mˈæks wʌz ɹˈɛɡjʊlɚli ɚɹˈɛstᵻd baɪ ðə tsˈɑːɹɹɪst pəlˈiːs ænd wʌz ɪmpɹˈɪzənd twˈaɪs ɪn saɪbˈiəɹɪə, bᵻfˌoːɹ ᵻvˈɛntʃuːəli flˈiːɪŋ ðə kˈʌntɹi ænd sˈɛɾəlɪŋ ɪn ˈɪŋɡlənd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti fˈoːɹ.
Max was regularly arrested by the Tsarist police and was imprisoned twice in Siberia, before eventually fleeing the country and settling in England in 1924.