The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-13

IMPERIAL MINISTER TERRIFIED.
MORE REPRESSNE MEASURES.
Additional Press Restrictions and Crushing
Youth in Schools and Colleges.
ST. PETERSBURG. J unc II, 1879


spondeut to parriculsrize more extensively than
have done in preceding letters concerning the
societies which only await the sounding OF the
rered to begin q revolution In Russia Perhaps 1t
would be considered equally wrong to blame or
courage Thorn. Your readers have already been ac-
luaintcd with the existence of the Comm ncenent q
painful fact for police agents here and the details as
to its composition would not add anything to the
terest II may have awakened II may be well, how
ever, before concluding the sketch of the proceed
ings Of tho journal to give further information
in addition 10 the newspaper extracts already for
wardsd This information, although Il relates to
faet which occurred several ago, has yet
been published and gives details of the obligations OF
the initiated toward each other all the more inter-
esting 10 the same purely conventional rules still
continue In active operation. l mean the attempt
made on the life Of the Emperor In the Summer Gar
den by KarakosoG which failed by the timely assist
taDco OF the moriIK KommiossaroG
@s4saa KARAKosogY UNDER TORTURE.
When, after attempting TO XIII the Emperor, Kara
keson was thrown into prison. the Arst thing asked
Of him was naturally his name.
Later" said he; ~ will give no other answer
matter what 10 dono to me-"
Torture, oven, did not make him speak, for
course was had to torturei not those rorments which
derive their efficacy IRON instruments Of iron and
wood. NO; but no was deprived or Sleep. This
Chinese torture had probably been reported on by
Russian explorers, Who for lack OF colonial other
products which might contribute to the promotion OF
the general good, of which they said nothing, would
not be likely to pass unnoticed a barbarity
fined than their own Siberian fortunes. KarakosoH
was, therefore, deprived Of his Sleep He bore the
torture with smile on hts countenance, for he knew
Its duration would not be long In fact, tho engage
ment Of the conspiratsrs to silent s fixed ut
the limit OF thrco days, which employed by those
whom the arm OF the gendarme has reached to
place themselves beyond lis reach. The moment
that ono OF them disappears zach ono de-
camps. When tho three days have expired and the
prisoner has ~ last told his name tho police agents
make rush for his friends and associates and find
that all have vanished This law OF silence IN full
force at the present day, and If KarakosoG respected
It other men Of moro solid ability than he are GER
tainly not likely TO betray II. Karakoson was 1t ap-
pears, IN impatient man, who ANTICIPATED tho hour
which had been assigned for his act His impatience
also accelerated the hour Of his death, for matter
how his attcmpt might succeed IL was certain death
for him. He was hanged outside OF tho city.
BAD FAITH or GOVERNMENT
But II the members Of these secret organizations
have had the hrmness to keep their obligations the
same cannos be SAID, m would SEEM Tor those
who strike al them-that 10 to say, the government
On this point an example may bs c,ted--
whom NitchaIeiri was g,von up by switxer-
land, that State consented 10 mis- sxtradition
on che condition (which was accepted by tho
Russian governmenv that he should got q
trial before jury He had boasted, Is we'll known,
that he had killed police spy but there no other
proof. The Swiss governments give him up being
accused OF CRIME 1t common Law, but he was con-
demned as an assassin and disappeared. Instead Of
beng sent to Siberia he placed In fortress The
tribunals which operate In public then, keep their
dark, docs not act In the same manner. II caused
Nhchasw to disappear, just as II would have done
with Vera Zassulitch Russia an accused man, &C.
Quilted by jury, can be arrested as he leaves the
court and without any fresh ndictmonl IL Ia then
said that he Is 'rcarrestsd by tho administration "
Tho administration means the 'sThird Section which
never gives up It's proy, and which can with in
putty commit any enortnity.
rKRRoRs or rHE FORTRESS.
II was thus that Nitchaicir In an probability
buried In some dungeon. tho idea OF which comes TO
every inhabitant OF ST. Petersburg who nnas himself
beyond the Neva and casts a timd lock on what Is
called "thc Fortress" THIS fortress IL one of tho
State prisons and these prisons spread terror among
the masses OF tho people. from which many legends
ARISE For instance, It IL said that the Keepers
deaf mutes; that tho officers who accept service In
them consent never to come out, dead alive, and
arc buried there The government fcars the In
discretion OF corpse Tue prisoner Is placed there
without giving his name. He has only Q number.
Hs name Is placed In sealed envelope and Known
only TO tho Governor This Is why II is said the keep
ers are deal mules. Il Is related that a pardon
came to colonel confined In this fortress
~ tho end Of twenty years and ne asked
10 10 allowed TO remain. whess could
he havo gonss Certainly We must rsoslvo those
stories With DISCRIMINATION, but II must be observed
ihat however thicw may be the prison walls, the
pans endured by those who suffer behind them will
always tend 20 pierce them. Who would have said a
low years ago that the tortures suffered by Vera
Zossuli'oh would DO exposed In broad daylight In
n Court OF AssiEs and thence create a sensation
throughout tho wordi 1t s useless TO repeat the de-
tails OF this usl, which have been told and retold but
II 10 Interesting to raise, as much prudence will
permit, tho veil OF mystery which tho subseq asnt
events have cnveoped.
HONOR THE BROTHER, DEGRADE THIS SISTER,
The Russian semi oiIciai journals anu those iorcian
ones Subsidized by tho Russian governments lately
published a story whicn had q great pretensioL TO
Gnssse Aner announcing In pompous man
ner that The brother Of Vera Zassulitcn, who Ia
an oficer In the Guard, had attracted the
attention OF the Emperor. who conferred decoration
upon him, 10 the account OF which lines arc
devosod, tho article says with apparent indifference
'with regard 70 vora zassulitch, u Is said she has
lust been arrested In suburb OF ST. Petersburg IL
should be said that nothing could DO further
tom tho truth then ana nothing further IRON the
ruth now. This item spread abroad In foreign
countries with the single object OF having copied by
he Russian home papers aud making tho people say,
mo escapes IRON the grasp OF tho Third
non." u rs old method employed by the Chancel.
ce. but which docs always succeed follow.
Ing anecdots, which ( guarantee being true, will
prove.
eoRrscHAgorr's INFORMATION suPPREssRn
When tho Cabinet OF tho Chancellcrie sends any
document 10 foreign subsidized journal tho Inter
indicates tho source whence u comes by a convcn-
nenai Ss whioh is ieai Of ueio. Prince Gortseha-