of woman, of the comforts of life, of superfluities, according to the teachings of the Yellow Faith; and, in order that the Russian might be able to live down his physical nature, I introduced the limitless use of alcohol, hasheesh and opium.  Now for alcohol I hang my officers and soldiers; then we drank to the ‘white fever,’ delirium tremens.  I could not organize the Order but I gathered round me and developed three hundred men wholly bold and entirely ferocious.  Afterward they were heroes in the war with Germany and later in the fight against the Bolsheviki, but now only a few remain.”

“The wireless, Excellency!” reported the chauffeur.

“Turn in there!” ordered the General.

On the top of a flat hill stood the big, powerful radio station which had been partially destroyed by the retreating Chinese but reconstructed by the engineers of Baron Ungern.  The General perused the telegrams and handed them to me.  They were from Moscow, Chita, Vladivostok and Peking.  On a separate yellow sheet were the code messages, which the Baron slipped into his pocket as he said to me: 

“They are from my agents, who are stationed in Chita, Irkutsk, Harbin and Vladivostok.  They are all Jews, very skilled and very bold men, friends of mine all.  I have also one Jewish officer, Vulfovitch, who commands my right flank.  He is as ferocious as Satan but clever and brave. . . .  Now we shall fly into space.”

Once more we rushed away, sinking into the darkness of night.  It was a wild ride.  The car bounded over small stones and ditches, even taking narrow streamlets, as the skilled chauffeur only seemed to guide it round the larger rocks.  On the plain, as we sped by, I noticed several times small bright flashes of fire which lasted but for a second and then were extinguished.

“The eyes of wolves,” smiled my companion.  “We have fed them to satiety from the flesh of ourselves and our enemies!” he quietly interpolated, as he turned to continue his confession of faith.

“During the War we saw the gradual corruption of the Russian army and foresaw the treachery of Russia to the Allies as well as the approaching danger of revolution.  To counteract this latter a plan was formed to join together all the Mongolian peoples which had not forgotten their ancient faiths and customs into one Asiatic State, consisting of autonomous tribal units, under the moral and legislative leadership of China, the country of loftiest and most ancient culture.  Into this State must come the Chinese, Mongols, Tibetans, Afghans, the Mongol tribes of Turkestan, Tartars, Buriats, Kirghiz and Kalmucks.  This State must be strong, physically and morally, and must erect a barrier against revolution and carefully preserve its own spirit, philosophy and individual policy.  If humanity, mad and corrupted, continues to threaten the Divine Spirit in mankind, to spread blood and to obstruct moral development, the Asiatic State must terminate this movement decisively and establish a permanent, firm peace.  This propaganda even during the War made splendid progress among the Turkomans, Kirghiz, Buriats and Mongols. . . .  ‘Stop!’ suddenly shouted the Baron.”