The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-19
count Of my convictions I could not
help being a revolutionist.
Government to RIame.

Government to Blame.
The government made me d reVoiu-
ZIONIST 1t declared me to be outside
the law Ii forced M TO the reVClu-
tionistS' ranks. The. government WAS
not the cause of my becoming a social
ist- L became a socialist ny learning
of the evils in society. and D. learning
the means of healing them. I became
socialist after l had been "a tcVOlu-
zionist, and when. ! became ~ socialist
my revolutionary ideas became stron-
ger because when fighting Tor social
tstic ideas 1 by force of circumstances
was obliged 20 come into contact with
the resistance of the government
was a member % the party % SOcIJl
democrats and social revolutiOuistS.
i was not-a terrorist and only the &c
tons OF MeSSn~. SipiaSulne and PichNe
gradually persuaded rle OF the neCes-
Sity for armed reply To the violence
shown by these ministers W na> pains
II cost the Ta-oiItiOnistss to decide ON
this sad necessity is shown ny the pro-
STdmme Of the society \ though The
necessity of terroTistic ana other ViO-
lonCe was used nearly daily. tho S1ci-
ETY. could not decide to Introduce ter
TOR as one of its means. The pro-
Srammc of the society reads as fol-
lows, Without introducing JeTroris-
tic acts into our programme. we. the
society. leave them To the personal RISK
of the members of The society"
My relation TO terror at that time
was unsettled 1 admitted that in
some cases terror WAS mdisUenSa BILE.
but on account Of the peaceful and pro-
ductiVe labor of the working classes, /
did not feel justified i'm proposing it 20
/ the mass Of the revolutionary party l
WAS sure that many of us could be
found, sensitive and decided who
would not be afraid 10 go and protect
the lives and honor of citizens
Cast Into Prison
Having become a revolutiouist i'm
| 1901 l, in March, 1902. Was again ar
| rested for a years activity in the So
ciety- 1 remained in prison for one and
a half years and was then banished for
! five years to the Nakoutsk government
My revolutionary life lasted only
| three years, half of which / passed in
prison. Even life in prison did not
| SiVe me any peace. During the search
J they broke my arm and stretched my
mouth only because l wanted To des-
| troy some aperS- The search was 50
| disgusting that my relatives thought /
was going mad and would commit sui
eide. The gendaTmes from personal
| hatred did not give me peace even In
prison. There they daily searched me,
d humiliatinS search from head to foot.
| Complaining to the procUreur aid not
! help me I was almost driven mad by
the daily disgusting behavior of the
| SendarmeS- To my complaints they
answered. 1t is not your business.
interviews with relatives and my
mother we're made a torture, thanks
| to the gendarmes- Ny mother was sub
| jected TO rough treatment and she was
| advised not to have anything to do
| with her 'disgracefuI SON Ny com
plant on this occasion was met with
| complain 10 the chief of the gen
darmeS."
Tasted in Protest.
| AS a protest against this brutality
! I tasted seven days The governor who
| came to me told me that the life of one