Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-22
249 REDS CURSE U.S..
AS THEY SAIL AWAY
NEVER TO RETURN
Motley Crowd of Nations Enc
mics Dcported Across Atlantic
as Move TO Stamp Out
Anarchy.
DESTINATION is A SECRET

New York. Dec % Under the guns
of Fort Wadsworth the leaden-colorcd
transport Buford doomed vaguely In the
beginning of yesterdays dawn, her port
holes blinking out one by one as light
rrlme on. Shortly after o'clock, splash
ing snd rasping in the silence of the empty
bay the anchors came up to the bow,
the Buford's prov swung lazily due east, y
patch of foam slipped from under the
stern and 249 persons, who didn't like
America left it.
Come Indifferent, some happy, some
eursing. some suifen and some crying,
the company of radicals, guilty by con-
fession, of seeking the overthrow OF
American ideals and institutions, passed
esit to sen while the city slept-wcnt out
without the slightest chance to pose as
martyrs they considered themselves TO
I've. Two hundred Of them started on
their way forty-four days after they
were arrested.
Scarcely an hour after the Buford
departed for Soviet Russia, bound, 1t WAS
believed her secret sailing orders read
for Cronstsdt, sn hours ride from
pekrogrsd. il was ascertained that yes
ts-days action WAS the beginning of an
extremely rigorous policy against rndI-
rsIs. Another shipload is going out, per-
h.ls this week, and drive TO cut down
the Department of Justices list of 10000
radicals IN the nation already has been
-tArted, with Assistant Attorney General
Francis p. Garvan snd Chief William J.
Flynn of the Secret Scrvioe cooperating
m direction.
The action that ended ycstsuyiay had
rs beginning when Mr.. Garvan joined
the staff of Attorney General 4. Nit
shell Palmer, it vss said yesterday.
DC took office determined 10 stamp
out the Red menace. The first results
,f thn determination were the whole
riie raids of the u apartment Of Justice
November T-sn act ION aimed chiefly at
:be Union Of RtrSIsn Workers, the consti-
artInn Of which advocated the destruc-
arn by any uresns of all government
Two hundred who went out yesterday
md there wrre sixty-one New Workers
snnnS them p-wers tAs fruits of these
Nrfs
rUrOsD rr-grn roH vovaGE-
Quietly conducted Investigations and
srre-Sts IN the industrial centres IN New
England, m the Middle West, in Seattle,
San Francisco, Butte, and At 8 few
Southern points followed. The goal Of
the Federal sgents WAS the capture of
the leaders, the ''nteilcctuals," of agi-
fation, and ON the Buford, IN the opin-
lon Of Chief Flynn, went the hrains of
she ultra-rsdical movement.
Msny trainA, starting from widely
scattered points, converged on Ellis Is
and. The prisoners they brought mount
Sd from tens to hundreds, until Satur-
day night more than 800 were Gagged
shere. Az the island filed, official Wash
ington seemed to find itself in a dilemns
NO one seemed TO know where to get
q ship 20 deport the unde~irables
Finally, Mr.. Gsrvan went 10 the War
Department, talked 1t over with Secre-
tsry Baker, snd 3 liner vas obtained
for Emma Goldman. who failed to find
the kind Of liberty she sought after thIr-
ty-four years here; for Alexander Berk-
man. assassin and anarchist, and for
The lesser fry.
The ship chosen WIS the old Buford.
not quite 5000 tons, which has done
deA OF tossing about In her twenty
eight years OF scsfaring. Captain George
I. Hitchcock who commanded her when
she carried troops in the Spanish war
snd A. +. F. dourhbovs more recently,
WIS told last Wednesday TO get his lbs
Au1erican-born officers and men busy
revamping troops quarters for s. csrgo
of Reds.
He was instructed 70 load stores and
pepvisons enough TO last 500 persons
axty days, and was told that he proba-
BY would be cruising for eighteen days,
allowing for the usual bad weather at
this time Of wear He also was told "a
ssue sutomstic revolvers to detail Of
guards TO be picked from his crew.
$50 SOLDIERS AZ GUARD.
Owr AZ the Port Of EmbaTkatiun,
Colonel John Hilton wr directed 10 pre-
pare 70 sail on the Buford in command
Of full company Of 25O soldiers from
Governors Island, assigned to supple
ment the crew In the Military Intel