The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13
WONDERFUL DREAM
OF PAN-SLAV|SM
Count Spiridovitch Has Great
Plans for Future of
His People.
HOLDS TREMENDOUS POWER
This Archconspirator May Be
Able to Make His Vision
Real.

Paris. July 12.-Thoro Ia at this mo-
ment on the heights of Montmartre tho
most persistent conspirntor Of tho ago
Professedly he Is not in conoeaiment,
but no Is safor from those who are
seeking him than If he were In a cayo
The conspirator is General Count Ar
thur Tchcrup Spiridovitch.
On tho eve OF hoStilities between Tur-
key and the four Balkan allies, Gem
eral Spiridovitch took up his abode
near tho top OF tho artistic mount and
date he lived in fashionable hotels and
mingled with tho butterfly throng
since that timo he has worked day and
night telegraphing hero. cabling thore,
directing ifty-siX Slavic societies how
to make their influence felt most efrec-
lively.
Pole by descent, Russian by birth.
he has the fire Of tho former and tho
paivete of the latter. He is IA oadav-
ous-looklng rs was Catiline. the con-
spirator of classic fame Four times
he has been elected president OF the
Slavic Society OF Moscow. and IT Is
tho ty-siX branches OF this organixa-
ton which give him 30 much secret
power.
His Gigantic Program
The gigantic program he has mapped
out would look ridiculous IL we did not
know OF this famous conspirator's pro-
dictions In the past For instance. he
foresaw the triple entente as an Off
set to the triple alliance. Last August.
in the Paris Journal he declared most
emphatically That tho Turko- Balkan
War was about to break
Nor does this archconspirator al
ways conAne himself to predictions
When France and the Vatican were at
their most serious loggerheads, Ger
many wished to replace the former as
~ Of
emit Everything was arranged for tho
transfer. 1t would have enlarged Ger
many's sphere OF influence. The En-
pcror wished It. The arohoonspirator
sent telegram to the Vatican de-
clar!ng that such transfer would
ALLEVIATE millions OF Slavs who were
most devoted TO the Holy See. The
transfer was not made.
And now what does Conspirator
Sp.ridovitch propose? Three things
They almost take ones breath away.
Tho first is n southern Slavic empire
composed of all or the countries whose
liberation from Turkey was obtained
or encouraged by Russia, including
Bulgaria, Servia, Montenegro. all the
territories they have taken In tho late
war Bosnia. Herzegovina. Albania, Po-
land. Croatia and the Czech country.
Secondly. he proposed to break up
the patchwork empire OF Austria.
This would give Hungary her indie
pendencc and let the Slavs Of tho Aus
:rian empire join tho new confedcra-
ton.
Poland Independent.
The third proposition is the inde-
pendencs OF Poland an integral state
OF the confcderacy Hero Russia, Aus
tria and Germany would have to give
their respective portions OF Poland
The Slavic empire OF the south would
hold back the Mohammedan invasion
TO European contact They may at
tempt. says this magnificent dreamer.
VIVA; Genghis Khan and Timour dd In
the thirteenth and fourteenth ccntu-
ries. The great Slavic empire OF tho
north VIII fight them back. Were ever
such splendid dreams drcamt before7
Nor does the dream stop here. When
all these things Will be accomplished
the dream of Pan-Slavism. in
tcrprcted by General Spiridovitch. Is
universal peace. He says:
pan Slavism wishes neither to an
mex nor Cypress. Its one desire IS the
reign OF peace through liberty and
fraternity. Its ideal is to sec the
tribunal OF The Hague in full work
Ing action"
Dreamer as he is. he has In his or
ganiZation practical men llko Ambas-
sador James Bryce and former Prime
Minister Clcmencenu. and he even wont
to Washington to eXpound his views
when Colonel Roosevelt was President