The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21

can thank only the intervention OF
the American and French consuls
that it was not destroyed by our
rightly embittered volunteers.
ITO what extremes our loyalty
was carried, is shown by the fact,
that although perfidiously attacked,
and although we disarmed the Red
Guard in Irkutsk, we still began
new negotiations, with the result
that we surrendered ALL our arms,
on the condition that all German
and Magyar prisoners would be dis
armed and disbandcd, and that we
would be allowed to proceed unmo
lester The Siberian government
guaranteed us unmolested passage,
and, taught by bitter experiences
that it was dangerous to attack even
unarmed -Slovaks, let us pro-
ceed to Vladivostok. True this con-
cerned only the trains in the vicinity
of Irkutsk; the trains west of
lrkutsk werc-undcr the orders of
Moscow-attacked in the same man
ner, but always with the same re-
suit; everywhere the Bolsheviks
were disarmed.
Were Proclaimed Murderers.
The arrest OF the members of our
National Council, took place imme
diately before these treacherous at
tacks. Then, thousands of armed
Germans and Magyars in the vicin
ity of Omsk, Krasnoyars and Chita,
forced our army between Volga and
Irkutsk to take the Siberian admin
istration into their hands, Coward
the end of June). But even at this
stage we were trying to enter into
with Moscow. But
Moscow, l. G., Lenine and Trotsky,
proclaimed us murdercrs and began
against us. Under these
our troops were
forced to take possession of the
bridges over the Volga.
81 must mention the fact that our
defense which, as said, was necessi-
tated by treacherous attacks and ev-
erywhere resulted in the diSarma
ment of the Bolsheviks. was joyful
y greeted by the majority of the
Russian population. Anti-Bolshe-
1ikists took advantage of the situa- t
ion and overthrow the Sovcts. We
lid not interfere with their internal 5
'ffairs even after the open conflict.
We only disarmcd those who attack
ID us, to make repetition Of attacks
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"The Germans were trying to 4
pread rumorS that our volunteers 9
brutalities during these {
attles. That is not true. The facts f
re this: Russian Bolshevists, taken
" our troops, were disarmed and r
ent home. but the Magyars and Ger i
nan prisoners, taken with arms in h
and, were killed. That was made
nown to them beforehand. The \
lustrians hanged all our wounded p
HON they captured on the Italian c
ront, and they attacked one of our II
rains of wounded in Siberia. Four y
ears of struggle of life have I!
lught us to be on guard. We did /.
o harm to German or Magyar pris- u
ners who did not oppose us al
lG1gh they were our enemies; we II
1uld have killed thousands and h'
lousands of them, but we allowed ''
lem to leave Siberia in peace. if
ley desired to go home. When ~
Dwever, they treachcrously attack ~
us, they were of necessity made
lrmlesS. We made an official an NJ
that every German and
agyar caught by us with arms in 4
md, would be given no quarter. On A
e contrary we could cite many in tn
lnceS of unprecedented brutalities tn
on our wounded by the lie
erman, and especial, Magyar pris-
ers.
I'm Siberia there are today some he
ndred thousand German and an
agyar prisoners. great number co
whom are armed. It is these men th
10 offer considerable resistance to wi
r army-thc Russian Bolsheviks
rrender after the first shot. wi