wiped off his whiskey sweat in unconcealed relief. His battle of
Archangel had been cut short by the Americans who had eagerly watched
for the first sign of surrender by the foolish Russian soldiers. The
finishing touch was added to the short-lived S. B. A. L. mutiny when the
tender-hearted but severe old General Maroushevsky punished the thirteen
ring-leaders of the S. B. A. L. soviet with death before a Russian
firing squad. This mutiny was described in various ways and use was made
of it by agitators in Archangel. The writer has followed the account
given to him by a machine gun sergeant who was handling one of the guns
that day. His story seemed to contain the facts and feelings most
commonly expressed by American officers and enlisted men who were in
Archangel when the unfortunate incident took place.

We are bound to comment that we believe it never would have occurred if
a tactful, honest American officer had been in charge of the S. B. A. L.
Americans know how tactless and bull-dozing some British orders--not
many to be sure--could be. We fortunately had bluffs enough to offset
the bull-dozings. A stormy threat by a sneering, drunken officer to turn
his Canadian artillery on the bloomin' Yanks could be met by a
cold-as-steel rejoiner that the British officer would please realize his
drunken condition, and take back the sneering threat and come across
with a reasonable order or suffer the immediate consequences. And then
usually the two could cooperate. Such is a partnership war incident.

Late in winter, after the success of the enemy in the Shenkursk area had
given the secret sympathizers in Archangel renewed hope that Trotsky's
army would at last crush the Allies before Archangel, rumor persistently
followed rumor that Archangel was being honeycombed with spies. The
sailors at Solombola wore darker scowls and strange faces began to
appear at Smolny where the city's power station lay. In the Allied
intelligence staff, that is secret information service, there was
redoubled effort. We smile as we think of it. About the time of the Bolo
General's brilliant smash through our line and capture of Bolsheozerki,
menacing Obozerskaya, a few little outbursts were put down in Archangel.
A few dozen rusty rifles were confiscated. Major Young laid elaborate
plans for the, to him, imminent riot at Smolny. Soldiers who had learned
from experience how difficult it was for their enemy to keep a skirmish
line even when his off