Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-16

OF the NolEa Valley.
In White Russia and in the Ukraine
there are many other Green detach.
'"ents which arc also lighting under
Httamans. hut more often their lead
"r is called "Batiek" tho Whit. Rus
sian word FOR father. The most noted
"i ali tk!ainian Attsmnns is kudiar.
VINO has led various Green rscach- .
ni"A's throughout tho ukrain. since
n" Polish Russian War Within the
past week YOUR corresponds at has in
reviewed kud!ar. near the borders
ot one Of the Rattle states. The in
''rview did not take Mace within
The boundaries Of Soviet Russia
n hniar came across the border per
s"na!!y 10 receive a small! shipment
o. revolver ammunition a few days
before my visit.
kudiar discussed the situation in
the Ukraine with me for several
hourr He afterwards returned TO
Russia with his Ave lieutenanis, ear
lying ammunition and large packages
%! tea and lump sugar. His men
lad drunk nothing bu, tea made from,
dried carrots sweetened with Saccha-
Inc for many months
kudsar il a Ckraiuian. former
We ''' a'ht'tl !dl RUSSIAN army,
who distlnEuished himself in the
World War. After the revolution
ana the disba RdinG OF tho army H..
returned home. TO bc arrested and
sentenced TO death by the local revo-
iu'1onSrE tribunal. lie escaped and
after wear Of wandering. in which
ne saw the terrible toll exactcd from
iohility and peasantry alike. settled
Gown |" live in a charcoal burners
nut IN one of the former Imperial for
'sfs Ia tho Ukraine. His hu; be-
came gathering place for refugees
IKE himself and thence he declared
war on the Communist scouree
Al hrSt we were armed with guns
gwen us by the peasants which they
had former: used In poaching upon
the state game preserves. said Ku-
d!ar. They had short barrels and
SOCKS which made them easy to
htde under our coats"
kudiar then related how his 6rs,
move vas 10 paraiyzc the govern
Meni OF the Minsk PROVING. b.. Occur
hEln8 large number OF villages and
hunnariiy executing all Communists
mi, early success attracted MANY
people !" his land. but he refused
volunteers. fearing that IL his de-
'"chment became any larger ne
"'''li ~ 10 handle 1t. He
followed the precedent sc, ny Attn
man Antonov and trained his leu.
tenants TO organize bands Of their.
own. which would act independent
~.
Kudiar claims tina, during his
eighteen months n campaigning ne
has executed some 400 local con,
missars. Zach one Of these men
Has found carrying revolver. and
iodaE ali his own troops have one
or NOR" automatics TO re-entorc.
their rifles.
Only recently Jerjinsky. had =.
me 'heHa in Russia made his sec
ord attempt TO capture kudiar. Nls.
ting Minsk he personally directed
he Cheka. and threw Gordon OF
nv" Red regiments around the pro-
vince. The search continued for 81.
weeks. but during all this time I'll.
taranian .ittamar Was hiding far
10 the north and neyond the large
concentration OF troops which is al
present stationed near the Polish
border
4 Growing Movement.
To my question whether or no,
the Green movement was diminish.
ins In tho Ukraine and South RUS
STA. kudiar replied:
IL III FTniOl N.mIn.Sn
Today In White Russia new move
ment OF the peasants has begun.
Everywhere have been have found
organized local bodies In an anti
Communist society. calling them
selves the Green Oakmen.' They
are not homeless hChting nomads
IKE ourselves, tut they meet sud
denly 1T night and ral upon and ex-
i"rminat" Roishevist tax collectors
or small Gctachments Of FED soldiers
and The next day ar. again a, work
cultivatine their tiny patches IF
land. all that remains Of their fairly
large farms.
Among the peasants there iss CON
stan,ly increasing hatred Of the SO.
Wet government which is now even
outstripping their fear Of the Com
muniets. We receive the support OF
the pcasantry wherever we go And
everywhere the Bolshevists are blam-
cd for the famine. which Is quite as
bad in some portions Of the Ukraine
as II is in the Nc!ga.
1T is difficult 10 say just what the
wishes Of the people are. and what
sort Of government they hope for.
They are all waiting. hoping for
something. hut what they do not
know themselves. They are con-
ElnCtn lnat the soviet RONernme nt is
merely temporary one and not a
serious government. Wherever
have gone the people have all aided
us TO destroy the pictures OF I.eninr
and Trotsky. which are 10 he found
in every Russian village. and they
take such great delight in destroy :
ing them that there can he no doubt
ot their sincerity. for in their midst
are Cheka spies. VIII" report every de.
tail TO the first Fed punishmen Mt
squad which comes that way"
When asked TO define the rcla tions
between the Red and the Green
armies. kudinr replied.
IN fShiing the Red Army We al
ways realize we are fighting with
our brothers. with whom we have no
uiHerences whatever. This same
feeiing Is entertained by the Red
army In regard to us. The ordinary
Eer infantryman OF the provinces
nehts us unwillingly. on the whole
must say. the morale among the
private soldiers Of the provinces. Of
course excluding the show divisions
maintained In Moscow and Petrorrad
is very low. The all-embracing fam-
me doeS AFFECT the Red Army; its
rations nave been reduced. on mar
ket days In the towns Fed soldiers
may he seen bartering their cnuin.
ment for bread. In the Ukraine va f,
near continuous rumors portendinp
another war. do not know uh.,