Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-29
ESCAPE
FROM SIBERIA,
HERE TODAY

| AAAAAA AoDiA ~
Eluding the vigilance Of Russian Sc.
: Cret service agents and Japanese pc
, lice who fairly swarmed the decks OF
the Pacific Mail liner Korea before
| it had finally cleared the last port OF
call in Japan. ten subjects OF the Car
are today visitors at Honolulu, as pas
i sengers in that vessel.
The story CT their successful at
tempt to leave eastern Russia by the
way of Siberia, proceeding south to
"hina and Japan in search Of port
Of embarkation to the United States,
is filled with thrilling situations.
The party includes business and
professional men who are said by Off
GERS in the Korea to have reached
Kobe with funds about sufficient to
carry them to San Francisco.
Acting as spokesman for the party,
Alexif IvanorhofT said that they rep
resented hundteds'1of the middle class
of Russians who had no desire for war
and wanted tc escape impressment
They hoped to reach the United States
end. remain there until the close Of
he stilities. They added that they had
left everything behind. .
That they were eagerly sought by
the authorities was apparent to OIL
GERS in the Korea, upon the arrival
OF the vessel at the first Japanese
port. At Nagasakl q swarm VI Jap9-
nese police boarded the ship. They
searched It from truck to keelson.
Just before the liner steamed from its
anchorage at Kobe, the delegation OF
fleeing Russians was taken aboard
from a sampan. -
/ The Korea spent "a hours at Yoko-
hama and during that time the Japa-
nese and Russian officials at that port
never left the ship. The Russians
avoided capture by going ashore at.
Yokohama. They were among the
last to reach the vessel before it
steamed for Honolulu. -. 80
Whether members of the party were
cnce. enrolled as political prisoners
remains a. matter of conjecture. Or,
this matter they viii say nothing To-
day they express much joy ct being
under the protection CT the Stars and
Stripes They say that they have been
ON the way since early last December.
They travelEd On trains only to be put
Oft and afterwards arrested. They res
'luctantIy admit of a number of es-
eapes from Siberian prisons.
Sdieide marked the passage of the
korea In ASfatic waters. A Japanese
boy, named ~ Nonyo, travelling sec
end class, is said to have become de-
ranged and, taken his life by strangula-
ton, He WAS found in his cabin.
where he had hung himself with his
clothing Which had been converted
into a moose The body was embalmed
and taken, TO Kobe for intefment.
Before the, Korea steamed from
Hcngkong, "a general alarm wac
spread throughout the British colony
over the escape Of four German pris-
oners at the, Himje detention camp. |
More than a hundred persons have
been placed under arrest by the Brit
ish police only to be released later
when It wal, Isarnsd that they failed
to answer to the description of the
missing men. One was caught a few
days later at Sheong Shul and brought
back to the crown colony.
Investigation showed that the men
had gained their liberty by tunnelling
for $50 feet through clay and rock, |
passing under barbed wire entangle- |
ments to a place where they secured a |
Chinese junk that carried them to
shipping waiting in the harbor. 1t was
believed that the prisoners had work
ed on the means of escape for weeks.
That two CT the men who escaped are
On beard the Korea was the statement |
made today.
The Korea brought cabins second |
class and 6S Asiatic steerage passen-
gers to Honolulu. The through list |
includes Sc cabin, IS second class and
323 steerage travellers.
The vessel is scheduled t. steam for |
San Francisco at 10 O'clock tomorrow
1t will leave about 1000 |
tens CT Oriental cargo here. To the |
coast the vessel carries more than |
81 .0ea, 0ea in p. specie The Korea is
taking one of the largest cargoes to |
pass through Honolulu in the vessel in /
many months ~ . I. a
Among the passengers are num-
Der of prominent Chinese diplomats
ind dignitaries who are en- route to
he Panama Pacific Exposition.
saikai Bringing Japanese Coal.
The first shipment Of japanese coal
n some months has left Mfiki for Ho-I
loluIu in the freighter Saikai Maru.
rhe steamer and its cargo is consign-
ID to- the Inter-Island Steam Nayiga
ion Company. The Saikai Maru is
expected here about April 5.
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