Milford chronicle., 1891-11-20
ausslAis System.
..ssIsa .. the score. service ors.al-

lection Of the Secret Service orEani-
ration described by kennan.
The Russian secret service police system
vsrv oomplete aud far reaching organi-
ION aaid Mr.. George Kennan, ia re-
,nae 10 a uuerv from a reporter and as
fnafance of how thoroughly tho govern
snt through this system is able @ keep
ael ~ oneis movements may we'll relate
awuerience of my own When returned
- petersburg from Siberia the last
ma was very anxious to leave the em-
5rs assoon as possible, for several reasons.
H. travelling companion, Mr. Frost, was
a.qaicailv broken down, and feared might
oiianae al any time. was far from Wen
,,vsslf and longed to escape from the az
mosphere OF apprehension IN which hao
lived So long, aud Of course very anxious
n zee my wife who was awaiting me IN
London. .,.,.s -
$50 sent my passports 70 the cnlei oi
the departmeut Of police and asked pefitlis
sion to leave the empire at once tnis pslhe
j necessary step before one can leave hus-
sia. In a short time ! received a curt yer
mi replv to the effect that | couldn' . ie'tss
tbeenpire until 1 had received the perinls-
SION 81 the governor general Of eastern
siberia. This annoyed me a great as..l' ,.7 y.
I knew very well that / couldn't OBTAIN
qnch permission from the governor genera
~ eastern Siberia, who WAS a'OVv ihiies
away, under three months ana perhaps q
long again, so / called at the American e
cation and placed the matter pelore th-
Secretary Of the legation, MI. Writ.
minister Lothrop at thai time nap
nened 10 be absent, and Mr.. Wirtz gave
I skn ahfaf of the nnesOOEi
hnraan IA the foreign Office. delivered
t,,e note In person to the chief Of the pass
mort bureau. who was an Italian. lie reau
Il tbrouob. carefully looked me over and
| than remarked. You are Mr.. kennanF
Informed him that was. when be IN
onired If I had ever before had permit te
i've IN the Russian empirei told hin
tbat had. in 1868, issued In March OF thai
year, believed
aTie Immediately touched a bell and d
k.s.tsd a clerk who responded TO hnd per
,o5t "a live IN Russia issued to Georg'
Ilennan 10 March, 1868. In three minutes
tbe clerk returned and handed to his che
me identical permit that l had SURRENDERED
4 vgben was ready to leave the emplr
twenty years before, and with It was a Us
of ahout forty questions concerning myself
which I had answered at that time, sno"
inc what my objects were in visiting Rus
~ where I came from. and, In short, al
about myself
aq'he chief scanned these documents AM
,ken informed me that If the American ie
s,stio, would send n letter to him ofiiciall
reouestinQ permission for me to leave th
ounire the request would be granted. MI
Wirtz wrote letter officially requesting
tbe nermission desired went from on
ciycnmlocution Office TO another, pan
money TO this official and that, and hnall
NJ me end of four days was given the pei
mission Of leaving the country. How the
manage to maintain system whereof
tbav are able almost instantly TO turn I
the record of any one who has lived IN tn
err hen one considers the inhnit
such records they are obliged {
-stery to me, one that can
only goes to show what
,ution it is.
'e Russian secret servlc
edingly bright, clevt
oit and crafty in ol
Jews and information
Is with whom | talke
c Lieutenant Colonel Sudeikil
.endarnes, afterward assassinate'
me of the ablest men in that line |
IN. ..,e service Of the Russian government.
9 .There is one class Of secret service 0
4 Z Ricers who are entirely unknown, who al
I y fact simply government spies, and yo
are liable Of course to meet one OF thel
at any time. Several times havethougl
that / was being interviewed by one
those spies, and when man would
nv acauaintance while travelling and
deayor to draw me out by professio'@ FL
revolutionary sympathies, and rem&
being an American, Mr.. keDGh
certainly know everything is
S.-.ss=s.-a treat ~