New-York tribune., 1921-03-06
Friends Of the Titled Radical Evolved
Play That Won Largely
Because Of Its Audacity !.
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overtake him outside.

high standing. Surely they eoru
overtake him outside.
Alarm Sounded
Kropotkin reached the curb -.
jumped into the waiting droshk,
The driver whipped his horse a.,
started at so furious a pace that u.
occupants were nearly thrown ON.
as the vehicle turned the corner md
swung on two wheels down the NJ,
row street. After brief pursrA
In which they were hopelessly outd;,
tanced the sentries gave up ana
sounded general alarm.
The violin music ceased. the c.,
tomime of the kneeling peasant n.
louise and the microscope came to .,
abrupt end, the other peasant o,
the curb finished eating his cherr;..
got up, stretched himself and walksd
away, the lady who had entersd
Nikolaievsk hospital departed from
another doorway.
From the lazaret messengers w.,.
being dispatched in frantic haste IA
the commandant of the secret nol;..
and the alarm was being relayed n
all parts of the city.
Meanwhile two men in black cloat,
and opera hats were being driven
in droshky drawn by black mar
through the suburbs of Petrograa
After a brief stop at the home Of
Kropotkin's sister, where a chang.
Of clothing was procured, the droshkv
proceeded to a remote island In tia
Neva, where Kropotkin'~ black beard
was shaved by & friendly barber.
While the Police Searched
That night, while the secret polis
were searching all the radical
haunts in the city and taking many
Of Kropotkin's friends and relativu
into custody, the fugitive sat, viii
Dr.. Veimar and the lady Of TIA
droshky, in a private dining roors b
Donon's restaurant, the most fssh.
lonable rendezvous In Petrograd, n
counting the day's experiences eye
the dinner table.
The next day DR.. Veimar ~
cured the passport Of a friend ani
helped Kropotkin leave the city. 81
crossed Finland by an. unfrequentsd
route, then took a Swedish steamer
at a remote port in the Gulf Of Both.
MIA and made his way by Christisnh
and Hull to Edinburgh, ScotlaIs.
Later he made his home near Lon.
don and wrote most of his scientiAe
works there. Among his important
contributions to literature are Toi.
stoy's Influence on Russia, Th
Direct Action of Environment %
Plants, and important articles b
the Encyclopedia Britannica. Chan
bers's Encyclopedia and The Nin%
teenth Century Review.
While Russia's czarist govern
ment remained in power Kropotks
never returned to his native land
he was in constant touch with the
revolutionary movement, however
and attended all the conferences Of
the Reds in England, Belgium
and France. He was one of tribu-
nal Of three that weighed the eM.
dence against Azeff, the agent pro
vocateur of the Russian secret
police who posed as a radical leader
for many years, and condemned him
to death in Paris.
Relatives Suffered
AS result of Kropotkin's escape
several members of his family were
arrested and sentenced to long terms
IN Siberia. His valuable estate, in.
herited from his father, was confs-
Gated.
Now, at the age of seventy-nins,
revolutionary Russia repays him
for lifetime of service in its behalf
by starving him to death in Moscow
Perhaps, in the red ruin Of bis
blasted hopes, it was the kindess
hing to do.