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Show II. E. P. MILLS GIVES iOSESS Oil SIBERIA A greater hatred for war nnd all its! u;:-, an in'ense individualism, and a treater love for and appreciation of he United States. "Gcd's Country," verc feelings expressed last night by Jr. E. P. Mills, who returned home Jhristmaa eve, speaking to a very arge audience at the First Congrega-lonal Congrega-lonal church. Dr Mills had charge f the American Red Cross military lospltal at Irkutsk, Siberia. I ..irding conditions in Russia, Dr Mills opened his address by stating hat tho query often arose "What are ive here for?" voiced by men of the jxpedition. To tell the real reason "or their presence, the speaker said, me must ro back to the days of John ' &US8, patriotic leader of tho Bohem-j ans and the inbred love of liberty in he Bohemians which has lasted hrcugh tho ages. Relating the story if the intense desire on the part of thesb people to continue the fight l gainst their oppressors, Dr. Mills de-cribed de-cribed how their reclments and di i-sions i-sions were promised safe conduct "rom tho Russian front eastward to Vladivostok where the French were x furnish transports for their journey lo the western front and of their terrible ter-rible hardships on the route from Moscow. Mos-cow. With the downfall of the government gov-ernment and rise to power of the Bol-Bhevlki, Bol-Bhevlki, the gallant fighters could reach the Teutonic allies only alongside along-side the French, English and Belgians. Why Americans Went. As redemption of the promise made to the Czechs by the United States, American troops from the Philippine were sent over to Siberia to aid the Czechs in their dii-tress. Dr. Mills declared that property-back property-back of all wars was also a factor. When the American forces first land-cd land-cd it Vladivostok, he said, some half billion dollars' worth ot American goods, largely unpaid for, were lying en the docks and piled up around the city and were in danger of falling into tho hands of the Bolshevik i. Among these stores were an ammunition dump worth 130,000,000, cirude rubber valued at approximately $100,000,000. and acres of cotton covered by tarpaulins. tar-paulins. Piles of barbed wire were jomc of the great mass of war material mate-rial collected there. Some of these stores seemed to be depleted, the speaker said. Railroad Mont Valued Foremost on the allied program wai the Trans-Siberian railrot.d because of its supreme importance to the coun try, and tO safeguard it. as an avenue into the interior was deemed essential An allied agreement wae drawn where by each was to furnish an equal num ber of troops, including Japan. "The day before our party arrived at Yladi vostok." Dr. Mills said, "the Cana dlans left. The French have a fe men there awaiting transport. Th Italians have all gcae. Aside fron armies that have been recruited fron war prisoners of the llum&nians, Poles and Czechs, (who harve decided by a vote of the soldiers not to tight any j more), the Americans' are the only ones, excepting the Japs, who are left Recently 1 noted in the papers a dispatch dis-patch about an agreement between the two governments. The Japs have been backing Kolciak and America, through the Red Cross, is also commit ted Rs was the government. "The American section extends from MlSSOvaia east to near Tchita, with headQUarters at Yerkhnieoudinah. (where a model camp has been established estab-lished On Revolutions. "The background of any revolution must be kept in mind to appreciate tho effects," the speaker declared, adding. "The French revolution was very like the things that are now going on in Russia. The American revolution revolu-tion was much cleaner, though tory and patriot also had their bad times. The English revolution was bloodless, the divergences being due to back 1 ground. "You often hear the words, 'reds.' 'radicals,' 'Bcflsheyists.' The word , means broad and this group has the , broadest platform. The radicals are becoming conservatives. Nationalization Nationaliza-tion of women, once threatened, has been dropped. The radicals, however, have recalled trained men of the former for-mer regime and under threat of pun lahment to their families at home are forcing them to extend to the radicals !the benefits of their military attain ments. "There Is, however, the inevitable conflict of the peasant with the Len-Ine-Trotzky radicals. In the peasantry peasan-try is found a love of the land similar to that of the French. At present th( re is m attempt to nationalize the holdings of the small farmer because Of :he resistance which may be ex pected and of the hostility aroused. The Bolshevik! have confined themselves them-selves to the nationalizing of the banks and larger public utilities. Tho largest group in the towns Is made 'P of social revolutionists, a body of men distinct from the Bolshevists Bolshe-vists IColchak himself is surrounded by reactionaries and often tinds him self in difficulties. Returning from that land of revolution revo-lution to our own peaceful nation, .more- nnd more is the conviction gain-ed gain-ed thai this Is truly "God's Country," ' a country' to love and protect." |