The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-30
WELCOME TO TCHAYKOWSKY
HOPES OF YOUNG RUSSIA ARE
CHEERED BY HUGE THRONG.

Mark Twain Writes Letter Denouncing
Subsection OF Nation to q Family OF
overwhelmingly Emissary Says
Fight VIII Go On Despite Bloodshed.
' A great crowd gathered at the Grand
Central Palace last night to welcome
Nicholas Tchaykowsky, the veteran Russian
revolutionist. to this country. There we're
nearly as many women as men in the audi
ence, and the hall shook with their cheers
and applause when the guest of the evening
appeared on the stage. So eager were
they to hear him that they crowded into
the open space in front of the platform
until there was a jam there that no n
could break through. Those who were
sitting on the main floor could not see
Tchaykowsky. and they began to murmur
at those standing in front of them. The
space was finally cleared by the police.
The meeting was delayed nearly an
hour by the non-appearance of Robert
Hunter, who had promised to act as chair
man. Finally DR.. Alinikoff arose and
announced that Mr.. Hunter had sent word
that he would be unable to attend because
his wife had just given birth to a baby.
DR.. Paul Kaplan took Mr.. Hunters place.
DR.. Alinikof read a letter from Mark
Twain VIII ich was received with many
manifestations Of approval. In it Mr..
Clemens said:
My sympathies are with the Russian revolu-
tion of course, II goes without saying. I
hope that 1t will succeed. and now that | have
talked with you I take heart to believe that
It Will. Government by falsifed promises,
by lies. by treacheries and by the butcher
knife for the apprandi1aD ant pf n sinula
family Of drones and its idle and vicious kin
has been borne long enough In Russia /,
should think. and II Is to be hoped that the
reused nation, now rising In its strength, will
presently put an end to 1t and set UP the
republic in It's place. Some Of us, even of
the white headed. may live to see the blessed
day when Cars and Grand Dukes will be as
scarce as l trust they are In heaven.
William Dean Howells, the novelist, sent
a letter declining to act as chairman of the
meeting on the ground that he had never
! presided at a public meeting in his life and
that he should not know what to do, "hav-
ing neither the presence nor experience for
such an Office"
When DR.. Kaplan introduced Mr..
Tchaykowsky the audience got on it's feet
and cheered for nearly five minutes. At
times the demonstration would die down
and then start up again In one corner or
kerchiefs were waved in the air and the
speaker could not have got a more hearty
greeting il he had been a candidate for
Mayor in a hot campaign, He spoke first
in English.
be misled by reports coming from Russia.
The revolution is not crushed. Far from it.
II cannot be crushed. 1t cannot be stopped
until it reaches its goal. What we see now
is merely a temporary lull, caused by the
desperate and bloody tactics of the Russian
autocracy.
lam actually the accredited representa-
tive of the Russian Socialistic Revolu-
tionary party, but broadly Speaking, !
am pleading the cause of the whole Of
young, free Russia which is actually es-
tablished. 1t was born not long ago-at
the beginning Of last year. Before that
there were man. movements, but not
until the cry went out, There is no more
Carl did the new, free Russia spring into
existence.
What followed the slaughter Of January
| Q, 1905? A deep and tremendous movement
for freedom was started all over the face
of Russia. It includes 10000 900 of people.
Can that movement be crushed?. lCries Of
mol nolJ Even the emocratio part of
the army is with us, and there is not a regi-
ment in the empire but contains from 100
to 200 soldiers who are on our side.
"We lave but few officers, unfortunately,
but aver some Of them ~sympathize with
the cause of the people. Only a few days
ago forty of them left the army because
they could not stand 1t any longer. Thefts
Of arms from the Government a~rsenals
go on every day. Soldiers are stealing
these arms and giving them to the people,
Mr.. T~chaykowsky related the history of
| the great strike which began in Moscow
and spread all over the country. He
criticized the Duma and declared that it
never could be anything except an appen-
dage to the autocracy. ,
we have nothing to do with it," said he,
and we believe that If it never sees the light
of day it will he better for Russia. Such
we want is this To make a clean sweep.
We must get rid Of all this infamous lot
who are ready to do any dirty work for the
money that there is in it. We want liberty
liberty Of spec oh, liberty of the press and
liberty Of oonsc fence, and we will not be
I satisfied with lass, We want really repre-
sentative bodies to represent lis. Ii is 80
important that it is better for lis to give up
our lives for 1t so that it is done right. That
is why so many persons are giving up their
! lives now in Russia
! Mr.. ~Tchaykowsky made no bones about
| telling the audience that he was for war.
! He wants the Russian people to get together
: and strike one blow at that rotten estab-
: lished order"
: Abraham Kahn, the first speaker intro
! duced, said that whereas Count Witte
came to this country as the messenger of
peace Mr.. ~Tchaykowsky came as a messen-
ger of war.
Russia simply wanted to stop the war
with Japan because she was no match for
| that country, and turn to slaughtering the
revolutionists at home. There is no CON
cealment of this great leaders, purpose in
visiting his country. He comes here
openly to ask you to raise money with
which to buy arms"