The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-07
Story Of a
Russian Rising
BY WARREN MILLER

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in a Siberian prison; | 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 as 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, l went to man who
was a member of the provisional gov
ernment, told him how l had planned
| and executed my escape from prison
and asked him if there WAS any work
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 man |
from New York who is n leader among |
a certain class of fanatics, or rascals, |
I 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 an
archstic 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 a friend of that
mans course. getting his plans from
him and bringing them here TO the pro
visional government
. accepted the commission and went
dence | was to attempt to win still
lives and do not care to mention his
name. nor that mine should be known
In this connection. | have no desire TO
receive thrust in the back in return
} for what he would call my trcachcry. l
shall call him Scoraloff
When | reached Moscow I found
that ScoraIoff was keeping very dark.
represented myself to a woman az
a Red and she being Red herself
gave me her confidence. In her en-
thusiasm for the cause she took me to
Scoraloff and introduced me as
helper of their cause. / will not dwell
upon how | won her confidence. 1t is
enough to say that | won it,
When I had learned all that wanted
n to learn of this communistic plan, |
suggested that | would be glad TO carry
any orders Scoraloff might have for
:, those associated with him in Petro-
: grad In this I made a mistake. Ny
. object was to be passed back to the
capital in order to furnish the infor-
nation l had gained to the provisional
government: but l saw b. Scoral0ff's
J, expression that he suspected me Of be-
e ing a spy. However, his suspicion was
r apparent only for an instant. He gave
me password that would enable me
st to go to the capital without being
E. stopped by any of his conspirators.
st Scoraloff really wished a messenger
IS he could trust and gave me n letter
|; written in his own hand to his chief
IS abettor in Pctrograd containing nu-
Mt merous instructions. Before setting
r out on my return journey l read the
q letter and was disappointed that no
r date was mentioned for the rising.
had not gone far on my journey
h when I felt some one touch me on the
L. shoulder and turning saw a man who
r ordered me to follow him. | did not
g. know whether he was n government
es official or Red. l had a pass on my
S person signed by an officer of the gov
be eminent for all loyal persons TO pass
to me and assist me in official business
gs I suspected that this was Il Red so
I'd gave him the Red password. He paid
to no attention to it. but took me to {
le. house in the lower part of Moscow an(
ty led me to the top story where, opening
a.. = IN
he which sat man at once | knew to b'
ed Red. No one but a Red would hav,
lie been lodged in such place. My If
was at stake. for in case / wa
searched tho order of the government
would be found and would stamp m
H. for a spy on the Reds.
ny The man before whom I was take
g went about an examination of me yer
adroitly. He said that he had receive
no an order from Scoraloff to intercep
NJ me for the purpose of adding to tn
OF instructions he had given me. | wa
icy Invited to take n seat and received
or pumping TO discover whether | was a
ial | pretended Red or a governmer
he spy. | coolly asked the mans permi.
IN sion to smoke and having received
me produced Il box of cigarettes which
lea offered to him. He took one | al
nd other ! struck a match, held 1t [
ice him. then to my own. and we began {
on smoke
M After q verbal examination he tol
me that he had no doubt that I We
led what | purported to be, but Scoraloff
or orders to search me were peremptor
)m- l was stripped. inspected and ever
it'll article of my clothing was careful
EN- examined. Nothing was found to 4
led crin.inate me and after q hearty shall
in Of the hand I was suffered TO go Il
on way.
Why was 1t that my voucher fro
1id- the government was not found?
ate Because II was written on the wra
Of per Of the cigarette he had smoke
While lie was pumping me he WI
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