Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-01-23

the other third Chinese, Koreans and
Japanese. Tere Is located the head
quarters for the international mill
tary police, consisting OF soldiers
from all the allied nations. and head
ed by Major Sam Johnson, who is un-
doubtedly one of the best men who
could have been selected for the job.
Though Russian by birth he is an
American citizen, and possesses in a
marked degree the best qualities Of
both races, including the dashing,
fearless military spirit of the real
American solder. and the mild, cour-
teous, diplomatic manner Of the Rus
sian gentleman. On the streets are
American, Czech. Russian, British,
French, Italian, Chinese and Japan
ese soliders-more Japanese than any
other kind. They seem to be in the
majority by about 20 to /, not only
here in Vladivostok, but all up the
line north and west of here. The
Czech has the reputation of being
the best soldier of the lot. They are
certainly fine looking, well behaved
men. The civilian population plods
on. bearing with admirable patience
and courage the extremely trying cir
cumstances which have prevailed
throughout this great country since
its government went to pieces. Most
OF the Russian men / have met are
big, congenial, hospitable fellows,
with a keen sense Of humor. The
Russian women. with few exceptions.
are exceedingly good to look upon,
to say the least. Russian home life
is not radically different from that
of other countries. The people here
eat, sleep, work, play, dance and sing
about the same as other people do.
They are fond of eating, but their
menu is rather simple, containing as
it does, some items that to the Amer
ican are more interesting than appe-
tizing. At little party that at
tended the other night the follow
ing were served: black bread, raw
fish eggs. limburger cheese, hot tea
in glass with rum in it, and "vodi
minerale' mineral water) that was
stronger than wood alcohol. The
Russian worries very little about his
work. When it comes to doing things
in hurry he differs from the Span
lard only in that he says 'nichivoo''
while the latter says "manyana."
We shall now take glance at the
country lying between Vladiyostok
and Mulin, Manchuria, about 900
miles northwest OF here. Before leav-
ing let us notice Vladivostok's rail-
way station. large stone, neatly de-
signed structure, on Aleutskaya st..
not far from the Golden Horn" II
was there that General Rudolph Cal
da, on the 18th day of November
1919, made an attempt to take over
government. proposing the establish.
ment of Siberian constituent Assem-.
| bly, of the representatives selected
by the people, which. it was hoped
would succeed in bringing law and or
der out of the chaos that has existed
there for the past three years. Th'
movement, which 1t was expected
would be carried through without
serious opposition, brought on an en-
gagement between Gaida's and Kol
chak' troops. The battle continued
for Is hours, resulting in the defea
of the revolutionists. Gaida, him
self. man of only 80 years, wh'
rose from the rank of private to gen
eral In two armies, and who twic
freed Siberia from Bolsheyism with
In year, was captured before day
break as he was leaving the station
after having been wounded in tn
foot. Dazed, bedraggled, disheveied
his epaulets torn from his shoulders
he limped through the streets o
v1adivostok. common prisoner o
soldiers of an army in which fe'
months ago he was a hero and
military genius. He was sufferin
from shell shock and was bruise
about the body as a result Of fallin
down the station stairs when she
exploded inside the building. H
was turned over to the Czech-Sls
wax headquarters and given thre
days. OF as soon as transportatio
was available to get out of the conr
try. He left about the 25th Of NJ
vember on an Italian steamer. Fo
flowing is a brief description Of tn
battle as seen by the writer:
ri / reached vladivostok at noon NJ
: vember IL. 1919, after an excee'
, lingly pleasant voyage from San Fra
cisco via Honolulu, on the U. 8. A
D my Transport Thomas" Upon \
Z arrival I was assigned TO duty VII
Major F. N. Clark, inspector Of Il
. In. r. 8. Division No. 1. On the NOR
: ling Of November 17th. in eompaI