The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-30

tionaries became intensified, anC
the whites" may have been I'M
ton was removed.
Then began an era of terror
which it seems impossible to de-
pict clearly, for even those who
took part, and who have at
tempted to recount the scenes
witnessed appear to be dazed by
the very horror of their recol-
lections.
For years the Soviets were by
word, and right up to the last few
months those who looked to them for
deliverance went daily in terror of
their lives. A distinct and most re-
markable change has taken place,
however, and today the Soviets are a
power to be reckoned with in the
East With the partial removal of
certain menaces in the West, their at
titude toward the prosecutors of the
oppressed has found unqualified ex-
preston and the Eastern outlook has
undergone one of the most phenom-
email changes in history. A month ago
none of the Powers paid any attention
to Soviet representatives, but today
they have realized that Russia is in
the East to stay, not only because of
her splendid fighting forces, but be-
cause the nations of the East see in
Russia their long looked for deliverer
from the depredations of Western cap
italism.
Chapter Of white" Horrors.
In order to gain clear conception
of the present state of affairs in the
East it is necessary that we take a
dip into past history. With tales of
the horrors perpetrated by the
Whites" most DAILY WORKER
readers are familiar, but to emphasize
our contention we will turn to page
of history which has just been I'M
sealed by one who fought with the
White" forces in Mongolia.
Blind, with both eyes gouged out,
Konstantin Noskoff is one of the
tragic figures of Tientsin, where, like
many other white" refugees, he is
starving to death. To raise the where
withall to keep body and soul together
he has related his experiences with
the white" forces who retreated into
Mongolia in 1921. Those experiences,
issued in the form of a pamphlet, not
only constitute scathing condemna-
ton of the campaign pursued against
the Soviets, but show the reason that
= Mongolia has to all intents and pur-
poses thrown in its lot with Russia.
A Butcher Baron.
After numerous defeats at he hands
of the Reds, large numbers of white"
forces drifted into Mongolia. Then
appeared on the scene Baron Ungern,
one Of the most fiendish butchers on
record.
This fend became the guiding des-
tiny of the whites" Treaties and
political agreements were trampled
under foot, and after desperate bat
tie with the Chinese army at May
machin the city of Urga fell into the
hands of Ungern and his Whites"
The independence of Mongolia was de-
clared, and many struggling bands of
whites" rallied to the baron's ban
ner.
But dissension broke out among the
leaders, and it was then that Baron
Ungern showed evidence of his in
nate fiendishness. Several officers
withdrew from Urga, but they were
met and captured by the baron's
forces just outside the town, taken
back and brutally butchered in front
of his tent as warning to others.
The dream of the leaders for an
other counter-attack on the Reds was
again discussed. Preparations were
made: stores were seized and "Bac-
chanals of requisitioning began" But
the natives were at heart in sympathy
with the Reds, and when the latter at
tackled on May 20, 1921, thus forestall-
ing the Whites" a crushing defeat
was inflicted. Ungern and the rem
nants Of his forces were driven back
into Mongolia.
white" Terror Broke Loose.
Then terror broke out. The infa-
nous order No. Is, declaring war on
enemies of Russia, Jews and Com
munists to the DEATH" gave the neces-
sary license. Noskoff says: 1.-THE for
mer Russian governor, Ribikoff, was
murdered; Captain Suboff was sabred,
along with his wife and his child Of
five years. The executioners spared
neither sex nor age. All the former
employees of the 'Centrosoius' were
murdered as Bolsheviks, together with
all who had Jewish names, or who
were supposed to be of Jewish origin.
Murder was a daily occurrence. BY
the irony Of fate many who had fought
against the Reds were executed"