- Count Boris escapes from Russia during the Revolution with the crown jewels, intending to use them to aid his starving countrymen. Three international crooks--Carstock, Hansen, and Fogarty--plan to steal the jewels, but Hansen meets Marie en route to Yokohama and decides to go straight. They are all engulfed, including Boris, by an earthquake and trapped in a bank vault. Boris is slain. Hansen gets the jewels, which he promises to use helping the poor. He and Marie are rescued, and they plan to marry.—AFI
- Count Boris Romanoff is a Russian noble who has escaped during the Russian Revolution. In exile, he carries the Russian crown jewels. He has plans to sell them, with the proceeds being distributed to the suffering people in Russia. When he arrives in America, a gang of crooks attempt to steal the jewels aboard the train. They are thwarted when they discover the bag they steal contains only a few trinkets. Meanwhile, the real jewels have been entrusted to the Count's valet, who is in Japan. Boris negotiates for the sale of the jewels with Jules Carstock, who ostensibly is a wealthy society man. In reality, Carstock is the head of the gang of crooks who attempted to rob Boris. Boris and Carstock travel by yacht to Japan, along with two of Carstock's men, Hansen and Fogerty. Carstock passes the two men off as cooks. The plan is to rob Boris before the sale can be consummated and sell them to millionaire Flint. En route for Japan, Hansen falls for Marie, Flint's maid. Upon arrival in Yokohama, Hansen tries to go straight, because of Marie. But he is forced to take part in the scheme. While Boris and Carstock are negotiating the sale at a bank with Flint and his wife, Hansen and Fogerty rob the vault underneath. Marie rushes in to tell Boris of the plot. The robbery is completed, when disaster strikes. The building is leveled by an earthquake, and everyone is trapped in the vault. Fogerty attempts to monopolize the meager water supply, and gets Hansen in on a scheme to keep themselves alive and share the jewels after the others are dead. Boris' religious talks lead the crooks to confess their real identities and pledge to reform. Boris' attitude converts Hansen to the right side, and Hansen returns the jewels. Fogerty fights for the jewels. When he attempts to shoot Hansen, Boris steps in the way and is mortally wounded. Before dying, Boris asks Hansen to fulfill the sale of the jewels and the distribution of the proceeds to the poor in Russia. A rescue party arrives, and Hansen and Marie plan to be married.
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