Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-16
small detachments of Allied marines.
Bolshe Wiki CAPTURED

SIndi uetachmentS or Allied marines.
Bolsheviki Captured
Four Russian destroyers lying in
the harbor were quickly manned by
Bolsheviki crews and tried to make
their escape, but were captured by
Allied naval vessels.
The Red Guards took refuge in
the old Russian barracks opposite
the railroad station. After u brief,
but desperate battle, during which
the structure was raked from end to
end by the machine guns of the AL
lies, the Guards surrendered. They
had lost eight men killed and one
hundred and fifteen wounded.
True to the teachings of their Teu-
tonic masters. q member of the guards
shot and killed a Czeeho- Slovak Of
ficer as he was about to run up the
white flag over the building. This
brutal act caused a search to be made
among the captured guards for any
Germans. A small number were dis
covered and were bayonetted on the
spot by the infuriated members Of the
slain officers command.
Realizing that fate. in the person
of the gallant Czecho- SlovalSs, had
ended their eight months rule of
tISdSheIy anu CRIME .lHS buLSHeNlhl
leaders and their followers surrend-
cred without further organized re-
sistance. and the affairs of the city
were placed in the hands of Allied
Commission. the majority Of the men,
bers being Czecho- -Slovaks in recog-
milton of the prominent part their
fellow-countrymen took in the de-
feat of the Bolsheviki.
Among the first official acts of the
new government was the appoint
ment of the famous Allied patrol
which was composed of CzechoSlo-
vaks. Chinese. Japanese. British and
American lighting men. These pic
turesque heralds of Democracy pa
troled the city day and night with
loaded rifles and fixed bayonets.
In a short time the lawless ele-
ment of the city discovered that the
patrol meant business and played no
politics and the wave of crime and
graft receded.
The cosmopolitan personnel of the
patrol served as notice to the world
that it was not a Japanese mcve to
appropriate any part of Asiatic Rus
sia.
Another important decision was
reached by the Allied Commission
when permission was granted to the
Bolsheviki to hold a public funeral
for the men who lost their lives dur
ing the battle at the barracks. Hours
before the cortege was scheduled to
march the streets were thronged with
Bolshevixi sympathizers and the pro-
cession itself passed through solid
banks of humanity. The caskets of
the dead were of a brilliant GRIM
son. a final reminder to the world Of
their political beliefs.
The marchers in the procession
carried large banners inscribed with
the names and records of the dead.
Ten days after the revolution the
Allied Commission called a general
election to ascertain the sentiment
of the city's inhabitants. The Boil
sheviki leaders were permitted to
leave their places of confinement and
address the populace. The election
resulted in victory for the Bolshe-
wiki, which polled a total of 10000
votes against 1000 and 5000 respec-
lively for the opposing parties.
The results nearly produced a
counter-revolution, but the Allied
Commission returned the Bolsheviki
chieftains to Jail and called 1t mo
game"
The city was seething with rebel
lion when on August Sd q transport
slipped quietly into the harbor and
landed 500 British troops from Hong
Kong. The sight Of Britain's fighting
men as they marched in grim ST.
lence. ready for a fight or frolic.
filed the foreign colony with joy.
The open mutterings of the Bolshe-
wiki mobs died away to whispers and
the Allied residents of the city slept
soundly that night for the first time
in many weeks.
A few days afterwards. 1900
French, 5000 Japanese and 5000
American troops Joined the Allied
camp and the danger was over.
Conditions rapidly became normal
in the city and another victory over
German intrigue was recorded on the
tablets of history. These American
and Allied troops are now defeating
the Bolsheviki all over Siberia and
are saving that country as they
eventually will all Russia from these
robbers and murderers.