The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-05
GIRL REVOLUTIONIsT.
Adventure Of a Young RussirD--FIight
 To London.


 London Chronicle.
 The girl revolutionist is certainly one of the most extraordinary products of the movement in Russia. Like a me- teor. she comes and disappears. At crucial moments she is ever to be found on the scene of action, where with an almost incredible amount of perse- verance and cool determination she es- says her task ir the face of any dan ger that may confront her.
 Such a one is temporarily staying in London for the double purpose of recuperating her much shaken health and of withdrawing herself from the attention of the Russian police, who havo lately shown ner uncomfortable attentions .]@ -t.
 Of Lettish nationality. she halls from Riga. only twenty-two years of age. she has already been an active member of the revolutionary movement for more than five years Within a few days she returns to the scene of action, and, for obvious reasons, pre- fers not to disclose her name.
 T am what you might call born revolutionist," she said yesterday. After leaving, or being turned out of, school became a telegraphist
 talked to my colleagues of their duty toward the suffering masses, and one morning I was told to leave the office. At the time l did not belong to any organization, but worked on my own account for the movement Finding, however, that could do but little sin gle handed, I joined the party When was about sixteen years of age my parents turned me away owing to my ideas.
 "I then was learning to set up type and was engaged in printing rev olutionary literature in one of our secret work shops. But the police had been searching for me, and we sud- denly found our house surrounded with soldiers and gendarmes. I was arrest ed with four other colleagues and went through my first term of Imprisonment, which only lasted four months, for the police had no direct proofs against me.
 Neleased. went to Moscow, and thence to Riga, where my real work started-the dithcult task of unload ing from the foreign snps along the quay revolutionary literature, weapons, and gtoring them away in our numerous haunts. After nIghtfaIl five or isx of us, disguised as fisher men. would venture out in a boat and row up the well illuminated river past the police and custom house boats among the ships. To be caught meant certain death. Often we had to hide for hours. or race away from the po- lice to some hiding place where we could unload our dangerous cargo and stow it safely away. Even then our troubles were not aS an end. The weapons had to be taken in small quan titles to many houses. so that in case of accidents our enemies could only seieZe a small fraction Of them.
 T was also busy as a practical printer. Our presses are invariably in big buildings. with front and back entrances Gas, moreover. are our hauntsj, where the coming and go, ing of people is not much noticed But the work is very tedious. as we dare not use noisy machn but are com pelled to do everything by hand and to draw the copies by means of a rol- Ter similar to those used with cyclos- tyles.
 Tn February of this year I was ar rested for the second ume-within the very precincts of the prison. 1 had brought literature to the political pris- oners, which threw through the win dow, little thinking that a few min utes later l should be among them. But a policeman recognized me, and brought me undertook and key. But my innocent appearance duped them, and after a few days I was free once more, though followed by spies. on the track of my associates. revolution Is, first dutV is to know how to dis appear, and before they could lay hands | upon me or anybody else I was off to Sevastopol
 In my new field found, however, | not sufficient work and excitement, and, l despite the fact that l had intended | never to return to .ne Baltic provinces | gain, I went back--to the surprise of | my comrades and of the police When l could not stay any longer. I made up | my mind to go abroad. After many | ifficulties. reached the German from l tier, which l had to cross in the dead i of night, as l was not in possession | ,f a passport. I walked to Memel on | loot But the Prussian authorities had made up their mind to send me back | IS a dangerous revOlutiOnlst. So I took to flight once more, arrived n Paris, and later in London some three | weeks ago as an invalid. 1 am strong | once more, and as things are in Russia am drawn back again to activity"