The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-20
EASY LESSONSIN ANARCHY.
PRINCE KRAPoTKINEL LECTURES FOR
THE SETH Low CoNTINGE "

n Delegation or East side Anarchists In the
Gallery App for the Killing or
Alexander ~. ana Trepon, In which tho
Dollar Seats Led tho 2S-Cent seats.
Prince Krapotkine. tho Russian Nihilist and
leader OF tho Anarchists in England, lccturcd
last night In Chickcring Hall, under the aus.
pices OF n committee composed of Bishop Potter.
Father Ducey. Thaddeus Il. Waicman. Prof.
franklin III. Giddings, Prot. +. II. A. Scligman
and Prof. Adolpho Colin of Columbia College,
tho Rev. Percy 9. Grant Of the Church of the
Ascension, who. during the campaign, an
nounccd that II Seth Low wasn't elected Mayor
n might DO necessary TO resort to force; the Rev.
Or. Rainsford. the Rev. DIR. Rylancc, Moses OPP
penhoimcr. the CARGO; Mrs. Josephine Shaw
Lowell. Charles B. Slower. and about q dozen
others.
Prince Krapotkino has been an Anarchist
since 1872. lilo was Imprisoned in Russia for
four years for preaching anarchy under the
alias OF Borodin. He escaped from a prison hos.
pital and went to Switzerland, where he started
an Anarchist paper called La RcUonc and ran 1t
until he was expelled from the country. Later
he was arrested in France and sentenced to five
years in prison. and after that he went to Eng
land. where he started the anarchistic.com
munist paper Freedom, Prince Krapotkine has
been visiting this country for several weeks.
Since ho has been here he has been a contributor
" NhV 1sttNitb 4 Oot. ~ "a I SohiV " mo
contributions were printed that Bishop Potter.
Father Ducey, MIR. Wakeman. Mr.. Slower, DR..
Rainsford, DR.. Rylance, the Columbia College
professors, and the Rev. Percy S. Grant invited
him to lecture. These gentlemen, however. did
not succeed in drawing as large an audience as
they hoped for. There wero fewer than 500
persons in Chickering Hall. which was, Of
course, q great disappointment to Prince kra.
potkine as we'll as the committee. Father Du.
Cey OcCunigl n seat on the nlptfOrn. hui the
other members OF tho committee who attended
cat in The body OF the hal. A majority Of the
who occupied the 25-ccnt seats in the gallery.
Prince Krapotkinc is a short man and is very
thin, but he has a very stout beard, much more
luxuviant than that of John Most or Herr
PETER. Like Most's. it stands out in every di-
The subject of his lecture was the struggle for
freedom in Russia. II was n general history of
the efforts of the Nihiligts to obtain freedom.
The Prince was introduced by Ernest u. Crosby
Of the Citizens Union and the University Settle
hhShS, 81 Potter Sn,a" is H q director eSM rs Inc his sf in,rod"ct hon
Mr.. Crosby said that, there WAS "A struggle for
freedom before Is well as behind ~, us: in America t
description of the reign of Nicholas l.. when
seTfdom Was an ini''tHiio on, r. up tho
of %scrfdo!n. but declared that while that gave u
certain freedom the present population was
during the reign of Alexander III. that the
Prince was first arrested. Speaking of the be.
ginning of Nihilism in Russia. he said: a
I'VE were not strong enough TO accomplish
our purpose, but we began and others will con.
tinne 1t to the end"
There was an outburst of applause, which
started downstairs and was taken up by the
gallery. The Prince told in considerable detail
of the reign of Alexander H.. ana how in order
TO preach his doctrines without getting caught
he himself went around in various DISCUSSES.
He told of the first assassination by the Nihi-
lists, which was of a Chief of Police. The provo
cation was the whipping. of II Nihilist. The
Prince said il could not be tolerated. and a
Sihilist " took a pistol and shot the Chief of
Police who whipped the man." There was an
dollar seats, where those of the committee
who were present sat. and it was taken up
by the 25-cent Anarchists in the gallery.
There was another %outburst of applause. which,
like the other two, started in the dollar seats.
when the Prince said: This was the beginning
Of the struggle for life or death with Alexander
ii. You know the consequence, Alexander ii.
was killed." In addition to the hand clapping
there were some shouts of approval. These also
came from the dollar seats. or the present En-
peror, Nicholas H., the Prince said, absolutely
nothing could be told, exec that he was a
young man who got tired whtt lie worked with
his brain too hard. The Prin . told several
stories illustrating Russian desIotism. and de-
clared that in the end the Sihilists must win.
There was more applause from the dollar seats.
said
1.-THE foundation OF political liberty il in the
economical emancipation OF the Masses
AT the conclusion OF his lecture most OF the
people who occupied dollar seats shook hands
with the Prince. The Decent Anarchists in the
gallery were not permitted to so on the stage or
Into the anteroom.