The Washington times., 1917-12-30

atty, recently had an unpleasant ex-'
perience. He was ordered from his
small but comfortable apartment on
the Quai to a larger apartment In the
Admiralty building. The committee
OF sailors quartered in the Admiralty
refused to allow him to take posses
sion. as they wanted an extra apart
! ment. The provisional government
ordered them out and dismissed. They
refused to 60, and, moreover, threat
ened that Captain Egorief came in
they would kill him. He has dear
little wife and baby girl The sail
ors said that Captain Romanof (Chief
of Naval Intelligencel as well as Cap
tain Egorief. must resign, as the two
officers were known to be friends.
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"Result-ths Government com
promised and let the sailors have
the Apartment We heard OF this
from the officers concerned.
The conditions are worse and the
people more depressed than when
you left; It Is quite enough TO undo
the nerves Of anyone
Moscow we feared would be cut
off for q time. However, for q
while a prolonged strike has been
averted. But the workingmen are
making such demands that IL is be-
yond ones power to comply with
them. All Russia Is striking.
Food is getting rapidly less and
dearer. In spite Of this fact we had
, one OF the best dinners I ever at
tended at the French embassy, where
twenty were present. / had the hon
or Of going in with Ambassador Nou-
lens, and sat on his right during din
ner. Many French officersand at
taches were present, also Prince ana
Princess Murat. OF Paris. She was
an American girl Our ambassador
was there, as were General Judson
and Colonel Thompson, Of the Red
Cross Association. We went to tea
at the Serbian legation, also the Nor
weglan and had luncheon with Prince
and Princess Maksutoff last Sunday.
Last week we had two invitations
for box parties for the ballet.
Major Robbins, Of Red
Cross Gives Fine Lecture.
Major Robbins, Of the American
Red Cross, gave a lecture on Rus
sian social-industrial condition He
made a great impression. I wish these
commissions might find some way
to keep Russia in the war. 1t makes,
ones heart ache to know what the
Russians need and not to be able to
help them. The Russians speak
politely Of the various American
commissions, but do not hesitate to
say that they see no actual immedi-
ate results. They all end by saying
that counter-propaganda work Is
needed to offset what Germany has
done, and is doing. 1t Is the only
way to keep Russia in the war and
the money is not to be had.
Americans come and go, mostly
20: and the English are leaving as
rapidly as possible; all the Japanese
merchants have left-no one Is stay
ing that does not have to stay. The
mail service is poor; we send and re-
ceive mail when We can.
$50 many Russian officers have
been killed by their men since you
left; some OF them were tortured be-
fore being killed. On the front. at
wiborg. and at Helsingfors have the
crimes been committed, but we have
not heard Of anybody being punished
for them. You may draw your own
conclusions about the strength OF the
government.
The Kornilof affair remains a
great mystery. Though he has been
CdlleQ lTdllOTs Will never DellcNe
him 20 BE- that. ! believe he repre-
sents all that Is strong. patriotic, and
sincere. / believe him to be a mar
tyr"
A wedding took place in Baltimore
on Christmas eve which was OF no
little interest to a numoer OF Wash
ingtonians. The bride was Agnes
Wilson Bartlett. who has been max
ing her home with her aunt. Mrs.
Emory, and the bridegroom Dsnd
ridge Murdaugh - James Edmund
cambridge Murdaugh is his full and
proper name. He is a first cousin OF
Margaret Murdaugh, now Mrs. Harry
Fitzhugh Gray. and OF DR.. Edmund r.
NJ. Franklin and his brother, Harris
Franklin, as we'll as a nephew OF Mrs.
james r. Ellerson and Mrs. Franklin,
all OF Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gray and the two
| Franklin men went over TO Baltimore
| for the wedding. Indeed DIR. Frank
lin was best man and Harris was one
| Of the ushers. II was n simple wed
ding. but very dignified and churchIy.
in the Cathedral, at noon. with only
relatives and a few close friends pres
ent. II was a delight TO hear the
Cathcdrals fine new organ and little
choir boy with the most heavenly