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of Bialorousski, and that incendiary
manuscripts had been written, and
many of them even Autographed at the
military headquarters themselves. One
of these was entitled, "The Pater Nos
ter of a Soldier" and it's purpose was
to incite the rank and file against their
commanders.
Propaganda Is Organized.
And here are the exact words Of the
war minister concerning another case:
'It was ascertained," he says, that a
propaganda had been organized among
the soldiers of the Ekater inoslav reg
iment of grenadiers of the imperial
guard. This propaganda came, not
from the outside and from persons who
were strangers to the army, but from
the soldiers themselves, and the chief
of the organization was a soldier OF
the said regiment named AlchanSky.
He had concealed the fact that he was
entitled to shorter period of military
service so as to be able to continue for
a longer time his work of propaganda
among the soldiers. While he was with
the regiment Alchansky energetically
propagated revolutionary ideas in his
personal conversation with the other
soldiers and also by distributing great
number of pamphlets, proclamations,
etc. A considerable number of soldiers
collaborated with him. Others, while
not taking any active part in his eff
forts, tolerated his propaganda. 1t
must be observed that among the per-
sons accused of instigating the recent
agrarian disturbances in the southern
governments there is a certain sub
lieutenant Of the One Hundred and
Tirty-third regiment Of infantry nam
ed Passko. He was convicted and he
confessed that he had distributed
among the peasants of the government
of PoltaVa different pamphlets and
proclamations Of a criminal character.
These examples do not probably ex-
hauSt the list of cases which might be
quoted as having taken place of late,
and which illustrate the fact that, by
one means or another, propaganda has
penetrated within the army"
Officers Are Organized.
They do not exhaust it, indeed! In
fact it is known that two socialistic or
CARNATIONS exist among Russian Of
ficers, though the authorities have not
been able to gain sufficient information
regarding them to justify arrests. One
Of these organizations is called "The
Army league" and it's object is nothing
less than to abolish the autocratic form
of government, while the other, 1.-THE
Military Revolutionary organization"
breaches open socialism and is believed
to be conducting an active campaign
among the troops. 1t is known, too,
that disloyalty exists In the navy, for
it was found lately that several mem
bers of an agitation committee which
was attempting to influence the SOL
diers of the garrison of Kranoyarsk,
had been appointed directly by the
sailors at SevastopOl. Quite recently
too, the "Hetman" of the Cossacks was
warned by the Russian war office to be-
ware against the propaganda of revo-
lutionary doctrines in the army, and 1t
has been observed here that If 1t Is
necessary to protect the Cossack
against the faint of European revolu
tionary ideas, the Infection must be
widespread indeed.
Information came from Mohiloff the
other day regarding case in which
an officer Winked at the identical sort
of propaganda which the Russian gov
eminent breads. An immense secret
meeting had been held on the outskirts
of the town at which the political sit
uation was discussed in fiery man
ner, and this meeting was largely at
tended by soldiers, who on this occa-
sion, dressed as civilians. The next day
the captain in command of these men
called them together and told them
that he knew they had attended the
meeting, adding, however, that he
wanted only to warn them that SOL
der could be condemned to death if
he attended such gathering as civ
ilian, and that If he went in uniform
he was liable to a penalty of hard
labor for life. And then the commander
went on to suggest that IL his men
wished to take part in the revolu-
tionary movement it would be rather
better for them to wait till they had
concluded their military service.
Checking the Disease.
Naturally the Russian government is
putting forth every possible effort to
check the growth of this disease"
in the army. To test individual 10y
atty the authorities have had printed
a flood of infiammatory literature gen.
orally similar to that issued by the