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"Gathering Maiden Blushes"
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'Gathering Maiden Blushes"
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women dropping to the earth like logs
of wood. Moans, cries and shouts filled
the air. Hut many of the marchers started
forward again, and the procession seemed
to be advancing. Thirty yards away,
ou the other side of the canal, were the
infantry soldiers, with their rilles ready
for execution. A sharp command was
heard, and instantly a terrific volley "as
poured into the mob.
Of the horror that followed the cries
uf the wounded, the shrieks of the lice
ing; the wails of women, the groans uf
men, and the sobbing of little children
1 can hardlv Ivnr to write.
Mv escape from death was incredibly
cIum'. 1 survived the hail of bullets, and
dashed into a side street where f rested
for a moment in temporary safety.
In the evening, the city was plunged
into darkness. l-iring was heard all
through the night, while tho police car
ried away tho dead. Soldiers occupied
every approach to the heart of the eity,
and in many instances inoitcasive passers-by
were "slaughtered as if they had
been wild animals. During the night, tho
police began to arrest every one sus
leeted of being in sympathy with the
movement ; and when the prisons wcic
"In behalf of internntionnl justice
and natural right, we recognize our holy
duty to renounce all our alleginnce to
you, to accuse you before the nations of
the world as a common criminal and to
proclaim a new Constitution and a new
sovereignity, which we shall call: Tho
Republic of Russia.
".lustier nud humanity will be tho
witnesses of our proclamation in this na
tional and internntionnl tribunal.
"Respectfully submitted:
"In behalf of the Committee of the
Russian Republican Administration:
" Ivan Xarodny,
"Chief Executive Commissioner."
(Other siinaturcs.)
The result of this proclamation was
that practically the entire garrison went
over to the revolution, anil the soldiers
marched through tho streets of the town,
singing the levolutionary hymn. The
loyal ollicers, on learning the reason for
tho uproar, incontinently lied. Without
a drop of blood having been shed, the
great fortress of Kronstndt had fallen
into our hands.
The next morning, we held a meeting
full, the military barracks weie used as "d discussed whether we should bom
houses of detention. All the hospitals id St. Petersburg and the Palace of
were overcrowded with the wounded. The to -"r retortion, wo were eager to
i,..vt ,lnv. Cnneml Trenoir was made Pre- "P fil'' "'' the great guns; but we
feet of 'the citv and martini law was im- 'earned, on investigation, that with th.
mediately proclaimed.
The Taking of Kronstadt
A FTKR this tragic fiasco, I realized
" that to stay any longer in Russia
could only result in my being attested
and sent to Siberia. I lied to Berlin,
where I founded a radical magazine for
distribution among the soldiers at home.
I had greater faith than ever before in
the alue of pushing our propaganda in
the army; and I decided to organize a
uumunitioii at our disposal, the fortress
could bo defended for a few days only.
The troops in St. Petersburg seemed to
be loyal; and, as the Czar had proclaimed
a Constitution, that had had the effect
of pacifying the people, we decided to
await developments.
This was the great moment of my life.
Had I been willing to demand further
sacrifices from my associates, I could
have made a grand stand play that might
or might not have mllumcd tho country
strong ievolutionary group of soldiers ""d swept the Russian monarchy out ot
and officers in the fortress of Kronstadt. existence. At nny rate, I could have
one of the most important strategic tolled Peterholl, and probably killed
points in the empire. As there were al- mny menibeis of the Royal family. 13ut
ready manv members of our military or- I old not assume so terrible a re
gaiiization'iii the fortress, it was easy for sponsibility, when the chance of achiev
me to direct tho work from my head- 'B - d "as so slight. I held the
,.,,!,. :., Hnriin. In tin. .,nirKn nf n lot tress for five days, as an object lesson
few months mv associates informed mo to the government, and then decided to
that they were' in a position to captuio surrender it, on the condition that every
the fortress from the inside, with all its "" "" l"" ' , ' V , 1
guns and ammunition, if I would go d"'"1'1 pardoned. Jo this, tho Czar
there at once. I was eager to respond to agreed; tor Kronstadt was practically
the call; but as i was an exile and was impregnable, and tho authorities did not
shadowed dav and night by spies, it ,luV!al' im'j'nv " ilJ'"!,1
seemed almost impossible for me to cross t'on ."ltl.1 .x'r- Into, who had in
tilt KUSNlUn I milt ilT. iiiiiii juuini iu- i i win i i nit. i
At this juncture, I was foituuate eL ino i uiress oi a gnu ..oai ai-
eno.igh to meet Mr. S. White, an A.ueri- .V,. siiiciyiii r .ii.ai.u.
can oiirnalist and sympathizer, with ... w..,. .- .u.....o ....
whom I had been in correspondence for !.,s ', thought it would be, and 1 was soon
some time. I explained my difficulties to '". bt- Petersburg once more. A few days
him, and he at once olleied mo Ins pass- "' ., -.-;"
port, which would enable me to enter to a meeting ot the Free Kconouuc bo
Russia as an American citizen. In the ccty. 1 noticed suspicious-looking men,
meantime, he undertook to look after my J"st before tho entrance of the hall,
otlice in Uerliii. I thought tho matter whom 1 took to be spies, and resolved
over, nnd I decided to risk it. Hut when to place myself that it would bo pos
. . . .... ..11.1.. riii .. t...
I arrived in Viborg, Finland, which is nlU11' lu uuum im ti
dily fifty miles from Kronstadt across hundred delegates, including nearly all
tho Finnish Hnv, I found that 1 could tho revolutionary leaders of tho working
not get nnv farther, owing to n strike people. I took my seat not far from the
of transportation workers having been rear door and near a window, whence 1
proclaimed m tho empire, i sent a cipher i-oum i-uimuuuu u yuuu ii- ui mv pu
dispatch to the leader of the movement, ccedings. These were destined to bo of
explaining mv helpless situation. short duration; for, not long after the
Two days passed; then, late at night ""'""K "s limt"" lu
the mnnager of the hotel rushed in and 11 4ll?bto concerning the freedom of the
told me that two artillery ollicers wished "i,: " i""Bi, '
to see mo immediately. 1 thouirht that i with revolvers in their hands, while.
tho Russian police had como to arrest
mo; but to my surprise, my visitors
proved to bo members of our organiza
tion. They told mo briefly that they hnd
a navy yard boat waiting to tako mo to
tho fortress. We reached Kronstadt early
tho next morning, and I put up at the
house of one of the officers as his Ameri
can guest.
During the day wo held a secret meet
ing, and 1 was elected to be the com
mander in chief of the fortress. On that
occasion I issued the since celebrated
manifesto, reading as follows;
"Nicholas Second, the Czar of Russia:
their commander shouted in a loud voice:
"Gentlemen, you are all under ar
rest! "
Tho words were hardly out of his
mouth when I opened tho window behind
me, and jumped out into tho snow. As
I was without cup or coat, the possibility
of escaping through tho polico lines
drawn around tho building Beemed ex
tremely small. However, seeing sonic
soldiers approaching, I walked with a
bold front to a petty ofiieer and handing
him mv card, said in a tone of author
ity: "f am of tho Secret Police. Hero is
"We. the undersigned representatives my card. Your cap and coat nuiekl
of the Russian people, feel both abused I have to catch a fugitive revolutionist
nnd humiliated by tho acts and laws one or the leaders hurry I "
which you as sovereign of our country
have wrongfully imposed, and illegally
enforced, upon us.
Impressed by my emphatic manner, the
fellow at once, and without nsking a
question, handed me his cap and coat.
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