The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-07
adopted for. such deeds as that committed
In ST. EeterabnrG on the 2Sth OF July. stl.

6auoPteu$ LoT SuGnf ueeus as that committed
In st. Petersburg on the 2sth Of July. s
The well-known herrorists ..of twenty.
five years ago killed the Chief Gendarrne,
General Trepoff, one governor other high
officials, scores of government spies, and
at last Alexander the SECOND. after the
Tzar's assassination tho rer1urists were
not heard from Until Il few years ago,
when they resumed operations by KILL
Ing Slplagin, Won I'lehve's predecessor,
tho enemy Of progress, Judapfobe and
vampire who could live only on the blood
of students. They shot and inortally
wounded Bogdanowitcli, The Governor
of Uffa District, the one who called out
tie reserves and gave the Infamous or
der, shoot to KILL OH a peaceable
ct,,Wd assembled to hear a speaker. aid
made an unsuccessful attempt on the
Governor OF Khnrkov, Count Obolensky,
who had established q whipping post for
peasants. q
e The great reactionary Won Plehve was
tile successor of Siplagin. His chief
aim was to keep all the Russians In
perfect Ignorance, therefore, 1t was nat.
Bu1,l tofexpect that atNthe first oppo rtu-
nifty he would share tho fato OF his pre-.
5decessor. q, y Ss3 SS3s.
Owing to the press at large, and the
Russian rcactionnry press 4 especially,
THE 1'errorists do not enjoy a very good
5as h,ood-thrsty brutes whose only am
billion In life is to Kill and destroy.
We're the editors personally acquainted
with any ono OF those men who value
their own lives less than tho welfare OF
stl:cir oppressed brethren. the minds OF
Thousands would be- enlightened and
changed from hatred and contempt into
love and admiration. II s
Tho blood-thirsty brutes are not the
evils cl OP on 1ra
sdonosteffs. 1gnaueffs. Plchvcs and SO
forth. OF whom Russia Is ~ SO prolific.
BWero there no such element every Ter
srorlst OF Russia would be converted Into
u doctor, teacher, a lawyer and other
useful members OF tho various sctenceg,
from whose lnbors not only Russia. but
tho entire world would reap benefit.
# "a country which can produce a Cher
5nisletsky, Rubenstcin, q Tolstoi, and
5gcorcs OF other good and noble souls,
many OF whom are buried in the mines
tof Siberia, can multiply thousandfold
the number. should the egotistic, Selfish.
sfnorcenary and reactionary advisers OF
tho Tzar3 be rem owed 5s5 si 53l59
ls5s who can help admiring the noble char
Fncter and features OF EBalmasheff,S 81 pia-
gins ssassinator. Born OF exlled pa
rents on tho very day when the three
$nEgassins OF Alexander the Second.
schiz-.were executed he was infin enced !
by his father from early childhood to +
iavcnge the death of the three He 9
brought up In n real revolut tonary spirit; &
his schoolmatcs have tho fondest. recol-
Slectlors OF him. kind, pleasant I and Wit
Sty; his college chums remember him az }
intelligent serious and philnnthropic aid
mt last when q Terrorist, he was brave.
determined and loyal. II seemed "a as
though fate had smiled on him and had
So regulated des tiny that some one should d
10 born on II that very day TO Il av,enge7
tho death sof the three Russian, patrio ts:s$at
hose men were not nnar chists In the
scise IN which the average American I
understands s the term. Balmash .
epirIt ana high purpose is Indicated in 7
tile note written to his mother on, the !
day or sipiagin's assassinati OH am
going to sacr, flee my life for the poor
and oppressed. 3, Can anything nobler
I be Imagined? This is one Of the types
OF tho terrible Tcrrorists Of Russia
Z Woe TO the country that must sacri-,s
flee ATS best citizens to do away with
the zeal enemy. and where assassination.
$of tyrarts is the only gible and pos
.s'oi' io1l' III a ! q j. H ].