The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-21
RUSSIA'S GREATEST SPY DEAD
NIHTLISTS AND MINISTERS
ALIkE FEARED R4TCHkOJSkY.
Invented system Of Counter Espionage
and Festeren Plots That He Later
Betrayed for Money Out With
Pirh,e and Pieh>e Was soon Killed


Betrayed for Noney-Feli Out with
Pirh>e and Pieh,e Was soon Killed
ST PErERsBrRo Nov Only in Russia
do they breed nowadays the type Of man
who il a police spy without shame or
scruple and yet an invited guest Of the
great percentages 81 Europ" III" fore
most in recent times ot this strang" class,
Piotr lvanovitch Ratchkovsky, has just
died Of cardiac paralysis AT ReshILa. m
the government OF Niteh-k. where h"
had bought an estate with tho money
made during his police career, In his
obituary notices the names Of Azeh, the
renegade traitor and of President IOuhet.
the honored exc hief II state IN France.
Of Father Gspnn and 81 VI D-lcAss.' 81 the
sinister figures who hav" plotted on both
sides in tn" darker dept rs Of the Russian
struggle and OF men holding high re-
eponsihle posts in Germany and Austria
follow each other 10 amazing alienation
On. striking episode IN his career stands
out a. illustrating the nerve and the
methods Of RuS-a'- high society police
agent II happened when tn" State lie"
partrnen'n 81 France and Russia were
feeling their way toward an alliance
Russia wanted 10 have her finances
proppedupbyth"im sum II French
mems economics and France then $50
lated in Europ~ looked t. the support of
what was rh"n Ru--las great military
prestige Rut there was IN. apparently
irrecons, lahl. conflict uC sentiment he
tween the unh.nding ahsomtiSm ~ Alex
ander III = court and IN. democratic
radicalisu 81 IN" Third Republic In.
lnath 90, al h.a
Rarchkovsky. who invented -h- system
Of count-resplonaga on Russians living
abroad. was then IN Paris and wanted 10
get bold Of M.ndrlss"hn and S'ransky
who were tn. chIef spirits engaged IN
rquipping and picking from among th.
Russian refugees in France and SwitZcr-
land tn. nihii-t agents for assASslnst ons
In Russia VI Emile Constans, IN" Dies
troyer If Boulang"r and aft"rward for
long French Ambassador AZ Constantine
pie. was then Minister of "a" Interior
10 would have been a fragrant defiance II
French Law IN have handed over the two
Russian revourionists 10 Rstchkovsky
without svid.nca of their having com
United Some definite crime. The polio.
agent sought a private interview with th.
Minister and m. important events thar
Immediately followed showed What kind
If bar gain had been struck
The Russian n.'", under Admiral
Ayellan. " ~ AZ Toulrn. whsr" 'he oftiC Al
programme " a. restricted 20 purely naval
hnspitalii"- The French Government
would haV. liked tn" d-monstratIon 10
GO further VI constants st"pTed IN and
delivered IA" two Russians NJ the Bel gIan
frontier. whore. VI Ra'"hkov-kvs agents
took th"m ~ - Russia Ra'chkuvsky
photographed has suCc"ss =, the Russian
Minister 81 the Interior and - the Gov
.rnor 81 III" Iar's household and said he
owed II 10 the good will Il the French
Government NJ one" cam. IA" ords'r
from - Petersburg 20 III" Russian Ad
Iniral AZ Tuulrn - l.' 'na festivities 0u..n
out Then and not tlIl then dld III"
political and popular celebrations snf IN
IN shor. ard tn" Russian Admiral pro-
nounc,d 10 hi, toast 20 III. French R+I,uD-
lie IN. fat..iui words Annie 80 allies.
This cu,lf, e RatChkovsAy IL recorded
With the utmost candor IN ms bio.rai lhy
in the NnrO, Ir.Wyr, III. PAPER read 10y
the /ar ard the governing c!.ls-es
The other sill. Il hI- career T. dealt with
more faithfully % %" urgar- 4 ~"
liberal movement WHICH show lis 'ynlcaI
contempt for all rule 4 cpndYct that
interfer-d with his -rrr"t u,IIc,. Ina.h.u..
From the conflicting It..i .r"- ui M
archcun~ulratnr fpr d.. ..-.t IA" r,.. ..r.-
tionari..> u."'hut~ II ..'--.;lHg p..-- .riuE
himself and watching Co. 80. what KIND
Of spirits were aI'ra't."! r., them ole.
gets the impression OF ruJu IT p"ri,.cr
manners and ~ erals ~ Il. Ia. A.
never uu' Il '-ur.l he. dressed well r.lt
not rpu we'll b." Kept - NICE halan.,. be-
tween bpuh.'.l,. ..rt dignity alIN" III
the b"-t saloons 10 ans md With the
botll.yar,iI,r-. .t-..uE whom h.. i..--..
much II hl- r.'.. sonnet hing he. 80. .A
To hts pre-.iic,. i-r r" l.p.G,i "a gentleman
by natural breeding
PIO'r lGttr'INDr-N" wa tive son Of a
diakOn Of ia" DrthodpN IIr,'h ~ ~oltt
Russia 'll- lath"" wa a r"a-au' who's.
endDw W"ui ~ - I.rIt I'r.u,. - 'r,,If.L
beard and ., -'run., ..r'..,f..n.- puryt ..I..
oiC,. fitted ltru fpI r..ri'- ''-, r., .,.r -.-
in the Nilhg. ,'IrcT ~. -pu eDf yfly
the .lrfu"uiHry .-.iI..f'Ipu i The. church
school bat hi iS'hu"-~ and Willingness
found favor 10. tn. ..v.- { the. lp...l : mr..
and when ~" IN" Da'r" for military
-.ry,rt. he got 'h.' n-"frIi Iph 4 ppdv
servant ~ ~ pf'fr'r q friend # 'n..
slIIr".. family ~. uoN"- l"' 20 .!nId 4
conn",'I.'' 'r e r'. "f- ut IN" rutd that
followed ta'"r ht'.H un l.ir tn. army
lac h..ca,.. 'r.. r'.rs mai ,t.,'uin + a
burrau,rl' ar 'r. h"ai ur., + IN.
many .uh>"ctl.u- 81 ia" Ministry II IN.
Interior il'' pI.t.ri ur hl- "siricatiun
social and intellectual from hl- .,'nrlovcr-
~ h.. went along
Hi ma -t..r ',I, uVt Z favor and IN. Only
post "T"r'"i tnyDurg Rat. 'kug-ky wa,.t,
nm oy.-fs..-.'' ui 10" f...ltI".tI -,irII.t.d.
sent t. 1--we H. 'l'. IguE' .rifu,.rf OF tr.I-
ang.l II -.'"ru,-! t'..' lI- advancement
~as blocked - "a Nu,I"!''-- bind alley. but
a. soon 1T r. work. :. t4i'l ~; the. -v-'..rI,
with winch H." .tl..r uu irIg't.-i.,,d minis
ter and TERRORIST .ilIE" H.. -aw that The.
-pDlItIrai-- h.,i 'u.-lr owl means ~ .,,.f
Ting l"t'.-r- from IT," outer world l..
opened tr"'u read them. and I.t.--.,i rf..fr.
on to 'h' n'!!T..--... Nlil..l. % word When.
ha had taken tue ui''I-IT" 1 tt.. KIND II
men III" soldiers w".t- l.' would forge.
Ie:i"r- On Their f-t'u"- and let ;hrru pt--
on like tn. g''Iv.i." uI'- ~ ius T,pIIil,.u
charge II" got to- know the. comrades
at lel-t wfu they We're" IN the r.fura.
Russian cp!p'u"- abroad. bgt h.. kent hi
Information To- hlm-'',f aud rlIi MT ,i.
uOiInC,. fa"'u IT,. 'vpIH 90. X thu. ,tI.r
way while som" ~ his men ,...c,,,.l Iu,