The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-04
Rf SSIsy HEROIVES.

The women % the Russian revolution
ary eauss may. without fear q etaggsr-
alton, 10 called MODERN martyrs Tho
literature II that country teens With
femals figures who suffer los q life sft,r
iRoniSinG fortunes In Siberia. Apart
frum the mslotlraFnatic. the Gctinnal eis-
meats In these stories, the vsvi'Y looms
large. Readers % Dostalsvsky's mem
Oirs know that In his cas- truth was
stranger than fiction. The women trtmps
In GoTsy's bitter narratives. tho heroine
% TOlsfoy's Resurrection. 10 mention a
few, all bear witness Ia Wotren'. courage
and endurance. Poe the nihilist in more
-geutcel- circles NAV bs read TirgenisH
hut To- the dyed IN the wool revolutionary
the novels of rurRsnieff lrtisticallv cum
posed and written a. they are. and not
Wi'hstanding his MA sisr creation. IA arrow.
the nihiliSt in Fathers and Sons. do no,
make a profound appeal Rather leo
AndreyeeV or some other among the
younger radical group
In the current Forum t'.s leading article
will he nf peculiar interest To- thOss Cor
whom the present political agitation In
Russia l. something more than mhRnin-
cent gesture, as they say IN Paris after
some unfortunate fan a tic has blown "a
his head with bis own bomb Rose StrIn-
shy. Russian born. now resident i'm Amer
lca. ~ the writer Of siberia and the Rus
sian Women. In direct contradiction %
such amiable apologlsts uT Russia as
Maurice Barring. Miss StrInsky al rins
the tales told oT siberia and its horrors.
Shs insinuat"- that the recent acquttal
Of lchaiknvshy was - hit Of advertise
mont on tie part Of the Russian Govern
ment; that katharine Breshk ofsSy's trial
Vas q case foredoomed. even ii she had
been acquitted sho would haze plunged
into another CoTspiraCv and eventually
she would have been shipped 20 Siberia
Here il the martyr Temperament at It's
finest Towering. To some Of us the return
~ this woman several wears ago 10 her /
native land seemed simple brIvado She |
was bound 10 be arrested but We must not
overlook the psychology of revolt. Not /
America with ITS FIRE. speech. freedom ~
action, its chances Tor any one 10 earn a /
living. could wean B-eshkofsav. and she I
only typiiies a class. from p!InginE again
into a." fiery furnace.
Miss StrInsky's recital il simple and .
pathetic Unless political convicts have
private means they literally starve or
aA' lN'sNh 70 hfaNAl ltl Nle VAST baTTen D
solit1des Of the north There is no work
Tor them. she declares, and in the eni n
prison cell would be- more hospita BILE.
The Journey. especially for women. is a
terrible trial Insults and privations are
daily fare. Gases are instanced Eliza
beth kovalsky sitting on a bench was
70 stand up IN the presence
81 the highest official in the district.
did not elect you TO that position
she replied Reprisals were in order.
She vas dragged from her cell In tho
night and the other women POLITICAL
started a hunger strike The
governor offered an apology. but the fury
81 the outraged women would not he
They demanded his removal.
this request " as laughed AZ; the
hunger strike began again young
woman sentenced for eight years as a rev.
Nadyesha SiRida by name,
asked Tor an interview with ,hs com
and struck him in the face when
she net him. Tor this she was logged
and died the day after. Three nf her
committed suicide as a protest.
Nor did IL stop at this. out 81 the thirty
nine male political prisoners seventeen
took poison on hearing Of the affair and
two died. Here Is the courage Of IDEALS
illustrated IN a way that must make en-
viors the warning political women ~ Eng
land
Marie Splridsnova shot the Governor
General % rombov after some particular
cruelty IN his rar; 10 tho peasants. and j.
dying Of consunptio u from abuse in Akou-
touis NahashA Khnova is IN chains serv-
ing a fifteen year sentence She was
arrested because she participated IN the
attemp; upon Stolyrin She IL. We ara
glad % learn. the only woman in chains
in Russia
All thes@ and many more imprisoned
women suffer msrtyrdom because they
Ieel that IL is the only way 10 attract the
attention ot the world To their WRONGS
That they win universal sympathy is
The one thing We can
not understand Is that when they come IN
America they never cease 20 agitlte de
spite the moro favorable conditions here.
Is IL because the gesture II revolt has
become second nAture' Miss Str,Inssy
might throw light on this snig matte side
u the Russian heroines 81 rrvO luton.