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Show RIVALRIES OF LONG CONFLICT IN RUSSIA REVIVED BY VISIT OF RED CROSS PRINCESS HERE A mrrr -i ri n . . 1 ) By TIJENJtY B. HUNT, i X. E. A. Staff Correspondent ) WASHINGTON, May S. Tho rival-rles. rival-rles. Jealousies and hostilities of the I long conflict between Russian royalty and proletariat, that preceded the ) overthrow of the Itomanoff dynasty, has been transferred from Petrograd and Moscow to "Washington by tho " visit to this city of the Princess Na-i Na-i deda Vaslllcyna Troubctzkoy, who ' says she is blood and bone of the old i. Russian aristocracy. Underlying the hostility on the part of representatives of "Free Russia" here, that has developed toward her presence in the United States, there ) are whisperings of intrlguo and plotting plot-ting that recall the good old thrillers that dealt with nihilists, the kriout ' and exile to Siberia, i Ostensibly, the princess Is here to further her studies in nursing and I medicine. She lives in the utmost ex- i cluslvoncss in a regal suite at tho YVIllard Hotel. There she Is guarded from Intrusion and annoyance by attendants who ob-' ob-' serve, fully and require othors to ob-i ob-i serve every duty due a princess of i the royal blood. Society has been idolizing her and I thoso who are fortunate enough to see her admit there is jusiflcatlon for ) the description that has preceded her. that of "Tho most beautiful Red Cross I nurse of Europe." Regular features, dark-brown eyes under heavy lashes, I an olive skin- beneath which lies a tinge of ruddy health, an infectious smile and an unmistakable "presence" combine to give her striking beauty. Pictured as Vnlorons Nurse It is as a Red Cross worker, decorated deco-rated by the czar for valorous services ser-vices and in this country to further hpr nhllltv to carrv on humanitarian work at home, that this striking lady and her visit arc pictured to the public. pub-lic. Yet against this picture there stands out clearly these facts: One Although represented as an : out-standing figure in the work of the I Russian Red Cross during the war, her prosence In Washington has received no recognition from the American Red Cross. , Two Failure of the American Red Cross authorities to capitalize her j visit as good publicity for tho Red ' Cross generally was directly due to representations from officials of the ' Russian Red Cross now in this country. coun-try. Throe Russian Red Cross authorities authori-ties have actively discouraged publicity publi-city concerning her or her war services ser-vices and have hinted that her prime purpose in this country is not to further fur-ther her medical and nursing skill but is directly antagonistic to the establishing estab-lishing of peaceable relations between this country and Soviet Russia, When she first came to Washington, Washing-ton, Princess Troubctzkoy studied in-conito in-conito at the Garfield Memorial Hospital. Hos-pital. When her presence there was discovered, howefcr, the place was be-sieRcd be-sieRcd by reporters, photographers and mofie camera men. She withdrew to the seclusion of her hotel suite. Then she quietly arranged to continue here nursing studies at the Naval hospital, where she would be protected from discovery or annoyance annoy-ance by strict-nafal regulations. Princess Troubetzkoy says she is a cousin ,of Prince Pierre Troubctzkoy. who became the second husband of Amellc Ripes, the American novelist. She furnishes this biographical data: She was born in Moscow and received re-ceived her education In the Imperial Unlvo'rslty at Petrograd. Later she took up nursing at tho Imperial Hospital Hos-pital In Petrograd and became a grad-uato grad-uato nurse. k On the outbreak of the war she organized her own hospital train of 10 cars, with 15 nurses all under tho Russian Red Cross, and was assigned to the western front whore she served from 1914 to 191G. In 101C she went to France as a Red Cross Nurse and was on duty for six months at the siege of Verdun, returning to Russia late that year. Early In 1917, while dressing tho wounds of a Russian officer, she- suffered suf-fered a severe contusion from the explosion ex-plosion of a bomb dropped by a zep-pclin. zep-pclin. and was in a baso hospital for six months as a result of her injury, she says, she received the first highest high-est honor the czar could bestow upon her. At the time of the revolution she was in Petrograd arranging for the shipment of medical supplies to the front. She was captured by tho revolutionists revo-lutionists and exchanged for 10 pris-; oners. Dressed in tho garb of a sister of mercy she made her way as far as Irkutsk wlfero she was again taken Into custody and again exchanged. Sho then proceeded to Vladivostok and thence to Japan and tho United States. Opponents? Most of the time she, has boon In this country she has studied nursing in hospitals in New York and Washington. Wash-ington. Through the courtesy of Secretary Sec-retary of Navy Daniels, she ia now studying the latest American practice in surgery and X-ray at the naval hospital. hos-pital. When her studies are completed, com-pleted, she plans to go to Nice; France. Meanwhile, there Is no exchange of amenities between her and tho proletarian prole-tarian representatives who now look after Russian affairs in .this'couniry: even Russian Red -Cross affairs.. . As ono member of. her suite explains: . "She has no interest In them. They aro as tho dirt beneath her foot." Denies Her Story By JAMES KENLE, N. E. A. Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK, May S. "I am greatly surprised at the highly colored stories that newspapers aro .printing about 'Prlnces3' Nadejda Troubctzkoy"," W. W. Bouimistrow, special commissioner commission-er of tho Russian Red Cross In this country, informed me today. "I know nothing about the lady except that: "First She Is not a princess. There are Princes Troubctzkoy in Russia, but this lady is nbt related to them. She has admitted that to me in a telephone tele-phone conversation. Nor arc these princes related to tho former- reigning family in Russia, as newspaper accounts" ac-counts" have asserted. There aro also in Russia many Troubetzkoy3 who aro not princes. "Second She has no right to wear the uniform of the Russian Red Cross, as this may be worn only on duty. "Third She has not received the St George Ccoss, as somo newspaper accounts have jleclarcd. The only women who were awarded this. were "Fourth Some nurses received the St. George medal, an entirely different decoration, whether or not this '.was conferred upon her, I do not know. "Fifth She- has not right to represent rep-resent the Russian Red Cross nor to sneak in its name. I am the representative repre-sentative hero of that organization,-and. organization,-and. she has never been to. see me to present any credentials." Bouimistrow expressed hismelf as extremely interested In the matter and said -that he would make further inquiries in-quiries about the lady. Ub has already al-ready communicated with the American Ameri-can Rod Cross authorities in Washington Wash-ington about tho matter. |