THE OHEGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21.
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GREAT SLAV RUIN
BOUND TO ARISE
Seaport of East Siberia Is Focal
Point of American-Asiatic De
velopmefit to Come.
RANDOM GLIMPSES OF VLADIVOSTOK
Br Frederiex MConslrk
(Coprricht. 1921. br Frtdertck McCannick.)
Vladivostok Is the palm of the Tight
band of European civilization out
stretched to America. It is thrust in
ths teeth of . Asia, between Japan on
the east and China, on the west, ready
to g-o broken Into the maw of Asiatic
- life ; and It is a mystery what can
save it .
Vladivostok-was lntendd ma Tttuuiia'
San Francisco. They were among the
carbon points Of our civilization light
ing' the way across the Pacific. Boiled
on the tongue they matched In length
and meter. Together they were nick
named Frisco" and Vlad." One did
not excel the other for beauty of sur
roundings. Vlad rests near the end of
a peninsula into which opens an arm
of .the ocean which Russia named the
Golden Horn. Reaching back on either
side to form , ths peninsula are Ussuri
and Amur bays. In front spreads Peter
the Great gulf, with America bay to
the left and Possiet bay to the right.
Behind rise protecting heights. Signal
Hill, overlooks this panorama; it can
be called the center in the continental
shore - of the Sea of Japan. Nansen,
who sailed across the Polar sea to East
Siberia, and who traveled there and
three years ago tried to feed starving
Russians from the Baltic stood here
kon the eve of the World war and said :
"Perhaps in no distant future this may
become the focus of great and import
ant events." What happened must have
Astonished the prophet.
A. COLORFUL PLAIT
When the New Englander wants to
go. to the center of things "to see the
animals" he journeys to Boston. In
East Siberia the native goes to Vladivo
stok, the only metropolis he can -visit
without making a 6000 or 6000-mile trip
to Moscow., or Petrograd,. or crossing
the Pacific In extent it is "compared
with the District of .Columbia. It is a
city of strangers and of aliens. At the
time of the foreign military occupation
two years ago there were more foreign
.soldiers than Russians. There always
ars more Asiatics than civilians. .' The
some of the guns were - visible. ' The
foreign hands German, Japanese, Amer
ican and, of course. British and French.
Standing on Signal .Hill the whole
scene unfolds beneath. Toward the sea
along both arms of the peninsula are
the long lines Of forts where for years
some or 'tne guns were visible. k The
mouth of the Golden Horn is guarded by
fortified headlands and a fortified is
land. The minimum depth of the har
bor is 35 feet and ships from the world's
merchant fleets scatter themselves
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everywhere about it. Under the hills in
the upper end, at the left. Is the port's
naval quadron.
IJTTHE MrSEUM
There are two parks running along
the waterfront. One near Me naval
port contains a monument to Kevelskot,
the Russian discoverer of the Straits of
Tartary and the 'navigable entrance to
ths Amor river. Near the naval port is
also a small museum. Among .other
things it contains one of the boundary
stones of the empire of Genghis Khan,
brought down from where it. was erected
by the' Mongols at the watershed north
of the Amur. I went to the museum and
was told it was closed for repairs and
no one could be allowed to go in. Tips
open many doors in Russian lands and
it opens this one which has been "closed
for . repairs" every time : I have been
here. , . . ; - - ;;' -.rx;:
1 Vladivostok- is the heir in turn of
Okhotsk and : Petropavlovsk, and of
Nivolaivsk from which it received the
admiralty in 1S6S. It is the heir Of Port
Arthur and Dalny. It is Russia's Pacific
naval station.; The year before the
World war, improvements of the port
were ordered Involving three and one
half millions of dollars, to be carried out
beginning with an expenditure of $850,
000 the latter half of 1913. The docks
were to be equipped with electric crane?
and other cargo-handling apparatus coil
ing two-thirds Of this amount. When the
war started - Vladivostok had two dry-
docks of 620 feet length each and was
Scenes In Vladivostok. . Left, monument commemorating visit of Nicholas
LL, - Rig tit, above, vratcrlroBt at Vladivostok. Below, troop parading
tbe main street. ; '
long, three jetties and a wharf, with
timber, coal and- fish depots to take
care of these most Important products of
the East Siberian coast. There was a
floating dock 400 feet long and three
floating cranes of SO, 75, and 100 tons,
and a floating dock in three sections,
each 70 feet long, with a total lifting
power of about 2500 tons provided for.
APPEARANCE DECEPTIVE '
Four schools - were' maintained - in
Vladivostok two one-grade schools foNl
boys and two one-grade schools for girls.
V?adivostoklans speak of the "red"
school and of the "green" school. They
are two high schools which are kept
going by the application of assessments
on the families of the pupils. There is a
Mennonite ' or Lutheran church and
Vladivostok is the headquarters of a
Russian Orthodox church mission whose
missionaries work in about a dosen dis
tricts of the surrounding province among
Korean Russians and natives. - ,
There is an Oriental institute ' here.
For nearly 20 years I hav been meet
Ing its graduates in East Asia, young
preparing to construct a quay 2121 feet Russians who have learned -Far Eastern
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languages and given invaluable aid to
the diplomatic and consular service, to
the Russian army, and to the depart
ments of the old Russian government
which built the railroads and made
scientific investigations in East 'Siberia.
There is a commercial school which also
has managed to keep Its doors open.
Vladivostok has a cathedral.' an observa
tory, sawmills, flour mills, factories, ma
chine shops and railways, and to furnish
it with its Own communications it has -a
wireless plant and the volunteer fleet of
cargo and -passenger vessels which for
merly connected it with the Baltie and
Black seas. But all of these things art
assets - which , at present represent the
wreck of a city by the northern sea, rath
er than its life and support. ' Russian
enterprise on the Pacific is a direlict and
Vladivostok is a prodigal feeding on
husks. '
Vladivostok is the meeting place of
America and Asia and focus . 'of - the
American-Asiatlo issue. It is the po
litical and diplomatic center of the Pa
cific area. Seoul, Peking, Nanking.
Shanghai and Canton have had several
revolutions but Vladivostok has had half
a dosen and it is still in eruption. It is
the place to which Russian power work
ing from the North Pacific region toward
Port Arthur slgsagged to its fall.. It is
a magnificent ruin of Slav power.,' And
it has behind it all and more than that
which has made other cities of the
American coast opposite. San Francisco
had the. California gold mines back of it.
Vladivostok 3tas3three Klondikes in its
fclnterland. .Vancouver has the Canadian
West Wheat fields behind it. Vladivostok
has the great agricultural regions of the
whole Amju basin. Canada's trans-Pa
cific steamship Empress of Russia was
named, in connection with the' approach
ing greatness of Vladivostok and in an
ticipatiOn of round-the-world connections
on a world scale between Russia and the
Pacific coast That . development has
been delayed, but the fact that the
fiercest light of International affairs and
ok" the conflict between two civilisation
in tbe Pacific beats upon Vladivostok is
proof Of Its world importance. - Out oi
this situation has been born a new world
capital. Many old capitals have been
given again, second-hand to the 'world.
tut a new International center has arisen
on the Sea of Japan. It is Vladivostok.
the lodestone to IS of the world's na
lions and almost as many races.
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T
MORIS
NOW
RULER OF TURKESTAN
(Centtawd Fntt rise One)
cottage. A number of. other officials
were also living there. They all shared
the dining room together. Peters and his
wife having but on little bedroom to
themselves. .. .
.When I got then several of them bad
already begun the meal, so we sat down
at once.. Peters bad aged shockingly. I
couldn't help but remark about his ap
pearance and he explained that be had
ha!d typhus six months before and had
never fully recovered. He cannot be over
10 and he looks 45. - - - .
wife'was teacher
Speaking of his health, he remarked :
"Of course. I ought not to stay here ; the
climate is not good and there Is too much
work, but I am of that temperament that
I do not like to begin anything that I am
not able to finish. It will take another
yar at least to get Turkestan in running
order. - -
He introduced me to Mrs. Peters. She
is his second wife. The Eugltah wife dl
vorced him about the time of the terror.
The new Mrs. Peters was a bright,
healthy looking )erson. with reddish hair
and a quick smile. She had been a
teacher Jn the old days. .
He told me briefly what he had been
doing since the terror. When things had
settled down and the government had
adopted a more conciliatory attitude it
sent away most of the men who bad
made enemies because of their severity!
Peters went to Siberia and then to the
Caucasus.
GRAFT EXPOSED '
In fact, Lenin, who knew him since he
was a boy and depended on him. sent
him wherever- work was difficult and
where a Crnt hand was necessary Peters
said. .
He was working tnat day on the data
for a third great public trial. .The first
one had proved to be of great educa
tional value. The trials of Tashkent are
public and the whole population, so far
as possible, attend. And those who do
not attend at least' discuss the affairs.
Tbe first case was concerning sabotage
on the railways and the second was one
about the bad management of a hos
pital. He explained :
It wasn't so much the fact that, we
exposed the graft and the mismanage
ment ; that was important, yes : but more
so was the fact that the wool com
munity discussed it and learned some
thing about hygiene government and hu
inanity."
CARRIES PISTOL
Listening to Peters talk of these things
and his enthusiasm for Lenin's plans of
reconstruction, it seemed difficult to be
lieve that he had ever been head of an
organised terror.
Only once on my visit to Tsshkent did
I hear Peters say anything that suggest
ed the days of the terror. He took up a
pistol from the desk and. as he stuck it
into his belt, he said to me :
"Did you ever use one of these
I replied, I know how to shoot: but.
of course, I never had to do It.
And he said: , - . "
-Well. I wish to God X never had P
BOY AND GIL GO
TRIP TO SEE
? SIGHTS OF CITf!
Children of IV and 13-Set Op
; Housekeeping in San Fran
' -cisco; Romance Is Shattered.
the children had a "grand" time, aeeord-.
Ing to pretty Helen, who said they had
been to twe or three moving picture
shows daily and otherwise enjoyed their
Urn. .
Lawrence was serious about bis trip
here and had tried to secure a "corner
and sell newspapers. but was told he
was -too little.- ...
" Following their apprehension the pa
rents, of the children were notified and
arrived; In a short tim to take them
home.
VTheu Helen's father arrive at the
(Detention Horn with tears tt gladness
In her eyes she ran and threw her arms
"ready to go basse 4o mother."
Germany Trading
With South America
-' l iif Cahsd -
; Buenos Aires. Aug. 8s. Ths rapM In
crease tn commerce between ths Argen
tine and Germany is Indicated by the
tact that during the current month IS
vessels have cleared this port for Ger
many. wUs cargoes of wool, hides, corals
and meats.. It is learned that a major
ity f the new ships leaving Germany
are destined for Buenos Aires to pick
p cargoes of food prod acta. - -
By W. O Carre
San Francisco. Cat. Asg. 10. t N.
S.) Another youthful romance has been
shattered. - -
Pretty 11-year-old Helen tevia to back
In the olive orchard of her father's ranch
at OrovlUe. and 11-year-old Lawrence
Mahoney of the same town is telling his
playmates about the "sights' he saw
during his and Helen's brief ' five-day
stay in "the city." which disappear
ance pussled authorities throughout ths
state.
Helen and Lawrence have been friends
for several years went to school to
gether, played together and manifested
a high regard for each other. The lure
to see the "wild things" (as they called
them) of Ban Francisco caused them
to carefully plan a visit to the city, un
beknown to their parents. . They pooled
their financial resources, totaling abotkt
20. and arrived fcere before they were
missed from home.
Reaching San Francisco, Helen reraem
bered some frieneds who lived at an
elusive address. but.sbS found they had
either moved or she had the wrong street
number, for 'they could not be located.
Their only alternative was to take an
apartment.
STATEWIDE SEARCH ' ,
The absence of the children from their
Oroville noma was reported to-the po
lice of that city, and later the search
spread over the stats, and every police
department had been notified Jf their
disappearance. ' After five days of
searching polios officers hers found
them wandering about the Ferry build
ing watching the boats corns In.
The youngsters were taken ' to the
Juvenile Detention -Home and when
questioned by ths matron said they bad
left home "because we love each other."
The matron also found by Interrogation
they had but M cents when found by
the officer.
-It is not so much a ease of love as
It is 'of Helen being a "big sister,' said
the matron at - the Detention Home.
"Helen has always treated Lawrence
as her little brother, and. besides, Helen
Is a good cook."
BAB GRA3TD TWE
"During their stay in Ban Francises
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Signed every death warrant in those his
torical days which followed . the aasas--Slnatien
of Miebach and the attempted
assassination of Lenin.
There are various estimates about the
number of executions which he ordered,
but the soviet statistics gave 8000. That
in Itself is enough to send the shivers
over one.. Anyway, I could not locate
him. - He had dropped out of life at the
Russian capital.
FI5DS PETERS
On my .way south during a Journey
through the provinces I learned that he
was in Tashkent, the capital of Turke
stan. Arrived . there, and established in
a cold, miserable room at the only hotel.
I inquired of the commandant about
Peters. I found that Peters is virtually
governor of Turkestae), with sweeping
powers as a revolutionary official.
I asked the commandant to call him
on the telephone. He did not even try to
disguise his ' astonishment. In 'another
moment I was speaking to Peters. He
said. "Well, well! How did you get to
this part of the world 7 And am 'you
come all alone? And what has become
ef ""Williams and Miss Beatty and Kan-
some T . ;
He named all the old crowd of Amer
ican reportrs and added:
"I'll send a car right over ; yon come
gnd take dinner with me. and my wife."
LEADER LOOKS OLDER -
When the car arrived there were two
young men from the extraordinary com
mission wearing the sinister looking
uniform of that institution. , Everybody
in ths hotel came out to watch me being
taken away, throwing me sympathetic
glances, so X could tell they thought I
was being arrested. "
Peters lives in a very ordinary little
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