, 1877-01-19
HCS5IH,
STUDENTS DEMONSTRATION.


St. rErEEsBtnG, Dee. 2i.-'1iis Incident
w:4I;l. Ut. urs"d here on Monday last, and wt'h
led 10 the arrest of number IT young t,crs"nS,
has bec' Ut: nf tho great tupts uf conversation
III st. Petersburg. during thr tast "rek. AL
information. hn"uscr, Il at present confined ~
what happened l,cfurr the eyes nf The r,lElfr:
fur tho investigation Ia sill enn tn, and, tc-
yond the disorder III tlc street. III Which was
an accidental nit,srts. 'u;hit,. Thvh ro,'li
give to the event anY political importance, "s
the least co1uring Ut conspiracy. has yet trans
rtrcl.
Last Monday, the 18th inst, was marac.l I'll:
in t.n t.ussn,t;rcrk snlcsrjIr a tarr! It.
Nicholas, tln siEsacfr-WDrkcr. ani tt,i,>rtt'irnt
ly at many IT tic rlHrcllrf there WIS lAr::r
attr:HlAme ri those orthtrl.,y p'rsnns hr1s't.:
the na:nr II til" ta!nt. IT a1nuit Ms'f, great
number Ut ys,u;,. san;lr III l,tt, <sxrs rnn:rr.
facng the ;.tta. street 1t thr Ney-Er rru:2,rt.
! Whlr ,Ivi,ae ter.tc was !,c'N- performed II
wns not .ecd HAT these Icts n:. who seemed to
| lie students, wtre co,rlstti,g themselves IN n
| very unbcr,ning was, by sirtl'ng atWut the
| church aud carrying On lively roii'eE.a'
tuI with INC al,nther. By the :itnr tln: ,tr,i.
Na@ oyer about :!Ut had usscI!hl,'t. aud ,u-t IT
them then left the Cathedral aid .,ni 4n.1shIr
an the steps. The r1rIn*Itv c'Ii suspicion which
lad hern awakened by their strange b"liast'r WI;
much ircrea4ct when ntte hf t1lr youths began u
as.drpss lis fel!ws l,r ~, nv: "Wc shall nlwavs
rstcrn, this ,!ay IN Remembrance Of ,iu" t"nt
greeted with luvl shouts Vi "ilurrah!'' .tfrr
| ,ua'ii,g eotlie nthrr nut ycry lntsllsalc r..
marks, uni neHtlnnng htrrsal 'alslrs. the
| speaker .lrrw firth fruIu. the 1hhkct Vi !
little pca*ant.boy standing. near .el
huulkcrt8I!c! u lag. IT. wh!sh were the
wur1s Ze7i.s;. l'1is-Land and Liberty. Tic
| protlurtiin uf this c.nhctn nf t1rtr crrc4i was
i!lr signal for ,n,rc shouting. tn which the bpy.
| 1rtn rYtt1pnf3y t.tt tHtiTNrut ylrtiHt, fGJk
part. Son,r utlicout b,atan'lers then ."'l: hold
Ut tic boy. whcrculs'ti nla1iv ni the stNs:it' ,
vot frightened a,''l hc:an 70 t!t+pcs.e. willie
nthers :.!,i,rd that they shA,|i all s!arsh 's"wn
thr street I'll holy. Til. was gon. ,'. nat
only in the most fa-DahIc rnrt of tho eity hut
al-, Ut illc must fashionable t!E,r "t the day.
w:I", members nf the IMPERIAL family anS al'
the ::rar.lec* Of s.: Petersburg we're taxing
their midday ftrolls up MIL do" n tic ScynSy,
mt 1nl'.y .elular,Hcs aud potcrucn we're
Al,o,lt. II was, III, rcforc, hut il minute "r two
| hctttc several nf titt. fattrr came up. but tlrr
ony ins; With Insult aml ye-!sta'er. In the
inAautle messengers haA been hr,lt IT, tue
ant',,ritsa:: With astonishing ln!rhl1eas t;,:.
TrcpoG aNd several high police officials, with IL
all the "tul1-bc t.tur'~rA "i liz peace lns:
time tn crt AWAY. The nrrsts Immediately
commenced. atul 10th men anl w.'tncl. were
hasty dragged Dn tn an i+yusl,triiick. or puE,IlE
tlrisrrs' ,ar,1, in the Vicinity, which ecTyc,l At Il
Temporary lt,ck.up. Altogether tl,irtstwo pcr'
sons were tukcn, inrluHIn. eleven won,rn.
THE only plausible guess made at the sa!,>e
of the ,nattcr was that thu students u fi'
Mr.llcal Scl,tu, ~ w'rsl 1n,pst Of tile prisoners
belong, we're Discontinued In consequence "f
being pushed through the roursc If studies In
order to hc drafted ~ snon as 1'ussihlc fnt.,
thc runks VI the moblizrt' tr.up.. Hut, u'ltll
VIC know the result, " thc Judicial Inquiry t'n"
IN fuut, these re;,Grts fall to vhitght.l t.
thu real motives, II my, which Iel to the demon
htratis,il. As all att..nlt Ut popular agtatIuE. !
ul,rc rt,iivnInus exhibition cuua scarcely be
Imagined, md the ill-ch,se,l time anl rlat,
tnA,lc it ticslbly absurd. As far ~ cosccri1tt
tlir general public. who ,itl ai,1,ust as nuel
IL 1,rrscryc ortlcr IL the polsc IN this ncraslnn
su'l. miserable elEnst vt political propaganda
must hasr beer, a complete ialnrc cycnha III
N,1c mi tnsrrfryr.l. ! l,ah often before hear
of the stH,tatss of the authorities b, Falntsf.'G
any n,ts!mlarlor til tho p:rt If thy: students
: an1 although I could not Lc'r a'l1'isln= tl
t:nrnngA wuy IN Which tl1c p1tc periorsne!!
their duty on Matllay last, at the same tiulc
seemed tn ING that eyer, ys'unS nun Win va
unfortunate rnnyh tU iIart Lang hair Or u HllaN
,Ncr Its sIMuilrrs-twn distinctive marks nf
]Iu*>!un At.l,lrnt-was quickly lat,!1lrrd upun h
the onlcer. and hurried OH To ltFlson.