The Washington times., 1926-03-18
RUSS FLINT LAM
j. s. WOMEN
By WILBUR MORSE, Jr.

By WILBUR MORSE, Or.
They are playing new conf
dence game in America today. It's
called "helping to finance the coun-
ter revolution in Russia"
Smartly dressed men and women
from the Russian colony of Paris
are the workers. Wealthy and So
cially ambitious folk Of this courl-
try are the suckers. Already sumo
totaIing thousands of dollars have
changed hands in the ruse and the
game is still going.
A woman socially prominent in
washington and New York was
found who admitted she had con
tributed to the cause"
For obvious reasons her name is
withheld. Assured that her identity
would not be disclosed the victim
of the languid line of the visiting
nobility told the International News
Service a first hand story of how the
counter revolution Is being fought
out on paper-mostly green paper
Of large denominations.
Fell for Finn Flam
''I first heard Of the supposed
counter revolution last year at a
dinner party" she said.
1.-THE Grand Duchess C
was a guest and others there were
asking about what hopes her fell
low exiles and herself held of ever
regaining power in their lost land
1.-THE Duchess, a charming, cult
ured woman of apparent sincerity
replied that such hopes were all
that kept many of the outcast
aristocrats, alive; that it gave them
something to hang onto as they
fought against poverty and pride,
Months passed by and 1 forgot
the episode until my cousing tele'
phoned me one day that the
Princess A., whom she had
known in Paris, was visiting her
I met the princess, found her much
Younger than the duchess, but
equally charming. equally appeal
ing in her brave bearing OF lost
splendor. l invited her to spend a
weekend in my country home,
where / was giving a house party
of some size.
1.-THE party passed, it was a hap
nv success and when it came the
turn of the princess to leave 1 felt
sincerely sorry to see her go. She
had proven popular. She said she
was going to Boston that night
and from there to Chicago, before
returning to Paris with the friends
she had come over with.
Touched" by Princess
Just before she left, she got
talking about the counter revolu
ton the duchess had told me OF
adm again l felt an adventurous
interest. The princess told me
that she felt she knew me well
enough to take me into her con
fidence.
"She was due to. meet one Of her
companions that afternoon in New
York. They were to have signed a
contract with a big powder manu-
facturer with storehouses abroad,
But. the princess sighed. her com
panion had been unable to raise the
necessary 81, 900 to take the confer.
ence as proof of good faith. She
asked if I knew her well enough to
indorse a check on a Paris bank.
was easy, guess, for / told her that
instead I would lend her the 81 900
/ did and she went away very
happy"
The Washington woman blushed a
bit and then laughed as she con-
tinued.
ITO make a long story short, ]
learned during the next week that
at least six other women on the
house party had given the princess
checks for amounts ranging from
So. 900 to $4,000. All had been pri-
vately approached by the princess.
All had listened with sympathy to
her account of the trials of the roy.
alists and their ambitious plans for
re-establishing their rule. Some gave
her money for first payment on arms
Others were helping to feed the white
army. which was to assemble liz
Rumania in the spring of 1926 for
the great counterrevolution. Still
other money was given to arm the
Russians in Manchuria, who were
waiting for revenge upon the Bolshe
vista