New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20


master did not want to believe that I had
To convince him / went Immediately -
lodging. got it and returned with 1t 70 tho nh
station. The upshot OF the final cony.r,..,
was that we shook hands all around and L..
home, thinking that everything had been =. L
cably settled Little did we know. hovsvo,
the smallness Of Russian police station ma.
ter, for two weeks later we both received a Su-
mons to appear before the court on 'crr,.
charges" / was away in Finland a, the ,I-'
and when I got back 10 st. Petersburg so,.,
on my desk both the summons and the aoon, /
tai, the latter having come in a week or M A.
the summons. / Immediately looked 10 =,
friend to see what his fate had been. and 70 A..
behold, he had been fined twenty-five rItls |
For what" / asked.
For whisting In the police station and s,,,,
there, as the Priestaff declared, withou, n,
business to transact"
Such are the freaks OF law procedure In pr,
sia The real culprts In the whole matter a,
persons who had pummelled the EnglIshn-
were never brought to justice; I, although gus,,
OF an offence In pushing the dyornik, was 4.
clared innocent, while my friend. who had sr,.
to the station merely 10 help me out, was DE- |
ished. Our conclusion Of the matter was nr
my letter had saved me from further annoysne
but that the station master and justice Of In
peace had wanted 10 take their spite out .
somebody, and had picked out my friend
their victim.
The other occasion when used the letter W
In the Projects own building. | was having ny
passport attended TO preparatory to a short IT,
al TN no Sr "A -
by saving that it was all out OF order and h.
been so ever since my last entrance into tss
country. you should have got Russian pas.
port when you returned" he said, grufiiy; 40!
you will now have to pay fine OF - coptcn
for every day you have been In the city" ThI
meant something like $50 sum which 4.
not care to part with for such a small retus
and I demonstrated with the man, telling bin
which was perfectly true, that the Priestah d
the police district in which lived should Ia"
notified me. when my pass was sent to hin
be written in, that needed a Russian passp0!
"How is a foreigner to know all these passpS
regulations / asked.
THAT'S the foreigners business and not mine
was the reply. You will have to pay the hne'
"Well before 1 do" said, allow me to sao'
you another passport / have. II VIII al feas
make clear that my residence has been M'sr
TO the authorities right along, and it furnhAs
GOOD circumstantial evidence that | am no' .
suspected person"
He took the letter of the Project read II se7'
eral times over examined the seals ana sigma
lures and then handed II back to me- VIII 'ns
remark. We'll take. the fine off this time, but
he sure and come to me when you return &d
get the Russian passport
His manner had changed completely, ana iToc
a scolding oflicious Chinoynlk he had become
most accommodating servant.
AN ILLUSTRATION OF RED TAPE.
There is one more experience with the fre'es
which | have TO relate, and II Is the Only VIZ
I know anything about when ne had u ~
b,s suneriors for consultation and advice b-
II both for this reason and because II i eV
licious illustration Of the red tape winch hN
no gone through before one can give d PUN.
lecture in Russia for which tickets are so'''
had been asked TO give talk on some o' w.
studies among tramps and criminals iof w
benedt OF a charity, and had gladly eohseh'7.
II WAS TO come off in about fortnigrt aif' :
had given my promise. or, at least 50 Inc s'A'
tleman who was attending TO II p'a"he'' :"
matter of fact il was delayed for SIX "eeAA
and only came off then through the eou'.es' v
the different officials who had 10 De as"e'
turn for the necessary permission.
Under ordinary circumstances the iie"
gives the permits for lectures ana Inc "','.
can be printed only after he has done 3D. w
the title of mine, "Tramping with Tramps -,
Criminals" rather frightened him, and ne sa'
that he must consult with the Mihls'e' V
Interior before it could be given ihis
man desired that write out SYNOPSIS " w." 49,,
I was going to say, so that he cou' ''De
more intelligently whether II would ~ "a'-
ful or not The word criminals gave wv,
him and the Project pause. ana the! "a"'1,
to be sure that | was not going 70 iauh'"
In. ax,.. SoAitinls Ia An Ont.lne Ql W.