Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-01-03
Story Of a
Russian Rising
By WARREN MILLER
Copyright. 1917. Western Newspaper union.1

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| am Russian; served three years
inf a Siberian prison; l escaped In
time to join the revolution that de-
posed the car who sent me to that
horrible life; consequently have but
one thought, to see my country under
such a government rs will give her
freedom within and save her from be-
ing enslaved by another imperial mas
ter from without.
Being in Petrograd soon after the
last revolution, / went to a man who
was a member of the provisional gov
ernment told him how I had planned
and executed my escape from prison
and asked him if there was any work
I could do to serve my country in her
struggle for the preservation of that
liberty she had so suddenly grasped.
''You are just the man we want" he
said "for a certain purpose. In Mos.
COW there has secretly arrived a man
from New York who is leader among
certain class of fanatics, or rascals,
l am not sure which. We believe that
he has come over here to take advan-
tage of the clamor of our simple peas
ants for the land to work for an am
archistic movement. We can do moth
ing to head him off without a definite
knowledge of his object. You can serve
Russia best by going to Moscow, rep
resenting yourself friend of that
mans course. getting his plans from
him and bringing them here to the pro-
visional government"
I accepted the commission and went
to Moscow. The man whose conf
dence l was to attempt to win still
lives and / do not care to mention his
name, nor that mine should be known
in this connection. l have no desire to
receive thrust in the back in return
for what he would call my treachery.
shall call him Scoraloff.
When I reached Moscow I found
that Scoraloff was keeping very dark.
/ represented myself to a woman as
Red and she being a Red herself
gave me her confidence. In her en-
thusiasm for the cause she took me to
Scoraloff and introduced me as
upon how l won her confidence. 1t is
enough to say that l won it,
When I had learned all that I wanted
to learn of this communistic plan, l
suggested that I would be glad to carry
any orders Scoraloff might have for
those associated with him in Petro-
grad In this | made mistake My
object was to be passed back to the
capital in order to furnish the infor-
nation | had gained to the provisional
governments: but saw by Scoraloif's
expression that he suspected me of be-
ing q spy. However. his suspicion was
apparent only for an instant. He gave
| me Il password that would enable me
to so to the capital without being
stopped by any of his conspirators.
Scoraloff really wished messenger
he could trust and gave me letter
written in his own hand to his chief
abettor in Petrograd containing nu-
merous Instructions. Before setting
OUT on my return journey ! read the
letter and was disappointed that no
date was mentioned for the rising.
/ had not gone far on my journey
when / felt some one touch me on the
shoulder, and turning. saw Il man who
ordered me to follow him. l did not
know whether he was a government
official or a Red. l had pass on my
| person signed by an officer of the gov
eminent for all loyal persons TO pass
me and assist me in official business.
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gave him the Red password. He paid
40 attention 10 it. but took me to n