New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-28
PRINCE KRApo11ISNS c4RHER.

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Prince KrapoI kiuv O., one Of tuOts SocaiStic ariS-
iocrais oil wbum England sUor,is 80 few aud i'it-s
80 many example. lac proudly traces hsa descent
with the DIV milling lew now left ot TINS ancient
lne-frun th" OH honse and family ol huriN oAe col
The tuTee founders kussI1; aud on the strength
of this lineage he has been heard 10 declare That he
has more night 80 tmpv the RUSSIAN throne imam
the Emperor hm.cli. The Prince began Ills carer,
Ike No. many other Who have loiHed the NihIAslic
movement By deyOtlng himself 10 sciruiihc stnd5
Quite "a young man, he visited siberia, and IN re-
l. al information. besides taking part ~ nuuhrr
OF scientific eXppdItiuus Int0 tue interior en- his
return 10 ~ Petersburg he Was elct tel 90 eluueI.
and afterwarl secretary, Oi The hnH@.ah 'euHrdrh-
real Society lie wrOie SEVERAL scientific D. "hn. nut
had to finish his principal work al Tue Racicr' "i
Finland ~ prison. 10 wus hiS Wait 20 Belgium aud
Swtlrt land ~ the beginning OF 1872 that sernI- 10
have gwen . hual an permanent direction 10 TIE
Prince SncIdilsllr views. Al EeYry anu bnutVl.
~ intervals al rest from the no DON'T cOugehial
task of hrpug forward ihe production 81 VI. EHsoe
Rccluss " bcprraptIc tut -ctsrilc, fiincc ktApoi-
kIbe iouud tW" g. cultivate the acquaintance ol
the hume rous refugees 10y whOG he wHr surrounded
lie not oniy iott eel the lnirrinti oual but con
sttulrd himself the !eud"T oil ITS most UAtiemc
vIewa Ca hls rrtuTu To Russia tho sans wear. Ia NJ
once allied hNrf with Evolutionary circle IA -.
Petersburg. aud began his s'l.ilnpos'd w'rk OF
propaganda nin"us tho Iaborers az the tapltal.
Ofrn be- veuturr'i 10 collect, ~ souio rrcrot inert
ing place duly guarded against sniPi'e, larry
large ga hrfug O listeners A. an orator ms Iniiu-
ence Ou occasions must have been very c0uSld-
erabl, Endowed win An easy How Oi speech -
admits n not over friendly ielOw-cOuuiry he
in all ire and passion on the platform Like oil
rraI ORATORS he suatcues inspiration from his hear
,ts themselves. When he Uses he seems almost ~
one tranHlurnrd. He .trmblrs with emotion, white
his v0ice yInrates with that accent oi profound
conviction which eau neither Tcceivb nor DE cVun-
terfrttrd aud which ~ only heard when thr whole
being. aud not I've mouth alone, IN eloquent" he
effect of his speeches IN escIibol a. bUlh cOnVlnc-
ug and eiectIical-a comb nation al adVanta. ., 10
wh.eh few really Sensational speeches can lay
claim. In conversation his reputation IN That ut
cultured man Of large stores OF knowledge ANA great
rrsourcu ia argument has stron0 love OF logic and
mathematics giving peculiar precision and weight
To whale>er lie saws =,
Deuuitted 10 develop hIs TevoluI ionary proposals to
the nushiks Of ST. Petersburg. The story of the
elegant noble who Was nightly elcctrliyli gdolgbt-
oil audiences Win graphic plclur "i The coming
social millennium. ran randy from factory TO lac
tory and at last canc tp the ears oil The police Tie
house Ct ne nRtat0r was put uoder surveillance,
and 80 hazardous did the nightly oratlUrs bnoone
that they were at last gwen up. The Pnnce NM
self-artlsi AZ we'll AS orator AMI pOtlclan-go. his
easel ready, AMI prepared for the study OF ms
country, Oslen,iblg rs travelling landscare
painter but really the prUpagnndlSt agent O The
International" In tho meantime. however, the
police were upon his track-he was followed rtc"g
nILed and arrested. Tie place OF his subsequent
incarceration. out not the scene Of his daring es-
cape IL well known by all visitors to 81. Peters
burg. Standing in trout of the SIMMER Garden.
aud looking across the Neya, the eye NEE 81 trO"n-
ing fascinated fortress built AN ISLAND, ana sur
rounded by half staguant wafer. Wltnih Tue lh
clusuTe there rises the Rold'n spire OF a ohurch
whose clock chimes the hours. hali-houIs ana
quarters-si sound naturally sweet, bat To m'nv an
Bgreeably suggestive. Prince hrapotkihe was at
first confined IN The fortress Oi Peter and Paul
Had the author not changed his place 81 Iucar-
ceIatIun hs would no dOupt there stun Tor ION
Petro-p auioysky escape Is well nigh Impossible
The Princes heath. however, WAS almost ruined ny
the fortress, and by order oil the medical man he
was rernovd TO the Nicholas Hospital A lev
months suiliced for his complete recovery, ye1 no
was IN no haste to return 10 tho IuHre T. lhe
Prince had more than reason for desiring 10 10
man in hospital. Ills friends were plotting his re-
lease Artilice therefore me- esshrY. EN-
ployen 10 with success. The prison authorities
never dreamed that tie man who slowly dragged
and voice low IA those OF a dying parent, was
daily gathering his energies together Tor the per-
formauce of any physical prodigy ihat might help
hun to regain his liberty. He was allowed 10 walk
IN tho large courtyard Of the hospital but was al
ways accompanied by soldier. III was winter
tine and the gate Of the yard was left open. AZ
well as unguarded. for the bringing III of wood. |
plan of signals arranged by secret corIespohd
ence TIE great difficulty was TO evade the gua IL |
The latter kept in parallel line with the prisoner |
but always i've PAGES nearer the gate. " III begin
10 rum" reasoned the Prince and mat nematiclan,
he will come straight at me instead of making for
the gate TO cut of my exit thus traversing two |
sides Uf the triangle while only pass through one"
This reasoning proved sound. One day some notes |
Of violin heard. NOW never thought |
the Pricce. as with a sudden movement be easd on |
his hospital coat, and made for the gate. me |
startled guard forgot the entrance, described tue
two of the triangle and thus allowed his prs
oner to get To the exit before him. chItlaee was
in waiting. aid while several OF those VINO hau
helped to secure tho success of the plot remaneu pc
hind to embarrass the prison officials by nypocrt-
ical Inquiries, Prince krapotkne, MS AZURE eotn-
TO Lace Of concealmeDt and safety. 4