The sun., 1919-07-01
D. A. Embry, Former U. s.
Consul at 0msk, Tells
Experiences.
LAUDs KOLCHAK REGIME
Returned Official Says Social
lists Are Disguised With
the Reds.

the consular service and Is at the
Pennsylvania Hotel with MS Russian
bride. preparing to open New York
once of the Siberian trading hrm In
which he has become interested.
The ignorance OF the people here
about the Bolsheviki is most amazing"
Mr.. Emery told q reporter for THE SUN
yesterday. Every day while was in
Omsk ] sent a telegram to the Consul
General for forwarding to the State De-
partment and every other consul
throughout Russian territory was doing
The same thing. Now, to my amaze
ment, / find that none Of this informa-
ton has been made public here"
Equally amazing. he fnds. Is the ig-
norance of Americans with regard to the
IKolchak Government.
Under this powerful man, the George
Washington of Russia" he said yester-
day. "a stable Government Is in actual
operation. The presence of the Boil
shevik bands who attacked American
troops At Romanovka, near Vladivostok,
according to to-day's dispatches, 10 d.
rectly due to the nugatory and hesitat-
ing policy which the American Expedi-
q. tionary Force in Siberia has followed
almost from the beginning They have
fnterfered only with those Russian ele-
msnts who are seeking to restore order.
In effect they encouraged the Bolsheviki.
and they have the result ON their hands
now.
"what the reason for this policy may
b none of US who have seen the work
Of the Bolsheviki and the fine orRaniza-
ton OF Kolchak can fathom. On Novem-
Der - Kolchak was proclaimed head Of
the Siberian Government. Like magic
the rowing hands OF soldiers all through
Siberia nocked to his standard. 1t was
Just time, for many of these bands in
Desperation, were turning Bolshevik.
Kolchak Has Big Army.
to-day Kolchak has an army OF 49,
600 earnest well drilled soldiers. He
doesn't need any more soldiers What
he needs 70 a little ammunition and
equipment This army is made UP Of
The type OF young men who in America
would flock to the colors in defence OF
their hearths and homes When I read
only recently that this army had taken
over ten mile sector from the Czecho-
6iovaks had to laugh. They have been
holding the thousand mile Siberian front
west OF the Urals for months. They
patrol most OF the Siberian Railway.
Only recently they pushed ahead on the
Siberian front into Russia, liberating
from the Boisheviki q territory as large
a. the Atlantic seaboard of the United
States.
siberia is bigger than the United
states and 1t has population Of 25, 0O0,-
600. In that territory to-day the Kol-
chalk Government Is as well recognized
and functions almost as well as the Gov
eminent Of the United States does here.
There are sporadic outbreaks in Siberia,
OF which the Siberians are ashamed, Just
a. we are ashamed here of a Seattle or
. n "tnninaR hIf 20 hat "a
, money In being deposited in the banks.
paper money. backed by $4,000. 900
rublss In gold. Is being issued. and even
the miners are exchanging their bullion
for this paper money-that's how good
1t H. Local institutions are functioning.
The best two items of testimony in
favor Of the Kolchak Government which
I know are these two. Adam Leya, one
Of the big men of Omsk, representative
, OF the International Harvester Company
In Siberia, an official of the American
! Red Cross and a patriotic Russian II
there ever was one. told me just before /
len,
Mr.. Embry. Siberia to-day has the
best Government she has ever had
through all her history
Socialists Are Cured.
This man feels that 1t Is infinitely
bsttsr than the rule OF the Romanoffs.
The other testimony comes from the So
ciaaists and Social Revolutionaries of the
UfA district. west OF the Trails They
were ardent Bolshevists in theory. But
| thsy have Just been liberated from the
horrors Of the actual Bolshevik rule.
! vas there Just before left These men.
tAa political opponents Of Kolchak. say
sWhAtsver the incidental defects of
{ ~ Kolchak Government. It IL the one
Government around which Russia can
rally and be saved
NOW had heard of the horrors of
Boishevism- But It remained for my
visit TO the little village of Belebei In the
, Ola Government Of west Russia to show
mo what 1t was in practise. We got
! there just after the Bolsheviki had been
driven out We heard the story OF their
conduct from the lips OF the inhabitants.
who wept with Joy at their liberation.
But as we were leaving for our train in
. the afternoon we saw hundreds OF men
and women vending their way to little
group OF woods near the track. They
I were going TO identify their relatives
who had been slaughtered. We followed
them and there in a little hollow of the
ground lay the decomposing bodies of
nearly thirty men and women, and on
top Of the pile the still lovely form and
features OF girl who could not have
been moro than IT years old.
These persons had been taken out of
the village the night the Bolsheviki took
charge and ruthlessly murdered. What
possible excuse could there have been for
the murder OF a seventeen year-old girl /
"The Helsheviki took charge when
their troops marched in, looting as they
came. They called a big meeting in the
middle of the town. 1t was attended of
course by all the riffraff. The men who
made the widest speeches were there
upon elected by viva voce vote to run
tho village. That was the way the Boil
shevih Government was set up. They
promptly took out and shot all those In
the town who were even suspected Of q
tendency against their sway. A fine
old judge of the old regime. intending
70 moderate the terrorist fury. Joined
the meeting and was elected Commisar
Of Justice. Yet as soon as he protested
against the killings without the GEM
blance or a trial he too was shot to
death.
The high school teacher told me that
al the boys of her school of military
age were Immediately killed The
others and the girls were forced to per-
form the most mental tasks for the SOL
diers and were paid nothing. A COM
munizAtion of all household goods was
ordered. but a friend OF mine there.
whose house was occupied by the COM
mfsar In charge Of this proceeding told
me that though the man took all hi4
gold and silver, the loot never made its
appearance in the common pool.
Tho same sort OF thing was true at
omsk- When the Bolsheviki got out of