The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-27
TSEBRIK0VA'S LETTER.
GEORGE KEENAN, IN POSSESSION
OF 4 COPY.

He Explains that the Writer is Neither
q Revolutionist nor Terrorist-He
Characterizes it as q Calm Review
of the Existing State of Things in
Russia-Its Closing Paragraphs.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, March 26-In the
Associated Press dispatches from st. Peters
burg and London have recently appeared
items with regard to the well-known Rus
sian lady named Mary Tsebrikova, who is
about to be exiled to Siberia for having
written personal letter concerning Rus
sion affairs to his imperial majesty, the
czar.
George Kennan to-day furnishes some
additional particulars in regard to this lady
and what she has done. He says: "She is
Russian lady more than 40 years of age,
who has long been known in her own coun-
try as ar able aud talented writer upon
social and political subjects. She was until
recently, If | mistake not, one of the editors
of the well-known liberal magazine, North
erR Messenger, published in st. Peters
burg.
NOT A REvoLUTIoNIsT.
''She has never been a revolutionist, still
less terrorist and her opinions with re-
gard to the state of affairs in the great en-
pire of the north are those of the most in
telligent and thoughtful Russians. / have
been for some time in correspondence with
her, but is letters coming out of the Russian
empire, and especially ell letters addressed
to me, are liable to be opened by agents of
the czar's government, Mime. Tsebrikova did
not dare to write me about her intention to
Gpp6 81 laftnrs n fha and | had m int
nation of it until | read the tele-
gram from st. Petersburg. The last
letter that l had received from her
before that time was written in Paris and
in it she said that she was about to do some
thing that would probably lead to her ar
rest and exile US soon as she should return
to her own native country but she did not
describe definitely the act that she had in
contemplation, and l could only guess at its
nature
SENT HIM COPY OF THE LETTER
"Just before leaving Paris for St Peters
burg, however, she mailed me n copy of the
letter that she intended to send to the czar,
and with it a personal letter explaining to
me her motives and purposes. These two
letters now lie before me- The memorial to
the c2ar contains about 1000 words, and is
frank and earnest, but a temperate eHd
perfectly respectful petition for lib
erty, justice and redress of wrongs.
1t does not menace the emperor
with the fate Of Peter Ill, Paul I. and
Alexander II. unless he modifies his present
reactionary policy. 1t does not contain so
much as a suggestion Of assassination, and
cannot find in it anything that oven
remotely resembles a threat. It seems
to me to be q calm, reasonable re-
view of the existing state of things
in Russia, coupled with an earnest appeal
for a more liberal and progressive policy in
the administration of the affairs of tht
empire"
THE CONCLUDING PARAGRAPHS
the address is too loug, of course, for use
in such communication as this, but hope
soon to print it in full, and in the meantime
| quote its concluding paragraphs. They
are as follows:
Russia paid dearly for the policy of Nicholas
l.; the bitter lesson of the Crimean war com
pelled Alexander H., at the end Of the fifth and
the beginning OF the sixth decades OF the pres.
ent century, to change his policy. Is it possible
that another such bitter lesson is necessary in
order TO make manifest the decay of existing
imperial institutions? Salvation is to be found
only in u return to the reforms Of your father,
and in further extension and development OF
them.
THE ONLY SALVATION FOR THE STATE
Freedom of speech, involablity Of personal
rights, freedom Of assembly, open courts,
ample opportunities for education suited to all
capacities prevention of administration license.
and national assembly in which all classes
shall be represented by delegates of
their own choosing-these are the
only things that viii save the state. The
measure OF endurance is filed to oyerfowing.
It may be that revolution which shall over
throw monarchy is far distant, but local disor-
ders are probable, and the district rulers
additional burden upon the shoulders OF
rural commune will do more 10 incite such di;-
asters than will all the efforts of our reVolu-
tionists. The nation will grow up to bloodshed.
Honest citizens look forward with terror 10
the situation that sooner or later viii
be caused by the all-powerful and domi-
Mating influence of bureaucracy over
the people. They look forward To
and grandchildren will not oe silent You are
an autocratic czar, restrained only by the laws
which yon yourself make and alter, or by Of
ficials who do not execute these laws but whom
you yourself appoint. One word from you and
there will be a change in Russia which will
leave a bright page in history. II you choose
to leave instead dark page you Will not hear
the curses of posterity but they will be heard
by your children. and what terrible inherit
ance you are thus transmitting to them
Your majesty is one OF the mightiest mon
archs of the world. am only working unit
in 100.0 600, 900 whose fate you hold in your hands
but, nevertheless, feel that it is my moral
right and my duty to say to you what ] have
said. MARY TsEBRIKoyA.
MORE ARRESTS.
PARIS, March 81, 3 A. MA Siberian
letter received here announces the arrest OF
three men and women for writing an ap-
peal to the Russian people. protesting
against the conduct of Gen. Ostashkin in
tie YaRutsk affair. The trial Of the pris-
oners will probably result in their sentence
10 death.
A STUDENTS RIOT AT ST. PETERSBURG.
LONDON, March ~, 3 A. M-Students
are rioting in st. Petersburg. Revolution
airy pamphlets have been scattered through
out the city
A dispatch from Odessa to the Daill,
NeiCs says there is an imperial commission
to inquire into the abuses of the penal ad-
minisGra, ion in Siberia.