The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-29

he,p shesn- E1naliy they ere saved. sftew
attacks fr~n hsth Russian reds and .
SspAss,s gvnh~sa)
By GEORGE s. DYER
Manager OrSk Gold ttcidA IfA
The Chinese consul sent word by
Ms committee that they could take
me back 10 SIkoiayevsk with them.
but no, the other Foreigners At the
. mine. I did not like the sdea OF ieav.
ing them and my wife behind but
>as willing TO so n I could b OF
more service 90 an IN the town
working from that end 20 set them
help quicker. ieft n up tn my
stan n vas to 20 or not They do
e,ded I should so.
We went via the okhctsk seashore
and had TO walk most Of the way.
lac vsrxts 600 miieel Tue dog teams
could barely pull the empty sicdgcs.
We were ave days making the trip
Arriving In town I was marched
b the Investigation house and cross
Questioned for dayA
DIVER RACK AND
MAKING TROUBLE
On the fsth I received . letter hom
sAe mine. saying that the diver was
hack and had started to make trou-
BILE. Things were also bad In town.
Every night some enc was killed.
Every day people Cwhits Russian
partisansl were taken from their
homcs TO ;Ail could do nothing.
then. 90 help those NJ the mins.
Three messcnrcfs sent failed 10 get
thru One was caught and just
utsred being killed
Then word came from ne mins
That the diver and hts pal were dead
never In my life foit 30 gfad 20
hear . man was dead
, CAT this tim. the red eonmander.
TrApitzen. was getting ready to mas
mrs tho japanese soldiers in Nik'
oiaysvsk. whom he had taken psfS
oncr. and 10 burn the town before re-
treating. The Chinese had four small
river gunboats there. and with them
removed all the Chsncse and other
foreign population Of Sikolayevsk 20
laaxo, 20 miles up tho Amur river.
Dyer went with them. helped essab
ush the refugees camp there. and
1ehen renewed his effort 70 save the
Seople at the mlneJ
nRGANIZEs
REI-lEF Rand
On May 81 ! orsnnisnd . erosp Of
- armed Chinese from tho gunbcau
1 ana ssnt. them TO reorue the foveign-
ers e the mine. The Chinese consul
save them . letter 10 the red con-
mittes. saying II bun which vorkcsD
NY troop was>to bring all the for.
etensrs at the mine to Mage BY Ira
pstzen's whh
omssr Kameso6 told them tAey
vouid b allowed to take away an
fsrsigners peacefully. % they left the
mine May 20 and slept that night In
the warehouses at the lake. with the
Chinese on guard About Z In the
morning two small steamers arrived
from town with ntno Of Tfapitssn's
c0lcers and men on board They
asked for me. for one or two Of the
RusslAn stan and for the Chinese
ooufractors. and evidently had orders
- gst ~. But when they cav the
Chinsss soldiers they had no more to
ny % Our peoplA
JAPANESE BOATS
FIRE ON THEM.
Slnres rivsr gunboats with Japan1-s
naeu. 50 we ran up the nag signal
Neutral ship- But thsy started nr-
ing on US and sent three cannon
shota, none Of which hit We went
on at full speed and they did not
fIrs any more We reached Mage
safely and the Japanese gunboats
arrived two hours later. and at once
went on board the Chinese flagship
and had . long conferences with the
Chinese captains. Then they started
snafchlns al tho village houses for
Bolxheviks. and also went thru all
the Chinese coolies looking for any.
thing that would connect them IN
any way with the killing Of the Jap
aness At yikoiayevsk.
They shot that day 30 RussianA.
Chinese and Koreans. They
eiaimed they found japanese goods
On the Chinese. but the other chi.
nese said Il was lie. The Japanese
acted very nasty toward all Chinese.
SAP6 REFJSE TO
PROTECT THE NINE
asked the Japanese nag nsuten-
ant to-send n detachment Of soldiers
% the mine st once 20 save our
property, for II was known Trapitzen
was headed that way thru tho woods.
but they would not DO IT, nor wousi
they allow me 10 organize and arm
eompsny Of Chinese. which I could
have done very easily. for the Chi
nese were very willing But they
would not permit ] sent letter also
20 stan headquarters at Elkofayovsk
sskins help, or permission to organ
~ a Chinese company. but WAS put
IN and refused Finally a messen.
~sr CAME In who told how Trapitzsn
and his consort Nina had reached
the mine village and destroyed It.
when reported this TO the Jap
an<ses officcrs usy smiled and
thanked me. but did nothing.
Oyer and his party were even
euaily permitted 20 leave the district
ara ssfefy reached vladivostokJ