The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-19
|COSSACKS COMPEL ORCHESTRA TOPLAY
 ''G0D SAVE TSAR'
Scandal at Omsk Banquet in Celebration of Arrival of
 French COssacks Or
 dered COurt-Martialed
px HERMAN BERNSTEIN

By HERMAN BERNSTEIN
 Special Correspondent of the Herald
 and Age-HeraIt. With the American
 Forces in Sibcrin.
 CCopyrigAt. lels, by the New York
 Herald company. All rights reserved.p Omsk, November l5.1 Via Vladivostok. 1- CD elaved in transmission. At a banquet arranged by Russian military men to celebrate the arrival of French troops here, after speeches eulogizing America and the allied armies, the or chestra suddenly commenced playing the old Russian na
 tional hymn, "Ged Save the Tsar.v This created commo- ton and protests among the guests. The explanation was made that the old .hymn was played in the absence of the new hymn.
 Shortly afterward a. Cossack chief. Colonel Krasilnikoff. at the revolver's point. forced the orchestra to repeat the pointed revolvers at the musicians. Many musicians were pale as they played the hymn facing the Cossack's guns.
 Then Captain Koshek! representative of the Czech national council, addressed the chairman of the banquet saying: As representative of a democratic army and nation I cannot remain here while such things are permitted" While greeting the democratic French afmg. Captain Koshek left the hall MAYOR AND CONSULS LEAVE Shortly afterward the mayor of the city, MT. Novillost, and the French. Brit ish and American consuls also left the lhall. At a conference of the consuls, they demanded an explanation from the gov ernment within A hours. This morning 1 the government issued a statement or dering the immediate arrest of all the OilttClS NuO loItCi tnc oICIcSlfd tO pidS itne Czars hymn and, have them court inartialed- Organizers of the banquet also are to be arrested and tried for their 1 failure to adopt immediate measures tc stop the scandal.
 1 POPULAR WITH REGIMENT
 Colcnel Krasilnikoff. who has figured l in several scandalous incidents before. I is quite popular with his Cossack kregi- iment, which is composed almost entirely of monarchisticaly inclined officers The governments firm decision will doubtless cause a subsistence of the monarchistic terdencies prevalent among a number
 Of officers of the old regime who adopt
 ed 3 policy of vengeance for the soldiers arhons since the revo' rtion
 This capital of the all-Russian govern ment is rejoicing over the triumph ] tlia allies and the end of the war The 1 population Is depressed, nevertheless, be- lcause Russia own position remains un- settled and the war here IS not ended ] have just interviewed Nicholas Ask
 senteff. president of the directorate, the I highest authority of the all-Russian gov ernment, who said: While the allies prepare for the en- 1 joyment uf the fruits of victory and for lrerabilitationb we still have the problem l of the bolsheviki. They were composed
 of the following elements First German
 money agents of an agitation to demoral- ] ize Russia; second, fanatical apostles of
 the social revolution. believing that A ration. S5 per cent illiterate, could sud- denly jump to socialism; third. criminal elements seeking Russia's destruction; | fourth. the ignorant masses.
 TOOK EASIEST ROUTE .srhe bolsheviki took the line of least resistance. The Czar government had Inracticed anarchy from above; the bol- sheviki anyrchy from below SThey fed
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