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Show Brave Russian Princess to Fight Chinas Plague PRINCESS PAUL . DOLGOEOUEX Goes as Member ol Russian Medical Corps to Stricken Manchu-rian Manchu-rian Centers Bent on Helping Medical Stall to Keep the Dread Scourge Out ol Europe Special Cable to Tho Tribune. ST. PETERSBURG. March 25. The action ac-tion of Princess Dolgoroukl. one of the social stars of thi Russian capital, in undertaking un-dertaking nursing work among the victims vic-tims of placue In Manchuria, has roused the keenest interest throughout Europe. Although a member of one of the oldest old-est and most prominent families In Russia, Rus-sia, the princess lias long been known lo have a serious mind, far beyond the average member of her social circle. Nevertheless, her decision lo start for such a danger zone as Manchuria occasioned occa-sioned widespread surprise. She will accompany a special medical commission that plans lo spend at least three months In studying and fighting the scouri'e ulong the Chinese northern frontier. With her will be several Irained nurses, orderlies and specialists who will apply some now vaccines that laboratory experts hero hope will lndi- cnte at least the true specific In tho treatment of pneumonic plague. This . commission will visit tho worst centers of (he outbreak and will devote special attention to testing tho vaccines in Innoculallon posts that are now bolng arranged for. The experts are becoming moro hopeful of confining Ihc plauue to Asiatic (errltory. owlmr lo the stringent regulations that are helnn enforced bv tho new governor general, Gondattl. lii the Amur region. On tho other hand, there are apprehensions apprehen-sions of tronblo In China after tho nlague has subsided, owlnn to tho burning burn-ing of tho dead bodies under tho direction direc-tion of the European-trained Chinese Dr. Groh Lean Tuck, at Harbin. Because of the dread of the plague. Dr. Tuck has not been obstructed in this cremation, but so deep Is the feeling of the Chinese- that siii'h disposal of the bodies Is "desecra-llon" "desecra-llon" that their strong under current of anc'i- may presently burst Into disorder. |