Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-13
ExILED TO SIBERIA.
How Justice NIiscarries in Russia-The
 Fate of 'Suspects.'

How Justice Miscarries in Russia-The
 Fate of Suspects"
 Mfr Eorodn, a we'll known writer for the Russian magazine, 'Annals of the Father land" was banished to the province of Ya- kutsk on account of the dangerous" and ''pernicious" character of a manuscript found in his house by the police during a search. This manuscript was copy Of an article upon the economic condition Of the province of Viatka, which MT. BorOdIn had sent to the above named magazine, but which up to that time had not been published. Mr. Borodin went to Eastern Siberia i'll a con vict's gray overcoat with yellow ace of diamonds on his back, and three or four months after his arrival in Yakutsk he had the pleasure of reading in the "Annals of the Fatherland" the very same article for which he had been exiled. The minister of the in terior had sent him to Siberia merely for having in his possession dangerous" and 'pernicious" manuscript, and then the St Petersburg committee of censorship had cer- titied that another copy of that same manu- script was perfectly harmless, and had all lowed it to be published, without the change of line, in one of the most popular and widely circulated magazines ill the empire.
 A gentleman named Otchkin, i'll Moscow, was exiled to Siberia by administrative pro cess in 1885 merely because, to adopt the language of the order which was issued for his arrest, he was suspected of an intention to put himself into an illegal position" The high crime which Mr. Otchkin was ''sus- pected of an intention to commit was the taking of fictitious name in place of his own. Upon what ground he was suspected of an intention' to do this terrible thing he never knew.
 Another exile of my acquaintance, Mir. Y-, was banished merely because he was a friend of MT. c., who was awaiting trial on the charge of political conspiracy. When MT. Z-'s case came to Q judicial investigation he was found to be innocent and was acquitted; but in the meantime MT. Y-, merely for being a friend of this in- nocent man, had gone to Siberia by admins trative process.
 In another case young student, called Vladimir Sidorski q use t1ctious name), was arrested by mistake instead of another and different Sidorski named Victor, whose presence in Moscow was regarded by some body as 'prejudicial to social order" Vladl- mir protested that he was not Victor, that he did not know Victor, and that his arrest in the place of Victor was the result of a stupid blunder; but his protestatiOns were of no avail. The police were too much Occu- pied in unearthing ''conspiracies" and look ing after 'untrustworthy" people to devote any time to troublesome verifcation of an insignificant students identity. There must have been something wrong about him, they argued, or he would not have been arrested, and the safest thing to do with him was to send him to Siberia, whoever he might be- and to Siberia he was sent. When the con- voy officer called the roll of the outgoing ex- ile party Vladimir Sidorski failed to answer to Victor Sidorski'S name, and the officer, with a curse, cried: 'Victor Sidorski! Why don't you answer to your name9'
 Tt is not my name," replied Vladimir, land 1 won't answer to it. It's another Si- dorski who ought to be going to Siberia"
 ''What is your name thenf'
 Vladimir told him. The officer coolly erased the name ''Victorr in the roll of the party, inserted the name ''Vladimir' and re- marked cynically: Ut doesn't make a d-d bit of diHerence!'-George Kennan in The (Ho,,+,11,7-