Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-20

In English. In 1872 Svoboda was dis
continued through the Vaccinations and
occult influences OF Count Bodisco, the
hussien Minister at Washington. and the
Alaska Fur Company. During the publ
cation OF this paper Honcharcnko's life
was twice attempted. on bots occasions
by hired Sclavonians. he says. once with
the knife and once with brass knuckles
lie disposed OF his English type to Henry
George. who started his first newspaper
venture. the San Francisco Post. and re-
tanned the fonts OF Russian and Sclavonic
type Tor use In the secret press In spread
ing his propaganda. With the money he
received for his type he purchased the
MY acres he calls Ukrania. Ont OF
lkrania issues the still small voice of
sNoooda-the whisper that chills the
heart OF the Russian monarch. and by
It's potential breath causes the throne
OF the Romanofis to almost topple over.
HIS MISSION.
Father Honcharenko is not a Nihlllst or
an Anarchist. lie does not believe in dy-
Mantle or violent measures With him
the great panacea for earthly Ills Is edu-
cation. He thinks X is only a question OF
time when a republic will succeed an en-
pire IN Russia. lie has founded in Cali
f0Tnia the Deccmbrists q society OF Rus
fsf''f ~ HifdAIiNfirs WHO UpDf " kdfl iiltil
ends by peaceful means. such as the cir
culatiou OF advanced literature. Hon
charcnko Is great admlrer Of Count
JOlstoi. whom he calls his spiritual child
having confessed him while In Alexan-
dria. Egypt. Tolstol Is one Of the few pa
triots who cannot be accused OF mixed
motives.
Back Of his house Father Honcharenko
has built row Of cabins, where he en-
tcrtains escaped convicts from the ST.
bcrian mines ana others who are fleeing
from the dcspotism OF the Russian Car.
Prince and Princcsses have hidden there.
and every poor slave in the dungeons
and mines Of Siberia knows OF the cx-
priest and his home in the Alameda hills.
In their dream Of liberty these slaves
think only Of 'd.lttle Russia as their
destination.
The ex-Pricst and his wife do not feel
the loneliness Of the place. They have a
great deal of Russian company all the
time. Besides. they are sustained by the
aidor Of grand cause. AS the old gen.
tcman said TO me: Il work with my
hands on my farm. sell my onions and
apples 10 buy paper and ink. Then !
print my paper Liberty, and my tracts
and send them 10 be distributed in Rus
STA and Siberia. ] have no subscribers.
My Russian literature Is all given away. "
From this obscure niche In the noun
tans of Eden Township these tracts are
sent by secret and devious ways TO Swift
zerland. 20 Geneva, where the LIBERIA
tors post them in the underground mall
for transmission across the frontier to
their destination. or they are sent 10 the
Russian tea plantation in Northern China.
where. securely folded and secreted in
cakes Of brick tea. they are transmitted
by caravan, sealed with the seven Gus
toms seals at Kiahta, across the steppes
Of Siberia, consigned 10 trusted agents for
distribution in the very heart of the
empire serving we'll their purpose of
keeping alive the pickering flame Of lib
erty. and feeding constantly the blazing
torch OF Communism. iloncharenko has
been formally condemned 10 death by
strangulatiOn for his share In the con-
spiracy TO emancipate the serfs-a con-
spiracy which doomed the master and all
in authority TO massacre--a conspiracy
that included in its bloody edict the lives
OF the father ana mother of Agapius HON.
charenko the priest, propagandist, exile,
and apostle OF liberty. 1t was novel
situation, my visit and my eating at his
table. this breaking Of bread in the house
Of u man upon whose head mighty
empire had set a price.