Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-03

Organization Of tho Secret feevOlu-
1iOmary Sescfeay-The Chief Orr an Of
the Nthf1lStS-Ehe Rmssiam 1Ss.s1ce.

NnO INhAAhhhoeo-AA NC ~ U0St0m ROonCee
Some Interesting particulars as TO the organi-
cation OF the secret Revolutionary GOVERNING nc
In Russia are given in a letter from Warsay
published Dy the Neue Frese Presse. This gov
a great number OF sections, each OF which con
sists OF from ten to fifteen members and a chief
tstarosta>, and actsindependentiy OF the Others.
The object OF this arrangement is that whao
one OF the sections has been discovered and ire
members captured by the police, the other sae
tons should oe aoie 10 continue their opera
are continually being changed, and they hold
their sittings In various places sometimes IN a
public room, but chiefly Ia the houses OF the in
itiated. The various sections of the secret gov
eminent are under q general" who from time
to time gives out pass word by which the
members OF the sections may Know each Other
Each section has the right OF pronounciny sen.
tence OF death upon dangerous or SUSPECTED
persons and is instructed TO enter into as close
relations as possible with the members OF high
society in the Empire. One OF the means
adopted for doing this is the placing of women
belonging to the Nihilist conspiracy as govera-
esses In the families OF high Imperial functian-
aries. The daughters OF wealthy Russians Are
usually given up entirely to the management
OF their governesses, and I'm this way many
girls tf the best families have been gained over
TO the Nihilist cause"
EXTRACT FROM THE NIaTfIsr ORGAN
The Paris correspondent OF the Standard
quotes from letter from st. Petersburg the
following details OF the chief N,htiSt organ
which l. clandestihely distributed throughout
Russia: Its title is Senald S,cabodia Country
and Liberty. and II IS printed in quarto form
lt ella ms to hold jurisdiction over ever, body.
it warns, threatens and pardons right and lefr,
and gives prompt and accurate Information re.
srectingfhe carving out or its sentences, which
is found everywhere 1t Is laid by unseen hands
oh the masters table, is unexpectedly dlscov-
cred among the bankersS registers. and the I'm
ner al Councillor is astonished to meet with ft
among his papers: it rs slipped furtlvely be-
ween the sheets OF conservative journals a
word, it finds its way as If by enchantment on
the tables OF the cafes and Into the private
houses OF rich and poor. It appears twice a
month and advertiseS for subscribers IL men
lions the Nihilist pamphlets which have ap-
peared, and informs the public that Others
bearing this or that title are shortly to be pub.
lshed, the prices OF which are given, but the
editor contents himself with designating the
place at which they can be bought as the 'swell-
known house" On the day after General Mes
entZen was murdered the Senala Sgaboia ap-
peared illustrated with a large cartoon, In
which the General was represented as lying in
state, the first page being occupied With kind
OF proclamation giving the reasons which had
decided the committee to pronounce sentence
OF death upon him. Three days after the sc.
cret printing offices In st. Petersburg were dis
covered by the Russian police q man was as
sassfnated al MOSCOW, but who he was and why
he had been murdered remained q mystery TIL
the Semta S,caboda published the following nc
tice: son the 9Th Of March the traitor Rein
ste;d was executed In the Moscow Hotel at
MOSCOW. Reinstein, a Polish jew, disclosed to
the police the whereabouts or two OF the print
IOs OuCtS we nave, LlefCIOfc, k1IloQ him.
The government need not boast OF having made
any great discoveries; it has found nothing OF
any value. The editors portfolio being seized
has Certainly caused US some Inconvenience;
Dut, as we never sign any OF our articles,
tie affair has no further Importance. 1t viii
be useless to ofIer gold; traitors Will not be
found In Our ranks. Reinstein was only an
our command such considerable sums of money
that we can resist all attempts at bribery The
execution OF MeSentzef cost Us 5000 roubles;
still possess 900 coo roubles for the accomplish.
ment OF our work."
ErHnHsM AMONG THE POLICE.
In another letter from ST. Petersburg, Quoted
by the Times correspondent at Paris, the writer
says: 1.-The heads OF the secret police are ft Is
said, about to resign, having discovered that
three-fourths OF their men are in league with
the Nihilists. You have already learned doubt
less that q lady belonging TO the most influ-
entail court circles has been arrested on her es-
tate, and that she fired q revolver on her can
tors and avowed herself friend OF the sect.
I'm Inc d neaa Oh Inc Ooessa ponce VIII undertake
change nothing. Notwithstanding all this the
strength OF the Nihilists must not be exagyer-
ated. They are not really numerous, but they
are very active. procure recruits, OF whom they
make fanatics, spread terror by their audacity,
and are assisted, If not by the completely, at
Least by the apathy of the middle classes. In
this, indeed, lies their chief strength. While
they are aiming at the so called regeneration OF
the Empire by the most abominable means, the
m'ddie classes, the Swans, function aries mer-
chants and many oficers are at heart pro-
foundly hostile to the autocrattc system. All
these people are liberal, wish for a more or less
comprehensive constitution, and claim at least
for the nation the right and means of control.
This section OF the population, which, espec-
Tally In the towns, Is the most numerous infiu-
emf al and enlightened, feel kind OF humilia-
ion at seeing countries like Montenegro and
bulgaria win legislatures ana constitutions OF
some kind, while Russia, the great nation, is
the only EunOpean state without them. Hence
ia'ei & Irritation which induces perfect uncou-
assured, however, that whenever the Emperor
gives US mere semblance of liberty the weak.
n IS of Nfhfism will be seen, and it Is now only
small fraction OF the nation. The Emperor
can do what he WILL With q stroke OF the pen
he can give us the dignity to which we aspire
and reduce the sect to nothingness, but there
Is no sign OF his doing So"