RUSSIAN HORRORS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 224, 16 June 1919, Page 6

RUSSIAN HORRORS

MURDER OF GENERALS. Two eye-witnesses of the murder of the famous Russian General liusski, the hero of the Galician campaign, have told a. terrible'tale to .the "Preazovski Kri," says the London "Daily Telegraph." The first describes the scene.when the "Intelligentsia'' at Kislivodsk were told off to dig trencnes. When the general's turn- came to have his spade.handed to him, the Bolshevik commissary in charge, reading out his name, exclaimed, "Stop; that is General Eusski. Is that not you, General"" —Yes, it is I." "When did I see you last?" Then, turning to the Red Guards, the commissary asked: "Does anyone here know Russia?"—'"We do. We do," was the answer. "What fool sent vuu here?" continued the commissary. "Eusski should command, not dig trenches. I don't forget you were my commander. I remember and lore you. If you'd only commAr.d us." "I can fight against Germans.: but against Russians, no." answered the general. He was then freed and sent home, only to he arrested as a hostage two or three weeks later by a new commissary. The other story comes from a near relative, and is about his end. General Eusski was one. of the second party of hostages to be shot. This party was taken outside the town and made to dig a trench for a, general grave. When this was done, they were ordered to undress. General Eusski refused, saying: "No, I shall not; you can strip my corpse later." He then knelt to Dray. The executioner ran in and struck, off his right; hand with his sword, and another following slashed off his head.

With him died General Radko, Dmitrioff, Prince Urussoff, aud many others, cut and mangled to death.. Then the bodies were thrown into/the pit. and hefore they eould be covered with earth, those wiio were not yet dead tried to climb out from under t.he bodies of their comrade's. Nevertheless, both living anil dead were buried. ■

The official organ of the Don Government gives an eye-witness's report of the horrors perpetrated by the Bed Guards at Sareota. near Tsaritzin. Forty-seven wounded officers, of the Officers' Battalion, w'ere taken prisoners and shot under the following circumstances. These officers, with blood running from undressed wounds, wero marched outside the town to be shot. First, they were made to dig a hole to serve as their grave: Weak from loss of blood, they frequently fell. However, under the lash of the knout, some sort of a hole was dug. A liue was formed facing the pit, and, with rifle in hand, an 18-year-old lartav Alim stepped ten paces from the grave and opened fire. In the course of ten minutes 37 men lay in the hole, 6omo dead ami some only wounded, but all alike destined- to be buried. The remaining ten were tortured. Their hands were tied behind their backs, while the ripht eye of each was put out with the point of a sword.