Evening star., 1917-09-30

At this conference Kerensky urged the
Immediate necessity OF union OF all
the populist factions, OF regeneration
Of the social revolutionary party and
in accordance with the existing politi-
cal and economic conditions Of Russia
Secret Police Had Lively Chase.
Although closely connected with st.
Petersburg. Kerensky never limited his
activity to tho capital. The time be-
tween the duma sessions he spent in
touring the country. And where did
The Speedy" not go. supplying the
plenty Of work? And wherever he
went the smoldering fires of party
activity would blaze up again. warm
ing the hearts of the discouraged
workers. .arousing in them the social
conscience. moving them closer to the
people.
remember an October day of 1915
in Samara. We received from Keren-
sky this telegram: viii arrive 29th;
arrange for a lecture. Subject. The
Military Session of the Duma,'" All
became brighter, moved to action. A
permit was obtained The old comrade
.adikofr took care of the housing ar
rangements. THE Speedy arrived ION
the fly" With jokes and stories about
Petrograd he injected new life into
us. The following day the lecture took
place. The Theater Olympus was taxed
to It's capacity by workmen, peasants
and intellectuals.
A fiery, passionate speech flowed
from him like an electric current for
two solid hours. The condition of the
country grew clear. painfully, sorrow
fully clear. "Ah. how well did l spend
my day" said Zadikoff to me before
going to bed upon his return from the
lecture.
An hour later he died from apopleXy.
l shall never forget the deep impress
He suddenly~grew still His wrinkle
of anguish between the eyelashes sud
denly became deeper. If he consid-
cred himself responsible for the death
of Our comrade. In actuality. however.
it was he who provided him with the
last joy of his life. joy of being moved
to the idealistic heights of the soul.
Laughed at Reverses, Ever Scheming
On another occasion, in October of
last year. and again in Samara, ! re-
ceived another telegram from Alex
ander Fedorovitch. Again he succeeded
in arranging for lecture. The first
his arrival. before even taking off his
overcoat. was. Not permitted. Of
course May 1 return? Very well. Il
am in hurry to get to Peter (collo-
quial for Petrogradl: l scarcely man.
aged to halt the exiling of our Saratoff
comrade lawyers. Miasoyedoh. Tchu-
maievsky, Bergman and Romanenko. 1t
is necessary to see the minister as soon
as possible or the governor may change
his mind and still exile them"
NO" I answered You will have
to stay. The lecture has been per-
mitted and all the tickets are sold al
ready"
He burst out laughing. in loud.
rolling. contagious laughter, as only
kerensky can laugh.
How is that? Why. IN Saratofr the
governor forbade me to lecture on the
very same subject"
Here is different state, and our
states are disunited, not united" I an
swered.
The lecture was splendid. but Keren-
sky was dissatisfied with himself. Dur
ing the intermission he said to me;
How? Bad? Would it not be better
that l was suddenly taken sick or some
"Enough.' I exclaimed Don't ask
for compliments. The audience catches
every word of yours. Don't you feel
an inner bond with your audience
The second part of the lecture was
delivered by Kerensky with such ex-
ultation that the hall actually was
shaken by the thunder of applause.
Especially good were the concluding.
l remember them most clearly. But in
place of this old order. or rather dis
order" said Kerensky. "a new order of
life will soon arise. 1t will be brought
to US by the democracy. the only master
Of life. And democracy is already on
the way. 1 hear distinctly
the steps of the people. Make
ready to meet 1t. Get ready to march
with it. foot in foot. hand in hand"
If one should add that the large in
do
mated by kerensky for a populist paper
in Samara, which was shut down after
It's fifth issue. and for the political ex-
lies in Siberia. 1t would be unnecessary
to state that Kerensky's lecturing was
but another means of serving the cause
of popular freedom.
Secret Of Great Russians Genius.
The peculiar genius of Kerensky is
nervous sensitiveness to political
events which frequently approaches the
prophetic. 1t is that which is some
times called intuition. subconscious
understanding Of happenings. that
which is often described as the sixth
sense.
In the usual everyday life this abil-
ity is known as the ability OF Fremont
tion, of presentiment in the face of an
oncoming danger. misfortune, joy, etc.
Such forebodings of an approaching
political storm often manifested them
selves in Kerensky's speeches in the
duma, made in the stwo and half
months preceding the revolution. Thus
at the session of the duma of December
90. 1916, he said:
"Gentlemen: Now you see for your
selves that all the words that could be
uttered about the government, which
could have been used to brand the au-
thorities guilty before the nation. have
been uttered. We heard here from the
lips, not of the left members, not OF
the liberals, but from the lips of the