The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-05-01
A RUSSIAN EXILE


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to serve five years. In company with
"a others he was sent to the island of
Saghenn which is off the northeast
coast of Siberia
I'VE experienced the greatest suffer
ing at this place." said young Ladislaus
this morning. THE government allow
ed US only what in American money
is equivalent to IS a month for our
maintenance. About us was snow and
Ice and water. 1t was impossible for
us to escape. We had the utmost diff
ticulty in getting food. Often all that
we could secure would be dead FISH.
As a common thing our FISH, when it
was taken alive, was eaten raw. SO
great were our sufferings that twenty
one of the men who had been eXiled
with us, died of exposure and misery.
There was a company engaged in the
business of buying skins and hides. l
had gained some knowledge of this
sort OF work from my fathers business
so l secured employment with the peo-
pie in Siberia, 1 remained at the Rus
sian exile settlement for seven months
and then in company with two others,
/ escaped. We had been transferred
to Yakutski and it was from this place
that we got away. We went on the
train. We wandered from place to
place in Siberia, slowly making our way
down to Lalny. From Dalny we got
aboard a vessel and went to Nagasaki.
From Nagasaki l went TO Yokohama
l made a living by teaching German,
| French and Russian languages but l
began to fear that the Russian govern
ment was after me. In fact while l
was at Nagasaki, a Russian warship
came to that port Had the Russians
been able to get hold of me, they would
have taken me back to Siberia, so l
left Nagasaki and went to Yokohama.
| The Russian officials We're trying TO
get us SO one of my companions got
aboard the S. S. Gaelic at Nagasaki
and left for San Francisco
II smuggled myself aboard the
steamer that brought me here yester-
day. l have not much funds or any
means with which to live, and hope to
secure some employment in Honolulu.
l will write to my father in Warsaw
about where | am, but until I can hear
from him, l will have to earn my
living.
Young Ladislaus is quite fine look
ing man. OF medium height, he is of
robust build and is a well hammered
man. When he was discovered aboard
tne Nippon Mafu, SnOrtly AMER she lett
Yokohama, fortunately for him, there
happened to be several passengers on
the ship who could speak French and
others who could speak German. To
them he related his story.
There was an air of honesty about
the man that the passengers believed
what he told them. They were told by
the officers of the vessel that the man
could not be landed at Honolulu nor
in San Francisco, and if something was
not done for him, he would be returned
to Yokohama where he might fail into
! the hands of the Russian authorities.
cient means to pay his passage to
Honolulu and provide him with the
| necessary $50 to enable him to land at
| this port.
Ladislaus was overcome with graft
| tude. He promised all of his Denefac-
| tors that he would return the money
! they had so kindly loaned to him in
! his hour of need. The young man said
! that he would write to his parents in
/ Warsaw and they would, beyond any
| doubt send him ample funds with
which to repay those who had befriend-
! ed him. in fact he took the names
! and addresses of his benefactors, so
! that he could repay them when he was
| in sufficient funds.
/ He will remain in Honolulu in hopes
/ of securing employment. He had first
intending going to Hilo, but for the
/ lulu.