The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-20

wealth gold aud silver aud precious
stones.
There Is SO much In Siberia that re-
minds an American Of our "Wild
Vest Of earlier days, whether 1t be
lawlessness, freedom, opportunity,
place to live life over again. great dis
tances, vastness and glori0usness Of
scenery, or barreuness such rs is seen
on The Cobb desert, where the camelS
Craze.
And there arc many features that
may lie described in typical American
superlatvcs. VIadyostok has the fin
est harbor IN the world; the rail-
road connecting Yladivostok with Pc
trogiad IL the longest in the world
Tins the Siberiaus rave, and not alto
gcthcr madly Tut they capnot rave
about their roads THE Russian word.
"doroga,' meaning road" literally
mems 'bnd ROAD. " nnd Ii would be
redundancy TO speak OF bad edo.
roga." II merely means a place where
you may get through,
Cities Handsome but DIRTY
The cities Of the Russian ''Nyild
East are not very nopulous, but each
one boasts Of sufficient beautiful
churches, government and private edi.
fees to give it noble aspect. First Is
Vladyostol, Il combination Of Gotham
aud Chicago. AZ the other end of the
country is Omsk, the capital. In be-
tween and top and bottom are Tomsk,
Ekaterinburg, Cheliabinsk, Chita,
Nabarosk, lrlutsk, Hardin and Nix
DISK. One OF the most Objectionable
features about these beautiful cities
is their filth and the attendant odors
Tomsk has an unusually beautiful
cathedral and a great university that
has produced more than one famous
name, Metchnibof, the great bacteri.
ologist, being one Of them.
Nladlyostok, the largest aud most in
tereSting city of eastern Siberia. owes
much to Russias loss OF Port Arthur,
for that misfortune increased the
tsars interest in the more northerly
seaport unHl he had made II worthy
OF its name, "Ruler of the Fast The
one disadvantage Of Yladivostok is
that its harbur is frozen during sew
erai months Of the year. In spite OF
his drawback. 1ladiyostok probably
Possesses the second finest harbor In
the world, and il is claimed that from
a military standpoint the city was sec 1
oml only TO the pardanellcs.
ghe city spreads out at the foot OF
many hills and rises into q beautiful
and sudden spectacle as ones steamer
makes a turn iu the approach from
the sea. A cathedral with many gold .
en- dones occupies place Of vantage,
and everywhere rise huge stone aud
brick barracks mostly white, with en-
occasional pile in red brick for con I
trast.
All around tie city are barracks. .
barracks everywhere. 1t is said that
there are sufficient barracks IN and
around Valadiy1stok to house an army .
Of half a million men. These barracks (
are substantially built and provide .
protection against the heat Of July as /
well as The cold q winter.
The outstanding characteristics Of 4
the siberian Russian are his phys
ical strength aud stamina aud his
rentleness of nature. Most PEG .
pie will be surprised 81 the +
second part OF That statement, ON &C
count Of what has been published .
about the BOisHcyist cruelties. II is +
tme that the peasant went from tie .
Of an absolute monarchy 80 /
the most fantastic socialism the world 4
has known. Nevertheless he Is gentle .
and forgiving by nature.
or course, Siberia did not taste the .
full bitterness of Red Bolshevism. Tie .
extrrme elements were present bot .
they never bad fun swing. Rea Bel
sheFssm CD Siberia never was men +.
iban pink. AMI that pink is bec0m-
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