Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-02
c,onnou Talks 10 sailors.

,,,,,,, tbcir notion They We're
,n,,ched but they stood by their pur-
pose. s,uors
p,,, clernon and McCully were quick
,,,a,,oh ia catch something of the Sis-
,inrancc of this unexpected We''"'i'
ana to accommodate themselves 10 "s
peculiar character. ,.t,.,i
..rrh.,, wore no swords said Admiral
c,lennon TO me. In maleing ms fepoi'
$50 the American officers ieit '"eh
swords In the train
,rhc American officers were taken 70
,h. aassbp. from which kolchak had
boan deposed the day before
Admiral Glcnnon stood ON the guar
,.., docL where kolchak had stood III
his final appeal. and spoke 10 ihc NaH"'
on tn. meaning of democracy ne pau
a gene. sous tribute 10 their ships' :"
smoke, of Russia's bravery ana hfetd the
sailors to stand loyalty 10y the cause loI
which the Allies were lighting. lie re-
fcrrcd feclingly To the cordial feia'l"i'S
which had always existed 'htwceh iNus
sia and the United States and mace
much of the argument or th'ir con
tiuucd friendship and co-opcratt"h'
which Law i'm the fact that they we. =
now the two biggest repuhhcs IN 'hc
world. 4}ut not a word did he say OF the
dcposed officers.
Admiral C;lcnnon is a big man, with
commanding appearance. but with a
kindly and genial hearing. His speech
made most favorable impression on
The sailors Evidently they talked over
the things he had said and decided to
show their appreciation i'm some way
Obtains kolchak's Release.
So when the American admirais ana
other officers were boarding their tram
again at Sehastopol, on the return jour
u,.v to Petroglad. representatives. OF inc
sailors came on hoard and told Admifai
o;lcnnon that they had voted Is restore
the arms to all the dcposcd officers 'N-
,cpt Kolchak and Smirnod. Thos" two
th., said. they would probably keep IN
prison and give them trial.
Admiral C;lonnon saw his chance
Nanifcstly these sailors wanted to
please the Americans. They were uttie
afraid OF kolchak and Smirnoft So they
felt obliged - keep them IN prison hu'
probably if kolchak and Smitnoh were
IL leave Schastopol and the region 81
the BLACK soa. the sailors would bs
satisfied.
50 tho admiral smiling down from
his towering height upon tn" shottei
Russians. made proposal In che''
he said
Release SmirnoT ana kolchak ans
~, win take them to PctroGrad With os.
Pctroxrad was far away moreover
the authority of Pctrograd was still re-
ognized. So the sailors agreed.
kulchak and Smirnon were tak'r
from prison and Put On board th" trair
with the Americans
visits United states.
For them il was delircrenoc from at
most certain death 1t IS little wonder
thar kolchak regarded Glenon with th'
greatest affection and gratitude y few
,yeeks later kolchak came e. tho nite'
States at tho head of Russian naNa
/ mission. and his renewal ot acquaint
an,e with Admiral Glcnnon Was ilk'
the meeting of brothers
/ The visit III ;hr ,lussiau naval mis-
( sion had To- its primary purpose proha
hlv. a study ~ how discipline Mas main
tanned IN tho NAVY 81 a rcpuhli,. How
ever itS officers told us manS interest
inE things about the organization ant
operation of the Russian navy
had chance to see good deal o
KuIrhak while the mission was here.
was said uf him that ~ was Of Tarta
descent and his appearance gave som
weight to this rumor he was of me
( dunn height very dark with picrcin
eyes and a determined expression. II
was famous for his rcsolute purpose I
All undertakings. and his face gaVr lea
evidence of il. lie was intensely Rus
sian and patriotic. but broad minded
Simpl, and practical He admired far
raEul greatly and made special tri
to his tomb TO place a wreath upon Z
H. was also a great admirer of ou
arctic explorers probably because {
| his own polar service.
Not Man For Leader.
Rut h. was not fitted for the sort {
leadership the Russians required afte
the revolution. Nalorous and fine thoug
ne was ne was too Conservative and 10
conscious to inspire the sympath
and confidence Of millions Of Russian
who had vowed they were through for
ever with arI~toeracy and mlltarism-
Moreover. H.. WAS lacking IN faltf