Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 220, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1917 — MARYA SPIRIDONOVO FOR WAR [ARTICLE]

MARYA SPIRIDONOVO FOR WAR

Famous Figure in 190!> Revolt In Russia '' Says “Fight to Victory.” Petrograd. —Marya Splridonovo, famous in the’’ revolution of 1905, has joined the ranks of women champions of “war till victory.” a student a secondary school, she was so horrified by the flogging of Tamboff peasants by Assistant Governor Luzhenowsky that she shot the oppressor dead. She was dragged from place to place in a cattle truck and tortured. Her case provoked international protest. After her release by the revolution, on her way heme to Europe, thousands of Siberians met and acclaimed her at the railroad stations. She replied by begging the men to fight for liberty, and the women to incite their busbands to battle. Speaking at Omsk* she-told deserter soldiers that America’s entry into the war should %nake them blush with shame, as American sentiment had been a powerful factor in her favor.