange news
from the world. Traders sell no
more vodka Russians have built
word wires along Kara coast Many
men are gone from here 20 fight In
far country. Those who remain
work as they please for their own
price Tell Va OF the war"
Aichika. the plural wife Of 81
[ biriak. and. like her lord. de
scendant Of Cossacks and Grim
inals. signs gently for sympathy.
we are safe. bu, war Is
very SAD" says michlks. grand
/ daughter OF bandit "ln the
/ eighth month. when the sun
was no longer hidden. the word
I Of the cxsr called the Siberian
/ rifles 10 service. They march.
/ ed away singing the song Of
the eonscripts: To-day ls the
Last ! Spend win you. NY
/ Frienos'
Women wept. but men who
owned hay and grain sold to the
| army for a great price All win
ter there was oil and sugar in ev
cry house And as we grew rich
strange peoples from warning coun
tries lost their all Tribes OF pris
oners come and come from afar
AT krasnoisrsk il a vast
camp for war esiles. Living or
the snow, they have no sheep.
ehiHSf HtfAN-N nave NnII NhF
tents, or deer. Even the men
among them weep: the chill
dren wall and die. Therefor.
make these rnittens OF dogs
hair, warm against frost bite
Our parish priest, who prsys
over $4,000 miles. said in the
church, You who have homes.
must pity those who are home.
less. There is no misery like
Wari'"
Some as miles northvard. Tilka
a hullet-headed Ssmoyed. hunts IN,
Polar bear Tilka's tribe liz no
too proud to fight. but II is TO,
primitive. Yet when the fish ant
yenisOn are frozen. enough mos,
dried for the months Of winter
and the cherished deer herd uro
tected against 100 degrees Of frost
Tilka returns from adventure
eager to tell his tale
Rage makes ruin" declare,
| Tilka. When the car set bis
guns round every village. another
car sent great birds OF war tc
throw burning brands from the
sky. 50 fire and fear came upon
the women and children
The Kirgis are sending skin
tents and steppe ponies The post
road keeper will carry such gifts
without cost. They viii be safe
even from brodyagi (criminal
trampsJ For Dens. prince NJ tho
Karasinck Samoyed. puts on each
a sign Of safety. BY order Of the
cars who do not fight. he marks
each present with a little red
cross"