Word: verigin
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Dates: during 1933-1933
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Your account of the attempted deportation of Peter Verigin II and general comments on Doukhobors interested me very much (TIME, Feb. 13). I knew the circumstances in a vague way, but thanks to you, they are concisely embedded in my mind...
...Community of Christians of the Universal Brotherhood, as Western Canada's sect of Doukhobors call themselves, breathed easier last month when their leader, Peter Verigin II, was saved from deportation to Russia (TIME, Feb. 13). Locked up at immigration headquarters in Halifax, Leader Verigin admonished his followers to keep calm. "Do not follow the example of the foolish Sons of Freedom [fanatical inner Doukhobor sect], provocators who have been banished from the land [for going naked] and with whom we have nothing to do whatever. . . . Pay punctually all your taxes and obligations and conduct yourselves in an honorable...
This sounded reasonable to the Halifax Supreme Court, which was further informed that the Doukhobors had been offered refuge in Mexico; that Peter Verigin II alone knows the disposition of the Brotherhood's $20,000,000 capital; that Doukhobor affairs would have to be administered from Russia were he sent there. Last week the Supreme Court reversed the deportation order, freed Peter Verigin...
...raced to Halifax last week were Simon F. Reibin, Peter Verigin's personal secretary, and Peter C. Makaroff, counselor to the Doukhobors, first of the sect ever to attend a university or become a lawyer. In Boston they were joined by the Doukhobors' Vice President, Joseph P. Shukin, who had also hastened across the continent. They wished to see Peter Verigin II before he went back to Russia to learn about secret Doukhobor affairs from him, get from his lips a last message for his people...
When the three Doukhobors arrived in Halifax they pretended to be pessimistic about their chances of saving Peter Verigin II. But just as the Montcalm was about to sail, a sheriff rushed aboard, served the captain with a writ. Peter Verigin II was taken ashore. This week Canadian immigration authorities were to appear in court, show cause for his detention...