CHAPTER X.

MODERN POLICE (_continued_): RUSSIA.

Mr. Sala's Indictment of the Russian Police--Their Wide-reaching Functions--Instances of Police Stupidity--Why Sala Avoided the Police--Von H---- and his Spoons--Herr Jerrmann's Experiences--Perovsky, the Reforming Minister of the Interior--The Regular Police--A Rural Policeman's Visit to a Peasant's House--The State Police--The Third Section--Attacks upon Generals Mezentzoff and Drenteln--The "Paris Box of Pills"--Sympathisers with Nihilism: An Invaluable Ally--Leroy Beaulieu on the Police of Russia--Its Ignorance and Inadequate Pay--The Case of Vera Zassoulich--The Passport System: How it is Evaded and Abused: Its Oppressiveness.....288