Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-21
PANS LONG ARM
IS AFTER SIBERIA
That Is Conclusion of American
Railway Official Now in
Shanghai,
VICTIMS DIG OWN GRAVES
Declares Commercial Goods Are
Being Shipped Under Guisc
of Military Supplies.
VICTIMS DIG OWN GRAVES
nv JOSEPH T-I,I.ioNs.

ny JOSEPH TTMMoSs.
SHANGHAI Dec. 2O-Three hundred
and forty men were stood w and shot
TO death one morning little more
than month ago by order Of ScmiOnov.
the bandit whom I[olchak and the Jap
nnese have made major general and
Governor of the Lake BsikaI district
OF Siberia
This occurred at AndrianovaItya. zoo
miles west Of the Manchurian bord r.
Seinionov forced gone OF his victims
to dix their own graves. Falling into
these ~ they Were shot they We're
given hasty burial. The hodics OF many
others lay for days uubUricd
Semionov claimed that his Victims
were BO!sheylsts-a torn ne applies u
AL VINO resist his tyranny or incur ms
displeasure.
Information of this slaughter was
brought TO Shanghai b. Lieutenant
Colonel r. H. I.antry. who has recently
secured his relief Us second IN command
OF tho American railroad men who
nave been trying for Two years TO opcr-
ate the Trans-Slberi2n Railread. Col
onei i.antry IS on his way home 10 st.
Paul he was assistant TO the first
vice president OF tho Northern Pacific
when ne volunteered for the Russian
hallway CORPS and has been two FEARS
In siberia as next in command TO col
onei Georg" II. Emerson. lie is widely
EMO" among American railroad men.
Back IN the carly ninetics he Vas Santa
re dispatcher Al Los Angeles
koIchnk rro-Jnpnncsc
Colonel !.antry declares that Admiral
hoichak his becpH" pro Japanese in
practice, Whatever his personal feeling
toward the Japuuese may be lie as,
serts that through koichal and the
band!t cAl.tt-ins. Scmionov and Kali
m!"ov' VINO "ith the backing Of the
'a.'''nese forced MIN TO maze them
governors of the Lake Baikal district
i hnd the AinGr district, RESPECTIVELY, ;he
| Japanese are getting hold OF ali In.
natural resources OF Eastern Siberia
The bruta!Iligs OF these Two men and
orS!r constant interference with the
optraton OF me railroad have been
the chie! cause OF friction between the
| Huef!GAn aHG JapaUeGe forces in 81
nerla The J-panese awe invariably
taheh Inc side OF the CoSsack ruitlaus.
Slaughter Thrice "a Week
There have been executions, OF
\ srlaIiNr numbers Of men at least three
ni3es a Week !or months. by order Of
S,elniono'.' SAID Colonel Lantry. but
sort ne has done his men and hose
Q. y a!nikoF employ whipping "a
runtshinent. tina is done every day
| Ih"r victims are stripped. bent over
| iots ana beaten VITA Cossack whips
w t"tF b"cks are raw and stream
sands Of such eases. hundreds OF rail-
io"n employees Aavo been whipped
by them.
Their object has been TO ,srror;ze
ne ueople ana 50 maintain their power.
W zen tnyy w!l go 10 house and
qqft' or "a That me son join their forces.
ne youth mas learned they are COM
in; for him ana has gotten aySIv
men 'hey whip the father
"Norse Than Germans"
Thai IS the KIND OF work the Jap
we may expect 10 continue II they
succeed In srabbins Siberia. They are
worse man Germany ever was. We
shall see in Siberia the same Kind OF
has had. 'A
Because OF the constan, interior
enCc OF ha.iulkOy a
the lack OF co-opcration on the part
OF the koichak government the Amcri-
accomplish very little We Nh; I'm tc,s
phones Al every station from Viadi-
Yostok 70 omsk and placed n charge
ers. But the Cossacks were constantly
nsing the telephones for their military
purposes. ana We never got very far
with orderly handling OF trains rxcani
on the Chinese Eastern Railway, wh en-
Is under Chinese protection. II has
the engine of passenger Train and
h.lch 1t onto ono Of their armored
Cnmounnse Commercial Goods.
The Japanese have taken adyan
taSe OF the situation TO ship CONNER
cial goods as military supplies. Tn.
fIhoPs OF lrkutsk are full OF cheap
Japanese clothes and notions OF ali
SORTS, and not a single article made by
america or England or France can be
ih@ cfnEa on h'ir shelves in irku'sk
civilian was permitted TO live; nov
rtherc are many in the city An these
s9ods: 10 be found throughout Eastern
s.heria went in as military supplies:
on most OF them payment OF customs
was evaded by the same fraud.
oon i ne J"nansse claim that their TO-
duced 10 $4,000 is false For ali win
drawn others have been sent in: they
The largest body Of them is =, Vari,i
Mndinsk. about 500 miles east Of
dFcKimts%; . they have few intelligence
Inc japanese are buying every sort
Of mapufaoturinE and retailing bust
sell. often through third partw 90 90
hmat ne seller does not know the
and Kalmikov they are g ge,t in,. @ cons
eessiohs f2r agricultural land. for
. lin IL vIadivostok.
III the Japanese plans succeed they
Vii have V!adivostok, that splcndid
Il and the traffic on the rivers which
lhey are controlling practically al
'.sonaS, nc ra,tlroad and the natural re-
district. the Japanese will absoiu;eiv
EalkaL well toward the UraI Nom
tatns
o From the ural Mountains to vladi-
sufficient agricultural land to rsisr
m9rS sr z, .han is produced by the
The soil IS there. H and s nnh ATFSnsna
a crop failure is ,unk nown. ming as
Siberia has the largest st,pd;,
forests in the world today. "Thnrss
Is more coal in Siberia than in tbc
United States and Alaska combined
There are richer placer gold fields Ids
along ne Lena River. and the Usher
source OF wealth, The Japanese have
ACQUIRED these fisheries already.
"Bnt the Japanese will not colombo
In siberia. 1t IS too cold for them.
They Will use the Northern Chincsn
sspGscinllyy,, the c,,o. Mongo!ans. for the
yats. are hardy lot living almost
entirely on meat, eaten nearly raw.
They have great herds OF cattle.
siberinns Are Helpless.
Colonel Emerson In command or
cur railroad men: John T. stevens
chairman OF the railway commission.
and Ambassador Morris deserve great
credit for their patience and persist.
|, .cncc In trying 10 help tho Russian
people. But conditions are terrible i'm
s s!n OF AL All that can be done. and this
IN tho villages OF Siberia. In Eastern
tContiaued on Sixth Pagc3