New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02
Russian Women Suffered Most, Saws Princess O.
c;,anddaughterofGel,-
.,.ICrant Fled From
Bolsheviki
~ Hannah Mitchell

lu> HE women OF RUSSIA OK the
aristocracy and the bourgeoi-
4 Ga. have suffered beyond the
women Of all other countries
1 in the last few years. according to
4 Princess cantacuzene.
The Russian princess is one Of our
,rn American girls who was mar
red to prince Of one OF the oldest
;sm;ljes in Europe and has become
,ovaI citizen Of her husbands
/ country. Princess cantacuzene was
4 Til. Dent Grant, a granddaughter
=, General Grant. She was born In
~. White House while her grand
I ,,.hsr was President and was
,,ovn as the granddaughter Of the
Republic" Two years ago. after the
pol.hrih had made Russia an un-
! healthy place for all persons Of the
upper classes, Princess Cantacuzene
and her family returned to her ma
,,va country. She Is here to stay
until Russia has been made safe
again.
Looks for q Republic
That she and her family will re-
turn to Russia is certain, In the
mind Of the princess-never to re-
sumo their old places as acknowl-
edged aristocracy in a monarchy,
she believes, but as citizens Of a re-
public.
In the mean time the princess Is
working for her less fortunate COM
patriots who had no grandmother"
country to which they could turn.
She Is one Of the principal workers
Of the American Central Commit
tee for Russian Relief and Is devot-
ing all Of her energy to this work.
4Most Of the women I knew" said
the princess last week, ''have been
Imprisoned or shot. Persons who
would not declare for the Bolsheviki
we're put in prison. Declaration Of
political convictions compatible with
the powers in command would have
brought about their release, but
these declarations were not in the
nature Of the Russian women. So
hey suffered hardship and some of
hem were executed. Others died
rom typhus and other diseases in
prison.
VI course, great many Of them
nave escaped to other countries.
Some Of those who got away early
IN the Bolshevik regime are now
working at any tasks they can find
IN Paris and London, and a few are
70 this country. The only part of
saelr property that they could take
Win them was jeweiry, and num-
Der OF my acquaintance have been
living on the money this has
brought.
Hatred for the Bourgeoisie
Those who could not get out Of
RUSSIA before the Bolsheviki were
ID positive control were the ones
VINO suffered. The members of the
:, did not suffer any more
aan the bourgeoisie. After the first
,'0ang OF estates and terrorizing of
A' upper class the Bolsheviki
'u'nec on the bourgeoisie with an
even greater hatred than they had
eA0"n TO the members of the aris-
tocracy.
Ihs refugees Of Russia are peo-
Ns OF the bourgeoisie and aristoc-
.aeS They have escaped the coun-
Wy ", and are still pouring into the
,'A'' across the frontier. Finland
~ss received thousands Of them.
lucy arc living as best they can in
s1.as numbers in Constantinople
sau IN Esthonia and Serbia. These
sS14's'es have been war swept to
nc extent that they have not enough
~ @e goods of this life for even
~; '"n' let alone furnishing pro-
s'Ons Tor refugees from another
s ~an'ry' ! have had letters from
hs .'0us centers where these people
sA'e gathered, and the suffering IL
desperate" ' SO'A Ling ~
h.1 luz prlncess's apartment is, in
,n Assouhd, comfortable American
H.. ''ent; Its embellishments are
na assam Besides a number of paint
Is % ! sawed from the home in Rus
, No. There are three cases filled with
Ssqalsite canoes.
band " " were saved by my hus-
Wv said the princess. "When