New-York tribune., 1922-05-05
Borah Demands
kerensky Loan
Be Cleared 10
Insists Tha; Bakhmc'cH
'Come Out FROM Under
Cover" and Re,ca' Dis
position Of $I3z, 900, ,000
y. Y. Investments Hintcd
Senator Denounces Senc-
noif as Barbarian; Savs
He Soon May BE Depor'ed


WASHINGTON. May & In speech
in which he bitterly attacked Genera
Semenoff. former commander in cast
ern Siberia, and Boris BakhmotofF. VINO
is recognized by the State Department
as Amba ssador from Russia. Senator
Borah to-day demanded that Rakhme-
tef come out from under cover" and
give to the American people tho facts
as to what was done with the Sl37 600.
900 which was advanced to the Keron-
sky government through BakhmeteF bv
the United States Treasury Depart
ment and other matters.
Senator Borah said information had
been brought to his office to the effect
that BakhmcteT had invested money IN
property IN this country. He named
New York and Chicago as cities IN
which such alleged Investments had
been made through corporation.
The Senator demanded to know why
the state Department was shielding
Bakhemetef, and he criticised admis-
sion to this country Of Semcnoff. whom
he desert bed as "butcher" and the
monster of the modern world" He
said Semenof had met Rakhmetcfr
since he had come to this country; that
he understood the meeting was in
Washington. and that while Semenof
professed merely 10 be passing through
on his way to Paris, he believed he was
here to finance a new revolution in
Siberia.
Denounces BakhmeteH
Declaring that Bakhmetef no longer
was entitled TO be recognized as an
AMBASSADOR, in view Of the fact the
government which he represented mas
been out of existence and disappeared
for five years, Senator Borah said ne
could no longer claim diplomatic i'm
munity, and if he were acting in good
faith he would come before the Senate
Education and Labor Committee and
give the facts to the American people
Mr.. Borah asserted, in the course Of
his address, that the Secretary Of
Labor was becoming very "impatientn
this country and intimated that early
steps for his deportation would be
taken by that official.
Taking up first the case of SemenoF,
Senator Borah declared that he had
been characterized by American army
officers as "a brute, murderer. and
one who attacked without any cause
American soldiers resulting in tho
death of two and the woundinq Of
others" He said all these facts were
we'll known to the State Department
when he was admitted to this countrv."
He told stories Of the "slauRhter
ward" near the Manchurian border in
Semenotf's territory. where helpless
prisoners. said to be unoffending old
men and women in may cases. taken
without arms, were slaughtered. as al
legged by machine guns and their bodies
pushed into holes.
Senator McCumber. Of North Dakota.
wanted to know if there was any rea-
son or explanation for these deeds; II
it was just "blood thirstiness."
Total Depravitv" CHARGED
ea,s+or Rorab ascribod .bor, -
n+otai ,,itr,a+od 80 (' in5oso,;hab1o ~
ro.a4, ~ W. 800 cnnoe
t,.S,inc, 70 create .'reign of terro,,
~ Eastarn Siberia and bonod ~ rnlo
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Describing the "slauqhter ward - Son
ator Rorah said that men and women
bad been murdered there hy Wholesale
and "Eke whipnod dumb beasts we're
shot down and pushed into holes"
Quoting from Charles H. Smith.
representative on the Inter
Allied Railway Commission in Siberia,
Senator Borah read a statement to the