The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-08-28

tho Pacific strcained toward Kief to
Join In tho fight against Austria.
II tho Russian front had not coiiop.
ned. the former Austrian voidisrs
would have played big share In put.
ting an cnd TO Austria's existence.
Tho next few months. the time
during which the disorEanisation of
the Russian armies went on at an In.
crensing rate, witnessed the rapid
growth Dof tho Cxcchoslovaka army.
Professor Mnsaryk. "Thc little faith.
err. ~ thosc desperate fighters nj.
ways cali him. was In Russia and put
new spirit into tho discouraged
! bohemian cxiies. 4 firm orgnnisat.
/ Ion CT tho original Csechoslovak col.
| ony In Russia and Of the far larger
/ body Of prisoners Of war was carried
out under his leadership TO which all
eagerly submitted. Emissaries went
out from Kiev 10 oil tho intcrnment
camps from the Black sea to the Paci.
fic 10 call oil true patriots TO arms
and to smooth away the difficulties
offered In some places by the local
authorities. Soon the volunteers
commenced TO pour into tho concen.
/ tration centcrs In the Ukraine.
In most c'sces they cnme In train
loads. Bnt even before the over.
threw Of Kerensky. Mhsaryk lost
hope Of using the Csechosiovak
fcrces TO advantage on THE Russian
front. No one In Russia wanted 10
fight tho Germans and Austrians. 20
cngcr wore the Russians 10 hght each
other: ana In tho general disorgan.
izstion the small. but hrmly disci.
piincd body Of fighters. like the
Csechosloviks. were tempted from
all sides TO Join the bolshcviki or
Korailof or Kaledincs or other prom.
Using causes. which would have frit.
tered away tho strength OF the small
army and probably caused its total
extinction. A early as last fall Pro.
fcssor Masaryk planned to have his
aghters transported TO France and
fight on the western front for the lib.
Grafton OF their homeland. Several
thousand Of thcm have. In fact. been
transported by way Of the Arctic 6ea
TO the west TO form the nucleus oi
the Czeohosiovak army In France. In
the meantime the bolsheviki seised
what government there was In Rus.
sin. and Il became impracticable IA
figure any longer cn transportation
by way Of northern Rumian ports
Tho only way 10 brinG these eager
fighters into the battle was to take
them ciear around the world. across
European Russia. across Asia. ovei
the Pacific. Canada or the United
States. and the Atlantic.
In the mo- ntime tfc position OF the
Cxcchoslovaks troops In the Ukraine
was becoming decidedly hGsrrd0Ms
There had been considerable fight
ing In md around Kiev between the
lLev!es Of the Ukrainian Rada and
and the forces Of the Bolsncviki. Gnd
tie Csechoslovaks with difficulty
managed To keep clear OF THU briei
wnr, Tho red gusrds captured kiev
but that only gave the Germans au
excuse to rush 10 the aid OF theiI
good friends. tho government Of the
Rada. the same government that 4
few months later was chased out oi
by n squad OF German soldiers. And
NJ the German flood ovsrran tho Uk
raine. II ne,riy caught the Csecho
slovnks. They we're rstreating out oi
the Ukraine. WREN their rsarguardi
found themselves menaced By the
! Germans at Bachmach on March
li,h. A battle was fought In which
the German forces we're. badly worst
ed, and tho Cse,hesiovaks vsrs snab
led to withdraw from territory %
cupied by their enemies.
At the time these men without Z
country were already on their way d
v'ndivostok.. Mssaryk received
promises from the Allied rsprsssnta.
t'ves IN Moscow that ships would b
furnished for the transport Of thia
army across the Pacific and the Al
lantic. and at the sams tine the Boil
shevik authorities agreed 70 help
these dangerous men out cs the coun'
try mud TO furnish trains 70 take
them 70 vladivostok. A. soon - the
troop movement 70 vladivostok WI
on tho way. Mssaryk lett Russia. Ha
thought that bis work n Russia wai
dcne.