The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-08
REFUGEES TELL OF
BOLSHEVIK TERROR
They Demanded Lives Of 1000
Bourgeoise for Every Death
in Their Own Gang.
107 IN AMERICAN PARTY
Travellers Held Up Four Days
in PetrOgrad on Way to
Sweden.
107 IN AMERICAN PARTY

HAPARANDA. Sweden. Sept 6-(De-
layed-There were 1o7 Americans in
the party Of refugees which has reached
Haparanda from Russia. Almost all
the Americans who had stayed in Mos
COW and Petrograd were In the party.
They report there was great excitement
and disorder but they were permitted
TO leave the country without great de-
lay. While the storm ragged in Moscow
and Petrograd against the bourgeoisie
the Bolshevik newspapers demanded the
lives OF one thousand members Of the
bourgeoise for every Bolshevilli killed.
The Bolshevik newspapers openly
charge the British and French with at
tacks upon Rremier Lenine, who Is re-
ported dead by some of the travellers.
While waiting at Baliosproff, twenty
miles from PetrogrAd. to leave Russia,
the American and Italian refugees heard
of the death of Capt. Cromie. the British
Attache. who was killed by Red Guards.
who attempted to search the Embassy.
Newspapers received from Petrograd.
the refugees said, told of the arrest Of
British and French there and carried
such slogans as "A bullet in the fore
head of every enemy of the Soviet Gov
eminent"
Party Only Briefly Delayed.
The allied party at Baliosproff suf-
fered only a short delay and was per-
mitted TO walk across a small bridge
which divides Finland from Soviet Rus .
STA.
Major Allen Wardwell and Capt. Will
lam r. Webster OF the American Rod
Crosc remained in Moscow with thei-
associate. Capt. Andrews. who was too
III to travel. Virtually all other Amrri-
cans in Moscow and Petrograd Joined the
party. Frank Lee, Vice-Consul at Mos
COW. is in charge Of the American Sec
tior.
The officials in the party include Nor
man Armour, secretary of the embassy
William c. Huntington. commercial at
tache, and the following Consuls and
Nice-Consuls: F. Willoughby Smith. w.
l.. Jenkins, Robert w. Imbrie. Oscar
Nelson, John Randolph. r. d. Dennis
and Hooker A. Doolittle. Capt. Mag
nuson of the American Red Cross and
Capt. Eugene French and several other
members Of the military mission are
with the party. as are E. p. Cotton and
twenty-n!ne American Y. NJ. c. A. work.
ers, and Miss Elizabeth Bots and eight
young women workers Of the Y. w. c. a.
Germans Oner No Resistance.
The German guards along the Finnish
railway offered no resistance to the pas
sage of the Americans, who were accom-
panied by an Italian military mission
of eighty officers and privates, under
command of Gen. Romei
gT~t- "A -
every possible courtesy and fulfilled to
the letter their guarantee OF safe con-
duct made to neutral Ministers in Rus
STA who had arranged for the departure
of the train.
Negotiations for the departure Of the
allied Consuls and citizens from Moscow,
which were opened more than three
weeks ago by the neutral Ministers, met
with many objections. Although the Boil
shevk Government agreed in principle
to the departure OF all the allied citizens
many French and Englishmen were i'm
prisoned both at Moscow and Petrograd.
Finally. VI. Tchitcherin, the Minister
for Foreign Affairs. refused to permit
the British and French officials and CIV
ilians to leave. Upon the advice OF the
neutral Ministers who were endeavoring
to get this ban removed the other allied
officials and nationals left Moscow.
The American and Italian parties
reached Petrograd August %. but were
unable to get permits to leave for the
Finnish border until four days later.