The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-30
RUSSIAN REF UGEES BARRED FROM U.S.
 WITHOUT COUNTRY
Not Wanted In America And Can't Go Back to Their
 Native Land

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 29.-(By Associated Press .)-After suffering untold hardships and horrors as the result of the Russian revolution, during which they remained loyal to the monarchy; after fleeing Vladivos- tok when the "Red' army invaders assumed control; after drifting thousands of miles from country to country trying to find a landing place, being battered by the ele- ments, starved, and facing plague and disaster at every turn, 15 men and three women are being held at Fort Mcdowell here for deportation, making them literally men and women without country.
 These men and women are part of the 526 Russian refugee party that landed here from Manila last July on the transport Merritt and the 526 were the remnants of more than 5000 men, women and children who re- n,ained loyal to the late Czar Nicho- las of Russia and joined the anti- soviet government faction. They re- mained at Vladivostok until the Japanese evacuated the Far Eastern republic, and the Red forces as- sumed control. In order to save their lives, the SiUUO IuoudIShlotS lieu AH 15 ships, under command of Admiral George Stark, and started in search of new lands.
 Can't Return.
 The, IS awaiting deportation here have been barred from Japan, China and the United States, and, they state, their loyalty to the late czar makes 1t impossible for them to re- turn to Russia. We are not allowed to land in any country, and if we are sent back to Russia we will be shot" is their constant statement to the United States immigration au- thorities here.
 Among the IS Russians ordered de- ported is Mrs. Lubov ShulgoVsky, who, with her husband, Alexander, her daughter, Vera, and son, Nicho- las, sought haven of rest under the Stars and Stripes. Husband, son and daughter have been admitted to the United States, but the mother mas been ordered deported by the imml- grafton office "because of her radl- cal views" However, a grief strick- en husband, son and daughter Ve- hemently protest that Mrs. shulgoV- sky Is not radical, and they picture her as a mild, loving helpmate and mother. An appeal taken on the de- nortation order of Mrs. Shulgovsky, and the other 1T refugees, has been denied by the department of labor, and the mother today awaits the first available 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 because of their radical views, the records show.
 Sailing Date Unfixed.
 However, the actual sailing date of the unwelcome refugees Is proble- matical, army officials state. The law, according to the immigration officers, requires that deponteu h alien must be deported on the tlrsI available steamer" The United States army brought the refugees from Manila, and, therefore, must take them back. The next available | transport Is due to sail December o' Under the law, the army must re- turn these people to Manila. where It's jurisdiction will cease, What will happen to them after they arrive In Manila Is up to the bureau Of lnsular affairs, government officials here say. Of the sos Russian refugees admit ted 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 menlal positions in this country. Former doctors, lawyers, and at least one count, are employed as laoorers m a railroad repair gang In Washing ton. Another count is operating 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 or the horrors of the Russian revolution ana stated that the revolutionists cut orr the heads of the czar ana tne ls men hers of the rolay family, and burned the bodies These heads, they assert, are being preserved in alcohol in the kremlin al Moscow.
 The same fate awaits them If they are returned to Russia, they assert