a new book, appeared in
Russia bearing the name of the mysterious and unknown Nilus. The title
of this book is _It Is Near, at the Door_. It was published at
Sergeiev, near Moscow, at the Monastery of Sergeiev. I have said that
the date of the appearance of this volume is important, and here is
the reason: The overthrow of tsarism occurred in March, 1917. Toward
the end of 1916 the revolutionary ferment was already apparent. What
else could be expected than that the provocative agents of the Tsar's
Secret Police and the Black Hundreds should strive to divert the
attention of the people to some other issue? And what more natural
than that they should conclude that a widespread movement against the
Jews, great pogroms over a wide area, would best suit their purpose?
The first publication of the alleged protocols took place in 1905,
also at the beginning of a popular revolution, and it did have the
effect of creating a considerable anti-Jewish agitation which weakened
the revolutionary movement. The trail of the Secret Police and the
Black Hundreds is plain. And now for the new version of the history of
the protocols. On page 96 of this new book, which is a violent
diatribe against the Jews, Nilus says:

In 1901 I came into possession of a manuscript, and this
comparatively small book was destined to cause such a deep
change in my entire viewpoint as can only be caused in the heart
of man by Divine Power. It was comparable with the miracle of
making the blind see. "May Divine acts show on him."

This manuscript was called, "The Protocols of the Zionist Men of
Wisdom," and it was given to me by the now deceased leader of
the Tshernigov nobility, who later became Vice-Governor of
Stavropol, Alexis Nicholaievich Sukhotin. I had already begun to
work with my pen for the glory of the Lord, and I was friendly
with Sukhotin because he was a man of my opinion--_i.e._,
extremely conservative, as they are now termed.

Sukhotin told me that he in turn had obtained the manuscript
from a lady who always lived abroad. This lady was a noblewoman
from Tshernigov. He mentioned her by name, but I have forgotten
it. He said that she obtained it in some mysterious way, by
theft, I believe. Sukhotin also said that one copy of the
manuscript was given by this lady to Sipiagin, then Minister of
the Interior, upon her return from abroad, and that Sipiagin was
subs