Show ampi icci pirai ic inn 1 ay iy EA ENGLISH GIRL IS HELD haw ea miss malecka in polish prison n without formal charge young woman said to have been anonymously denounced to russian authorities as being active worker warsaw although great britain Is said to guard jealously the welfare of her subjects abroad this can hardly be the case where the subjects are naturalized as miss atlas matecka who was arrested lo in warsaw last march Is batill in prison ali allbough bough no for formal in a I 1 charges have yet been made aga against her the difficulty in her case apparently arise train the tact fact that russia rec tho the foreign naturalization a of none of its citizens so far as can be ascertained by tho the very scant information given by the authorities miss alias malecka Is ia charged with having been an active roomier member of an illegal society an illegal society Is ia an association which has not obtained the enric sanction tion of the authorities and may do nothing more revolutionary than teach people to rend read or write polish or to lecture on polish literature or history during the first three months 61 the present year no fewer than 75 76 mutual improvement societies russian and polish were declared illegal the punishment for or persons persona found guilty of alding aiding or belonging to illegal societies of this athla kind hind varies but generally consists of a fine alne of to SOU rubles and a few days to a mouths months imprisonment from an interview with one of the ladys many polish friends who need less lesa to say belongs bel brigs to a so called 11 ll 11 legal society and does not wish her name to be disclosed it was learned that miss atlas Ala lecka Is supposed to have been denounced to the police by some person or persons unknown to her possibly an agent ng as being an active member of 0 the polska polish socialistic society this society goes a good deal fur ther than the illegal associations generally as it advocates and even practices and Is 1 always at war with the authorities whether the police really charge miss arise hia locka with this or only arrested her on suspicion and are looking through ner her parera papers in thefil usual dilatory fashion remains to be seen been although they said a few weeks ago that thai the prisoner confessed to being a member ol of t he society in question and was proud of it they now neither confirm nor deny this statement of coarse course russian subjects aro are often kept for months in prison on just such vague charges cb arges expedition as aa it la Is understood elsewhere does not exist A certain gentleman wan waa arrested and kept for two months montha I 1 in n a ci er ded coil cell just beca because tise a revola tion arys visiting card wan found in ills his rooms ile ha was finally discharged ter for lack of evi evidence deace as indeed there was waa none but there could be no ques ion flon of damages for false imprison 1 ment sa maleckas Malec kaa papers contain no evidence avld ence nce of her having belonged to an illegal society and it if she con can satisfy i he bo russian government that she sha Is 1 a subject she may be able to ret some compensation nut but here again agnin another difficulty irises the russian government does lot bind itself to recognize the catill iren of a russian subject who has iben een naturalized in england as british objects miss Maleck maleckas ax rather was torn orn a russian subject emigrated to 10 n ns gland land ana bec amama imo naturalized lu leer warn wons miss altis malicka Nia lAcka Is a object aa anywhere chero in the world but in n tie de Itu russian empire this Is the ver act of ao an eminent iagal authority in warsaw but it would be interesting to hear bear the verdict of an english an authority tho rity though the warsaw citadel does docs vot give anything like adequate ac como dallon to its prisoners miss alias ma leckas friends need not fear that she la Is being III Area treated ted as 89 her british passport at this stage of affairs would in ill any case protect her in that way at the same time her quarters are none too comfortable the food though fairly good Is very scanty and tho the cells are exceedingly dirty her friends have been sending her additional food and also some books she will not bo be allowed to see visitors or to write or receive letters until tier preliminary examination has been completed |