Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-27
BY WIN. PHILIP SIMWS.
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IMPERIAL HEADQUARTERS. RUS
SIAN ARMY. Oct. 4.-(By MaiD--
From this place every day about half
past twelve o'clock. over special
wires, flash the orders Of the En-
peror and his CHIEF of Stan AleXietf,
TO the generals commanding the ZOO
miles Of front
If you have eyes that can see
through house-tops and brick walls,
YOU will see scores Of uniformed Off
GERS porting over maps and plans (;
aides hurrying from one department
10 another; orderlies standing at ram
rod attention back Of busy generals;
q Grown Prince learning how to gov
ern; Car comforting with his STAFF
You will see all these important acts
which send half million men TO the
attack. 10 the fording of a stream 20
the taking OF an enemy redoubt. The
clash Of cavalry the thunder of big
guns. the oifenslves against Lemberg
and Kovol, and all the other places
ell are controlled from here.
Yet if YOU have the eyes Of ordinary
mortals. you see none of this. and
Grand General Headquarters. or The
Stavka. as the Russians call H. Is the
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Unless yeu have plenty Of work to
keep you occupied. this is no place
for YOU. This is no health resort, no
place for tired business men. no
amusement centre for neurotics and
roues Everybody here has a job, and
he keeps at it, and. il YOU have none.
you are in for a rotten time
Ordinarily about 10000 people live
population is about double this. STILL
the narrow, roughly cobbled streets
are seldom crowded because most OF
the 10000 people are busy inside. In
the dingy shOp-windows one sees
American tooth washes. American
sewing machines. American tvpewrit-
ers. American bicycles. and advertise
ments for American harvesting ma
cbines.
long. one story house of hewn
logs. implanted and weathered TO a
somber gray. back a little way from
the main street. is my tradition. the
scene of meeting between Katherine
the Great. and Emperor Frederick. OF
Prussia. in 1926 Now il is divided
into two parts and a family lives in +,
each.
A red brick opera house in the /
middle of the town, the house of the |
local governor, wherein Car Mich |
oils II now finds quarters with his |
l2-year old heir, Alexis Nikolaie- !
Vlche' rather handsome Catholic /
church. several equally handsome |
Greek Orthodox churches the street |
market; the view from the terrace /
back of the Emperor's quarters. make /
up the principle sights of the place
A long, very narrow street between |
Two rows of whitewashed stone build I
1ngs. whose roofs are almost low !
enough to be touched by the extended /
hand looks inviting. Here are strange |
shops kept by very hairy men. Their |
wares are principally articles for the /
peasants - charcoal stoves. ropes. !
coarse cotton goods. shOveis. hoes, /
FUR and near-fur CAPS. heavy boots !
and the Ike. AS one looks with in |
tercst into barlike place. where /
"kyass.' a Russian drink made from
fermented black bread, but non-alco- /
holic. one almost gets run over by a (
litqe car made by the man who made /
the Peace Party famous. In it were |
Russian officers
Lunch at the officers mess is the /
real break in the day here Only it |
does not last long. General Alexieff |
sees TO that. AT 100 sharp he enters
IN the run, passes rapidly down