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

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Eluding the vigilance of; Russian Sc
I eret service agents and japanese po
| lice who fairly swarmed the decks oil
the Pacific Mail liner Korea before
1t had finally cleared the last port oil
call in Japan. ten subjects OF the Gear
, are today visitors at Honolulu, as pas
sengers in that vessel.
The story Of their successful at
/ tempt TO leave eastern Russia by the
way of Siberia, proceeding south to
china and japan In search OF a 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
Alexiff Ivanorhoff said that they rep
resented hundreds Of the middle class
of Russians who had no desire for war
and wanted tC escape ,impressment,
They hoped to reach the United States
and remain there until the close OF
hcstilities. They added that they had
left everything behind.
That they were eagerly sought by
the authorities was apparent to Off
GERS in the Korea, upon the arrival
Of the vessel al" the first Japanese
port. At Nagasaki a swarm VI Japa-
nese police boarded the ship. They
searched il from truck to keelson.
lust 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 1t
steamed for Honolulu =
Whether members of the party were
Gnce enrolled; as, political prisoners
remains a matter of conjecture. OF
this matter they will say nothing. To.
day they express much joy at being
under the protection Of the Stars and
Stripes They say that they have been
on the way since early last December
Fhey Travelled on trains, only to be put
on and afterwards arrested. They re-
lllctantly admit of "a number of es-
eapes from Siberian prisons.
1 Suicide marked the passage of the
Korea in AsiatieN waters. A Japanese
boy, named N. Nonyo, travelling sec.
end class, is said to have become de;
ranged and taken his lifeiby strangula.
ton. He was found In his cabin,
where he had hung himself with his.
clothing which f1ad been converted.
into moose. The body was embalmed
and taken to Kabe for interment
:. Before the jEbrea steamed from
Hcngkong, a general alarm was
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 lateri|
when 1t was learned that they failed !
to answer to the description of the
missing men. One was caught few
days later at Shepng 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 place where they secured
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 board the .Korea-was the statement
made today.
The Korea brought cabins second |
class and 6S Asiatic ssteerage ,passen-
gers to Honolulu. The through list
Includes SO cabin, as second class and
823 steerage travellers.
The vessel is scheduled t. steam for
San Franciscoat 10 O'Clock tomorrow
It will leave about 1000 |
tons of Oriental cargo here. To the
roast the vessel carries more than
100000 in specie. The Korea is
taking one of the largest cargoes to
pass through Honolulu in the vessel in
many months. -. ":
Among the passengers are num-
Der of prominent Chinese diplomats
md dignitarfes who are en- route to l
he Panama. Pacific Exposition.
saikai Bringing Japanese Coal.
The first shipment of Japanese coal
n some months has left Miiki for Ho-
lclulu in the freighter Saikai Maru.
The steamer and its cargo is cGnslgn-
ID to the Inter-Island Steam Nayiga-i
ion Company. The Saikai Marn is
here about April 5.