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...will lecture at 8.15 Friday evening, in Jordan Hall, on the subject: "The Czecho-Slovak Progress Across Siberia." He was sent by the government to investigate conditions in Siberia at first-hand, and for eight months, beginning in the fall of 1917, he studied conditions along the Trans-Siberian Railway from Vladivostock to Simau in European Russia; meeting in this way, Bolsheviki, representatives of the Siberian Government, and officers of the Czecho-Slovak Army...
...China is afforded her great opportunity by the probable turn of affairs," continued Mr. Merrill. "The pressing necessity for a defence of Manchuria, together with the prospect of a strong ally for the attempt, would act as a spur on the Chinese, for the Trans-Siberian Railroad, the logical line of German advance, cuts directly through Manchuria, which is Chinese territory, and a German foothold there would mean disaster for China. Need for action must compel the Chinese to forget their present internal differences and unite as a nation. German propaganda, to be sure, has been spread in China...
...world's food supply could be raised there. We traveled for days through almost unbroken forests of pine, fir, larch and birch, and through mountainous regions where minerals are said to be abundant. There are great streams and large cities, and ultimately there will be a thriving Siberian population...
...Austrian instrument-maker has provided us with five violins two violas, a cello and a contrabass, made of birchwood. I provided the strings and I know not how many unfortunate Siberian horses sacrified their tails for the bows. All the war prisoners, particularly the Hungarians, need music almost as much as food. They simply cannot exist without it. When instruments cannot be bought they make them out of whatever happens to be available...
From St. Petersburg Mr. Mears began the longest single part of his expedition, when he boarded the Trans-Siberian Express for a 10-day ride over 15,000 miles of Prussian and Siberian territory. A washout caused a delay of 18 hours at one point, and Mr. Mears said that American workers could have repaired it in 3 hours at most. By offering the engineer 20 roubles or $10 for every hour he made up, Mr. Mears was able to cut down the delay by about 8 hours, but the remaining loss was enough to make him miss his boat...