The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-19

-. lued Ihat the government could
10 So was in the Moscow manege,
M Mnere 1 was sent with many other stu
f bY Soss an ns we sat three days guarded
oy Sossachs ana soldiers. There heard
no" ou1siue the workmen and other peo-
pie tried TO break the doors in order to
d deiIssase US. put We saw that against our
oShs ci dnce tnere was a row of soldiers
ready to shoot our rescuers down.
r- Al.er that We were sent TO Butirshoe
prison I for the first time became ac-
9uainted with books on revolution. For
.ne nrst time l heard the brave word
there happened a demonstration of the
Worhmen who were helping the students
on the great battlefield of political re-
AT this time the holy synod excommuni-
f Sateu the ceiebrated writer Tolstoy.
knew Iolstoy only as balladist and did
learned that this favored writer was
cursed Tor sins which were not known to
me ioa Inc priests cursed Tolstoy openly:
speech in Russia. AT this time st. Peters
DuIS students were beaten numerically
mi'p WHIPS at the time of demonstration
on hazan square.
His Destiny Decided
SO after being involved in these affairs
came OUT man with revolutionary ip-
SAlatIons- MY destiny was decided Only
month or two had passed when / was
arrested again, in April of 1901. i was
iu ;tI OF being in possession Of illegal
the university l gradually began reading
Ine DOCKS OF socialistic nature and read
II s.s eoltlons, becoming more acquainted
Mlln tne tasks OF the revolutioniStS. with
their ways of agitating and began to feel
myself In sympathy with them. But when
Ihey arrested me so soon after my banish-
nnent from MOSCOW had no time, in spite
OF my good wishes and convictions to
snow any activity. / was arrested first
Tor my convictions for nv ideas and ON
Il moi n xaa aRt fxrn
part In the movement. After Punishment
on account OF my convictions / could not
help being revolutionist.
Inc government made me q revolution
i Isl 1eclared me to be outside the
law; II forced me to the revolutionists'
ranks The government was not the cause
OF my becoming a socialist 1 became a
soclallst by learning of the evils in So
elety ana by learning the means of healing
been revolutionist, and when / became
socialist my revolutionary ideas became
stronger, because when fighting for So
clallstic ideas ], by force of circumstances
was Obliged TO come into contact with the
resistance or the government. / was a
member OF the party OF social demo-
SidtS anu social revolutioniStS.
Armed Reply Necessary
was not terrorist and only the ac-
tons or Messrs. Sipiaguine and Plehve
gradually persuaded me of the necessity
Ior armed reply to the violence shown by
these ministers. What pains it cost the
Ievoiutlonists to decide on this sad ne
cesslty IS shown by the programme of the
society. Although the necessity of terror
lStic acts hung in the air, although at
Ine tlme blood flowed and other violence
was used nearly daily, the society could
not decide to introduce terror as one OF its
means The programme of the society
f T as follows: Without introducing
terrorisue acts into our programme, we
the society leave them TO the personal
risk of the members of the society,"
MY MY relation to terror at that time was
/ hot in
terror was indispensable. but on account
OF the peaceful and productive labor of
the working classes 1 did not feel justi-
ned in proposing it to the mass OF the
revolutionary party ! was sure that
many Of US could be found, sensitive and
decided, who would not be afraid to go
ana protect the lives and honor of cit
liens.
Having become revolutionist In 1901,
l. In March, 1902. was again arrested for
years activity in the society. 1 re-
mained in prison for one and half years
and was then banished for five years to
the Yakutsk government
My revolutionary life lasted only three
years, half of which 1 passed in prison.
No Peace Even in Prison
Even life in prison did not give me any
peace. During the search they broke my
arm and stretched my mouth only be-
cause L wanted 10 destroy some papers.
The search was so disgusting that my
relatives thought / was going mad and
would commit suicide. The gendarmes
from personal hatred did not give me
peace even in prison. There they daily
searched me, humiliating search from
head to foot. Complaining to the pro-
cureur did not help me. I was almost
driven mad by the daily disgusting be-
havior of the gendarmes. To my com
plants they answered.: ut is not your
Interviews with relatives and my
mother were made torture. thanks to
the gendarmeS. My mother was SUBJ
jeeted to rough treatment and she was
her "disgraceful son." My complaint on
this occasion was met with complain to
the chief of the gendarmes."
AS protest against this brutality 1
came to me told me that the life of one
student was nothing in comparison with
The year did not pass without seeing the
sacr1hce OF many hundreds of lives for
the state. The result of my fast was
that 1 was sent to Samara prison In
Samara had a chance of meeting revo-
lutlonists who were chosen from all parts
OF Russia.
Driven to Consumption
From them. as from personal witnesses
l knew what had happened to me had
happened to others / myself saw people
who were beaten in prisons and in police
courts, people who were many times COM
peHed to hunger for many days together
into consumption. Every day l saw par
ties OF political prisoners going to ST.
Derla.
While in prison I read revolutionary
literature. and thinking OF all 1 had seen
and heard became social revolutionist
had heartrendirg feeling when 1 heard
OF the fights going on In wilma and Khar-
kon. and especially the shooting OF the
kharkon workmen. / knew that men
were shot as enemies OF the state"
They were men who did not even UNDER
stand the word revolution. They were
only at fault because they did not want
their wages decreased. / knew that peo-
pie or all classes and of all ages were
beaten, women and children also
We took II as a signal for battle We
thought of the twenty-eight collins. the
innumerable wounded, the two volleys by
the 100 soldiers. Hearing of this l tried
10 think of battle scene, but this pic
ture was nothing in comparison with the
dreadful scene which was being enacted
by the government in the peaceful streets
OF small Russian towns. With what help
less rage walked about my prison CELL
and broke my hands in trying to smash
the prison windows and what servile and
bitter tears wiped from my eyes!
Prays TO Be Avenger
prayed to be able to revenge II all. 4
All, If had freedom. But when
1 got to know that the executioner OF
the inhabitants had perished I breathed
freely God bless the men who done the
deed Bogdanovitch had TO perish. His
existence fouled the air. Like a storm
1t hung over US and all held their breath
and waited. Only Bogdanovitch did not
this horrible executioner considered him
self safe visited his mistress oneuly and