New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-29

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was ALWAYS ready to labor for the CAUSE &C.
1T a. woman for great decisions anu ioi
-.s.,.o,,o oocosinns her idealism making hei '"s
Co. ,,aat d.eds but incapable OF deVotihH ho''oi
-. III hor heart TO mean and petty ceta'ls anu
ohio p.rovskaia iEartmdns cohpah'o" :" '"o
ntos.o, mine and tile sgnal-giver IN tue ass"s''
Of TN, Czar) as an indefatigable ana powerful
combatant
M, ,o - ber will was as powerful as that OF
her intellect The terrible ton OF perpetuaI con-
spiracy under the conditions ep Is,Ine III ~, 80,
tbat tou which exbauSts ana cOrsunes Ino Iivso
robnst "a mperaments like an internal ire lot Tue
impIacabe god Of the revolution claims as noIo-
cast not merely the life ana I SS Ur us Of
tneir hone, and BRAN. their very Utmost Soul OF
otherwise rejects them dscards them dsdainl MY,
niIlcssT this terrible toll, say, could not snake
the will Of SOPHIA Prrovskaa.
For eleven years che remained in the ranks snar-
in IN immense losses aud reveIscs, anu yet ever
i'm PEELED to fresh attacks She Knew now 10 pre-
serve intact the sacred spark She dld not wrap
herself up in the gloomy ana mournlui manure vi
I Gid duty" Notwithstanding her stolcish anu
apparent codness she reIa.n s Of noI,sbrd
steel a wnnlan's heart was aiwaVs beating.
Women 1t must he confessed, are mnch more ricnlv
why the almost religions fervor OF the knSsan rey
plntlOnarv movement must in great part be attriD.
uted to them: and while they take part III H. IL
Will be inviLclble.
The revolutionary profes" are finished por-
traits: but the sketches which are appended Ut
them contain many effective silhouttcs oil character
The UkrIvate are represented AZ very large class
composed of people in every POSITION oeglhhlnB
with the aristocracy and the upper middle class
and reaching even to the minor officials IN every
branch of the Government service. including the
police They share the revolutionary ideas. but
take no active part in tho struggle. They maAn
nj and leIIu pOWeriul sup
port to the combatants by concealing' whenever
cc.ssarv thuss who are ex posed TO arrest. S"vera
of these places of concealmeut are described IN
cludpr one where Vera IaSsulic was hidden alter
her ucquittal Another concealer Is given the nc
titons name of Tarakanof. an official IN tho MN
islry of the Interior and "a pathetic account Is eNon
Of his character. He was an arrant e'"a'u'
Whenever Inc was concealpg in his lodgings con
sp;rator be suffered nntolI tornents from rear 10
conld not sleep at night; ne grew pale, yellowish
and aeiected and hen bo could bear up no longer
he would take chlural to pot hm to sleep.
! looked at him with mixed feeling of astonish-
ment and of profound respect. lhls mn Wa IA iu
dlcrous in his tear: but how great he WAS III MS uo
yotioni | knew that his house was always open
TO all who were in INV position. ana that some "
party had remained there LOT Well 40 hn '
by a cruel caprice OF nature, was deprived Oh Ihat
merely physiological quality called courage lloM
great, on the Otnci manu. ihus' u"'' ~ "
force
Another glimpse OF Nihllst character Is auorued
in the Intercstus chapter on the secret press
Maria Krilof. who acted as mistress OF the mouse
was woman Of about fOrty-hSc she passed i"t
one of the oldest and most deserving members Oh
our PARTY She had been Implicated III Tue oon'pI,
aces of the Krakosovzi hc was inplI'one1 ,, anu
coudemned 40 de portatlon to one OF tue nnrtnern
provinces but succeeded In escaping. ana occano
one of The illegal" She contnu' d % work inde-
fntigably for our cause III various ways until sue
was arrested at her post. like s"ldlef arm ~
hand in tho printing Office oil the Gem oIo"'ct
i'm 1850. Thus. for sixteen consecutive Se"ih h'o
remained in the ranks Of the cuuspratorS caring
Tor nothing except TO he Of use TO the cause. ana
occupying he most modest and dangerous posl'onS
She had worked in tbs printing oiices ir"Ii .i,e
first and although IN very bal health anu nan
hind from increasing shurisightedneS sue conNu-
u,d tu work and with 80 much zeal ana elI-ucNo-
ton that notwithstanding her MUMMY, SUI va
a. a composOr. equal to the most skilled WOO hmau;
There WAS "a girl who passed ~ the servant VI
Madame krlon. | never head her name ~.
was girl of abOut eighteen or nlnetech' Iai5 i1n
LIne ev.. delicate and graceful who wonld nave
anpeared very beautiful ont for the expression vi
constant nervous tension IN her pale race Whlen
living reflection Of the continuous efforts when ths
lie costs II alniained for months ana months III
this terrible place. exposed to the nceSsaht pyins
of 80 many thousand police spies. -.
The mechanism was extremely simpo. ~ i Wv
case. with various kinds OF tyne niue cylhner
lust east of kind OF geiatinons substance closey
4
ant 70 smell "A large heavy cylinder coNriep WIN
cloth which served as the press; some oIlCh'ns.'
brushes and sponges III pan TWO lh'S Vi p'n,,nS
INK Everything was arranged IN such mahheI
that il could be hidden in quarter OF an hOur u
large clothes-press standing IN a corner
1,hes. revelations of heroic qualities In tho CON
sn;ratcrs of the bomb and tho mine mast be supple
,,eoted Inv n brief account of their political aims
Tn. earlie,t NIhilism was philosophical and lit
erory movement which ran its course IN the decade
beginning with emancipation and ending IN ls'o'
IL wasa period of materialist propaganda. MIMI
ism proclaimed war upon religion until among
neopls with any education at all u nan who was
not a thorough materalist was curiosity. Nihil'
ism also recognized woman as having equal rlght'
with man and SEQUEL for her in civil la" anu IN
education IL complete victory. In the decade open
inc with the French Commune, Nihllism assumed g
new phase-SOciallsn.
Having begun by maintaining with the extreme
Marty o. the lnternatiOnalo called tho Anarchlca
Marty that the Socialists should abstain from nj
nartJcipatiOn IN the political struggle the Russian
Socialists by the lneXorabe logic Oh events nave
had Ia learn, at Their own expense that political
hertv Ia not only useful but Indispensable Tor the
Socialist as for every Quo who has any convictions
| TO enforce or any IDEAS TO propagate among MS
fellow. citizens. They have had To recognize thar
without these elementary rights. Socialism Will
MAYER emerge beyond the narrow limits OF the Secret
Societies and i'll never be able TO exercise a dc
cisIv influence upon the convictions OF the masses
| Tiers pcino no other party in Russia capable of
| engaging In the struggle with Despotlsn, the Rus
sian Socialists resolved to undertake u on thelr
own account As IN Russia, as have shown IN nv
| IrtIoducti0n al Instruction in the European
manner is absolutely impossible the Socialists had
recourse to Terrorism; to conflict with the auto
pot IN nerson in oraer TO render his life a torment
and a WEAKNESS to him. and his position into cradle
| .hamefuI ridiculous: 40 that from very dread OF
| the derision cast upon mis- pretended unlimited
nover he shouln resolve yield to the Legitimate
| And very modest asDr atoms OF the entire nation.
The aspirations of the Socialists and those OF the
whole of Russian society met, thus at this point
and lie Terrofists did nothing moro than proclaim
| avud. amid the reports and flames OF their explo
sIons what everybo either Thought, or whispered
| u,itb a besitatInv and timd voice. amid deluge oil
| adnIatiOn and general compulsory reticence.
| The Terrorists have before them. not a Govern
| meni in the European sense OF the w0rd-for then
| .-n,,Li h.. rnnnssi III limit "A cnmarNd. "a sInal aud