The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-20
EOROONY DIDN'T SEE CEARIVA
A CABLED DENIAL FROM TIE
SECRETARY OF TIE EMPRESS.
Tne selT-Styied Russian RevOlutiOnIst Called
Q Ll~AP-"FigArO' OF Paris Not Long
Ago Exposed some Other Yarns OF the
Ban with the Petition TO the Czar.

O L~lAr-"FigArO'' OF Paris Not Long
ago Exposed Some Other Yarns OF the
Ban with the Petition 70 the Czar.
> The SUN on September 20 published an
Interview with Ivan Ivanovich Norodny,
? said that he represented the military
party Of revolution in Russia and that he
had come to America with the purpose Of
circulating a monster petition from the
American people to the Gar, calling upon
that rulerto yieldto the demand of his people
and grant wide political privileges.
In the course Of his story the Russian
revolutionist said that before leaving home
he had had the privilege Of an interview
with the Czarina, through the kind offices
of her private secretary, Baron Rostovtsof.
Upon this occasion, he said, he had received
from the wife of Nicholas some encourage
ment on his mission. and later the private
Assurances through the secretary that the
Czarina believed that some solid expression
OF opinion from without would be potent in
moving the Car in the direction OF liberal
government. Fortified with these assur-
ances NJ. Norodny said that he had been in
England on the same errand that brought
him to America and that he would begin
Immediately the crusade in behalf Of Russian
freedom.
In the course Of time The SUN's story
reached st. Petersburg. The following
cable despatch was then received by The
SUN:
EDITOR OF The SUN-In article Sep
tember % (headed) Norodny Saw the Gar
mai the prepoeterous story Of the audience
and every allusion to her Majesty is a gross
and bsseless fabrication. About person
calling himself Norodny see Figaro, October
=. He is unknown to me.
Secretary Of the Empress Alexandra
Fedorowna, count R~osTovTsoF.'
Figaro Of Paris of the date mentioned
IN the cablegram from Count Rostovtsof
contains, under the heading An Imaginary
Association" the following article:
The following communication has been
sent us from st. Petersburg:
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 10. Recently some
newspapers in London, and following them
certain journals of Paris. have spoken 4 a
bizarre project started by an individual
who calls himself Ivan Ivanovitch Novodny.
According TO his announcement, this in
dividual has started to establish in all the
principal cities OF Europe and America COM
mittees whose object il to gather together
from all points signatures to an address
TO the Gar" with the avOwed intention of
forcing him to give the greatest political
liberties.
This gentleman, who calls himself the
head Of the Free Russia organization
has shown in his schemes very clever
manpuvring. In the interviews that he
has given, ard which have been published
in IN slish newspapers. he has spoken at
length OF his project to bring to Russia GER
tain En- glish missionaries of freedom. doubt
less believing that this is an infallible way
10 win the English heart. On the other hand,
in a despatch published by a French paper,
49, . M gaptlana an said that hp had raCoiva1
from NJ. Rostovtsoh, private secretary to
the Cgarina, n letter in which she saws that
influence from without would have great
weight In settling the internal troubles of
Russia.
70 put an end to this foreign propaganda
which PLAYS upon the credulitv Of the foreign
public il is fitting to say that no one in Russia
knows Of a person answering 10 the name or
Ivan Ivanovitch Novodnv. and that there
does not exist in Russia an association known
under the name OF the Free Russia Organiza-
ton"
some time ago, in the month Of February
Of this year, this same individual. in interviews
given out b. English Journals. did not claim
relations with the Russian Liberal Parry,
but said he was the editor Of a SOcial-Deno-
crat pa per in the Baltic provinces. He at
that time passed as a doctor. aud recounted
the alleged outragcs committed in the Baltic
provinces by the officers and soldiers OF the
regiment Of krasnoyarsk. There was not
q modicum NJ truth in all his tales. An editor
Of 4 Social Democrat paper ans werinG TO
the name OF Novodny never existed in the
Baltic provinces or elsewhere In Russia.
As to the alleged outraEes committed In
those regions by the Krasnoyarsk regiment.
they cannot be verified, for the simple reason
that in the last few wears this regiment has
not been stationed in the Baltic pf ovinces.
During the war it served in the Manchurian
Campnigu. and after the conclusion OF peace
with Japan il has been employed in guard
InC the Siberian railroad.
An these facts are far from being favorable
IN tho individual who has just been heard
Of ne promoter Of the Free Russia Organizs-
ton, 20 which does not exist. In any case his
spurious letter from the private secretary
n the Czarina. approving his project. should
suf.Ce to put the public on it's guard against
tts suthor.
Nothing could be learned yesterday Of
the whereabouts Of NJ. Norodny. At his
hotel il was said that he had left town but
had announced his intention of returning
within the next ten days. The Russian
Consul declared that he knew nothing OF
the self styled revolutionary beyond hear
say m that tracing alleged political agi-
tators from Russia was beyond his province
nyway