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THE RED REIGN

The author and his brigand guide and interpreter

THE RED REIGN

THE TRUE STORY OF AN
ADVENTUROUS YEAR
IN RUSSIA

BY
KELLOGG DURLAND
AUTHOR OF AMONG THE FIFE MINERS, ETC., ETC.
ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS
BY THE AUTHOR AND OTHERS
NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1908
Copyright, 1907, by
The Century Co.
Published, September, 1907
THE DE VINNE PRESS
TO
MY MOTHER

The author desires to make cordial recognition of the fact that some of the material used in Chapter IX was also used in articles which appeared in Harpers Weekly and Colliers Weekly; that certain passages in several other chapters were used in letters to the New York Evening Post and the Boston Evening Transcript; that part of Chapter XI appeared in the Independent. At the same time he would express his grateful appreciation to Mr. Hamilton Holt, of the Independent, for the courtesy of supplying him with credentials of representation which were exceedingly useful on several occasions.

CONTENTS

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Importance of movement called Russian revolutionIts varied aspectsInevitableness of revolution in RussiaCausesThe disease of autocracyInsincerity of manifesto of October, 1905, seen in gradual withdrawal of constitutional rights then guaranteedElements of disintegration in Russian stateNinety per cent. of Russian people now oppose existing rgimeStartling record of killed and wounded in 1906Compared to French TerrorLength of Russian struggle compared to other revolutions in historyAuthors qualifications for present undertakingVaried experience among Cossacks, terrorists, and peasants.

The White TerrorMy first conspiracyA frontier episodeA mixed companyVive la Revolution!The Quiet CapitalA courtesy to AmericansA friends narrow escapeA midnight incidentEarly bewildermentWitte more a stratagem than a manThe ministerial crisisThe deposed ministerSignificant telegrams from the provincesOff to the Caucasus.

Welcomed by officers of the guardBeing CossackizedAn interrupted sleepPresentation to the Governor-GeneralAn amusing interviewThe Generals vanity and how it was tickledThe story of the CossacksAn Ingoosh brigandAn expedition into the mountains.

A Cossack villageAn exhibition of horsemanshipAn accidentHow Cossacks are trained for serviceCossack local governmentBasis of Cossack loyaltyTheir attitude toward massacresCossacks of the Caucasus, like other tribes of the mountains, still unconqueredBack to Vladikavkaz.

The journey to the Oil CityFirst view of the CaspianArmenians and TartarsRussias monstrous misruleTiflis blood-stained and batteredHow to wield a Caucasian daggerDaily perilsChiaroscuro of officers lifeA stirring departure.

Arrival in KutaisA siege cityThe very walls have earsCossack barracksLootBloody AlikhanoffA dramatic interviewJustification for burning homesMilitary outragesWhy the inhabitants of the Caucasus are revolutionists and terrorists.

A journey in the interiorWarned backThe startA typical Volga provinceCauses of the famineArrival at TsaritzinTwo medical studentsOpen! Open to the Police!The searchCondition of the peasantsPeskyA group of remarkable personalitiesVillage customsA dramatic meetingA night rideA sudden interruption in our plan.

Questioned by the PoliceTakenFive charges to account forAccused of being an agitatorEighteen versts to the gendarmerieA tedious nightBack to SaratoffTake the dogs awayPrisonClamoring for freedomDiscouragementParoleRelease.

A tyrannical rgimeA young girls daringTortures and outragesEntertained by the governorA kindly police-masterGrim prison wallsDifficultiesAppeal to the governorShackled prisonersMarie SpiradonovaA terrible taleInterruptionsGreetings to France, to England, and to AmericaA Spartan motherLetters from the fair prisoner.

The famous October manifestoSkepticism of Russian people toward promise of ConstitutionDifficulties placed in way of honest votingCzars insincerity and duplicityFundamental and exceptional lawsMinisterial change on eve of DumaSt. Petersburg possessed by troopsThe Winter Palace spectacleThe throne speechDisappointment of deputiesAmnesty! Amnesty!The first shotMake-up of first DumaFirst sessionZeal of representativesHostile attitude of governmentWork of DumaGovernmental policy of obstructionDissolutionThe Viborg manifestoThe present perilThe promise of the future in the light of the attitude of the Czar.

A member of the military organizationKronstadtRevolutionary headquarters among the soldiers and sailorsA conspirative gatheringSmuggling forbidden literatureA surpriseDisguised as a Russian sailorA thrilling experienceAn inspiring episodeShadowed!FlightPlan of escapeCapture deferred.

Kronstadt on the eve of mutinyInfluences encouraging uprisingMake-up of the garrisonWild rumorsA grand plan for general army and navy uprisingA successful beginningSilenceA momentous telegramA sudden signalMutinyTrapped!SlaughterIlluminating lessons of the Kronstadt fiascoThe terrible cost in life and liberty.

Arrival in BielostokFirst impressionsStories of the injuredThe crucifix as a weapon of deathThe hospital fired uponChildren victimsFailure of government to place responsibilityMass of evidence proving governmental complicity in massacresOther massacres officially instigatedPrince Urusoffs speechThe assassination of Professor HertzensteinA celebrated Moscow physician murderedWarsaw horrorsUpon whom rests the responsibility?Arrest of PashaShooting a girl in prisonBureaucracy guilty of murder and assassinationPlacing the responsibility on the CzarThe arch-terrorist and assassin of Russia.

Seething PolandGovernmental lawlessnessOverwhelming little Poland by sheer force of numbersTwice over the Polish frontierA panic of Warsaw JewsRussian oppressionA nervous populaceCampaign to exterminate Warsaw policeHopeless plight of latterA pathetic incidentWhere poverty stalksEffect of era of misery and chaos upon WarsoviansTraffic in white slavesDaily occurrencesA Warsaw hospitalChiaroscuro in the Polish capitalParties of PolandPoles traditional revolutionistsHope and optimism temperamental characteristics of the Polish people.

Importance of the muzhik in the futureAncient republican traditionsGreek church and bureaucracy non-Russian institutionsWeight of the peasant vote in the DumaHow the peasants belief in God and Czar is waningStrokes of disillusionmentIndifference to timeMuzhik nonchalanceStrange sectsMuzhik religionA characteristic legendPractical ethicsThe muzhik not necessarily lazyMuzhik shrewdnessThe dawning of self-consciousness.

The period of repression following the Duma dissolutionUnder arrest in MoscowThe cradle of the RomanoffsA peasant gatheringOutspoken muzhiksA constituent assemblyRational opinions of the Viborg manifestoNijni NovgorodThe great fairA disturbed provinceKazanA journey to the interiorA visit to Prince OuktomskyProfessor Vassiliev and his familyAdvanced ideas of the peasantsSimbirsk, the Mountain of the WindsAn illiterate governmentWhat the peasants wantEntering the famine belt.

Heart of the famine regionTerrible pictures of starvationPeasants feeding the thatch from the roofs of their houses to cattleAuctioning cattle and horses for a songHow the workers and breadwinners suffer firstInability of the government to cope with situationPeasants pledge their labor for years to come to secure food for their families for the present timeAnother arrestExpulsion from the province.

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