Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-04-06
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yihiIIsts in Geneva.
TIE Cars SPIES AND THE PEOPLES
FRIENDS.

For more than half century the Swiss
Republic has served. and it yet serves, as
an asylum for Russian conspirators and
political exiles. We saw here in Geneva
the famous Decembrists of 1925. the
aristocratic constitutionalists for whom
conspiracy was self sacrifice. ideal virtue.
and who have since become the heroes of
many Russian poem and novel Then
there lived here the scientific constitution
alists of 1886. the followers OF Professor
Petrushevskv. who were seized and trans
ported to Siberia before they agreed upon
any plan Of action. Soon after that there
appeared here the giants of conspiracy,
Alexander Hertzen.a writer of genius. the
poet Ogaren. singer Of liberty, whose
poems are classed among the best of the
Russian muse, and the fiery revolntionist
Rakunin. the father of the philosophic
social system now called inarchy. Even
the iron Gar Nicholas regarded these
three as dangerous TO his throne and
crown. For The last score Of years this
country has been flooded with Nihilists Of
varying temper. from blue to red hot.
Since the deplorabIe cxtradition of
Netchaef, however. the most compromis-
ed Nihilists smut the Swiss repubic. In
1874 our government extradited Netchaeff.
who was accused OF thel murder of a
Russian spy, the Cars government hav-
ing pledged itself to try him simply as a
murderer, not as political offender. The
Gar, however, did not care TO fulfil his
pledge, for Netchaeff. instead Of sharing
the fate Of Russian murderers. which is 30
years of hard labor in Siberia has been,
and is yet. kept in the st. Petersburg for
tress in solitary confinement, with chains
On his arms and legs, and fastened to the
wall OF his underground cell. Our gov
eminent ought to fulfil its civil duty Of
protesting against the Cars violation OF
bis pledge but it has never been done.
Now we see here a new wave of Russian
conspirators the Cars own conspiratOrs
against Nihilist conspirators, or, speaking
in PLAN English, the Cars conspirators
are of two kinds. There are the human
bloodhounds who do nothing but pursue
the victims pointed out to them, such. for
instance. as Prince Krapotkin, Vera
Sassulitch, Leo Hartmann. Sophy Bardn.
the Nihilist poetess who lately escaped
from Siberia, Mokrievitch. the only
Nihilist who on his way from Siberia
safely crossed the Chinese desert. and
some others. The Cars bloodhounds
trace every step oil their victims. trying
all means to kidnap them or ut least to
compromise them in The ewes of the local
authorities. The Russian rcvolulionists
here believe that il there are any letters
involving Prince Krapotkin in the Mont
ceau- les Mines troubles. they must have
been manufactured by the Russian spies.
The spies are well paid, their monthly
salary being from 500 To 5000 roubles.
The Revolutionary Executive committee
;,f th, Of
ali the changes made in the Russian for
eign spy service. Some say an inter
national spy system has been established
In view OF the proposed international
union Of the apostles OF dynamite,
Another class of the Cars conspirators
is OF quite anew sort. These strictly pre-
serve all appearances of real cOnspiralors.
They denou1ce the present autocraic
regime. and demand that The peoples re-
representatives. be at once convened in order
to establish better system of government.
Like the Nihlists, they also publish their
own journal here. the Volnoe Sovo THE
Free World. which sharply and ably crit
icises and exposes the Cars government
One not initiated into the Nhilsts' or
Cars secrets would readily take the Vol
noe Slovo for n genuine revolutionary or
gan. am told that the principal idea of
the Volnoe Slovo is to paralyze the revolu-
tionary movement in Russia. Its editors
are Instructed TO induce the Nihilists. who
are republicans, to reduce their demands
for the present TO n representative mon
archv. The Volnoe Slovo aflirms that as
soon rs the Nihilisis give up the republic
the Zemsky Scbor-that is, the Peoples
Assembly-will be convened by the Gar.
But the Nihilists know too well the value
Of the Cars pledges.
There are many prominent Nihilists lv-
ing here. Some are publishing journals.
pamphlets, and proclamaiions, which are
largely circulated both in Russia and else
where; others. being sworn Terrorists.
are waiting for orders from the st. Peter
burg executive committee. and these are
the ones whom the spies are most carefully
watching. There are here many Russian
emigrants whose liberty would be in dan
ger Ii they should return Ia Russia.
The Nihiist literature OF foreign origin
has lost great deal of its prestige since
the Terrorists started a printing house in
the Cars own capital. Tho Narodnaya
VOLTA (Will of the People). is looked upon
in Russia as true revelation of the Rus
sian revolutionary party. while the Rus
sian publication printed abroad are re-
garded as uttering mere heresay. In view
OF this fact the Russian editors here have
taken upon themselves the task of cx-
pounding theoretically the Russian social
revolutionary principles. and so their jour
nails are of great interest. There are now
published in this city the following Rus
sian journals: The Pravada Qhe TRUTH.
the Obschee Delo (The Common Cause),
the Nabat Uhe Alarm), the Rabontink
the Workingman). All of them
arc printed weekly, and all preach
the humiliation of Czarism. Yet there is
decided difference among them as re
CARDS ways and means. The Nabat advo-
Gates an immediate war against the Car.
and series of riots. whether on small
OF n large scale. directed against his gov
eminent. IAN incessant and implacable
war; is its waichword. In what form
order shall be established AFTER the over
throw OF the autocratic regime is Gues-
ton that the Nabat apparently does MOI
care about discussing for the present. The
Rabo,nic holds that no revolution can be
successful unless accomplished by the
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