Arizona republican., 1919-12-09

towns as the English, American and
Russian cruisers, destroyers, etc. would
have opened fire on the towns if con-
ditions got too bad and they knew it.
Yalta and the coast extending both
ways is known as the Rivera of Rus
siat' and is quite correctly named.
though l don't believe it compares with
the real Rivera of France, though it
is hard to make a comparison after
four years of war and revolution. The
climate is great and scenery beautiful
and as all it reminds me much or
southern California. in fact they are
| quite similar.
! Spent several afternoons on various
English cruisers, etc. in the harbor and
enjoyed it immensely as it is the first
time we have heard English spoken
for several months. Also we heard our
first nws from the outside world since
we came to Russia. We find that
American exchange is the highest it
has ever been, some $4.19 for the pound
sterling. That in the English opinion,
the U. S. is going to take Mexico, which
l hope is true and much other news.
How much is true I don't know. but
to hear something from the outside is
a great and glorious feeling" l can
tell you.
A Wine Cellar
We visited the Cars palace, his
estates, etc. One estate haD over nine
miles of wine cellars, and about thirteen
million bottles of wine. Quite some
wine. They insisted we try at least
one kind of wine from each vintage
for the past twenty-five or thirty
years and had l not passed through
- xt,% how
resulted disastrously, but knowing
what was coming, I only drank about
a teaspoon full from each glass and
came away with flying colors. Their
height of hospitality over here and
their one desire, I believe. is to get you
drunk and it is quit scrap to head
them off.
Left Yalta the morning of the 26tf
by auto, arriving at Sebastapol about
seven o'clock the same evening, a fine
drive of some ninety versts. Passed
through the battlefield of Balaclayf
where the English and Russians hat
their big fight in 1854 or the Crimear
war. 1t was there "the noble six hun
dred" made their charge and which
has since become immortal by "Tht
Charge of the Light Brigade" TIL,
French and Italians have since tough
, the Russians over the same grount
and there are beautiful memorial
erected at various places on the fiel(
. by each nation.
SebastopoI An Excellent Seaport
Sebastapol itself is the most won
derful natural seaport I've seen. It
Qualifications are or rather, were, grea
before being destroyed by the Rus
r SLAMS in their evacuation when tn
! bolshevic took the place The harbo
is full of old Russian battleships whicl
" remain as a pitiful monument of wha
a great nation Russia was and wha
q bolshevism has done to cripple hel
After you see miles of ships tied VI
9 along the docks you can realize wha
p an awful thing this has been for Rus
STA. Sebestapol, as you know, for
n merly was a great Russian naval base
! incidentally, might say that the bes
: thing about Sebastapol was the fac
that we got back in our home ono
. more. Don't know if I'll ever kno1
h how to live outside of railroad coac
( again and as it has been our home 70
{ over two months, you can bet we wer
d glad to see it again. Remained owe
q the 2Sth carrying out the usual pro
4 gram and left for Semperople on til
$ morning of the 29th. Completed OF
V business there that afternoon and tn
! morning of the Both left for Ekaterino
:, SLOW where we spent another fine da
{ with Uncle John" and Aunt Mary"
n Pulled out for Rostoff the evenin
a of the 1st and have been here eve
since preparing report of my trip an
IS arranging for the next one which wi
10 start as soon as our boat load of SUP
- plies from France arrives It was sur
e posed to have left the 10th of las
d month, but so far we've heard nothin
y of it.
October 9Th, 1919.
IS Have been fooling around here eve
e since the first trying to get things i
If shape, ETC., and I'll be darned if wey
2 accomplished anything. AS far as re
4. tape, waste of time, etc, I'll tell II
q world these Russians rank first. n
J wonder they have a revolution.
There really is nothing of interest I
! write about. l have just been chasin
lie from one official to the other as the
n. have the buck passing game down
5 a fine point and though | thought W
IL Americans good at it, they can bac
xt US of the map.
re Am leaving for Keslovoshk tomorro
it for few days. Am told it is nice thei
" and might as well spend my time wal
pr ing there as here where the weatht
+" is rotten. Keslovoshk is. Russia
as most famous watering place and II