The Archive · 1920

Unidentified

For several months the last unidentified soldier of the British Army has been in the charge of War Office authorities and his name is still unknown. The pri-vote intelligence department, which has been entrusted with the establishing of the identities of soldiers who have lost their memories, has handled a very large number of cases, and this is their only failure.

Notwithstanding the best medical treatment, the man, who is middle age, has so far been unable even to recall the regiment in which he served. He has periods of "brighter" mental health, but remains helpless to furnish the least. useful clue.

shed why a. description and photograph of this soldier have not been circulated through the Press, War Office official told a "Daily Chronicle" representative that previous experiments of the kind had Black Sea, The Bolsheviks decid- posts in India and in Persia. The "of proved helpful. Publication of ed to act.

The first move was Bolshevist revolution found him in Photos, he said had brought to get rid of the "independent" "chenan, where he was temporarily ™#8y Teplies from despairing re-'Tartar Government at Baku, It in charge of Russian affairs.

Intives who merely imagined so happened that the Azerbaijan After informing the Persian likeness to their own mission Government was massing troops Government that the Bolsheviks Persons interested in soldiers un-against the Armenians, to whom renounced for Russians in Persia accounted for have been encourag-they and their patrons, the Young all the privileges to which foreign ¢d to send photos of their own Turks, have always been hostile. subjects were entitled, and that ™issing relatives to the Casualty This convenient, and certainly not henceforward Russians were to be Department, and descriptions of fortuitous, circumstance left Baku regarded in exactly the same light ™en with lost memories of "whom practically without defenders, and, as the Persians themselves, he the War Office had charge wera og is well known, the Bolsheviks decamped to Moscow before his!vays obtainable on application. were able to effect a coup d'état countrymen learned of this decline Meanwhile the last of the "lost there in the last days of April in their status, After meeting Soldiers remains under treatment, without the slightest difficulty.

Lenin and Trotsky, Bravin was and the War Office are considering made the chief Bolshevist. pro-, "hat future action shall be taken.

Sringixe Up Trovnue. pagandist for the East.

For months beforehand the Bol- #ctivities in Afghanistan have often! shevist agents had infested Baku been commented upon in these'

Tae Central News New York without any oppo ition from the Columns, and it may be taken for' correspondent writes: Tos Angeles Azerbaijan authorities; the most STanted that he is to play an im-jis still making history as a place influential of them were even stay. Portant role in the ambitious of novel divorce cases. The latest ing at the best hotels in Baku, Schemes which the Bolsheviks have applicant for a decree is Standing and carying on their work of in. devised for our confusion in Asia,; Bear, the famous Sioux chief, and trigues and propaganda with only his petition, which has been added the barest pretence at conceal-to the court's list, is based solely ment. be said of the Bolshevist agents The same thing may still The greatest orgy of buying that Wife. tore up all his silk shirts and

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