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Show RED CROSS SCANDAL IN RUSSIA REPORTED Special Cable to The Tribune. PETROGRAD, Sept. 30. The Russian Red Cross society has been badly shaken by a scandal of large dimensions and is In danger of becoming completely disorganized. dis-organized. The czarina, the wife of Prime Minister Stuermer and many aristocratic aris-tocratic women have withdrawn from the society, and the scandal may lead to criminal charges against certain high personages. Several months ago, rumors about the alleged disappearance of large funds found their way into the press. At first these rumors were ignored, hut they persisted, per-sisted, and Mme. Stuermer, the president of the society, finally started an investigation, inves-tigation, which disclosed an amazing state of affairs. It was ascertained that several women of high rank, who were very active In the work of the society, had received large amounts of money which never were turned into the treasury. treas-ury. Yhen Mme. Stuermer demanded an accounting ac-counting the women Involved In the scandal scan-dal Indignantly resented the "insult," declaring de-claring that as private parties they were not obliged to report their receipts and disbursements to anybody. The result of the investigation was placed before the czarina, who at once resigned as proteetress of the society. Mme. Stuermer and many leaders of the aristocracy also withdrew. |