Washington sentinel., 1899-03-25
FOREIGN NEWS
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RUSSIAN SECRET SERVICE AGENTS
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tampered with the police, with the
officers. civil and military, and with all
the surroundings of the Great Napoleon
Bonaparte, harassed him, and finally
accomplished his ruin2 Russia's Secret
Service Agents. Who was it who, by
their scheming, brought on the Franco
German war, tampered with the sur.
roundings OF the Third Napoleon, as
they had done in the case OF Napoleon
the Great, ruined Napoleon III, and
may be held practically responsible for
the suterIngs and betrayal of frances
brave soldiers1 Ask the r S S.A. Who
Is 1t today who is secretly intriguing
with Buonapartist against Bourbon and
with Bourbon against Bonapartist, and
with Republicans and Socialists against
the twain3 Ask the R.S.S A. Now the
headquarters Of the Russian Secret Ser
vice Agency, hitherto established in the
Rue de Grenelle in Paris under the
superintendence of Prince Ratkowski,
are to be transferred to Londonl We
are well aware that Russia has been
secretly intriguing with the Jacobites
while pretending to be friendly with the
Hanoverians, and at the same time with
the Socialists and Republicans OF Eng.
land against the other two monarchical
factions in England; but it only shows
the overweenlng arrogance of Russia
and the self confidence she feels IN the
strength Of her position that she dares
to establish in London, the capital of
the country of freedom, within the
shadow of Parliament ITSELF and within
the shadow of Her Most Gracious Mai
esty's throne, an institution which out
Herods Herod. and compared with
which the Star Chamber and the Spanish
Inquisition would contrast most favor.
ably. We also know that a party of
Russians ofhigh rank and ofsemi nglish
nationality (more shame 20 them have
quite recently visited England on a
secret mission to acquire information,
charts and plans relative to English and
other concessions both in Persia and
Arabia, to study railroad plans, to visit
Paris in order to raise large loan and
to obtain French support, whereupon
they will build gigantic railway through
Russia, Turkestan, Persia, and Arabia
to the Red Sea, where naval station
will be established. Are Englshmen
contemptibly apathetic, are they culpa.
bly, ignorant, or is it a case Of "Ouos
Deus vult perdere prius dementat?"
Whether we are Iacobites or Hanover
ians, Romanists or Protestants. let us
unite in putting our foot down upon
Russia's brazen faced impotence and
tyranny.
or course, it is a plausible excuse that
they are merely establishing the head.
quarters of the R. S. S. A in London,
so as to be in a better position for |
keeping surveillance upon anarchists
"and other suspected persons, a phrase /
which my own personal knowledge 1
tells me includes people who are too
faithful to Queen and country and who
know too much about Russia's plans.
1t is curious that the Scotland Yards of |
Turkey and Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, |
and France, have recently been exposed |
for completely in crime and reasonable |
practices. tits curious that the Scotland |
Yard Of New York has twice within four |
years been exposed for gross betrayal |
Of the public trust. It is curious that
our own Scotland Yard has twice within
as years been exposed for gross betrayal
OF the public trust; besides which, chief
constabes and chief detectives in pro-
viDcial cities and towns have been
exposed for the same, and perhaps there
are plenty more to follow. OF the
property stolen within the last IS years,
only one fifth has been recovered.
Fully 5000 Some say S,ooo) murderers
are roaming about at large, and these
are only cases OF discovered murders.
How many have not been discovered
to be murders may be judged from the
fact that 1t was officially stated in the
House oil Commons that there were
10000 mysterious" deaths annually IN
England alone. All these facts combined
with the fact that Russia is we'll known
to be fond of gaining her ends by tam.
pering with the police OF other countries
decidedly initiate against the proposal
that we should have an International
Police. The socalled Anarchist outrage
against the late President Faure Is now
known to have been got up" job BY
the police. We said so at the time.
And now the famous French detective,
Victor Decrion, has confessed that il
was he who planned and arranged the
ShOiS aaair. his object hsing TO obtain
charge OF the inquiry so as TO distinguish
himself by brilliant capture. He was
not above forging proof of guilt against
a suspected person when necessary. |
Victor Decrion was also in league with |
the celebrated band OF burglars known |
as "the Neuilly gang
And the world thinks that President |
Carnot and the Empress of Austria were
assassinated by Anarchists. We know |
better. But the subject Of Nihilsts and |
Anarchists will form matter tor another |
article. II 1t were Nihilists and Ansr-
chists who assassinated President Carnot |
and the Empress of Austria, was it |
NihIlists and Anarchists who are guilty |
of the deaths Of several other great per- |
sons whom the world believes to have |
died natural deaths, but who died, as |
David Urquhart SAID, mot By the vista
ton Of God, bnt by the visitation OF |
Russia" Personally l have not the
slightest hesitation in accusing our
police authorities in London and in
various parts OF England OF not only
refusing 20 investigate cases of crime,
but actually refusing even to listenl
Why? Was it because | unfortunately