The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-12
UKRAINE PEACE may
FORCE RUMAN|ANS
Country Dependent Upon Neigh
Dor For Most of the Little
Food II Secures

Brought personally before Leon
Trotsky, foreie In minister of the pre-
vailing government in Petrograd, and
Intercepted concerning himself and
his purpose in being in Russia, Lieut.
G. b. Schribman, Medical Init, L. s
A., who is in Honolulu for a day, had
an interesting experience VIII lie en-
route from Rumania to Washington.
Although the interview with Trot
sky lasted less than half an hour, Lieu
tenant Schribman learned from the lips
of Trctsky himself his own persona
aims with regard to the shaping of
Russia + destiny, and that above all
the Bolsheviki leader had two objects
to attain.
First, to effect n peace with Russia s
enemies;
Second, to divide the lands of Rus
STA among ap her people.
Conditions in RumanIa
Lieutenant Schribman said that he
was one of the few remaining members
Of the medical unit in Rumania at the
time he left. He saws that conditions
there, particularly in the way of ap-
prOpriate food, are exceedingly serious.
Ma or Perkins, who was here about
three weeks ago, proceeded Lieutenant
Schribman out of Rumania about two
| weeks.
At the time of his departure the pop.
ulation was facing food problem
which was not serious but trngic. In
the south of Russia there was food
in plenty, but Ukrania would not al
low much to enter Rumania.
"If Tkrania effects peace with Ger
| many, Rumania will be in dire straits,
and in my opinion must seek peace
herself to save the nation, said Lieu
tenant Schribman.
While travelling through Siberia
Lieutenant Shribman was detained
many times. The engines were de
@ached from the trains in which he
was riding, to be attached to troop
rains. The BOlsheviki authorities
allied for the production of passports
and seemed particularly assertive about
hose carried by Americans
The detachment of railroad cngin-
GERS which passed through here some
inc ago en- route to Siberia, is stiIl
Japan.
Lieutenant Schribman was met at
the Moana Hotel yesterday by A. l..
md Miss Beatrice Castle.
Doctor Schribman gives some il
luminatiuy reasons whv americans in
the service in Russia and Rumania have
been distrusted by the Bolsheviki gov
eminent. 1t was all due to the story
going the rounds in official Russia, he
says that seventy five automobiles
were used to rescue the beautiful
Queen of Rumania, and this is the has
is Of the Bolsheviki charges preferred
against Col. w. H. Anderson and his
American Red Cross mission that the
Americans were attempting to aid
General Kaledin and his counter-revO
lutionary movement in Russia. Colonel
Anderson s story was brought to Homo
lulu by Doctor Schribman, who left
Petrograd January |.
To remove the danger of train
load of American ambulanccs from
falling into the hands of the Germans
and not to further romantic dream
of saving Her Royal Majesty Queen
Marie, did Colonel Anderson attempt
to route the machines and supplies to
Rostov on the Don, not knowing that
the southern city was at the time a
stronghold of the counter rev olution
airy movement under General Kale
din, according to Doctor SchriBman.
Attacks q. s. Ambassador
series of unfortunate Incidents
followed with the result that Trotzky
issued a bitter personal attack
against David r Francis, the Amer
lean Ambassador I" Russia; caused
the arrest of Colonel Kalratchnikoff