Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-04
Special Correspondence.

Sietlhl vi lfHbphttii'N'
n. PETERSBURG, Dec. 20.
That a lot of women are mixed
up in the revolutionary struggle
S in Russia, every one who reads
the papers must know. They get ar
rested now and then FOE assassinatlng
somebody, OF, as more frequently hap
mems. for trying to do 1t and making
mess of the CHASTITY job. And when
they get arrested their stories get IN
the news. But few readers can have
any conception of how many plotters
in petticoats there are In the ear
domain. or of the prodigious influence
they WELD in the movement Tor over
throwing the government.
THEY ARE DARING.
'In Russia all extremes meet says
the proverb. Though in many respects
the most conservative country In the
world there are more of what are call
ed communicated" women within its
borders than are found in any of those
LANDS which boast "A much more ad-
vanced state of civilization. They ue-
vote themselves to the revolution Win
houndless enthusiasm. Though belong
ing to what is sometimes termed the
"tlmid" sex, they far surpass their
masculine colleagues in daring ana re-
sourcefulness. Risks from which men
win shrink appalled, they eagerly &C
cent THAT the end justihes tne means
~ AN alIlCle OF the reNolutlonarS creeo
,ybjch tncy believe imphcny, flrh
thnN will undertake "
NOV one man or IA hundred men, mo
Inc next world with no more quaims Oh
conscience usually than the ORDINARY
Individual experiences when ne seas
trans for rats or otner Verlnlh' ENecu-
ton. confinement I'm loathsoine Gun
pcons Punishment to Sibefla-anS loih
~ punishment that may be meted out
10 them--most of them regard as
rlorlous form of martyrdoln
ARE USUALLY INTELLIGENT
,rhe prisons are full OF them; ST.
b.fia has swallowed up host or theni
and vet their numbers are increasing
continually. They generally are youlb'
ometimes beautiful ana inVarlapAy IN
,oiiieent There are hundreds OF re-
Variable women among them Nnat
In amy other cause would be called
-.lf-sncrircing heroism Is with them II
| commonpiaee ON that account the
| story OF the girl terrorist VINO recent
| lv made a human bomb OF herseu ar
| tracted far more attention In America
| than In Russia
AT Matching plots these FEMININE
| foes of autocracy are far more In
| renious than the men, But In carrying
| them out the records show that they
| are distinctly inferior Their failures
| are far more numerous. Al the critical
,noment their oYerimpulsiveness leads
| 10 the bungling of something or theiI
| nervousness betrays them, and theil
prey escapes them and they themselves
| get caught. But their places are hled
Immediately Whatever their fate II
Inspires no terror in those who take
their places.
SOME NOTED EXAMPLES.
TO show something of the part wo
men are playing In the revolutionary
| warfare, and how they play H., | havi
set down here "A few typical and tru'
stories which might be extended 20 I'll
a volume,
Not least among these female rebel
against czardom II Wanda DoDrod
zicha, who is In an Austrian prison
awaiting the decision of tho extradi
ton court. While student at the ~
Petersburg university she Joined III
revolutionary movement. she longe'
10 "do something great"-to prove he
devotion 10 the cause by putting som
J high Official out of the way. In August
1906, her opportunity came, The gov
ernor- general OF Poland was sentences
10 denth by her party, Wanda begge
the committee 10 allow her TO plan an
execute hle removal" as the murde
OF an official IN called
1 She got carte blanche. and took u