New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-22
AMERICANS SET FREE.
PY1SSI4NS 1POLOGETIC.
4:rcst of WaiiiRg Party Caused by
Orer1calOuS OfCiG!.

g Petersburg. Get. 21.-WEliam English
Mailing his wife and his wife's sister. Rose
-tr7,nsl,y. who were arrested and taken TO Jail
.et night because of their association with
,,er7bers of tie Finnish Progressive party, were
qjeased this evening. The police found nothing
,,nong the papers OF the trio to warrant detain-
,ng them. No conditions are attached to the
release but Mt. and Mrs waiting and Miss
strursky intend to leave St Petersburg the day
after tomorrow. They say they have practi-
caIy finished their work IN Russia All their
mayors and manuscripts have been restored to
them.
The oflcials this evening expressed regret at
the arrest. which they say was ordered on the
report Of an oyerzealous spy who had been sl,ad-
ewing the Finnish revolutionists with whom the
Americans had been associated.
The TWO women prisoners were confined for
the twen1y-four hours in a prison overcrowded
with young women revolutionists They were
conducted to a small cell, by 10 feet. but
they said this evening they had suffered no
especial discomfort during their arrest They
told amusing tales OF the laxness of Russian
prison discipline AS soon as il was rumored n
that institution that two American women had
been brought IN. they began to receive visits
from the other prisoners. They held a regular re-
eeption IN their CELL and related the recent hap
peninss in the outside world TO the curious and
eager women who crowded TO see them They
were asked about conditions in America and
talked OF liberty and social progress. As soon
as the order for their release was received this
evening the news became known throughout the
entire prison, and the TWO sisters were cheered
, as they departed
AIr- waning was assigned to a separate cell In
the detention prison. Nominally. he was no,
permitted 10 communicate with any one hrt ba
FOUND no difficulty IN getting letter out 10 the
American Embassy. making use OF the under
ground" postal service maintained by the prison.
eFs who We're aided in this practice by several
subventioned wardens
Neither Mr.. nor Mrs. Walling was questioned
after arrest, but Miss Strunsky was subjected
to q searching inquiry regarding her relations
with prominent Finnish agitators. She succeed
ed IN proving. however. that her acquaintance
with these people was merely casual
The efforts OF the American Embassy had
much 10 do with fastening the release Of the
prisoners The prosecuting authorities Of ST.
Petersburg have so many cases on their hands
nowadays that as a rule suspected persons are
confined from TWO weeks to three months before
they are examined.
The authorities profess to be greatly alarmed
az the activities Of the Russo-Finnish revolu-
tonists. whose headquarters are in Finland.
The police say that Helsingfors IS the centre
from which terrorist operations IN Russia are
directed
representative of the police department
said this afternoon that Nine. Malmburg who
was arrested with the Wallings. was regarded
Is being dangerous Finnish terrorist, whose
capture they had been unable to effect in Fin
land owing 10 the leniency of the present Finn
ish administration. When she came TO St.
Der and every one with whom she associated in
St Petersburg The WaIlings, unfortunately
were covered by this elastic order
Miss Strunsky spent several months at Hell
singfors last summer at the MaInburgs' home
gathering material for a book on the Finnish
rebellion which she intended to present as a
thesis before Stanford University.