REFUGEES FROM RUSSIA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15223, 22 May 1920, Page 9

REFUGEES FROM RUSSIA.

VIEWS # TttE REGIME. .:--■• T ta^tal—^P 1 March 31-BP^evism (n Russia will sooner -or later die}' of its own accord said Mr Stanislas ■: Kttauer? m September,; 1918, >nd ; sih(so that : time £«? Xieff, OdeSsa, Constantinople? UJloinW 'Singapore, Vladivosfcock, wrivmg jq Vancouver oh the > Empress of " Russia Miohday-afternooii. Mr. Lit'tauer , is accdmpanjed byhis son, a 'former officer ! ra » the Rusisan cavalry; his 'daughter, and " ; vis , housekeeper. . ;,:■;-" ■;."..,•; ,; Condition -of i Ktufisia, ■■■sMn- -Inttauei? through . the -inter- i pretation of .bis • daughter, said that the i Alluss -made, a mistake in -riot according | ivolc^ak more recognition and m not send- g 5?/5 ci H fo " r^^ s °?va"QUB kinds;"- The 3 Bolshevists aro now m control, forf^two I reasons- First, "because their terrorism 1 aaa;^thrown khe, people „ intp a 'State of ? | oontmqalfear lest they- ber'shot, and» sec- g jndly, on accpunt of the pape* -money | vhich.is being issued, lite Water from a % cap. •■ /; \ . , ■■" • . ■'. ' ' v". : „. ■ B Jupfc as soon as, the leaders , pf :, the . Bol- | jhevist army realise that the" people whom | hey are now ordering about like so many § slaves are awake to the fact" that' they are 3 getting nowhere the leaders will throw up S .he spotfge and callquUs. I Mr: " Littauer, who is a mining engineer, las large interests m the "Ural section of I tussia, but mride his home m Petrograd. ? Conditions became so bad for the edu- S :ated . classes ■ that- he : secured passports, ' y laming him'aj 1 ' un inspector for • large*! Swedish electrical interests', whose work § must take him to tho south. This afforded | iim. an opportunity to travel to Kioff, a ,: purney taking two weeks. His daughter U accompanied him, and whilst they were 3 subjected to- many searches, they were j >therwise ■untrioieated.v. ••'■•*, \ His son, however, who had been fight- | ig m the Rusian army since the first j >f the war, managed ;to> leave Petrograd | •y calling himself an actor, and with j '.ctor friends arrived nt KiefF, where ho., oined his father, and sisters >. . , Before leaving the former capital, con- " Htions were growing vjoree:. Many were , rilled, even Bolshevist 'officerß not being pared: Precious fetones, gold of all kinds, 'ood 1 and valuable's ■ of ! ■ whatever''dese'ripipn were .all prey for the filching former joldlers. On account of the Swedish'docuientß;Whieh the', party carried they were iot subjected to the . annoyances as were he other' passengers. ; • •? ■ ■ ' ; In Kioff the Btate of affairs much setter, although the Germans were m •ccupation 'of.-' thei city. From Kieff the •arty made their way to Odessa,, bnt not i.ntil the Bolshevists of little Russia bad hreatened to capture the. town.: Tho Hermans.- at -that 'time were I ' fighting these narauders. " , Thousands pf : French soldiers were at )dessa, with^twe'ntyu tanks* at their disposal, whilst Greek forced wero near at tand.- Surrounding., tho ; city thoro. were, '■■ lelieVed ► the Kvisitor, tabbat> fifteen thouiand Bolsheviki, and for 'some reason the French gavo .way and allowed the place o be captured." Fortunately for the Rusr dan refugees who wero there, including -ear. relatives of -the Rusßittn-rpyal family, he fleet suppliedvqUiteJa number ; if 'men, "assisting greatly "m their' getting iway. . ■.■'■.■ ' ..• ' ' ' From Odessa the party made its way to Constantinople and from there aboard tho saratoflF, of.-.Oie volunteer fleet, •oyaged to Vl'adivOßtock^ Both m , South T Rugsia ; and at Vladivosock, Captaiu; -Littauer fought wifch : Kolihak's army, whilst Miss ! Lifctauer Remain- -^ d m the city. MrLittaiier from the Paci- * \c »port was obliged to go -fciof Omsk, Mid 1 m fchat place ftfulid- things very much lisorganised. Kolchak's army previously vad> been well - disciplined, but .finally wasjiven to diaott&er;<r '.? 1 Conditions grew- worse and Mr. XilfcßUcnr* •'eht to Vladivosfcock and mafle rtrrarige'WontsTto return, to his, native .Poland yin Viherica.' ''"-,■; : ( '7 -■■" •>■-'■ ■'"-. "All our travellinff was done with thp dope 'that we -would be ablp to rourn to our \Petrj6firrad home, but now is nojp'oMjrtiKd^ecl this Russian girl. 'We are on dpr-way to Poland, where my 'i ther's .relatjiyeß , reside ahd where . we to-liye^ m pejiro. Gpnditions m Rns'ia are tcrribler:" The remainder , of Kol•»Hak's army 1 is' in ' a disflrifftceful cotidH.ipn. My father tells ■ about 'oficerß* around Omsk .their lesrs frozen and bein.? tm'V»le to v survive : th 6 ordeal,"- gh,e 'con+inufid. "The educated" >pfeople &*e not safe, but. | L .he peasants know no better and ares -mfiafiecl 'fof the tinr>n beinliT. But they ■vill throw off the Bolshevik yoke, and Mien' I don't know what will, happen," she concluded with a<. sigh .■■?■■'