The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-30
NJ. Santos Dumont's Second Successful
Expedition at Paris with His
Dirigible Balloon.
NOT0RIEY LOVING NJ. P.'S
MIR. REDMOND SHOUTED "POLICE'
AND "sAsSED" THE SPEAKER.
Patrick O'Brien Also Was Noisy and
Both Were Suspended-Ame
Locomotives in France.


| here to-day from the correspondent of the
| Associated Press at St. Petersburg give de-
| tails of the expulsion from Russia of George
| Kennan, the American author and lecturer.
who cabled exclusively to the Associ-
ated Press on Friday last, was called on
| at his hotel in ST. Petersburg Thursday
| evening and informed by the high po-
| lice officer that he must leave the country
| by 10 o'clock Friday evening. Mr.. Kennan
| was courteously treated. but was not al
| lowed to leave his room in the interim.
His expulsion was carried out quietly. He
was provided with a travelling passport,
signed by the chief of the political police,
and boarded a train for Wirballin, accom-
| panied by an escort. His own passport was
returned to him on his arrival at Wirballin.
The correspondent then says:
"Mr. Kennan arrived in St. Petersburg
three weeks ago. after absence of fifteen
years. He entered the country by way of
Finland an American passport, which
had been examined and signed by the Rus
sian consul Hull Since his arrival here
Mr.. Kennan had renewed his old and pleas
ant acquaintances and had collected lit
erary material He was not engaging in
any political agitation. The Russian press
referred to Mr.. kennan's return courteous
ly, no paper suggesting that he was not
welcome. and he began TO feel secure. At
| about 6 o'clock Thursday evening a high
police official placed him under detention
in his room and read notice requiring Mr..
Kennan's departure by 10 o'clock Friday
night. There is only one explanation for Mr..
Kennan's expulsion, and that is that the
Russian government has not recovered from
the effects of his criticisms of the Siberian
exfla SyStarn which ba baan GREATLY roo5i-
fed and restricted since Mr.. Kennan first
wrote it. His expulsion was simply ques-
ton of policy which has not affected the
personal attitude Of old friends towards
Mr.. Kennan. who was invited TO places
where the highest government officials were
present.
"A responsible official of the press depart
ment of the Ministry said to the corre-
spondent Mr.. Kennan's arrival: Il do
not think that anybody here doubts Mr..
Kennahs good faith. We believe he made
prison-exile system; that he was misled by
those he trusted and was often imposed
upon. His perspective was wrong. One can
give a bad impression of any country If one
selects the most repusive subjects to write
about Personally. / think Mr.. Kennans
book did a great deal of good. Our press
is now allowed to discuss the conditions of
exile with a freedom not dreamed of sew
eral years ago. The shameful conditions
prevailing on the island of Saghalien were
lately exposed courageoasly by st. Peters
burg newspaper and the worst abuses have
been corrected.
Mr.. Kennan is going to London and
thence he will go to Nova Scotia.
George Kennan came into worldwide
prominence in 1885, when he crossed the
steppes of Siberia and told of his adven-
lures in a series of magazine articles He
previously had spent two years in that bar
rem waste constructing telegraph lines
the later abandoned round the worlo land
route. The failure of the first Atlantic
cable had led TO a project TO connect the old
world and the new via Alaska and kams-
chatka. Kennan had served as telegraph
opera cor under Gen. Anston Stager during
the var General Stager was later appoint
ed superintendent Of a telegraph company.
1t was ne who conceived the project TO run
a telegraph wire to Europe via Asia, and he
picked out young Kennan as the man best
fitted to carry the plan to success.
Wills hHe cT oT slberia With lis camps on the
steppes. it's life in the smoky huts of the
wandering Koraks. its arctic winters, its
multiplied hardships and its manifold in
terests and eXcitements proved a prepara-
tory school for another and vastly more
important Siberian journey. He picked up
a fair knowledge of the language. which
stood him well in his subsequent visits TO
the land Of misery.
The overland line was abandoned when
the second Atlantic cable proved practic-
able Kennan undertook the overland jour
ney through Siberia and northern Russia
on horseback. After winter in ST Pc
tersburg he returned to America. This
was in 1865. He had been away three
wears In 1870 he published book en-
raks" He returned 10 Russia again in
1869. The fall and winter OF 1870 was spent
in a solitary horseback journey through
Daghestan The whole tour was full Of
the widest adventure. Again returning
TO America he followed various journals
tic pursuits until 1885, when he was sent
out by the publishers of magazine to
write up Russia ard its penal system, and
he did IL in a mastery manner lie had
a faculty of getting at facts, quick per-
ception OF details. ready adaptability, and
a reckless disregard of danger
KEENAN, came back TO the United States
in August, 1885, having Travelled many
thousands Of miles through Siberia and
collected a mass of material, which, when
published in a magazine, attracted the
attention OF the world and made its author
famous The crueities Of the Russian au-
tOcracy were never before so cOmprehen-
sively and mercilessly laid bare
Mr.. Kennan since has confirmed and sup
plemented his work In behalf Of humanity
by several extended lecture tours, during
which he has detailed further his Siberian
experiences. He is a terse and vigorous
writer and impressive speaker.
Kennan was born at Norwalk o.. on Feb.
16 1876. OF ScOtch-Irish ancestry. He re-
ceived little school education. but being en-
ergetc and studious he grounded himself in
the elementary branches. At the age Of
twelve he had mastered telegraphy and
a short time with the Northern army be-
fore undertaking the Russian venture i'm
1863