As I went to the steamer I asked myself with anxiety, ‘Under which flag does she sail--Norwegian, German, English?’ Then I saw floating above the stern the Union Jack--the flag under which so many refugees, Russian, Italian, French, Hungarian, and of all nations, have found an asylum.
Kropotkin expresses his relief and gratitude upon recognizing the Union Jack as a symbol of refuge for many exiles.
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