The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-14
RUSSIA'S GRANDMA
Is PATIENT IN EXILE
Nine. BrcshkOvska,a Writes
Again From siberia to an
American Friend.
RECEIVERS FROM ILLNESS

BosroN. March 3.-Neither old age
nor the rigors of exile IN siberia. where
the winters are nine months long aud
the temperature often sinks to 80 de-
grees below zero. have broken the spirit
Of Catherine Breshkovskaya. "Ba-
boushka' little Grandmother). Rus
sia's famous political prisoner.
From her prison AT Irkutsk, the cap
ital Of Eastern siberia, the u%ndaunted
sevolutionist has written AGAIN to Alice
Stone Blackwell. the suffragist leader OF
this city. and the letter reveals the un-
son. Nine. B~rcshkovskaya was orig
inally confined in northern siberia.
where II was unbearably cold. but the
Russian Government finally consented to
remove her to the relatively mild climate
Of the lrkutsk district.
The eXile's letter is dated December
81. 1915.
"Every minute when I am out Of
DOORS she wrote. II am followed by
. row Of policemen and one OF them
enters the house and even the apartment
where ! am staying.
ut IL not difficult to wait. having so
many excellent moments In life az are
. part Of my existence. DO not he
sorry for my eyes. The oculist says my
eyes will serve me long enough when
carefully used.
my address Is only Catherine Bresh-
kovskaya, lrkutsk. Russia. Al, the post
bureaus Of Siberia are we'll informed OF
my presence and they Ind me In every
corner OF this Immense country. II I
oO sent away I will inform you"
Tells Of an Illness.
A postcard mailed three weeks later
4 the letter was also received by
Miss Blackwell. Mime. B~reshkovskaya
wrote that she had been i'll. but was
recovering her strength.
THE weather." she complained. "is
awful. Notwithstanding the frost Of 40
degrees below Zero II is only to-day that
the beautiful Angora River has been
frozen over. Until now ls flowing waves
have filled the town with unwlolesome
mists. Every nook in siberia has its
" poison. am too sensitive to the
cold. But there IL no danger now Let
terS reach me and I am happy. My
daughter. pray be- safe and well.
Nine. Breshkovskaya Is - years Of
oRe. She WAS In this country eleven
PEARS ago and mad. a deep impression
upon Julia Ward Howe. Jane .Addans
anil other well known women. she re.
turned to Russia carrying more han
$4,000 that had been collected here
tor the cause Of revolution.
The following year she was arrested
On the charge OF belonging To- an ille-
gal party and was put in the fortress
OF ST. Peter and - Paul. No formal
charges were prepared against her for "A
year and a half
II was generally believed thai her
chief offence had been her activity in
America in ~denouncirg czarism and APP
pealing for revolutionary fusds. The
authorities were hard pressed ~ lind
charges OIL which 10 try this woman
whom all Russia save oticialiom loved.
but eventually they charged her and
Nicholas Tschaikovshy with criminal
political activity and sent her to Siberia
In perpetual exile. T~schaikovsky was
acquitted.
The trial aroused extraordinary in
tere~t in this country and several petit
Vons signed lv many prominent New
Workers We're sent to the car appeal
irE for tho release If Mime. Breshko,-
okrya. The Russian Government was
unrelcntins and she was sent to Siberia.
Subsequently She mtd. four attempts
10 escape, but the task was too mucn
for her and each time she was easily
recA ptured
Daughter Of u Noble,
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