The daily Alaskan., 1922-12-09
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 Interesting Trip

Frank p. Douglas, who passed through Skagway on his way to Daw- son, gave an interview to an Alas kan representative while he was en route from London to Dawson, the latter his home town. MT. Douglas is an old timer in the Dawson coun-
 try. tho a young man having been in there since 1903 and is well known to all the people ia and about the creeks. He is one of the staff of tho Daily News of Dawson when in town and has an elastic commission by which he sends U news from any part of the globe ia which he hap pens to be travelling. Just recently he came from London, where he makes his headquarters, being there associated with Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Boyle, D. S. O., who is well and favorabIy known throughout the Yukon and Canada and in many parts of the states.
 Mir. Douglas has had an interest
 ing experience since the signing of the armisuce. Just now, he is go- ing home after a long absence and expects to spend Christmas with his people in Dawson. His father, Rob ert Douglas, came into the country in 1908, and has been presently en- gagged iu mining in Mayo.
 After the armistice was signed, Mir. Douglas was made secretary of the Canadian Commission to Ruma- mia. This Commission has as it's mission the business of looking af- ter the manner in which the Ruma- niaus were using the $25,OOO,OOO credit, which Canada granted that
 country. It will be recalled that when the Germans left Rumania at the close of the war, they took with
 them all that it was possible for
 them 10 take, in the way of livestock
 farming implements, raiIroal rolling stock. and other tools from tine sec tion in which their forces had won over the Rumauiaus. This depleted
 the resources of the country and
 made it impossible for the natives
 to return to their toiI It was to
 supply these necessary things that
 the credits were procured in Cana
 da.
 The Canadian Commission was withdrawn in September 1919. About that time, the British Red Cross So- ciety from it's store of supplies. do- mated shipIoads of Red Cross ma terials to Rumania. This was given directly to the Queen of Rumauia, by the Red Cross. She thereupon gave Colonel Boyle a commission, with full power for the distribution of these four thousand cases of sup plies. MT. Douglas, as secretary to 1 Colonel Boyle, was with him during { all the work of this distribution
 which was completed in June, 1921, As a climax in his experience, he was decorated by the Queen in person, with the Order Of Regina Maria, an order created by the Queen for those
 who had performed service for her people. Later, the Queen gave to Mr, Ucuglas a wrist watch, which he 1 prizes very highly.
 During their stay in Rumania Col. Boyle, accompanied by Douglas, made a trip into the Crlmea, at the time General Wrangel was being SC 1 hard pressed by the BoIsheviks. They arrived at the front in time to see the | retreat and evacuation of the Cri- mea, on November Il. They per sonalIy witnessed the entrance of nearly 10000 people, who left the Crimea and came into Constantine opIe.
 They were present at the confer euce in Genoa, and spent a short time at the conference at The Hague which broke up after a short ses- sion.
 Since June, 1921, Mir. Douglas has been with Colonel Boyle in London their headquarters, but has made trips to the oil fields in the Near East, they were at Batum and Tiflis, shortly after the Bolshevid had ma i tionalized those fields, having gone there in the interests of private con- | cerns, whose property had been talk en over by the Soviets but their ne gotiatious with the officials were not
 as successful as they desired, but
 these are still being carried on.
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