The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-04
IS REFUGEES
BANNED FROM
U. S. HOMELESS
Declare Their Heads Will Be
Cut OF If They Return
To Russia
SEEK HAVEN OF REST
Some Are Being Returned
Because of Criminal Rec
ord or Allied Causes

San Francisco, Oct. AFTER suf-
fering untold hardships and horrors
as the result of the Russian revo-
luton, during which they remained
loyal to the monarchy; after fleeing
VladivostOk when the RED" army in
vaders assumed control; after drift
ing thou sands Of miles from country
to country trying to find landing
place, being battered by the elements,
starved, and facing plague and disas-
ter at every turn, Is men and three
women are being held at Fl. Nc
Dowell here for deportation, making
them literally men and women with.
out \ country.
These men and women are part Of
the 526 Russian refugee party that
landed here from Manila last July
en- the transport Merritt, and the '526
were the remnants of more than 5000
men, women and children who re-
manned loyal to the late Car Nj
cholas Of Russia and joined the anti
Soviet government faction. They re-
manned at Vladivostok until the
japanese evacuated the Far Eastern
republic, and the RED" forces as
sumSd control. In order to save their
lives, the 5000 monarchists fled in
Is ships, under command of Admiral
George Stark, and started in search
of new lands.
The IL awaiting deportation here
have been barred from Japan, China,
and the United States, and, they
state, their loyalty to the late Gear
makes it impossible for them to re-
turn to Russia. 1--WE are not allow
ed to land in any country, and if
We are sent back to Russia we will
be shot," is their constant statement
to the u. S. immigration authorities
here.
Seek Haven,
Among the 10 Russians ordered de-
ported is Mrs. Lubov Shulgovsky.
who, with her husband, Alexander,
her daughter, Vera, and son, Nichol-
as, sought haven Of rest under the
Stars and Stripes. Husband, SON and
daughter have been admitted to the
United States, but the mother has
been ordered deported by the immi-
grafton office because of her ra-
deal views" However, a grief-strick-
en- husband, son and daughter vehe-.
mently protest that Mrs. Shulgovsky
is not radical, they picture her as
a mild, loving helpmate and mother.
An appeal taken on the deportation
order Of Mrs.. Shulgovsky, and the
other II refugees, has been denied
by the Department of Labor, and the
mother today awaits the first avail
able transport to carry her away.
Two of the others in the group are
being sent back because of their
criminal records, one because he is
mentally deficient, and the others
beca"~" - their radical views, the
records show.
However, the actual sailing date of
the unwelcome refugees is problem
atical, army officials state. The law,
according to the immigration off
GERS, requires that a deported ialien
must be deported on the first avail
able steamer" ="
Army Brought Refugees
The U. S. Army brought the re-
fugees from Manila, and, therefore,
must take them back. The next
available transport : is due to- sail
December 6. Under the law, the army
must return these people to Manila,
where its jurisdiction will cease.
What will happen to them after they
arrive in Manila is up to. the Bur-
eau of Insular Affairs, government
officials here say.
Of the sos Russian refugees ad-
mitted to this country, many of
whom were army and naval officers,
society leaders and members of the
royal court in the days of monarchy
pomp, many are working in the most
mental positions in this country.
Former doctors, lawyers, and at
least one count, are employed as
laborers in a railroad repair gang in
Washington. Another counts oper-
ating a taxi, and practically all of
the women are employed as house
workers..
They brought to this country the
eyewitness stories of the fall of the
Russian dynasty. They told of the
horrors Of the Russian revolution
and stated that the revolltionists
cut off the heads Of the Gear and
the members of the royal family, and
burned the bodies. These heads,
they assert, are being preserved in
alcohol in the Kremlin at Moscow.
The same fate awaits them If they