The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-04

the rear reserves had 10 wait for the
rifles OF dead soldiers 70 train Win
The Russian guns were allowed one
shell day while the Germans poured
hundreds back The Russians We're
so weak that the Germans We're able
TO push their guns within 1000 yards
ana mow down the soldiers ~ thou-
sands like rats. Russian generals
begged Soukomlinoff to send even
blank cartridges, anything TO keep M
the morale of the men. Lcmberg was
evacuated because tho Russians lacked
shells and rifles Pcremysl because
there We're no carriages. The Ger
man artillery had all Of Russia's plans,
through Soukomlinoff and they
brought up their guns and played
them on sections where they knew
that the Russians were without am
munition. and massacred them"
Mr.. Catlin was asked about the pres
emit regime in Russia. kerensky is
an able fellow" he said. but ker-
ensky has such men about him that
he is not able to handle the situation.
Ultra radical influences are at work
and until discipline is restored in the
army and capital punishment is again
reinstated Russia Will be able to do
practically nothing. There are. how
ever many sensible people in Russia
and | would not be at all surprised to
see some one step forward as a Mill
tary dictator who viii pull things to-
gether, but so long as the sociaistic
Influences prevail Kerensky, and al
Russia will be powerless. | heard
Milyoukov tell good story about the
Russian idea of freedom under the
present regime, \ man stood on 4
street car track in pctrograa and re-
fused To bulge rs hn blockaded trait
fic. asserting that this is now n free
country and defied the officers to pnt
him off the track
Praises American Embassy
Speaking further of his personal eX-
perienc.s, Mr. Catfin said / want yoIi
TO say a good word for me from the
American embassy in Pttrograd.
nave heard that our diplomatic scrN g
ice has been severely criticized by
some people, Int ] take great pleas
urc III saving that nur service in Rus
STA, and in Petrograd is doing a splcn-
did work. / am personally obligated
to them for getting an my papers to-
gothes SO tina, could come home a.
this time. Ny American passport haC
expired and theN wont TO- much trnu-
blo to get it renewed.
ON my nip homo / did mot ~. ;
single submarine. in fact ntNc
crossed the North soa eight times ant
the Atlantic seven times sine. the tie
ginning of the war ana ] n,,,l saw
one.
The ore thing of iarticut4r .ltrr
est that | saw on my return this tim
was 4 number Of american TRANSPORT
about three days out of New No'k uu
der the convoy of q cruiser. Tnr
seemed 10 bc proceeding ia a sort q
n formation and | don't know whcthc
there wer" more COuVoNS ~ he dc
stroyer type or not. Three america
destroyers saw lis through th. DANCE
zone after leaving Liverpool hut attic
we got out t way They steamed orr /
the north and We dldn't ste uUl
again,
LAT Bergen. Norway. / missed N
steamer by five hours and / had |
sit down and wait ter d8Ns Tor anoti
or boat for Liverpool" When compu
sure is supreme. however this lit
delay surely could not have n"cn III,
trcssing to Mr.. Callin, even though II
wife and children were waiting fl
him in Chicago.
Mr.. Catlin, it is understood, "
leave again for London in about
month. He is connected with a Bri
ish concern and was their Pclrogr,
agent,
Food was getting scarce in pctr
grad, and so | decided to come home
he said.