The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-01

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sr. PETERSBURG, May 1.-THE Holy Synod
OF Russia has introduced into the Church
ritual the following new and Extraordinary In
vocation; Lot US pray to the Lord that lie
will forgive us our sins aud lAwlessness. and
save rs from all furious conspiraclos OF our
foes" While 100000 clergymen are daily ro-
peating this invocation In tho 10000 Russian
churches the laymon. in accordance with tho
Russian saying. Trust IN God. but fall not TO
mind your own business" are contrivlng
various means Of purgins the country Of con-
spirstors. But conspirators arc not only hard
to sxterminats. but oven to discover. True.
In the Cars country there u . formidable
secrot political police. Q large body Of dstec.
tves. several regiments OF sendarmes. and
numberless municipal policemen. yet all Of
these lesions have proved quite powerless
TO annihllats the. ~ II were. enchanted hand.
full Of the Nihilists." Al lonsth the Autocrat Of
oil tho Russias from tho top Of his throne has
called forth the house owners, the house por-
tiers. and other loyal subjects to assist his Gov
eminent IN extermlnatlng the revolutlonists.
The Cxar probably was not aware that In 80
doing he was reslgninR his Autocratlo prerog-
ativss In favor Of spies. Thus the Cars en-
pire has been suspended for the present, and
the empire Of spies has boon sot In motion.
During her history. one thousand and twenty
odd years. Russia has never before been In such
. strange condition - to-day. She has known
many cruel dsspot. whether 10 tho person Of
= Tartar Khan or Moscovite Gar shehas seen
the horrors Of civil war and OF the intsrrsgnum;
she has suffered By the armed invasion OF Tar
tars. swedss. Germans. Poles Frenchmen. and
Turks. but never before have her people boon
loft at the mercy OF venal spies. Such demon
aization Of the people and DISCRIMINATION Of
society - are now Witnessed hero have pre-
coded only the foil Of the empires.
The Cars government now exists not In re-
ality. but only In form. and Russians do not
know whom to obey. or to whom to look for
guidance and protection. There are here .
number Of secret organizations. each Of which
claims to bs law to itself and to the rest Of the
country. All Of them are directed. at least APP
parontly. to the undsrmining Of the under
ground government. the Executive Committee.
and to the support Of tho overground govern
msnt OF tho Gar.
The Sacred Militia In secret society formed
on the plan OF the Nihiifst Executive Commit
toe. At its head stand Grand Duke Vladimir
and Procureur Of tho Holy Synod Pobedonos-
tzsff 1t has its bylaws. watch words. secret
signs. ciphers. mysterious rites Of initiation.
oaths. special funds. and numerous agents. II
holds eecret court and sentences to death
some OF the most prominent Nihilists. such ~
Prince Krapotkin. LavroH. and Leo Hartman.
The power gained by the secret sacred MI
litia has melted the other mnxnates Of the
have the voluntary Guards. headed 81 Minis.
on pashfoH ana Gen: ShnyaioG They aim at
guarding the Gar. not only against the rev.
olutionistS but also against the influence of
any othei person or body. she Sacred Militia.
A large num6er of the Old Believers have
Joined the Guards. and In reward for. their
oy have bSsn sean rsoss
The provincial mobiles, soeing that by open
the Land Union. The. Union has many agents
s s
the Car to restore 70 the mobiles many priv:
The 81 era oivhieS Russian ann news s.
talked sS much last year. is now
The regular secret police. being thus super
BY the secret agents 8. OF secret ssofletss
sli tho other secret bodies. the Sacred Militia,
tho Terrorist party. too. Tue most secret Of
all secret societies IL known under tho name Of
soS Sas I
own organ. the Truth iI1ardaj which sets out
to warn Russians that the Nihiists tend not 70
end will be worse than the sutocracy.
Mean while tho conspirators par excellence.
hs here VT. SDa asw
members and agents.
The nr S has r sszsd upon the
The Cars Ministers have Joined different 50.
ov.tH trat AnAh, Nt.,,
and military officers. and Bishops. all eonsp,re.
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subjects bound BY their oath Of allegiance to the
s had Isn By gss
said hsIs that be gave no h!pt q hIs iats Jour;
thoy learned OF bis doparture only after he WAS
b d 81 ss hssS anG
eo Ssors esd sss' late
chief Of the Isecret POLITICAL police. attempted
f ss s sss .s
coprads, that We cannot hunt down. arrest:
and the 6est way 70 40 It is to tear asunder the
and death. Lot us inocu!ate them with mutual
nistrIs, s,psEpsGn and fear AMI our task will
Having thus Thought out his plan. he boldly
whether human or divine. His power was I'M
limited. and the amount Of money ct bis COM
Buy svsrybodS." be, said to his comrades:
Buy counts. court ladies'. Terrorists and
II %e1 na ups1 q snd os
monstro1s. He did. not take care. However.
that every person fn bis employ zaalolsly per-
and does not do. ..nytbips it Is sll right"
thoqGht sudeitin. for such man breaks UP
men; and. again. such man furnishes cover
for the real spies. for these. too. may say that
tbsy only draw their salary and do not spy.
question Of honesty" he used TO say. lis tho
question q the prize one dsma9ds ,h for his ser.
whether real or Imaginary. Of the Nhilist in.
formers In such cases he did not spare the
Governments eofters. It 10 said that he sue