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Show TELL OF FALL OF ALL-HUSS PARTY Events Leading to Kol-chak's Kol-chak's Coup Related by Correspondent. By CARL W. ACKERMAN. (Now York Times-Chicago Tribune Cablfc, Copyright.) KKATERINUl'RG, Nov. 26. (Delayed.) Kolehak on November 12 Bent an ultimatum ul-timatum to the all-Russian eommandlnn general, demanding that the Russian troops assist tho Czechs at the front The government agreed, but apparently difficulty in carrying it out wa encountered. encoun-tered. This was tho reason for lite fall of the all-Russian government. The second sec-ond reason was a banquet given In honor of the French, when the band played "God Save the Czar." After all tho allied representatives left, tha America and British consuls sent notes to' the allV Russian government, which were prac- tically an ultimatum demanding an explanation expla-nation within twenty-four hours. In this action i he French and Czechs did not join because they believed the Incident should be overlooked, as the officer who commanded the orchestra to play .the hymn was considered Intoxicated. The Americans and British, however, insisted upon an upology, though by doing so they were bringing to an issue in Russia an internal question which would better have been decided later. In this instance, instead of helping the all-Russian gov- ' eminent, the British and American representatives rep-resentatives did the opposite. At present the Czech national council members aro gathering in Chellabinak, where they will announce the Czechs attitude at-titude toward the new Omsk government. Meanwhile, according to reliable military mili-tary reports, the Czech an.l Russian regiments regi-ments are having success between Ufa and Samara. Czechs were greatly surprised by , the Omsk developments, and a special meeting meet-ing of the Cssech national council wo a called at Cheiiabinsk to decide what altitude al-titude the Czechs would take toward the new government. While the Czechs do not desire to Interfere in internal Russian Rus-sian policies they are faced by Bolshe-vlkl Bolshe-vlkl on the front and must protect their lines of communication in the rear. All their interest is in a democratic government gov-ernment in Russia. Jt is exceedingly doubtful whether they can recognize the dictatorship, but they are In a very unfortunate un-fortunate position, but knowing what attitude at-titude the allies will adopt, It Is generally reported in this city and Omsk that the allies will recognize the dictatorship. I have been asked repeatedly by the Czechs why the allies did not recognize the dictatorship. dic-tatorship. I have been asked repeatedly why the allies did not recognize the ail-Russian ail-Russian government, and bring It the moral support it needs to face the monarchist monar-chist and Bolshevik! agitation. It is argued that the allies did not favor that government because they believed a dictatorship dic-tatorship was necessary. The Czechs are in an exceedingly Berl-ous Berl-ous predicament; they are surrrounded on all sides with enemies, and unless the situation at Omsk clears, the allies mnr have to reconsider whether they come to the Czechs assistance, for the Czechs who are lighting hero at the allies' request are in danger of being bottled up. En route to Kkaterinburg with Major Slaughter, the American military attache, we stopped In Tuimon, where the Red Cross maintains a hospital for the Czechs, and learned something of the distressing j lack, of sanitary conditions at the front. I In the present fighting on the northern (Siberian) front there are for the Rus -yi sians no Red Cross organizations and ntf first aid. It is a fight to the death on both sides. No prisoners are made, the only care the wounded receive. excepting the Czechs, who have something of a limited organization, is to be placed In box cars after a battle, without any attention. Then the wounded are shipped back to Tuimon or Omsk, which requires six or seven days. While we were in Tuimon a train arrived ar-rived with 300 Russian wounded. Lying1 In straw on the floors of box cars, their wounds absolutely unattended, were men with broken feet and open shot wounds, some unconscious and the others suffering suffer-ing the greatest pain, but with not th slightest opportunity for medical assistance assis-tance or the merciful attention of nurses. Those men, mostly Russian, ride to slow death because no one here has needed supplies or physicians to aid them. Tlifl American Red Cross, with Its limited staff, would supply, but cannot render, aid. Such is one of the horrible Incident encountered In Russia today in this civil war against the Bolsheviki. It Is not war, but human slaughter, the like of which I have not seen on any other front. |