The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-16

muucuNCrg we're tu ho mold fUnIc 10y
tho Uztr, at ana near Wilma they
were dcp,oycd ana thcu, suddenly.
the sharp cartridges lWar ummunl-
tionl were distributed ANA they
were informed that there wIa q war
against Germany, tuyy wore unable
to say why ana wherefore.
40. Ia a report made public iu
the press. during fhn winter ut l1lt-
1915. by an American. concerning
hia trip through tho CuUUlsus in tho
spring OF 1914 the following was
stated. when hr arrived in the tHu-
cdsus, at the beginning az May iPli,
he met. while on hls way Go Iifli7,
long columns OF troops uf all arms.
in war equipment. ne lad feared
that revolt had broken out lu the
Caucasus. when ho made Inquiries
Of the authorities ut Il.Is while
aaviug his passport inspected. ho rec
Holycd tho qulcuug uoWH That tNe
Caucasus was quito peaceful that ho
might travel WhurcaOoN,r Uu wished,
mat what no had seen bad tD DO
Huly with practice marching ana
ulucuNcrs.
At the close Of the trip az the end
1t MAY. iNI4, ho wished tu embark
ut a Caucasian port put an the vca-
sells thcro were $50 fillcd with troops
that only after much trouble could
no manage 60 get "a ruuiu Tor HIM
self and his wife. Tho Russian Of
Ulcers told him thut they were to
land at odessa aud march from
there Co take part in some great
Waucuvors.
A COssack's Testimony
II. Prince Tuudutofr. liotmnn ~
tho Calmuck Cosncks, living bee
tween T-rltsin and Astrukhuu. who
was. before and during the war;
personal aide ur tho Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholaicvitch, came 90
general headquarters ~ Bo-mout In
1913 sookng 10 establish connection
with Germany since tho CossJcks
were not Sluvs ut all aud thorough
ly hostile to the bolshcuk.
tlo stated That he had bcon sent
by Nicholas NlcholaioyHch before
tho outbreak or war to tho general
staff In order Co keep the grand
duke posted on hppueniugA thoro
ana that lac had br,u "a witness Of
Tho notorious telephone nli,a bee
tween tho car and the chief OF the
general staff Goncrnl JuuugkovltCh,
that the car. deeply Impressed by
emperor. had reslovod To forbid
mobilization and had ordered
Januskovitch by telephone not 10
carry ont modification, that ls. to
break it Off; that tho latter had not
obeyod the uumigtakable order, but
had inquired by telephone Of
minister OF foreign affairs
with whom, for weeks. he had
kept in touch Intrigued and melted
TO what he was 80 do now;
that sazonoif had answerod that
Tho cars order was ndnsonFo. that
all the general need do was TO carry
out mobilization. that he sSasano:s}
would bring the ear around again
next day and talk him out ~ heed
Ing tho stupid telegram from the
German emperor; that. thereupon.
Jonuskovitch had informed the cznr
that mobilization was already under
way ana could no longer be broken
Off.
princo Tundutoft added: "rh1
was a lie, for ] myself saw tho
mobilization order lying beside
Januskevltch on his writing table.
which shows that II had not as yet
been given out ht all"
The psychologically interesting
Nicholas. who helped prepare the
World war and had hlrondy ordered
mobilization, wished TO recode at tho
last moment. My earnest, warning
telegram, Il seems, made him realize
clearly for the first time the ColOasa /
responsibility which no wng bring
ing upon himself by his warllke pre-
paratlons. Therefore. he wished TO
stop the war machine. the murderer
OF entire peoplea. which he had Just
set IN motion. This would have been
possible ana peace might have been
preserved II SnzonOn had not fus-
trated his wish.
When | asked whether the grand
duke, who VISA known ne a German
hatcr, had incited much TO war, the
Cossnck CHIEF replied that tho grand
duke had certainly worked zealously
for war, but that incitcmont on his
part would have been supcrfluous,
since there was already n strong sou-
timCut against German, all through
the Russian officer corps, that this
spirit was transmitted. principally,
from the French army 10 the Rus
sian officers, that there had been a
desire, In fact, to 30 TO war IN 1908
1908 tHUsuihn question:, but
France was not then ready, that. I'm
lo1I, Russia. likewise, was not quite
rcndy; that JanusiSevitch and Suk-
homlinOff had really planned tho
war for 1917, but Slzouoff and
Nolosky az well ms the French could
not be restrained any longer, that
the former two were afraid uf reyu-
luton In Russia and OF the In
flucnco OF tho German emperor on
the c2ar, which might dlssuade tho
car from the idea OF wdEinE war,
and that the French. who were Furc.
for the time being, Of England
help. were afraid that S3neland
might come 10 nu understanding
later on with Germany at tho OK.
ptnse OF France.
when ! asked whether tho c2ar
had been aware Of the waIliko aplfIt
ln Russia ana had tolerated o., the
CussaCk prince answered that it wu8
worthy Of note that the car had for
hidden once fur all us % matter OF
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