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jpecial Gables Erdm Journal-- Chicago Daily News Gorresp dndeiit INTERVENTION OF MORE DIRECT KIND URGED IN SIBERIA Correspondent Says Furies of Bolshevism Are More Danger- ous Than Kaiser's Ambition. KOLCHAK'S ARMY IS WEAK Reds Advance Against Russian Troops That Are Poorly Trained 'and Poorly Equipped. By liudovic Grondtjs Special Cable to The Journal and The Chieao Ilaiiy 'wi. Copjrrilit, 110. by Ohksaco Daily Srws Co.) Omsk, Russia, Aug. 8. (Delayed) I have Just come from Krasno Umflnsk, where I passed some time at the front, to Omsk:, after a Journey lasting 18 days. !. At the station of Drougrlna the officials, as in other stations, were in continual conflict with the military authorities and were committing acts of sabotage. They were preparing to cause a col lision between a troop train and an other train and I had to use strong threats to make them desist. After ward between Eketerinburg and Omsk I saw at four different places traces of collisions such as wrecked cars and overturned locomotives. IWCE88ANT PROPAGANDA " These things-are the result of an in cessant propaganda by the Bolsheviki In the rear of the Kolchak army, caus ing the lines to be obstructed and malt-' Ing transportation abominably slow. By this retreat the Russian army has lost not only Perm, which was won by the allies, but all the ground which the Czechs had conquered between . Ufa, Kungur and Ekaterinburg. This defeat resembles that of July. 1917. In that an attempt was made to attain an objec tive that was too vast for an army di minished by Bolshevist propaganda and by desertions. The Russian army had, solely through the power of exalted dar ing obtained a momentary success which it was impossible, to maintain. I visited regiments which I had, al ready found 150 versts (99 miles) from Kazan and which, now were before Krasno Umflnsk, south of Kungur. On this road newly constructed wagons traveled as if on the waves of the sea at a speed of about three kilometers (1.8 miles) an hour. Here the enemy had made his greatest advance. I found at the front of a certain army corps, the commander of which had fought in Si beria for a year, two kinds of regi ments. First were those which had been at the front for a year. Their morale was at least as good as that of other regiments and they were still dis posed to offer resistance to the enemy. But they were clothed in rags and often were without shoes. They had few rifles and their machine guns for the most part were unusable, as no replacements were sent from the rear. SAWS RIFLE, SAIfS TRAINING The effectives came to the front often Without preliminary training and never with rifles, being obliged to await their turn to be armed. The best officers were at the front here, though they re 'ceived no encouragement and but rarely the recompensk they had been promised. The army corps with which I found my--self had received in six months only 1000 suspenders and no breeches. Even the regiments formed in the rear, equipped from head to foot, well com manded and well provisioned, did not meet expectations. In several battles the new regiment held less tenaciously than the others, forcing even their comrades without breeches to retreat. After1 what I have seen at the front I consider that a second fault was the fact that the attitude of a defensive was too strictly maintained during- the retreat. The value of -the best regi ments formed in this little Siberian war consisted above all In carrying on an offensive. In thepure defensive, which they had too long observed, they were inferior. There were no counter attacks or maneuvers, thus leaving the initia tive to the enemy and submitting to him. By dispersing the weak forces over a too extended front in little posts without reserves they were, as I can testify, driven back by each concen trated attack, MANEUVERS TOO XATE . Two . maneuvers were made when it was too late. One was toward the north in the direction of Kungur by the LEMON JUICE FOR FRECKLES Girls! Make beauty lotion for a few centsTry itl Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a bottle containing three ounces Of orchard white, shake well, and you have! a quarter pint of the best freckle and tan lotion, and complexion beautifier, at Very, very small cost. Your grocer, has the lemons and any drug store or 1 toilet counter will supply three ounces, of orchard white for a few ents. Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion into the face, neck, arms and hands each day and see how freckles and' blemishes disappear and how clear, oft and rosy-white the akin becomes. Tea! It is harmless and never irritates. - . (Adv.) 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FXENTIFCX HARTE8T AIDS During an eventful journey, in which danger from the Reds was always pres ent, I passed on my way tolhe railroad some of the . most fertile regions of Russia and of Siberia, The immense cultivated fields are covered with grain, promising an abundant harvest. This will diminish the difficulties of the reds. This invasion by the army of n state that is poor and incapable ot working into a neighboring country where the citizens find tranquillity un der a. government based - In large part upon the rural population to take from them the fruits of their work, resembles the wars of the middle ages or armed tribes, .who, despising regular work, levied by force of arms upon their more industrious neighbors. The danger of a continuous advance across Siberia, apart from manifold po litical complications, consists above all of the approach to China. It enters particularly into the political considera tion that the Russian Bolshevism will be able to exploit the Chinese revolu tion. In the beginning of 1917 efforts were made by the Reds to establish themselves in China and to secure from It reinforcements which they needed badly. Notices from the Russian em-1 hassles in foreign lands have been neg lected or combat ted by English diplo macy. Already tne rew vninese in me Bolshevist army have played an excep tional role by their ferocious energy. Disorders in China, fostered by the rivalry between the foreigners, places at the disposition of Bolshevism . an enor mous number of beings who are more desirous of fighting than are the Rus sians. The Reds will exploit the an tipathy of the Russians agralnst im perialism ana will do tne same among the Chinese. ; I believe that a more dirct intervention should take place in troops ' of General Pepelalev and the other to the south or east in the di rection .of the forest south f Kungur. Both were completely checked and were followed by profound demoralization. Since then each counter attack has been useless. The political attitude of the Omsk government towards the workers has always been consistent. On the one hand it has treated dangerous conspira tors with harshness. On the other hand officers at the front have been impris oned for taking reprisals against the communists and Red commlssalres who have fallen into their hands. At the front one finds himself in general poor ly protected against a ruthless enemy by the prescriptions of an exaggerated humanity. REDS CROSS EASILY Since the Reds up to this time have crossed without the least difficulty the large River Bielaya and. the River Kama, it is not easy to see where the Reds will need to fear serious opposi tion before they reach the Irtisch if they intend to continue their advance. It id hoped that the Reds, disquieted by the success of General Denikine in the southern part of Russia, will send some -of their divisions- against him, thus lightening the pressure on this front. Besides it is possible that this war is not serious. The losses have not been heavy and wherever our forces Siberia to avert dangers to the j peace of the world which, embodied In the fury of Bolshevism, is thousand: times more dangerous than were the ambitions of Kaiser Wllhelm.. . : Continued Strikes Delay Operation of Siberian Railroad By William Ones Special Cable to The Journal and Tho Chioao Daily Nawa. (Copyright, 1919. by Chicago Daily Ne Co.) Peking, China, Aug. 13. The contin ued strike on the Siberian railway is be coming a most serious menace to mili tary operations. All traffic,- including: military trains, is held UP and transpor tation is at a standstill. Besides higher pay the strikers demand that their wages be paid in the old currency, refusing to accept the Siberian notes. It is greatly feared that the strike also has a j politi cal significance. The fact that Admiral Kolchak's troops have been driven back from positions which they won with such difficulty last year appears to have de moralised the Siberians considerably, and to have given -encouragement to the Bolsheviki in the maritime provinces. It is believed that the latter engineered the railway strike in order to prevent ammunition and supplies from reach ing the army. Vladivostok's position, owing to the Bolshevist propaganda and the habit of the Bolshevik' of working under the sur face, is considered precarious. It has been found necessary to take extra pre cautions between Vladivostok and Hrr bin, where bands of ' Bolsheviki have been continually cutting the railway and blowing up bridges, compelling the UBe of strong forces to maintain communications. HUNGARIAN COUP MAY MEAN lONARCHISllC MOVE OVER EUROPE See Tnrlay Today Turlay makes good clothes : 421 Fail ing bldg.. 122 Third St. Adv. German Press Charges Entente Is Trying to Suppress So cialistic Governments. By Michael Farbmaa Special Cable to The Journal and The Chicago Daily New. , (Copyright, 119. by Chicago Daily New Co. ) Frankfort-on-the-Maln, Germany, Aug. 13 (Via Copenhagen, Denmark) It is the opinion of the press and public in Germany that the new coup In Hungary will result In the starting ot a mon archist counter revolution inspired and led by the imperialist entente not only In Hungary but in Europe generally. That the entente allied Itself with the Hapsburg house to overthrow a mod erate Socialist government at the very moment when this government was mak ing every effort to lead Hungary back to democracy Is Inspiring the German monarchist counter revolutionists. Newspapers representing the liberal majority Socialists' are blaming the radical Socialistic rule for making a counter revolution possible. Radical newspapers are satisfied that the coun ter revolution was organized by the en tente in concurrence with the Catholic aristocrats of Hapsburg Austria and would have come in any case. Accord ing to private dispatches to the Frank furter Zeitung the coup was organised by the Hungarian bureaucracy and of ficer corps and was really assisted by Be Careful What You Wash Your Hair With Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali, which Is very injurious, as it dries the scalp and makes the hair brittle. The best thing to use is Mulsified co coanut oil shampoo, for this is pure and entirely greaseless. It's very cheap and beats anything else all to pieces. 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Journal and Th. Chicago ' Daily Nawa. -. (Coprricht, 1019, by Chiea. Daily Nm Co.) Milan. Italy, Aug. 13. Newspapers are publishing extracts from the report" of the commission of inquiry on the report of the commission of Inquiry on the defeat of Caporetto. The AvantU the organ of . the .Socialist party , which at tempted in every way possible to defame the conduct of the war, takes advantage of th Imminent discussion of the text of the report, to . attack all thos re sponsible for the declaration of war and its conduct. It pretends that the sin ister and anti-patriotic work of th so cialists was without j. influence in de termining the disaster.' but it has not succeeded in effacing the memory of its infamous propaganda. - The commission unhesitatingly attrib utes the fundamental responsibility for the , defeat to . the ... commander-in-chief. General Cadorna, for his unbending ob stinacy in the face of all advice. It attributes graver faults to General Cap pello, commanding the second army, who neglected to prepare sufficient defenses on the line on Monte Matajur, which is the" key to the valley of the Natlnone river j to General Cavacclecchl, who was reputed to be inept, and to the general commanding the fourth-army corps. But aside from the principal military causes, political causes contributed to the defeat, such as the discontent of the troops, the want of authority, and in sufficient rest and leaves of absence. Above all, th report shows that the defeatist propaganda of - the. Socialists and ' the Giolittians In . the interior of th country had a terrible , reverbera- tion In the front lines. 'Th speech of Deputy Kress of Treves, proclaiming that the chamber of deputies should at all costs have prevented a third winter in th trenches, a well as the lamenta tions of the pope over useless carnage had, the commission says, the effect of a moral disaster on the troops. 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