The New York herald., 1921-08-11
FREED AMERICANS
Think FAMINE MAY
OVERTHROW SOVIET
Say No Group in Russia Is
Strong Enough to Upset
Government.
MISERY FILLS COUNTRY
Arrive at Reval in a Special
Automobile Provided
by BOlshevlkl.
SHED THEIR PRISON GARB
Red Cross Cares for Men Who
Send Cables to Their
Relatives.
MISERY FILLS COUNTRY
SHED THEIR PRISON GARB
BIZ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
REvAL, Aug. 10.-The six Americans
released from Moscow prisons as one
of the conditions of Americas aid to
starving Russia, who arrived here this
morning passed hNppy day shopping
and Quitting themselves after shed
ding their prison clothes and under
going the cleansing necessary to COM
ply with the health regulations.
The Americans are unanimous in
their belief that no group is developing
strength likely to upset the Bolshevist
Government, but think that famine
may achieve its overthrow because the
masses belittle the Government for
the reason that It has abandoned the
first principles of Communism and has
failed to execute it's DEGREES.
In the opinion Of the former pris-
oners famine condj ions are exag-
gerated; they say it Is impossible to
dfferentiate between famine and thI
misery which is rampant throughout
the whole of Russia. They We're en-
thusiastic over American relief and
advocate the sending OF all foreigners
possible into Russia so as to advertise
to the world the actual conditions.
To Remain Some Days.
The men who have received their free
dom are Capt. Emmett Fitzpatrick OF
Uniontown. Ala. William Flick, H. J.
La Marc and DR.. w. r. Estes OF New
York Y. B. Kalmatiano OF Racine. WIS.
and Russell Pattinger of San Francisco.
| All decided to remain in Reval for sew
eral days before gong to Riga and sent
cablegrams TO relatives In the United
States asking for replies in care OF the
Red Cross at Reval
| Relieved OF their shaggy boards. fur
caps and bedraggled Russian uniforms,
the Americans assunleo different ap-
pearance They were all greatly reduced
In flesh and ravenously hungry and were
unable to pass a food shop without stop
ping In apparent amazement
Kalmatiano, who was In prison for
about three years. was the most COM
posed and best dressed In the group, re-
sembling the conventional American
| tourist In his new raiment he showed
| little effects of his Imprisonment. al
| though under sentence Of death for more
than a year owing to his knowledge OF
4 the Russian language he was able 10 IN
gratiate himself with tne prison officials
and render great assistance 10 the other
prisoners. who are loud in his praise as
their chief comforter.
Capt. Fitzpatrick and Estes appeared TO
- fro "A IL
ships and are in a highly nervous state.
Fitzpatrick sold ne had only two baths In
year He intends to proceed to some
| European cure for long rest
| Fitzpatrick was captured while on duty
with Wrangel's forces In South Russia.
| Flick Estes and La Marc are moving
| picture photographers who went into
Russia and were imprisoned last year.
| IA Paris despatch from Revai gave La
Mares address as 241 Market street, San
Francisco. and Estes's address as 2es
West Twelfth street, San Jose, Call
KeeIy in a Soviet Factory.
| Russell Psttinger Of San Francisco
was captured near vladivostok while
serving as a private in the American
Army. He was shuffied gradually west
ward until he reached the Moscow prison
camp, where the Bolsheviki forced him
to sign papers. he says. admitting that
| he was q Communist. He signed various
statements In assumed names. one being
Hasenbladt which appeared in the Boil
shevist list submitted when the releases
were announced
| The Americans, discussing the failure
\ to release Royal C. Keely an American
engineer, declare that unquestionably
| he should have been included In the list
of American prisoners. as he left prison
4 on condition that he would assume the
4 direction OF Boshevist factory. and
consequently Is legally a prisoner doing
4 enforced work outside OF prison.
Several other Americans were offered
work under similar conditions. but re-
\ fused lest they should be regarded as
BoTshevist sympathizers. end efforts to
release them should elacken.
4 The Bolshevist commissaries asked
4 the Americans concerning Keelys
wherea bouts just before they started for
rsthonia. but they were ignorant OF any
knowledge on this subject and were not
sure why the question was asked.
The Bolsheviki sent the Americans
nv special car from Moscow to Narva.
where the barbed wire gates dividing
,ho Soviet Republic from Esthonia
swung open and permitted the car TO
he transferred to Esthonian territory.
when the dishevelled and ragged Ameri-
cans looked from the car windows and
/ saw the half starved Bolsheviki guard
Ing the east side Of the line. while well
| fe5 and we'll uniformed Esthonians con-
trolIed the west side. they chaffed the
| RoIaheviki telling them that that is
what Communism does for people.