Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-24

walls for ten or fifteen years; the names,
occupations and character OF the tenants.
their habits and associations; an account
of all arrests or suspicious circumstances
that have occurred there, and other tnfor-
nation which may assist the police In form
ing opinions concerning the motives ana
conduct of the tenants. These sheets are
now being consulted continually and certain
houses are under surveillance because they
are the dwelling places of leaders Of the
liberal and revolutionary parties.
him a passport certifying his identity,
and he Is required to show 1t whenever
called for. Nobody Is permitted to change
his dwelling place without permission OF
the police, and when a man arrives at his
new home. whether it be private house. a
boarding house or a hotel, he must i'm
mediately surrender his passport to the
janitor, who takes 1t to the police head
and obtains a permit for the owner to dwell
in his new home. No man can pass the
night with friends or relatives without pre-
senting his passport to the janitor of the
house, and If he should fail to do 50 his
host, and probably the landlord Of the
apartment house, would be punished by a
heavy fine. In this way the police have a
complete directory of every resident Of the
empire, which enables them to keep watch
Of all suspected persons and lay their hands
upon them promptly whenever they are
wanted.
Method Of Punishment.
There are several methods Of punish
ment People are not always imprisoned
for political activity; and when they are
exiled they are not always sent to Siberia.
1t is quite common for gentlemen of liberal
opinions to receive visits from police off,
Gals who invite them to leave ST. Peters
burg until permission is given them to re-
turn. They can go wherever they like and
do whatever they please, but 1t Is consider
ed necessary to break of their association
xv,fx thAr olc. 70 v,y,tf hon Off he
game. as it were. Mr.. Milukoff declares
that in the spring of 1901 sixteen thousand
persons were exiled from st. Petersburg
alone in this way, and during the two
years Of Mr.. Seepyaghin's ministry sixty
thousand were sent away from their homes
because they were iii intentioned' toward
the government. Such victims Of the Rus
sian system are not sufficiently dangerous
to necessitate their imprisonment or their
exile to Siberia, but 1t saves the police a
great deal of trouble to send them away.
The spy system has been revived, accord
ing to common rumor. The other day we
der arrest and on their way to prison with
their trucks because they had red flags tied
to the collars of their horses. They will be
punished by a few weeks imprisonment.
The red flag Is forbidden, and 1t is claimed
by the revolutionary leaders that police
spies are sent about among the working
classes with them to draw out revolution
airy sympathizers, who are then arrested
and sent to prison for discipline. A re-
porter for one Of the socialistic newspapers
was caught In such a trap the other day.
Noticing a man with a red flag near one OF
the market places talking with group of
workmen. he Joined the party. and partici-
pated in the conversation which concerned
the controversy between the duma and the
ministry. The reporter, who seems to be a
very fresh. young man, did not hesitate
to express HIS opinion Of the government
and his admiration for the revolutionary
leaders. He is now in jail. The man with
the red flag happened to be a detective.