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Show RELEASE OF IL S. PRISONERS ASKED SECRETARY HUGHES SENDS NOTE TO BOLSHEVIKI ENVOY ORDER- ING PRISONERS' RELEASE Eight or Ten Americans Are Now Held Prisoners In European Prisons; Pris-ons; Text of Note Not Made Public; Action Awaited. Washington Formal demand for re. lenso of American prlsonors In Rus-Bin Rus-Bin has been made on the soviet authorities au-thorities by Secretary Hughes. The state department wns advised Wednes-day Wednes-day that the communication had been handed to the soviet representative at Riga Tuesday by Consul Albrccht. The text of the curt communication dispatched July lir has not been made public. It Is understood, however, to be a brief Insistence that the Americans Ameri-cans be released before there can he any thought or better relntlons between be-tween the United States and Russia The action was taken In tho name of Immunity and because nil n (Torts to secure tho release of tho Americans made through Dr. Nansen of the Red Cross have failed. What course will be taken by the United States If the soviet authorities Ignore or refuse to accede to the tie-mands tie-mands was not indicated. The dispatch of the communication was timed ho It would reach tho Russians Rus-sians approximately nt the same time as the message sent by Secretary Hoover in response to the appeal made by Maxim Corky. Tho state department's depart-ment's message Is regarded officially as wholly Independent of the Hoover-Corky Hoover-Corky correspondence There art ...iv held prisoners In Russia eight or ten Americans. A larger number are believed to ho detained de-tained within the borders of Russia some of whom are restricted to limited areas. |