Show PRISONER REFUSES I ITO TO BE SET FREE FRE 3 I COL RYAN AN PUZZLED l News Inter tS t'S 5 J Riga Russia leb Feb 21 A l.-A A prisoner of war onar who flatly r refuses fule to be b tr freed elf has Just become ono one of ot the I tics of or tho American Red CO Cross 3 commission com com- f I mission In in RI Rigs fJ Tho The Red fled Ree Cro Cross Coss never hiss his b been ten en h in tho the business s of or holding prisoners of at of war but by a strange tr train ln of or cit s it camo e-amno 0 Into possession of ot this prisoner and It cannot get bet ril of or him VF Col Cot Edward Hdward W W. Ryan head bead of oC the 1 commission at Riga arranged an ar armistice on October 50 0 0 for tho the of ot bringing a convoy of Red R Cross Croz motor trucks into Rigs Riga Ra An n of officer r c r from the tho Russian German forces at attacking tacking Riga Riga was vas detailed to act at aa 31 aaa a guide across No Mans Man's Land 1 Tho The officer a captain climbed upon Jon tip on tho scat seat with wih ono one of or tho the drivers driers who was so busy dodging shell shel holes halos that ho forgot to tell teU the thc captain to get getoff getoff off oc when the time front line of ot the tho lne army was sas wa reached reached Having passed the tho front line Unc as far as he was allowed loW 4 to go hO tho the officer was ws pounced upon by Letts marched into Riga lUga and incarcerated In- In In lii tho the brig f IF Colonel Ryan hearing hearing of ot th the rp cap i turo was sas wa greatly disturbed for it had ha con been on entirely out of ot courtesy to llie Red Re Cross that that the officer had been sent to accompany tho the trucks Also Alj it was partly party the drivers driver's fault faul for Cor not riot tolling telling the officer when tho the frontline front line lino Ino was passed Altogether Colonel Ryan felt that the tho Red fled Cross Coss had had hd been responsible for tho the capture of of tho the officer and if It ho lie languished In a 1 stockade Colonel Ryan felt that the o fault faull would be his He went to Clon Bailed Balod in commander of ot the thi h. h Letts Lets and laid the tho case before fore him hm Under tho tha circumstances said uld the commander wo we will wil not hold hIm himi al ala a prisoner but as S a guest guest I hau turn him over to the Red CO Cross an and ana he will wi bo under your special prot c. c j C Ion Several Several da days later late wishing to be bekind bekind I kind to the time Re Red fled Cross Colonel Bahl Balo told Colonel Ryan Ran that ho he might tl tak the Russian back to his own lines Ine The rho Red Rod Cross man broke th the tho g gi gladsome glad glad- 1 d- d Te somo some tidings to the Russian expeCting expecting expect expect- ing him to show shon pathetic Joy at t hemS able able- to Join the ranks of ot tile his patriot once more I dont don't want to go o back was wn tb th unexpected reply rm Tm oln going to i star right hero and be a prisoner |