The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-19
PARTISAN VOLUNTEERS
PUZZLE B0LSHEVISTS
l'ind That the tumOn People. Not
Impcriaii.dS. Are Fighting
against ICnlnc.
A VALUABLE AID TO ALLIES
K"Noltlng rcnNutrN Know They Nr'
Taking Thclr Lives In Their
Hands In DcfNin RIt-

WlTll TUr AMERICANS ON
>vNTU lSSlA> FRONT rro s.
o., NruD n MS international
ARMY which j. lahung Numerically
superior lurur,k forces !u nor,h
ltuss.u ,h,rc are. mingled with haIf
dozen %. .o Varieties ~ uniforms.
men who wear no Uniforms At All
They frhl As did rhc francs trrurs
u IA" Franco prussian war aud The
ru-' minute mon uf the American
revolution. for the protection OF their
Ir,rlits
They are peasants. bearded or
hcI'dirs, Ni'h nothing tu distinguish
Them from the thousands ~ other
peasants living around them but
their guns and cartridge belts Thcy
are the irrcEunr or partisan
troops and the sentiments they nrc
show w.ng and fighting Tor IN this vii
ucrnrsa ~ snow ana pine trees loom
up 80 pairiOtichlly that tho govern.
mcnl NJ northern Russia is beginning
TO look upon them as tho k"ystun"
on which to build u Russian state
hat Will hc free from bolshcvIsm.
Have Sccn the Horrors
These peasants have known The
raNaFrs OF bolshcvik troops In their
Villages They have seen friends
executed Tor anti bolshevik aCtivi-
ties Thcy hail the allies as rcscucrs.
In nearly every attack the regular
troops make against the enemy one
finds these armed pnrtisans. crack
shots going ahead of or along the
flants " tho Americans. British,
French and trained, uniformed Rus
.at.. 4. gnl a
shot al the enemy.
Tho pulnt or view Of these peas
anita In th.s. The army has not yet
been organized we are robbed and
lll-trpatod by tho bolEheNiki: there
fore W. have to defend ourselves
The peasants IN the Kholmogory dis
trlct, along the Dwina river, have
been fighting for four months, Mil
tarv AUTHORITIES say they do their
work as oheerfplly and efficiently "a
regular soldiers The red guards are
helpless against the revolted popula-
tion
The appearance ~ peasants fight
ing voluntarily Hgainst Troukys
forces has demoralizing effect upon
tho bolsheviki as II dlsabuses the
minds Of some OF them Of the theory
that they are being opposed only Ivy
"lmpcrialists"
Taking Zig Chances.
The parilsans know that III they
are captured they will be shot. nut,
knowing the forest country as city
dwellers know their own streets,
they are seldom captured, In scout
ing they are as treless as wild anil
mails
Tho government ~ the north for
long time did nothing TO help the
nartlsanH but, now that their use
fulners IL recognized, they ard thcir
families are provirioned as IN they
were regular soldiers In December
"A biz delegation ~ partlsanS went TO
Archangel and. according 10 the To-
cal newspapers. "thia new appari,lon
stirred up all the classes OF populs-
ton OF the town
II became clear that sound evo-
luton from anarchy toward patriot
Ism had taken place among the peo-
pie. that the efforts OF the partlsanE.
though OF "a loos character. must he
supported. and that It was absolutely
necessary to create suitable at
mosphere for further organization OF
pn artisan detachment.. A big com
mlttee including all political parties
has heen formed In Archangel TO aid
In this plan and n new partisan
newspaper IL TO he published for the
benefit Of the fighting peasants.