Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-01-08

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~ bllitaAs Ne Siberian railroad. whsn
this pAstv u snsinssss len the United
states iAts In 1911 y nutnbsrsd ~.
The Americans arrived IN eibAsse after
the Ksrsnsky government nae collapsed
and Russia Was permanently OH Of the
woriA war a. aghtins toree.
John b. Stevens was head Ut the in
ter allied board supsrintsndins the n.
berian railroad work, and associated
with the Americans wsro engineers
from sussia, Great Britain. France,
Italy and China. Colonel r.rnarsun,
seneral pnanarsr Of che Great Sorthcru.
estod "a general manager Of the en-.
Sinearins work.
Protect Long Line OF Read.
| THO small body Of Americans were
rcnt.nred from vIaAivostok to or,sk,
luionr the llns of the Siberian road art
ing In official capacities. white the
| enT,rss and trains were manned rlrioat
entirely hy Tnraiens Ono thousand
! American deoapoa engines thaYing eve
I pairs of dr've wh@els) N1re specially
E1hds FOR tho Eiber!an work, Some OF
tbs engines stlll remain IN Janan gone
were never sat ND and few never
4 we're transported from the United
! States.
II wea necessary 10 protect ttrc on
tire line or the Eihcrlar road and one
sa,tion was taken over by the nolicc
ard placed IN charge OF American
itrrope. French, Brtish Japanese and
Chinese troops acted ~ guards along
otAer sectors in Siberia.
/ There wes con id0ro hls fnte~eNrcncn.
| after the fall o. Kerry SIX" by tho
" oops OF General EeTn aoT who inter
CO pied d'spatchsa sont rlessuEgs 90
th cir owu ard occurred right o. ray Tor
their own trains along p7rECns Il .ha
, line, fsNfu!1off FaTvad Nifh sTSaf Fraoit
/ 70 hf1laals On tbs tiuES.Sa fr-ns Ia f3li-
] Is, end BacwRd h3rasslt 70 80 = Ii&p ~
T.. m lch ABILITY, nat 1grFT As7 haer pop
MAR w.t." the pEaE!zu paoplc al91s the
( Ene Of tlg a'hnGian railway.
I ian Propaganda fHpnrnrs,
! Ltsntcnagt Rogers w~s etati1asi at
-Earhin and Tz' rs! r-Ar, TsDshWr'3r
ard otheT nTace= IN Ta10hur'a oni 7i-
beria, ;rc'udlng n Short gteT a. TleEi-
-'.stoR at al po'oks = was arp-raDt
Rat the Japan s-r r-r-2. r17rHrw EVERY
tort to crowd into Fus9'n end ro''s7'
propaganda was markedly noticeable
.verywhere Japanese money was
Z ssly used IN acrur40~ rights and
property as far westward as Tr';u'sk
A. one tinle Iapon offered TO furnish
| thousands Of troops to rrotsct mining
&C ctions and fisheries but this offer was
not accepted.
When allied troops were taken into
| Siberia the japanese contingent greatly
exceeded that nations quota and Japan
was forced to Withdraw a portion Of this
| force. The Japanese engineering
forces included full crews for railroad
service, shop men mechanics. ETC.. and
! the military forces ready to enter ST.
IBERIA were in such numbers as to take
over the entire Siberian line II nsoes-
sary.
Russian school hoys were supplied
with passes emitting them TO enter the
| Japanese barracks a. any time, privi-
lege denied adults. The Japanese were
ia struoted to fratern;se with the Rus
sian school children and carried pres
| ents 10 the little ones. Proclamations
wore issued by the emperor Of Japan
that on certain dates each child In the
schools along the Siberian railroad
would receive presents from him.
When American Red Cross supplies
we're sent into the country the Japan
ESQ duplicated the American gifts, but
these were refused by the RUSSIANS.
The American aid joyfuliy was &C.
cepted, but tho Russians rejected gifts
from Japan.
The old feeling Of an1mostty Of the
Russ for the jap Is passing. however
and RussiA's faith in Anne erica 10 pro-
portionAtely leeeening. The withdrawal!
OF the American force has heightened
this tendency to hold implicit tr1st in
America
| Road In Coed Condition.
The Americans left tho Siberian road
in sood condition. Tho ssadbed is said
to be a. good a. that on any line IN
America. with possibly two exceptions.
The road 10 q hvs-foot narrow gauge,
with nearly 5000 miles Of double track
age. practically from Manchurta to
Omsk. The engines designed by Amer
lean and Russian engineers for the
narrow gauge line were specially con-
structsd for this work in tho far east
and wore super heated.
| Tho country, FOR the most part. along
the Siberian road, is very similar TO
the northwestern part of the United
States and Canada and ~ r4oh In nat
| ural resources. The entire country
cen be cultivated ana virtually all
grains produced In northern United
! States NAV be grown there, The soil
for much Of the way ie red, with soma
, black loan similar to the soil OK Iowa.
| Worry little Of this fertile country 10 I'M
der cultivation aEM tfare Is practically
no farm machinery. ITay IN out with
scythe and bound by nnnd The OK
teraive bttu.n!nous Coal folds are rich
In coal similar to that Of Colorado, Vir-
ginian, Pennsylvania ami ofass. The