The Washington times., 1910-02-03

Try 7 said
I wonder II YOU would seriously con-
stder one Of the greatest achievements
that remains UndOne in Europe today
he added. fmeditatively-
The obstacle to which you just now
referred . asked.
What is it2r'
NIhiliSm'F
"HeH.r ! replied with emphasis
But he took me literally, and not
even the suggestion of Il smile showed
IN Iis lace as he Teulied.
That is the fitting word Dan. II IS
nell tt IS worse than that to nunCIvuS
OF thousands Of human beings. from
the lowest mU5ik Of the StepDes TO the
Gar himself II is a word which carries
with Il a certain magic which always
spells the word death Il IS dealh 70
those who anta-opiZC II, and II ~ death
TO then that uphold il. It is death TO
the minister the governor, the Official,
ana 10 is death 10 the poor devil who
plots N the dark secretly with his tel-
lows against the powers that rule nm.
NihilISm is we'll named, for 1t means
nothing and Il ends IN nothing NlhllO
MINI ht- Whoever named the reVolu-
tionisis # Russia 50 'bUilded better than
they knew"
/ was watChirT; Saberevski with some
anIaZemenT- ] aIFid never heard him eX-
press himself in such terms before, and
had not supposed him capable, sym
Dathetically, OF doing So / was not
without a certain fund OF knowledge re-
EardlnE the subject he had introduced,
for my professional duties had taken
me more than CuCe into Russia, and
had encountered much OF the conditions
ne described. But / regarded them as
Wen as SabeTevsd himself, with the
American idea and from an American
standpoint It had always seemed 70
me 50 unnecessary that conditions
should exist As / had heard them de
Scr1oed over tnSre- mad always De
lieved that II the government Of Russia
would only go about the work different
" Il would be 50 easy to eradicate
every phase Of the So-Called nihilism.
and especially that branch Of IL praCtiC-
ed by, those who are called extremists
Evidently 81 beTveSI entertained some
thing Of this view himself although
from the standpoint Of a Russian. for
be ended short silence between US
by saying
Il have not finished what I was go
1ng % tell YOU, Dan. ] have served
Alexander. the car. many years, and
served him faithfully. There are rea-
sons now Why I can serve him no
longer in the capacity and at the
places where he needs me most Ny
life which is Of small moment, and
his. who IS my royal master, would
not be worth the weight of a feather
If 7 were % show my face at St
Petersburg again There is nothing
remaining FOR me to do save 70 sit
down quietly IN some far country of
the world. and watch from a distance
the passing OF events which some
day near or far, as the case may be,
viii end IN his saSSluatiOn- What
my work has been and what IL would
srIiI be II / could remain near to his
imperial MAJESTY, you can guess, and
I need not give it q name. But Dan.
II j could succeed in convincing you
Of the opportunity that would be
yours II you should 90 there, and II
I could know that you had gone, de-
termlIed 20 offer your services where
they are most needed, then that far
corner Of the world where ! would
wait and watch events. would be
know that YOU could succeed where
all others have failed"
Alexis "a berevski and I had many
such conventions as that one. after
that n which we discussed pro and
con tho suggestion he had made
Il grew upon me and grew upou
me until I became. obsessed BY the
idea Though did not think that
ne guessed my eazerness-
He remained IN New York, and vir-
during more than TWO months, ard We
were as constantly together as was pos
sihle ard c0nveu ienr
one aft srnoou while We were chatting
as usual I called his attention TO a
paragTaDl had seen IN the Herald %
that morning, which announced the ar
rival in New York Of q Russian ur1u-
cess The fact had not Interested me.
but recalling at the instant the idea
that she was most likely known 70
my friend. 7 said
''Sabereyski. one Of your country
women, q princess whose name escapes
me. Tor I did not notice Il particularly.
arrived in the CITY this morning. and
because Vol NAV not have seen the
notice and might like 70 nav YOUR re-
spects TO - You will find her name
and a column Or more OF other inforua-