Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1920 — DESCRIBES SIBERIAN MISERY [ARTICLE]

DESCRIBES SIBERIAN MISERY

Col. Teusler of Red Croas Says Filth Was Cause of Army’s - . - . -Reverses. - - » Tokyo.—That a chief cause for the recent reverses of the Siberian army was to be found in its unsanitary conditions, was the opinipn expressed recently by Col. R. B. Teusler, American Red Cross commissioner to Siberia. Col. Teusler said thht bad sanitation, both in the army and among the population, with the agonies of starvation. brought about extreme pilsery and a moral breakdown, which was especially reflected In the troops, who felt they had no support behind them. The minds of the population seemed to have become almost benumbed and absolutely indifferent to what happened, or to the suffering of others. Col. Teusler added that although such numbers of the people were starving, there was sufficient food, but lack of transportation facilities prevented its distribution where most needed.