Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-09
GIVEN
RIGHT TOENTERU.
eIf-StyIed Ataman of Co.'S
sacks May Remain
Six Months.
BY JUNIUs Il. WOOD.


Ataman Gregorie Semionoff, self
styled ataman of all the Russian Cos
sacks, to enter the United States Tor
a stay of SIX months, according to
definite information from the state
Department today. Conslderabie
secrecy has surrounded the eforts
uring recent months to get him INTO
this country, various countries in the
far east refusing him the riSht OF
residence in the meantime. \ cable
was finally addressed by the state
Department.. last Thursday, 10 Stuart
J. Fuller, American consul sfheFal, IN
Tientsin, China, the fugi'lves last
stopping place. authorizing him to
wise Semionoff's passport. The De
partment is not informed whether he
is bringing any of his wives.
He is not expected TO arrive IN
hngton in time TO participate III
the present conference. Prof. Oslen-
dofski mis- representative. who claims
to have been with the Cngern FORCES
in the capture and sack of Crga, mas
been here for several weeks.
VIII "Rest" Pending Loan.
sSenionov's visit, according to an
explanation from X. w. Luchich, his
representative in Shankhai, Is 10
rest" in the United States, while the
negotiations are competed .oi ioat.
from New York bankers to fnance
another revolution in Siberia. Accord
ing to this explanation, the American
bankers have agreed to raise the iuhd
for resumption of hostilities, being
satisfied that they VIII be repaiu
when the uprising is successful-
The plan as sketched contemplates
that Gen. Wrangel, another armyless
savior Of Russia, from the safety OF
a neutral nation, Will resume COM
mand of his former soldiers. now
with the Serbian army, ana liiahe a
simultaneous attack In east anu "eSt
Russia. Semionov outlined the same
rlan with Irneern as an added factor
when | talked with him in Nladl Eostpk
in June AS its working out mas so
far resulted in the capture ana cXecu-
ton of Baron Cneern Won sterhnere
and Semiouov's CONSTANT fleeing lar =
Their from Siberia, the optimism OF It's
latest hackers is refreshing.
1t is explained that SemionoN mas
ALWAYS been reputed an enemy OF
bolshevism and therefore should De
welcomed in the United states An,
other humanitarian motive advanced
for bringing him is that as he has
been the cause for much of the dis
orders and atrocities in Siberia; II
he is in the United States that part
of the world will be relieved, and he
will not have any trouble making
opportunities here.
Fled in Airplane.
During the past year. Semionof has
done most of his campaignln IN Inc
foreign settlements OF China. After
his flight from Chita by airplane in
December. 1920. he lived at Tsingtao,
under japanese protection. He re-
turned to Vladivostok under the same
auspices in June of this year ana
soon received unanimous request
from the foreign consuls ana the
Merku loff provisional government TO
foreign office. voicing the strong
popular disapproval of the japanese
expeditions in Siberia and Semionoff' 5
activities, announced that his stay
; would be limited to the sailing OF the
next ship.
Shanghai was his next stop. and
Americans from there who now ar,
in Washington say that he was re-
quested TO leave the foreign settle
mont. the Chinese authorities forbid
him to enter their city, and he took
up his residence in the French con-
ceSSion.
One of his victims. a Mrs. A V. Ma
habov. living in Shanghai, brought
suit against him in the mixed court
charging treachery, brutality and alb
duction. on account of treatment when
her husband was an officer under
Semionof. He then moved to Tien-
tsin. During this time his latest
wife and baby daughter were living
/ in Tsingtao. his original wife and
son were returned to Russia. anC
"Marusya, the gypsy" who had Off
ciated as Mrs. Semionoff while the
American Red Cross was in Chila
was in Shanghai dispensing her shar,
of the gold which she had brought
| from Siberia.
Wounded by Bomb.
! Semionoff is short, stout, luxury.
! loving leader. who never actually
! fought the bolsheviki During the
| force contcnted itself with pillagins
| the Zaibaikal district. and his near
est approach to danger was .rhen d
! Russian enthusiast tossed a grena dc
! into his box at Chita, wounding hin
| in the leg.
! Bones of his victims still were scat
tered in the fields around Chita last
summer while on his execution farm
! the bodies of half hundred men
and women We're in the bottom OF a
well, with horses and rocks piled or
| top of them. Flogging men and
women with red hot ramrods. alb
duction and murder of girls, tying
| babies to fences to freeze to death
and similar Semionoff methods of
f; fighting bolshevism which We're re-
ported by American observers. We're
, the strongest factor in uniting the
! Siberian peasants for self-preserva-
| ton.
Semionoff's followers were always
! avowedly anti-American. though the
! only serious clash was when enc OF
| his armored trains fired on a sleeping
American camp. killing and wound
| ing several American soldiers. Col
Charles H. Morrow, then command
! ing the 9th Infantry and now Ma
! tional Guard instructor in Frank
; fort, KY, captured the train and con-
Quoted an investigation. but Semio.
! noff forced him to release the Off
GERS, who admitted their responsible.
| ity and recited their torturing and
executions of Russians, including
women aNl girls The reports are
in the archives of the War Depart
ment here.
! Copyright 1927