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2 ~ HE LEADS QUEER PEOPLE PETER VEREGIN IS HEAD OF THE DOUKHOBORS. Their Mistaken Pilgrimage in 1899 Succeeded by Pros. perity. Out of a five-volume official report emerges the figure of an' empire- |w builder in a small way--Peter Vere- gin, leader of the Russian Doukho- bors in British Columbia, The re- port has just been presented to the British Columbian Government by William Blakemore, appointed last August to enquire into the desira- bility of the Doukhobors as colo- nists. It has many interesting things to say of them, but its strik- ing feature is the picture it sketch- es of their leader. Back in Russia in the time of their persecution they were led by a woman, Lukerya Vasylyvna Kal- mykova, On her death Veregin suc- ceeded to the office. The sect split, Veregin's enemies had him exiled to Siberia, and sleighs travelled 2,000 miles over the snow to main- tain communication between him and his people. After the Doukho- bors were enabled to. migrate to Oanada, largely through the efforts of Count, Leo Tolstoy, the Bociety of Friends of England, and the Qua- kers in. Philadelphia, things went badly. Therefore-the Russian Gov- ernment was induced to liberate Véregin, and he has since been the actual ruler of the Doukhobors. A' Benevolent Despot. He js described as a bengvolent despot absolutely devoted to the interests of the Doukhobors, at all times plotting, planning and 'schem- ing to advance their cause, not en- riching himself'; ruling with a rod of iron; exacting implicit obedience and exercising rigid discipline. He is a big man in every sense of the word; the history and traditions of his people, his own suffering, his jeontact with great men have been his education. He inherits the characteristics of his race, among which are strong reasoning oapa- city, diplomatic skill and subtlety. The greatest evidence of his ability is the manner in which he has for thirteen years been able with com- arative success to hold together is. people in an énvironment en- tirely alien to their ideas, their cherished beliefs and their ambi- tions. In the freest country in the world, where individual feeling is the keynote, says Mr. 'Blakemore, he still holds six-sevenths of the original settlement in the thrall of community 'life, with individuality extinguished except for his own er A Jolly Good Day | Follows = = ; : A Good Breakfast Try a dish of Post | Toasties | to-morrow morning. These sweet. thin bits made from Indian Corn toasted ai '| the prairies; A ~Perrin's personal control. He is in fact a theocratic czar; he possesses not only the genius but the capacity for governing. : i His personality is both attractive and impressive. He is tall, broad, > ©! massive, with. a fine]; head; great natural dignity riage, and the . atmosph P strength. Yet, like many such men, he has a remarkably gentle manner.: He s in a low voice. Hi every mood is marked by a natural courtesy and simple dignity which would &ingle him out fog notice any- ® re. . His features are regular and his skin has an olive pallor. ~ His hair and beard were jet black, but are now streaked with iron gray. His eyes are dark and thoughtful, and in moments of excitement shine with hidden fire; his whole expres- sion is that of & man who "has suf- fered much and hag triumphed over i the force of courage and confidence. His people yield him 'the utmost deference and obedience, due, perhaps, not alto- gether to his great personal endow- ments and netism, but partly to their religious belief, which invests him with almost supernatural attri- butes. The Real Problem. As. for the Doukhobors them- selves, the report 'speaks favorably of what they have accomplished. The - chief ground "of complaint against them is that they refuse to comply with certain laws, the school laws among others, and that they will not-be naturalized. There were also questions raised as to their community system, in the working out of which supplies are purchased at wholesale, "and very little trade is etjoyed by local re- tail merchants. 4 pe The report finds that the Doukho- bors are desirable settlers from the standpoint of their personal charac- ter, farming 'skill and general in- dustry. Their refusal 'to comply with 'certain laws ia based on their religious beliefs." The report recom- mends that the Government follow a policy of patience toward them and put pressure on the leaders to secure compliance with the laws, resorting in case of prosecutions to the imposition of fines rather than imprisonment, which the "Doukho- bors regard as persecution. It sug- gests appointing a Doukhobor agent on somewhat similar lines to the Indian agents and cancelling the order-in-Council = granting :ex-| emption from military service. It opposes the: admittance of Doukho- bors into Canada in future save on the clear understanding that no ex- ceptions of any kind will be allowed in the matter of observance of laws. The Doukhobors wete brought to Canada thirteen years ago in conse- quence of the persecution to which they had been subjected in Russia for three centuries. They settled in Saskatchewan amid very --uniavor- able surroundings. 'They Sad no money, they arrived ab a bad time of the year, for the Winter lay just in front of them; they were unpre- pared for the rigorous weather of and they were without But they never lost Lacking horses and teams, the women turned to and hauled the plough and scattered the seed, while their husbands and sons went to work on ailway cotists jruction 0 their leader. heart. v {land for each member land or whether > outed e, into the community treasury, and 'came prosperous and contented |. Then trouble arose: oyer lowed them to settle 'on' 15 sores of the community re. community 1 Upward "of. the offér of the' Government, X §heir homesteads: of 160. acres, left the Doukhobor community an : came naturalized British subjects. This was a serious blow to the community and its leader. It meant bl not only the breaking away from cominunal 'life; but. the establish- ment of the idea of individual hold- ings, a thing unknown in Russia and inconceivable "to Doukhobor minds until it was demonstrated in: Canada. From this moment may be said to date the determination of Peter Veregin to move the com- munity. to. some 'other province where conditions would be more tavorable for continuing the com- munity life and less subject to the disintegrating influences which had now begun to operate in Baskatche- wan. » This happened about. five years ago, and in a year and a half later Veregin had 'secured, by private purchase, his first land holdings in British Columbia, and had moved the first instalments, two thousand of his people. Thus at the end of little more thin one decade these people once more had to face an- other trek into the unknown with the same. accompanying conditions that signdlized their departure from the land of their birth and perse-' ocution. ¥ The Doukhobors have now acquir- ed 1,403 acres in British Colu i at a cost of $646,017, and have es tablished four large settlements a Brilliant Glade, 'Pass' Creek Grand Forks. They have water- works, electric. light systems, saw- mills, brick yards a jam face tory. 'The evidence 'goes to show that in all their business: relations the Doukhobors have been found} satisfactory. 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