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C. S. Kirkpatrick 36 Clarence St. Phone 588w, { We make them like new. This tire has the tread "completely worn off and when rebuilt is as good 4 '| have the luxury of a bath with hot '| water, an almost unheard of thing THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1919 rs ------------------ LIFE IN CITY OF OMSK CAPT. H. M. REYNOLDS TELLS OF TRIP THROUGH SIBERIA. Russian Railway Services Are Greatly Disorganized--The Eastor Service Is Weird and Unique, The following extracts from let- ters descriptive of conditions in Sib- erla were written by Capt. H. Mun- ro Reynolds, R.C.A., with the Im- perial = Instructional Staff. Capt, Reynolds is a son-in-law of Rev. Canon and Mrs. J. 0. Crisp, Kingston. En route to Omsk, March, 1919. "The distance from Vladivostok to Omek is about 3600 miles, about as from Halifax to Van- couver. As far as the country went, the Siberian exile was well off, and nothing is as we used to look on it in Canada. Of course the winters are very cold, but there is lots of snow, and the air is dry. The ther- mometer at Omsk this last 'winter has been as low as B59 degrees fahrenheid below. zero, 'We used. to think of Siberia as being next door to the pole, and it is hard to realize that in summer it is often 120 de- gieoy. Canadians at home have ab solutely no idea of the wonderful weather here for the sun shines every day. As far as the richness of the soil is concerned, Canada does not compare with Siberia, but the transportation js something hor- rible. They say that once you get away from the Trans-Siberian Rail- way you only have. the vilest roads, and as there seems to he very little stone in this part of the country, they are feet deep in mud in the Apring. "The Railway simply turns round itself, back and forth: and heavy grades and sharp pends are the ord- er of the day. On the train we have only candles and electric lights are apparently a thing of the past in these cars, Water is the hardest thing to get here. This morning we went to a station With our 'wash- pans and brought away enough wat- er to wash, One can almost shave, brush one's teeth and drink out of the same tin cup (without washing between drinks.) This country (Maturia) has been as flat as a billiard table, much beiter than our prairie; The Russian government owns 15 versts--160 miles--each side of the railway. Nearly every house has a wall or palisade built around it with loop-holes, as a protection from robbers. Windows of decent places also have shutters and every few minutes wé pass villages with windowless mud houses, and thateh- ed roofs are are quite cominon, while the people live as they did a thousand years ago. In facet the carts they use are generally over a hundred years old; there is one horse of ox in the shafts, and perhaps four abreast 'ahead. "When we. got up to-day, we had passed into a rolling country of hills We saw dozens of large herds of obtainable, so <hey use a sort of mix-~ ture of benzine, alcohol, vodka, ete., and somehow wanage to keep the cars going, --but oh! the smoke and smell! Sugar is $2 4 pound, and an ordigary light dinner at a res- taurant is $15. A rather funny in- cident occurred the other day. One of the cadets was fitted out with clothes but the next day he returned and wanted his jacket exchanged. This was done, and he went away happy, but ¥n a few minutes return- ed, this time in a terrible state. Afl- er a while they got an interpreter who found that he had left two lumps of sugar in the pocket of his old jacket. As it was mixed up with the others, he had to search through a heap before his old jacket and his precious sugar. Rather a joke, but it shows the condition of affairs. "The fighting Is a long way up the ling, and the British ¢roops are not taking any part in it at all as Eng- land hds not recognized the Kolchak Government. A little while ago they took 5,000 prisoners who wanted to come over and fight against the Bol- sheviki, so now they are to be fitted ' 1 stock is we out to fight for us, Thousands are only fighting against us because they are forced to do so, and are only waiting for a chance to come over to our side. "Omsk is the head for miliary supplies. 1 have taken over the ord- nance stores here, and ws have per- haps fifteen trains, with about twen- ty-five cars each, on the Way from Vladivostok, with clothing, guns and equipment, so there is lois to do. Soon we will have kit for at least 50,000 mon. 1 get between 50 and 100 prisoners of war every day for loading and unloading trains. About five miles out we have a regular gun park and ammunition dump, where material of that kind is unloaded. Whenever possible, the idea is to let the Russians see [hat we are here to help them, but for them to also try to help themselves. Russia is like a large family every member of which is at odds with his brothers: butgmany here would not be surpris- ed to see the end come suddenly. European Russia, is of course, in an awlul state, but people think that the Bolsheviki will hang 'themselves With their own rope, as its : every action shows how rotten the whole structure ie. We see prisoners brought in every day, both men and women. Right in front of the mess there is a large bazaar, meat shops, tin shops, spinning wheels, ete. To- | day several camels passed drawing i sjeighs, Early every morning hun- dreds of sleighs come in loaded with meat, hay and so on, and it is weigh- ed on the spot. My office is in a Russian colonel's front raom and he {keeps a pig in a closet off the front {hall, so Mr, Pig passes in and out of the front door and hall on his way out to the pen. To-day when I ar- waiting for someone to door In answer to His c#l} "The service at the cathedral on Saturday (Holy Week) was = most impressive and weird. For three open the cattle and horses, sometimes thous ands in a herd, also dozens of canis and thousands of sheep. Jt takes a little time to become accustomed to skiing in thé same car With Tar: ers, shovelling their food down with their knives and fingers; apparently it is the style to keep the mouth about three inches above the food. and rake it in. Another nice little feature is the brushing of the hair at the table, which 1 saw to-day. The - scenery from Lake Baikol through the Irkutsk, on the other side of the lake, is very fine, but! there are about forty-one tunnels. There is lots of snow here several, feet in fact and passin has delayed us. There have ney been any commercial' trains ove the lines for some time, and it has to live absolutely on itself. are hundreds of ears on with people living in =~ them. | populated, so that accommodation, as wea know it, is impossible. BEvery- | thing is terribly disorganized and: telegrams, for instance, = generally | take days or weeks to go out. dhe British Military Missions: mail 5. ing up, and there is apparently no | civil mail service. } "We arrived yesterday at ably quick one, only eight : half days. We were met by an in- terpreter who brought us to British Military Mission. The build- i ing, built by prisoners of war, is just being completed; it is four stor- ies high, of conerete and there is not & 'building in Halifax or Kingston that can compare with it. We even in Russia, where those who take | baths parade to the central baths, | Normally, Omsk has about 100.000 ! Inhabitants, but now it has about 800,000, so things are days you are supposed to eat and drink heavily. In normal times the Russians haye 180 holidays in =~ the year, but of course there are reduc- ed now-there is a war ¥h "On Good Friday 1 went to ihe ikears F to Burial of hear the service for the Christ. One is admitted. by ticket, and it is quite a state affair; Admir- al Kolchak wag hore with all the Ministers of State. The first cere- mony 'was the placing of the im- mense head-gear on the head of the High Priest, and it happened to be a little big and kept sHpping down. |The singing was ro ription! Everyone stood the wi two hours, & through it each with a lighted candle in his} hands and the high priest holding what (was apparently an effigy of Christ. The canopy was finally laid There | On & box, which represents the sepul- Just sidings | ¢har, which was in front of 'an im (which 'is pure and entirely 'grease This mMmense cross and a regular scene of less), part of Siberia ig very much over- the crucifiction, with beautitul flow- else y ers, The dictator of Sibefla then went up and knolt, followed by the Minister of War and the othe: Min- isters, Our padre took part in. the All ceremony, and it looked rather pe- rich, creamy lather, and cleanses the culiar to see him in khaki among passed up the line with parties go- | their gorgeons robes. Doubtless it rinses out easily, and removes every will tend to draw us closer to the Russians, and was, I think, 2 good Omsk thing. For three days, starting on and evenly, a about 1.30, our trip heing a remark- | Saturday, you greet everyone on the silky, bright, fluffy and easy to man and a' Street, men and women, with "Krist. age. 0s voskres,"" (Christ is risen) and the. they reply 'Christ is surely risen," at most any drug store, and you then kiss them. During this time you have the right to kiss your girl friends thres times! On Saturday night at midnight, the priests in the church announce to the congregation that Christ is rien, and they take up the refrain and 'have 'a regular kissing.hee. After this service I.was invited to the home of Russian Master General of Ordnance, and they 'had a wonder: ful snpper laid oyt. They had sev- oral Easter dishes that are not made' at any other time of the year. In direct contrast to this home, is the everywhere, = In walking along the streets one has to harden ¢ heart to the sights. If refuges work was ever needed anywhere it is Siberia. 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