The sun., 1912-07-07

was vised by your own Consul in Pavi.'
said. Il would not come all this way
II your Consul did not wise my passport
Il don't care whether your passport
is vised or not. We will show YOU how
to criticise Russia in the American news
papers. You had better return right
now. and the sooner you do the better
for vou!" he shouted.
There was no use OF arguing with the
ruf'ian in uniform. The gendarme hold
ing my passport led me TO the train. which
was still waiting and l was taken back
'o the German frontier at Eydtkuhnen
being the only passenger. The German
officers expressed their astonishmen,.
While they had seen people turned away
from the Russian frontier before. tnpv
had never before heard of any one sent
back with properly vised passport.
received number Of messages from
friends expressing their sorrow that
| could not meet them in St. Petersburg.
One CT these messages came from the
former Premier of Russia Count SercilIs
Witte.
Upon my return to Berlin I mat our
Ambassador TO Germany. Mr.. Leishman,
and told him of my experience at the
frontier. Iexplained to him that would
not have started for Russia and would
have changed my plans il the Russian
Consul had not viSed my passport and
wanted 10 know exactly the reason whv
the Russian Government refused to
honor It's own wise. even though il is the
habit Of refusing to honor the American
passport.
Ambassador Leishman sent a lon
despatch to the American Embassy in
st. Petersburg asking for an explanation
few days later. while I was in Weimar,
the American Embassy called me from
Berlin on tho telephone and Informed
mo that according to the answer from
st. Petersburg the Russian authorities
were displeased with some Of my articles
on Russia.
lowing letter from the Russian Consu.-
General in London
RUSSIAN CONSULATE GENERAL,
WINDSOR CHAMRERs,
20. Great st. Helens. London (E. c.
sd JUNR, loi?
No. ssss.
! Herman Bernstein, Eco.
Care Of American Embessv.
DEAN SIR: beg to inform you that tho
Department OF General Affairs OF tho Rus
! sian Homo once. with its letter Of the 9th
May. 1919. No, is7o>. apprised mo that your
request for obtaining wise for travelling
TO Russia has not been granted. owing to
not sufficient reasona provided In the law
for giving you that permission. Yours
faithfully. A. HEYHINu.
| Consul General.
This curiously worded explanation is
signed by Heyking. who has recently
made himself notorious In England by
his anti-Semetio outbursts published in
tho London Times.
Russia has barred me because my writ
ings have been distasteful to the Gov
ernmcnt. II 1t was the purpose OF the
Russian Government to check my work BY
not allowing me to enter Russia the short
sightcdness OF tho rcarionaries ia thus
once more shown clearly. The present
Premier. NJ. KokoNtzoT. when he was
Minister OF Finance. said about three
years ago in the Duma:
THANK God Wa have no Parliament
in Russia"
] will say: THANK God We have u fire."
press in America and ! will continue
To do my hauhlo share IN throwing l'H'
upon thc kuss,an p"r,l, upon IN" dnrN''
ol goN cru,n'nts oppr"ss,ng ~ lA''N'
moro brutal than any "mployCd ~
medieval times ia" many long sui''rlh-
nations that constitute the popula''"n
a tho RussiAn Empire.