The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-22
EXPECTS UPRISING
Russian Revolutionist Predicts Re-
volt in Spring.
THE PEASANTS ARE RESTLESS
Russian Revolutionist Arrives in New
York City and States That the
People Will Revolt When the
Spring Comes.

NEW YORK, March 2l. Nicholas
Tchaykcysky, associate Of Prince Kro-
potkin, in the first beginnings of the
Russian revolution and for ten years an
exile in London, is here in the interests
of the revolution of the present day.
For month refugees OF pure Russian
stock have been drifting into New
York. Tchaykovsky comes in advance
OF forty Russian "intellectuals,' and
many deserting officers who have fled
the country. He has come, he says to
raise the money to buy arms for the
uprising which he confidently expects
as soon as spring breaks in Russia.
Tchaykovsky brings underground
news Of the revolution from the stand
point OF the Social Revolutionists. The
Social Reyolutionists believe in a resort
to the sword but are not to be confused
with the Terrorists, who have been
back of the assassinations.
This Tehaykovsky was one OF those
Young intellectuals who choked the
roads to Siberia in the early sos
Sergius Stepnak and Catherine Bresch-
koysky were members of the same
group with Tchaykoysky. He himself
was arrested three times and spent ten
wears Of his life in jail. After his last
IMPRISONMENT he retired I'd England,
and he has lived since in that group
which has kept up the revolution at
distance. He was born to wealth; and
at one time the firm with which he was
associated controlled the mineral output
of the Caucasus.
sit seems to me that the uprising is
coming sooner than we desire" he said
last night. "The peasants will hardly
be denied The impression in the United
| States that the peasants are with thf
conservatives is wrong. Their condi-
ton Is desperate. They are not orga-
| nizing for the revolution, but they are
ready to break loose on their own ac-
count. They want new allotment OF
land; that is the chief of their troubles
now
"Before the Serfs were liberated the
allotment of land was ten acres to a
peasant. After the liberation Of the
Serfs this fell to seven acres. The
agrarian population Of Russia has nearly
doubled since. but there has been no in
crease in the land allotment. That
shortage of land together with the in
crease Of taxes, has kept them nearly
bankrupt. Then came the war. Of dis
ease. and wounds there died about 300,
600 peasants. Their families were thrown
on the hands of the other peasants fol
support; the government would do moth.
ing for them. Then there arrived thu
crippled soldiers from Manchuria, for .
| further burden to their friends and re
latives. The country has been on th'
verge Of ruin.
''Now the peasants declare that il
case there is not a new allotment Of lan'
in the spring they will plow all over tn
public lands and the estates of th'
mobiles. That ploughing over has a mean
| ing in peasant custom. It signifies tina
they have taken possession Of the lam
| in their own rights Then the govern
ment will send troops, the peasants vii
resist, and the fight will be on.
"Trouble will probably occur when tn
elections for the Douma really come
The only thing I fear is that IT WI
come before we have our forces arme
!. and ready" s.-,
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