Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-19
EMMA GOLDMAN
"BANKSON" OLD
CHICAGO FRIEND
Says Bill" Shatoff. Military
Commissioner of Petrograd,
Will Protect Ark Radicals.

Hanso, Finland, Jan. 1s.-(By
The Associated Press. 1.-The special
train carrying to the border of
Soviet Russia Emma Goldman, Al
exander Berkman and 247 other
radicals, deported from the Unite d
States as undesirable aliens. is
speeding toward Terijoki, about two
miles from the frontier. Finnish
white guards are stationed on each
car platform. Thirty of the radicals
are in each car.
Quickly Transferred.
The business of transferring the
party from the United States army
transport Buford, which brought the
undesirat les to Hango, to the spe-
cial train was quickly accomplished.
The officials aboard the Buford were
so we'll satisfied with the prepara-
tions made by the Finnish officials
that it was decided not to send
military detachment with the party,
nor did immigration Commissioner
Berkshire consider it necessary to
accompany it. The Buford is ex-
pccted to sail for Antwerp soon.
Not at All Apprehensive.
The officers of the Buford in
formed the correspondent that there
was no reason to believe that the
bolsheviki would refuge to accept
any member of the patty. The de-
portees themselves did not appear
appreilenslve, Emma Goldman say
ing she believed the oclsheviki had
been informed of their coming by
courier, and that she thought her
old Chicago friend, "BilP Shatott,
now military commissioner of Petro-
grad, would probably De at the from
tier to receive the parry
The train having aboard the boil
shevists and anarchists deported
from the United States was held
here last evening until positive as
surance was received from the So
viets that they would permit the
party TO cross the Russian border
and that the deportees would not be
Grave rumors had come
from the border that Berkman and
Goldman and their comrades would
be killed by the Russian and. while
there was apparent not authority
to confirm this threat, it was
deemed ADVISABLE to take all precau-
tions.
Placed In Box Cars.
The 'undesirables' disembarked
yesterday Afternoon from the Buford
and were placed in box cars fitted
up with plank benches, tables and
beds. Each car contained seven
boxes of army rations.
The Associated Press correspon-
dent, who arrived in the morning,
was not permitted at first to board
the special, but after appealing to
the authorities, the colonel in COM
mand received him briefly and he
was taken aboard the train. 1t was
originally planned to send labor Of
ficials as far as the border but this
was found unnecessary because the
Finnish government, through the
American vice consul volunteered to
take over the undesirables as a IA
vor to the United States.
Emma Goldman conversed with
the correspondent for few minutes
before she t-udged down the long
path to the train carrying part OF
her baggage. Asked if she had fl
nal greeting to America, she said:
Kisses Correspondent.
"I don't know whether have.
Would you be willing to tell your
feelings on departing? Naturally
my emotions are conflicting. | am
anxious abou. what is ahead in Rus
sia, but naturally ! am leaving very
much behind in America"
She amazed the correspondent by
throwing her arms around his neck
and giving him a resounding kiss
before he could struggle away.
Details of trouble with the reds
while crossing have been disclosed
since the vessel arrived at Hango,
but the trouble was not of serious
import. One grumbler put in a bill
for S43 for alleged night work, de-
manding payment before leaving the
ship.
Sorns delayed the Buford's de-
parture this morning.