The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-12-23
UNDESIRABLES LEAVE
UNKNOWN PORT
Transport, Carrying Cargo of Revo
lutionists, Banished for Conspiring
Against Government, Sails Under
Sealed Orders.

New York, Dec. 21.-The United
States army transport Buford-Ark
of the Soviet-sailed before dawn to-
day with cargo Of anarchists, COM
munists and radicals banished from
America for conspiring against the
government. The ships destination
was hidden in sealed orders, but the
<249 passengers it carried expect to be
landed at some far northern port
giving access to soviet Russia.
! "Long live the revolution in
America" was chanted defantly by
the motley crowd on the decks of the
steel gray troop ship. as she churned
her way past the Statue of Liberty.
, Now and then they cursed in chorus
at the United States and men who
had cut short their propaganda here:
Not until the Buford steamed out OF
the Narrows between Forts Hamilton
and Wadsworth did the din cease:
Over their heads whipping in the wind
the Stars and Stripes foated from
the mast head.
The outocrats of all the Russians
on the transport were Alexander
Berkman and Emma Goldman, his
boon companion for 80 years. With
them were 245 men and two women
Ethel Bernstein and Dora Lipkln-
US. None knew where they would de-
bark and even Capt. G. A. Hitchcock,
commander of the transport, was no
better off. At daybreak tomorrow
Colonel Hilton commanding the
troops on board as guards, will hand
the skipper his instructions. Only a
few high officials of the war and
labor departments know the ship s
destination.
The voyage will last 16 days unless
it is prolonged by unfavorable
weather. The presumption is that the
Buford will land at Hange, Helsin-
fors, or Abo in Finland which are
connected by rail with Bielo-Osporof
on the Russian frontier. 1t was init
mated in official quarters that ar
range1hents have been made with the
Finnish government to permit the
passage of the Russians through thai
country.
Unique Event.
The transfer of the revolutionists
from Ellis island to the transport was
an event unique in this country. An
elaborate screen of secrecy was
thrown about the preparations for
sending them away.
1t was in the darkest hours of night
that an army tug drew up at the
dock at the immigration station to
take aboard the undesirables for the
seven mile journey down the bay to
the Buford. Two soldiers armed with
rifles and as, many immigration Iii
spectors carrying night sticks, patrol
led the shores of Ellis Island until
the tug arrived at Sis a. m. The
reds we're marched single file be-
tween two lines of guards from the
immigration barracks to the boat
landing, each carrying his or her
baggage. A score OF agents OF the
department of justice circulated
among the Russians waiting to be-
gin their Journey. These agents and
The soldier guards on the island went
on board the tug with the deportees
and took them to the transport.
A revenae cutter and two other
army tugs formed an escort for the
reds and o-.e tug lay alongside while
they were being transferred to the
Buford 20 prevent atteac9:s by these
reluc: ants to leave to vim the half
mile 20 the shore of Staten Island.
While some had professed joy at
the thought of returning to Russia
a few wept and most of them seem
ed downcast as they stepped on borad
the tug for the grim journey through
the darkness of the harbor to the
troop ship. The air was cold and a
biting wind was blowing as they hud-
died on deck. "Good-bye America" :"
sobbed Miss Bernstein as the tug
plowed past the Statue Of Liberty
with her lighted torch held proudly
aloft. The girl was leaving behind
Samuel Lipnan, her fiance, facing a
20-year term in the Atlanta penl-
tentiary for violating the espionage