Evening star., 1921-08-04

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, August 4-The London
headquarters OF the American Re. :
lief Administration today an
n0uneed receipt Of information
that all American prisoneTS In Rus.
sia have been released and are now
leaving that country.
BERLIN, August Capt. Merton
C. Cooper of Jacksonville, Fla. who
escaped from a prison in Moscow
after having been shot down during
fighting between the bolsheviki and
the Poles. arrived here from Warsaw
yesterday to see Mrs. Marguerite E.
Harrison. the American newspaper
correspondent, who was recently lib
Grated by the soviet authorities.
Capt. Cooper declared Mrs. Harri-
son had saved his life by supplying
him with food and clothes at the
Moscow prison before she was her
self incarcerated.
When the two Americans who had
such trying experiences in soviet
hotel there was an affecting greeting.
II would have gone around the
world to see you." exclaimed Capt.
Cooper, land tell you I should never
have lived to escape If it had not
been for the supplies you sent me.
The news of your release gave me
the greatest thrill of my life"
Makes Shopping Trip.
Mrs. Harrison on her arrival here
Immediately began a shopping expe-
dition.
You know, when a woman has been
in Jail in Russia for many months and
gets to q place where there are good
shops she cannot resist Quitting her
SELF" said Mrs. Harrison. when
arrived in Riga I possessed only a
miserable soiled and worn gown and
was wearing mems shoes. I haven't
any clothes at all. That 10 my com.
plete outfit" pointing to . small
travel-worn bed-roll.
7 have just received a cablegran
from my son. saying he Is leaving
the United States today and that he
will meet me in London August TO-
Mrs. Harrison continued. go I must
shake off my Russian appearance be.
fore then"
Maj. Hugh H Young of Baltimore
a member of the American Medical
Reserve Corps. and many newspaper
friends met Mrs. Harrison at the rail-
way station. She appeared to be AMI.
mated and greatly delighted to see
old acquaintances. She shows the
effects of her long imprisonment.
Dine With Senator France.
Mrs. Harrison. Capt. Cooper and Al.
fred Boni of New York city, all o1
whom were prisoners in soviet Russia
for considerable periods. had dinner
last night with United States Senator
Joseph I. France of Maryland. who II
returning to the United States aftel
a visit to Moscow.
Senator France, who reached here
yesterday from Riga. will leave fol
London within two days. and expects
to sail for the United States on the
Rotterdam from Plymouth, August II
He says the soviet officials at Moscow
estimate that 100000 persons art
threatened by famine.
Senator France expressed the opin.
ion that the estimates Of 10000, 900 tt
25, 600, 900 which have been published
are entirely too big, but has no per.
sonal knowledge Of conditions in thu
Volga district. as he did not go south
of Moscow. He was conducted abeu,
Moscow by Boris Reinstein, formerly
Of Buffalo, N. Y, who has been cen.
nected with bolshevik publicity evel
since the downfall Of Kerensky.
The senator believes that there il
enough available rolling stock tt
transport foodstuffs to the starvation
sections If Secretary Hoover can gel
the food to the ports.
WANT TO ENTER RUSSIA.