New-York tribune., 1918-04-29


cal engineer, of Rolla, Mo-, returned
after year spent on behalf of Brit
ish and American copper interests in
the South Ural Mountains. He declared
that the Germans and the German
party were among the most powerful
influences in Russia to-day.
THE Germans arr organizing war
and other industries in the occupied
provinces" he said, "and are speeding
up production thora to aid them in
carrying on the fight. They are getting
factories than the Russians ever
dreamed of manufacturing.
Germans Roam About at Will
'In Russia itself Germans who were
taken prisoner are allowed to roam
about the country at will, and have
even been able to arm themselves. They
don't want to go back to Germany, but
are fairly powerful bcause thev are the
only organized body in all Russia
The country has reached the zenith
of individualism. Every one is out for
himself. Justice is dealt on the spot By
the people who happen to be around.
Meetings are called on the slightest
preteXt for discussion and action
"As an example of Russian justice,
the case of pckpocket is typical.
on a street car in Petrograd by three
sailors. The men in uniform appealed
to the occupants Of the car, asking,
What shall we do with him?
verdict. Whereupon the pickpocket
was promptly shot through the head
and his body thrown off, all without
stopping the car.
The government issued 40 ruble
rotes, about the size of postage
stamps, and there were numerous
feiters. in their naive Russian way,
printed on the top OF their spurious
notes, Ours is as good as the govern
ment's'-and they were.
People Near Starvation
Germany is getting very little out
of Russia now except food, and even
the raising of the crops has been neg
lected utterly, SO that the country will
face starvation by the end of the year
unless radical steps are taken in the
mean time to insure a food supply"
j. Eads How. the "millionaire hobo"
of the world in general and St. Louis
IN particular, was among the pas
sengers. How returned after year
spent in the Scandinavian countries
he went there year ago to attend the
we'll advertised Stockholm conference,
and when that was called off took to
farming on the estate of a relative. He
said that he had also attended all the
democratic and peace sessions, and
would go into war medical work now if
he could resist the temptation to con-
tinue his wanderings, this time in the
direction of China or India.
The trouble with Russia is that
the captains of industry closed all
their banks" said How. "If the Boil
shevik government had financial sup
port, it would be able to get along in
good shape. I'm a good deal of a Boil
shevist myself"
How brought in his effects a num-
Der of German medical books. These
were seized, and he was detained on
the ship a short time and questioned.
Two women who had brought home
to them the effect of the Russian
debacle and the German invasion were
on board. They were Mrs. Susanne C.
Emery. wife of Professor Henry Cros-
by Emery, of Yale. held captive by
wife of the former Vice Governor Gen
eral of Finland. under the Miliukoff
and kerensky regimes.
Mrs. Emery. according to dispatches,
was seized with her husband and a
party of sixteen Englishmen at the
Aland Islands more than a month ago,
when trying to leave Finland on a neu-
trail steamship. Vigorous protests of
the Allied ministers in Finland resulted
in the release OF Mrs. Emery, who
reached Stockholm in safety.
Professor Emery, who was in Russia
as special commissioner for the Guar
anty Trust Company, of New York. was
placed by the Germans en- board a
transport and taken to Danzig, Ger
many. Arrangements for his release
were being made, according to the lat
est reports.
Mrs. Emery was met at the pier by
her father, Professor T. G. Alinson, of
Brown University. She refused to dis
cuss her experiences.
The Baroness Korff, who was Miss
Aletta van Reypen, daughter of Ad-
miral van Reypen, U. S. ~. retired,
brought her two children. but was also
compelled to leave her husband abroad.
When the Bolsheviki came into power
Baron Korf removed his family to
place of safety in Stockholm, where he
is now engaged in settling his affairs
before following to America
Baroness Korff said that she was at
her home in Helsingfors at the time
of the Bolshevik uprising. The Rus
sian Baltic fleet was riding in the har-
Dor, stones throw from her villa, she
said. The crews rJse against their Of
fcers, she declared, and for three
nights she was kept awake by the
screams Of naval commanders who
were being killed hv the men under