The Raymer enterprise., 1921-08-25

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yealth-gold and silver and precious
tones.
There is so much In Siberia that re-
minds an American Of our "Wild
Vest of earlier days, whether 1t be
!awlessness, freedom, opportunity, a
place to live life over again. great dis
.ances,. vastness and gl0riousness Of
cenery, or barrenness such as is seen
N the Cobb desert, where the camels
craze.
And there are many features that
may he described In typical American
operatives. vladivostok has the fin.
st harbor In the world; the rail-
road connecting vladivostok with Pc
trograd is the longest In the world
thus the Siberians rave, and not alto
Iether madly. But they cannot rave
lbout their roads. The Russian word
'doroga," meaning road" literally
,aeans bad road.n and 1t would be
redundancy to speak Of bad do
Hoga.' II merely means place where
YOU may get through.
Cities Handsome but Dirty.
The cities Of the Russian wild
East" are not very populous, but each
ne b0nsts Of sufficient beautiful
mrcheS, government and private edi-
ICES 10 give IL noble aspect. First u
TladivoStek, combination Of Gotham
nd Chicago. At the other end Of the
country Is umsk, the capital. In be-
tween and top and bottom are Tomsk,
Gkaterinburg, Cheliabinsk, Chita,
EabarDsk, Irkutsk, Harbin and Nix
DISK. One OF the most Objectionable
eatures about these beautiful cities
: their Nth and the attendant 0d0rs.
Tomsk has an unusually beautiful
cathedral and great university that
las produced more than one famous
name. MetchnIkoff, the great bacteri-
oIcgist. being one of them.
pIadivoStok, the largest and most In
lercsiug city Of eastern Siberia, owes
4uch to Russias loss of Port Arthur,
Tor that misfortune increased the
lsar's interest in the more northerly
seaport until he had made II worthy
of It's name. Ruler of the East" The
ore disadvantage Of Vladivost0k Is
that its harbor Is frozen during sew
efal months Of The year. In spite of
this drawback, VIadiyustOk probably
nssa'SscS the second finest harbor in
h world, and 1t Is claimed that from
military standpoint the city was sec
and only TO the Dardanelles.
The city spreads out al the foot Of
many hills and rises into beautiful
and sudden spectacle as ones steamer
makes turn in the approach from
the sea. A cathedral with many gold
cn demes occupies a place Of vantage,
and everywhere rise huge stone and
brick barracks, mostly white, with an
occasional pile in red brick for con-
trast.
All around the city are barracks,
barracks everywhere. Ii is said that
there are sufficient barracks In and
around Valadivostok 10 house an army
of half million men. These barracks
are substantially built and provide
protection against the heat Of July as
well as the cold Of winter
The outstanding characteristics Of
the Siberian Russian are his phys
ical strength and stamina and his
sentleness of nature. Most peo-
pie will be surprised at the
second part of that statement. on ac.
count OF what has been published
about the Bolshevist cruelties. 1t Is
true that the peasant went from the
extreme Of an absolute monarchy to
the most fantastic socialism the world
has known. Nevertheless he is gentle
and forgiving by nature.
OF course, Siberia did not taste the
full bitterness Of Red Bolshevism. The
extreme elements were present, but
! they never had full swing. Red Bol.
sheyism In Siberia never was more
than pink" and thnt pink Is becoln.
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