Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-28

III the CIOWuS lildl llueu lIlcsc
places night after night. The
girls here were Eurasians or
the daughters Of Russian
refugees. rather prettIy
dressed. lewd, and wholly
mercenary.
We found some synpathizers
among the Eurasians who
were willing to accept sheafs
of propaganda material for
distribution to the bevy OF
bluejackets each of them had
on hand, but this scheme was
effectively sabotaged by some
Of the Russian women who
seemed to be acting as under
cover agents for local White
Guard organizations.
Besides. the rivalry between
the moody. drink-hungry Rus
SLAMS and their FLASHER.
younger Eurasian sisters was
virulent. In the end, there
was nothing for US to do but
to engage the warship sailors
in direct political discussions.
Regularly the d e b a tie s
threatened to end in a fight.
The bluejackets had come
ashore TO amuse themselves.
and they resented our instruc-
tions unless we first invited
them to a drink. For that,
however. we lacked the money.
In the mass slaughter of
Communists which followed
Chang Kai-shek's break with
Moscow in 1927. nearly all the
Chinese comr a des / had
worked with in Shanghai
persisted.
UNDER DEATH PENALTY
Years later, after the death
penalty for Communists had
been deere in Japan, l
learned the fate of my Jap
anese companions. "Comrade
Sano and his aides-Fukumoto.
Nabejana NJ mura and
Takara - were abducted by
Japanese secret police in
Shanghai and spirited aboard
a ship 10 Kobe"
The report which the Comm
tern received about them bore
the comment:
"Vermisst; keine Ork-Fol-
gen." meaning: They disap-
peared. Their disappearance
had no damaging consequences
to the organization---they kept
their secrets like good Boil
sheviks."
After three weeks of anti
military work, my solourn in
Shanghai ended abruptly. On
a sitting day at the end of
July. 1926. Stu, through his
Korean courier, asked me to
meet him at a corner of the
Rue Moliere.
II have news for YOU" Stu
said.
"Instructions:"
Right"
He told me that ] was
needed in San Francisco. He
had an address neatly printed
on leaf of yellow cigaret
paper.
Report to this address," he
said.
"How tho devil am I to get
TO San Francisco" l de-
manded. 81 haven't even S."
Stu shrugged his thick shout
ders.
"iou may walt for the
money, or you may travel
with out money There Is
nothing a BOlshevtk cannot
do. In any case, turn over
your contacts to Comrade
Sano."
BOARDS U. s. SHIP
Opposite the customs jetty.
on the other side of the river,
lay the American liner Presi-
dent Wilson. Her home port,
San Francisco. was painted
across her stern. She was due
10 sail at dawn / boarded her
during the night, and crawled
into a lifeboat on the after
deck.
EARLY in the morning. peer
ing through a hole l had cut
into the tarpaulin. ! saw that
the liner was already plow-
ing seward. ! lay face down
beneath the thwarts and lis
tened to the far-off hammer
ing OF the engines.
So a peaceful day passed. 1
thought l was well on the way
TO California. But the night
brought a surprise.
Unearthly howls came from
somewhere quite near the life
boat. AS the bowling con-
tinued, with brief intervals
of quiet. | remembered that
wild beasts were often trans
ported in cages TO some ZOO
logical garden. and thought
such a cage had been placed on
the after deck. The bowling
was full-voiced. kng-drawn.
ending on a note OF utter
desolation.
INVESTIGATES HOWL