Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-05
Especial correspOndence.l

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- great woman. Katherine Bresh-
~ kovsky, lives In the dreaded fort
ress of St Peter and ST. Paul
awaiting the hour when she shall
stand before her judges. accused OF
high treason. For years she has been
known all over Russia as the
"Babushka" or Grandmother of the
Revolution.
With her Will appear Nicholas
Tehaikoysl<y, accused of the
same crime, man who
was incarcerated in the fort
ress for a year and half. but
who was liberated on bail of $4,000
roubles found by generous friends In
America and in England.
Both. the accused are known In
America 1t was to the United States,
as the cradle of freedom, that Nine.
Breshkovsky came TO seek funds Tor
her work of liberation and enlighten-
inert in Russia. Mr.. Tchaikoysky lee
tured in America In order to raise
money for eXiles in Siberia. who often
do not receive the miserable plttance
of cents n day the Russian govern
ment is supposed to pay them for
home and food.
One daughter of America. Mrs. Isa-
bella Barrows. wife of the head of thc
prison commission, made pilgrimage
to st. Petersburg in order to intercede
with the prime minister, NJ Stolypin.
on behalf of the aged Katherine
BreshkoVsky. She was called back
from Europe by the illness of her hus-
band and returned 10 America only to
be with him during his last hours.
When all was over. undaunted and
putting aside her own great sorrow,
she started again for Russia and sue
ceeded in seeing NJ. Stolypin. at st.
Petersburg. She was unable. however.
to gain any amelioration of Nine.
BreshkoVsky'S lot In reply to her ap-
peal to the humanitarian instincts OF
the premier. and to her plea that
some consideration might be shown
to an old woman of 6S, who could
hardly prove a danger TO the mighty
Russian empire, NJ Stolypin replied
that Nine. BreShkoVsky was dam
eerous reVolutionist and must await
her trial In the fortress. There she has
been for the last two years. There
she still remains. / can never drive
along the Palace Quay in the gay
procession of sumptuouS sledges
without remem bering the lonely old
! woman sitting In her cherries cell in
the gloomy building on the opposite
| bank Of tho river. above which rises
| q lofty and slender pinnacle of gold.
| shimmerlne in the sunlight
ROMANTIC CAREER.
No Russian patriot has had a more
! romantic career than Katherine
| Breshkovsky The daughter OF par
| ents of noble birth, she carly interest
| ed herself In social questions. and at
| the age of 10 went to st. Petersburg
With her mother TO find out what
| older and more experienced persons
| were thinking Unto our compartment
on the traln'-I am quoting her owl.
words-'came handsome young
| prince returning from official duties
| in Siberia. For hours he discussed
| with me the problems that were rush
| ing upon us. His words thrilled like
| fire Our excited voices rose steadily
+, higher until my mother bade me to
| speak low. The young prince Is now
an old man in exile His name is
| Peter Kropotkin.''
| Here is strange link. Prince Kro-
potkIn. the. anarchist in theory, who
has lived so many years In exile in
| England. was the first to put Nine
| Breshkovsky on the path which has le,l
her to the fortress.
Three years later she married man
| of liberal Views and the young people
| settled on tnelT estate III inc county,
, IL is a poor patriot who Will not thor
oughly try his government before h
rises against II. and Nine. BreshkovSkv
began TO try and improve tha mlserabla
| condition of the cowed peasantry II n
her new home by legal means. The
consequence OF these efforts was that
| the young reform"rs were both rlacad
under police surveillance as DANCE Gus
| Liberals
| Thwarted In her efforts, the Yong
wife. when she was &c. went to her
| husband and asked him a plain uues-
tion-'"Are you willing to suffer eyile
| or death in this cause of freedom?" He
| said that he was not. Then she lcfs
| him.
JOINS REvOLUTIoNISTS.
She went to Kieff and Joined a revo-
| lutionary group. The special work
| which was given her to do was the
task of spreading the new Ideas anon;
the ignorant peasantry.