New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-28
Department Repeats
Terms of Hoover in
First Official Note Sent
Direct to the Soviets
Gorky Announces
Reply Will Come
Second Answer to Appeal
for Food Delivered to
Russian Consul at Riga
From The Tribu,e's Washinoton Bnr.nu

From The Tribnne's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, July 27-Immediate
release of all Americans held as prison
ers by the Soviet authorities in Russia
is demanded by Secretary of State
Hughes in a communication dispatched
Monday to American Consul Albrecht,
at Riga, with instructions to place 1t
before the Bolshevik consul there for
transmittal to the Soviet headquarters
at Moscow.
The new American demand is the
flrst that has been directed through
United States channels to the Soviet
government. All previous requests for
the liberation of the imprisoned Ameri-
cans in Soviet territory have been dis
patched through neutral sources. 1t
was not indicated what course the
United States would pursue if the de-
mand was not acceded to.
Secretary Hughes's demand was
handed to Leonid Stark, the Bolshevik
Minister in Reval, last night, according
to information reaching Washington
to-day, and it is understood to have
gone forward at once to the Moscow
government.
Woman Held Captive
The new demand for the release of
the American prisoners was timed to
reach the Bolshevik authorities simul-
taneously with the response Of Secre-
tary OF Commerce Hoover to the tele-
graphic request for American aid for
the starving people of Russia sent by
Maxim Gorky. In the request for the
liberation of the United States ma
tlonals it is made plain that the Ameri-
can government will withhold any re-
lief for the suffering populace of
Russia until evidence is given that ma
tionals of this government will have
freedom of movement within Soviet
territory and not be subjected to i'm
prisonment and other Inconvenience
that have prevailed for a year there.
The exact number OF Americans who
are in Russian prisons is not known,
but it is believed that between eight
and ten persons are being confined by
the Soviet authorities. Among these
prisoners are Captain Emmett Kilpat-
rick, of Uniontown, Pa, Red Cross
worker, whose release has been repeat
edly sought by this government and
refused by the Bolshevik authorities:
Mrs. Margaret E. Harrison, of Balti-
more, a newspaper woman; Royal c..
Kelley, an engineer, Of New York
City; William Flick, of Brooklyn; Dr..
Weston B. Estes, a motion picture
operator, and x. B. Kalamatiano, of
Racine, Wis.
Continually Watched
In addition to the Americans actu-
ally imprisoned, there are understood
to be about eighty other citizens of the
United States whose movements are
restricted to certain areas. Within
these limited areas these Americans
are allowed to come and go, but always
under surveillance, and under penalty
of closer confinement in the event they
attempt to extend their movements.
The American communication was not
made public by the State Department,
but it is known to have contained an
intimation that this government ex-
pected immediate compliance with it if
Russia hoped to avail itself of the
benefit of American relief for starving
women and children.
Demand Made Officially