The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-03-21
CARNAGE AFTER
kRONSTAOT FALL
Officers and Leaders Of Revolt
Slaughtered at Once
BODIES THROWN ON ICE
Pockets Weighted to Sink Corpses
When Finland Gulf Ice Breaks Up.
City Reeks With Blood

St' rknim. March 2l.--I'"liil> of the
fail "l Nr"lI>9adt before The repeated
r:.~lHu-lII> al lie Eol~!n.Nii< army I'M
der r''umand of Leon TrolZhy. soviet
wa minister. have been brought here
@y ;rfuGrr::
t.: ia" citadel. according t" the ref
IL, -. some 100 men We're left en-
h,:.N"IrEg To fight their Way toward
The .':,E and in The nIhrr furrr">>r~
approximately 1000 were made prison
a. 10y the Iiul>hrviki
All officers and leaders anlnny lie
military forces and civilians were i'm
mrdiatrly picked "ul and. on Tr"tzky'S
order. given before the final attack.
were executed Their bodies were
thrown on the ice f the Gulf of Fin
lame. with stones and scrap iron in
the packets. :" that they will sink
when the ice breaks up. probably
fortnight Ilcnce
All the other rebel >uldirr< inI"rned
are awaiting the future which. accord
Ing /" the refugees. most likely will
! bring executions. Az food is scarce
and til" victorious soviet army Is on
hait-ralinnS. the situation ni the priS-
nm"r> is easily Understandable. The ref
n@' o. point out.
The horrors of the days of .,t"rming
rH,ilul lie described. refugees say. The
in,,'tirrc1iunaI forces We're repeatedly
betrayed ~ inhabitants >ympathiZing
win ia" B"ISEeyiki. and small bodies
ri h" rebels We're fired on and moved
down by machine guns i'll the hands of
-hral Communists The garrison was
moi strong enough to r"Sh these forces
of Communists and simultaneously re
pulse attacks from the outs le.
Every one, old or young. man or wo-
man. with or without weapons, who
@"r in the way of, or was hunted up
b.y the BolSheviki. was killed immedi-
hteIy, the rcfug assert. no pardon
being asked and none hPin" given.
: Th" town of Kronstadt suffered So
Y'>r,ly. Al th> beginning OF the retreat
! LA The insurrectiOniSts big fires were
! burning in five places. but by Friday
H." smoke or fire could be seen.
| The stream of refugees from kron-
! Sr;l,ll has ceased, according Ia dis
! patches received from TerioEi. on the
! Finnish frontier. Only Il few men arriy-
! ell daring the morning after an adven-
1ur"t:> night, clad in white, and with
badly wounded hands, suStaine in
creeping for lilies aiong the ice in
order to escape detection by the many
Ecl>i!evik iatrolS.
The Bolsheviki, the refugees say,
have established Il circular chain of
sentrins and patrols around Kronstadt,
through which it is impossible to
| break.
| krnnstadt had big stores of army
equipment, which explained the good
attire of the soldiers and sailors ar
irving in Finland. The latter country
will have great difficulty in feeding -
hungry refugees, as normally she Lust
import more than two-thirds of the
grain and flour consumed.
With exchange rats unfavorable,
keeping some $4,000 destitute refugees
indefinitely will be a heavy burden,
The Finnish press, in opposing care of
the refugees by the government, urges
| that il is an International affair, and
| that The League of Nations or some
| of the great powers should intervene.