The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-06-17
LIGHT FhOM SIBERIA.
TIE saswy Hsns Of May Of Rus.ia's Meet
TalesteA Seas aud Daughters.


mittee. the city authorities. and the Governor
General all combined their efforts In order
to put upon this queer old city the best holi-
day attire. They removed from here every
body who would not smile during the coro-
nation festivities. or throw his cap in the
air and hurrah most heartily. For that rea-
son they nearly empted all the city prisons.
and the political prisoners were hurried on
their dismal march. Among the latter was
O. SchigaiefY. one Of the revolutionary poets.
The Cars Government could not silence
him, so they sent him. like many Others to
the place where. rs they believe. no mortal
cnn sing. SchIsaie:Y. in his cell. composed a
poem called " Revolution" which is now be-
ing circulated here among the Cars guests.
The poet says:
earrent, which ike an sar,hqaake wl upset an. do
peoples mid rs s,"r.n stirs the sleeping c.an Tho
ss S
q" OF ts
sS. Ssx ala SsSps
yuudy purple and your shining crown.
have heard that many OF tho Cars guests
intend to preserve a copy Of this poom along
with the imperial ticket. Us u memento OF their
Moscow visit.
What will become OF the author Of Revolu-
ton p" asked Moscow journalist.
An early. snowy grave" he answered. is
his fate at the best and a madhouse Mt the
worst Many u Russian genius has boon swal-
Logged up by the icy soil Of Siberia. When Rus
STA becomes free to erect monuments on the
graves Of her best sons and daughters. l am
sure Siberia will have most of The comments"
II seems it IL II family tradition Of the lioman-
offs to Oxfle men OF genius to Siberia. They
have awuys feared sue men. Catherine H..
the Czaritza- authorcss. banished to Siberia the
t,r..l .aet hlIGG f.y, n hs.ro .,I hnr
call Himself could not sniter the IistInngnsheI
statesman Speransky TO admire the laws al
republican France. and 81 the republican"
Car sent his best statesman TO Siberia in order
soldiers s are !; what hs nesi And p1ossssers
marched and marched on to Siberia. during the
thirty years reign .! the Car; soldier, Among
She.s xer n IN the RI
Alexander IT.. III. Libcrator. far surpassed
all his predeccssors. in populating Siberia with
r rpe as Tchsrn ishsvsky had. lie proved that
Of a Gar Alexander, ruled his officials and
Tchernlsheysky ruled me public at iarEe But
sheysky Was s sent to Siberia. where he has been
kept already ten years over the time prescribed
Tho fate Of the sshapons, husband anl WIFE
is exceedingly touching. AthaDasy Schnpof. q
man Of uncommon talents, wholly dedicated
himself 10 tue Stuuy III ltlt VT
Professionalism. He collected abundant facts
proving that the R:iskol was a popular protest
ss and hs EEK
are the representatives Of pure Russian demo:
ssis rrnes Tie Mas;a Mth Ss Iayyr Of
wreath WREATH but the car rewarded him With iron
chains, and exiled him to Siberia Tor life; The
berian sectariuns and wrote book on tho sub
ject. which created great sensation "a Kus-
STA. Then the rpal fortunes OF the Schapous
In. | ordered that ink
should be given to him. But ,SchapoI must
either write or become crazy The genaiarmss
slractsi to furnish Schapoir. Win plenty
Of sy yOd s anas5 rr asss to 5 Ss
guardian angel for her husband, and Tor long.
long years she conrageously defended him
ssea Of paper and aa' piece Of peac
/ she procured for her husband cost her endless
tears suierinGs ma nrmii,atohs' AS soon
faced endless troubles in order to send II to a
publishing house. III spite OF these hara.hips.
In no ai:', and in no country have books over
been written in such MANNER WORKOUT
wss osn psssc whs on s's se
| his guardian angel and on the other the devil
Ro iD9 e ssap" aed and h Ii. s Ms
soon followed him :, II snowy grave.
Among the Siberian graves ther aso two be- BE-
By e eSsrS sdSsatod Edssisn q to;aaS. .Souxh
| VI
| he greeted Young Russia in a poem which
| ended in these words:
Let your battle he successful than ours; let vic
tory your work and let the cup that posOns US
pass by you
The other MichqeloG was the author q a
very singular book called Otschopehtzi" or
Schismaties. in which basing his argument
| on the Bible and ON tho works OF the Christian
Fathers. and the Biographies Of Christian
martyrs. he tried to prove that to- revolt against
| the Cars autocracy was a holy deed.
| In Siberia also psrished Ivan PRIOR, the
famous author Of the History Of the VODKA
| Shops" in which from official documents he
demonstrated that for many centuries the Gov
eminent had contrived various means to in
| duce the people to dri ink. 30 that 1t finally
| came about that excise duties constituted fully
| one-half OF the States income.
| poets both men and women. Some Of the au,
| thors are In the insane asylum OF Siberia ana
| the majority OF them have found their last rest
| ing place under Siberian snow. Thareare In the
| book seventy-two poems all told, They EN-
| brace all the ideals of Young Russia. The
| reader Of these POEMS will seq pa nly what tho
Russian revolutionists love and what they
hate; what they fear and what they long for.
But the keynote Of oil the revolutionary songs
Is tho same: Death to the sovereignty Of the
Car and long life to tho sovereignty OF the
| people"