The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27


deep gulf yet still there were not wanting points Of
contact and that the hatred against the mobiles and
asmosra,s is no, aenisa rms was
SUFFICIENT TO procure the conservative party
me cendaney ,,d ios ons s moment Goua'
tho Governor General OF Livonia. Esthoma
AID Curand was appointed director general OF the
OF the Gar ana the direction OF the investigation
WITH regard TO Ksrak and his colleagues was con-
enemy 10 Poland, and indeed, the nrs, Rassianizer
CT Lithuana, but who, as an OLD solder
and an ar,s.ocrs,, was aloa win T SeaaS
he had made use OF the socialist bureaucrats during
he period OF MS wilma proconsulae ne would never
thcless nothing Of thor modern and democratic
endences He belonged 10 the school Of Nicolas, aud
saw with repugnancc that civilians IN general
his newly obtained influence was Golovnin. tho
Minister Of Education, an adhersnt o. me
Represented with having prepared way for The dis
senmination OF the communist and mat riastic doc
rines Of Niniism by the lnvcrs he bestowed GU .ns
SCIENCE aud no replaced by the csnserva-
tive Count Fostoy. friend Of shuvalov's.
METHODS or THE NiHILisrs
During the fall Of 1874 printed indictments 10 revot
were extensively circulated throughout the country
and some OF them go. into tho hands q persons ios
certain letters documents came under the notice
OF N. zbikhare1 the procura.or Of me supreme nr,-
ceed,nss enlireiy foreign 10 Tho Ninillst asi-
ta,on, and created IN tho mina Of ma.
the asss.suce Of X DavidoG, Juso d'ins,ruct,on at
Tambov, he proceeded to investgase tho matter ana
Obtained Glow to widespread conspiracy which
mad Tor It's object the destruction Of the existing
political and social system and the roconstructon OF
ana society on 'as aaa
were the conservators OF order In Europe
with the idea that the International and
the revelation synony nous terms that N NJ
Zhikharen and Davidon al once jumped 10 the con-
cIusiou that Central COMMITTEES OF The lntcrna-
tional Association OF Workmen were the authors Of
The plot but the further prosecution OF the inquiry
and the arrest OF the incrmiDated persons dispeed
that idea showed the conspiracy to tha work Of
the Nihiists. on tho lrst report OF N. ZhiKhareG
to the government General Soskin, the chiol OF the
Moscow gendarmorie, was invested with the powers
oil G Governor General 10 mako arrests, and he pro-
ceeded to exercise them with so much zeal and
promptude and probably with 50 little regard 10 tho
from homes that several hundreds were arrested
In a week, chiefly In the towns OF Saratov, Samsra,
villages aud hamlets ana u much larger number
placed under the surveillance Of the police. COM
mission was appointed al Moscow ior me urtncr 10.
vest,gation Of the affair and N. ZnknareG was placed
al its head. Tho persons hrst arrested were prin-
cpay peasants and artisans and II was thought that
tho workingmen's associations Tor mutual aid might
have been instrumental IN uifusng Revolutionary
ideas among the aborlng classes. Several 81
those institution wore consequence closed,
but az the inves,ieation procseded evidence
was obtained when implicated many persons Of SUI
perlor education and social position ana among these
large proportion officials Of the police and ju-
dical depar tments The more prominent OF tue &C
Professor Dakhovsky, Of the laroslar Col
W, IL
eral Session OF the Magistrates of lcberDigon Be-
SIDES there we're among tho arrested many sa-
perintendsnts OF tho rural ponce ana meaiaois %
the peaceoficers appointed under the decree or the
emancipation OF the serfs.
sfT THE MEN WHO WIRE SUSPECTED.
Among others who iell under suspicion and whose
houses were searched by the police were The Presl-
dent OF the Tribunal Of Kazan ana the Pro-
curator OF Orenburg suspicion having been directed
against latter by having carried some Nihilist
manlestoes 10 that town without, II seems, knowing
that they were so numerous were the arrests dur
In November NJ Zhknareu SAID early In the fUl-
lowing mouth, IN speaking OF the iaoors Of
.hs Moscow Comm.ss.sn, .na, 80 many persons son,
year. He suggested therefore ,ha, the accused be
tried IN batcnes. Tue preliminary investigation,
however, was concluded uni The end oil June,
1875, when the Minister Of Justice made
tie Minister OF Public Instrucuon issued
circular reference the reto, announcing that thirty
seven Provinces were Injected with Nnism ana al
rectng the tea chers OF schools TO warn their pupils
against no dangerous and subversive system. The
publication OF ihs circular created great sensation,
rs tue acts OF the conspiracy had been omcaiy de-
med by the government when they first oozcd out
journals had forbidden TO gave thsn pub
uSKxows TO rnR POLICE.
The extension OF tho NihilIst propaganda TO ST. Pc
tersburg was unknowa 70 tue police when the MOS
COW mmission began lis iabors, though lcttor
from tho former CITY, written az that time, stated
that snortIy Alta General PotApon succeeded Count
Scnouyalon In the direction OF The police thee
was q considerable sur among the Nhsts oil tue
capital which caused gentleman here, VINO
shou surprised 10 hear OF strange events be-
lore long. Soon aterward We heard oil the arrests IN
The south Here however ihe Nlhilists seemed 70 pc
oil their houses have been searched ny tho police no
arrests have been made There IS, indeed,
strong and very general disposition here TO
pooh pooh the affair, some expressing the OPINION
the arrests que 10 desire oi General Pota
pom 10 show now clean u new broom can sweep, and
others that the police got up tho alleged
cons piracy with view 10 the return TO power OF
Comm snhouyalon Though Whatever moycm n
A. nh Snau MAJ he
vented by the numoer OF arrests which had been made
sudden vigilance aud activity oftho police The
propaganda as be ore, and arrangements were
made Tor printing journal in LondoL-the Tpered-
its secret ntrod uciion and circulation in Russia
The Nihiiists Of st Petersburg, emboldensd BY I'M
punisy worked with increased acsivty Two students
oil tue university, youths Of twenty, both sons OF
priests, named Diakoi and Sirakoi. made themselves
acquainted, under assumed names, with several
OF the workmen engaged IN factory, and
visited them frequently at their lodgings,
wners they read ana commented upon the
story OF four brothers. the adapted translation OF
the distore dun Paysan. and Tho narrative OF the
rcbeliioa Of Poughaicnef. Two peasants joined In
Ing the book among tneir friends Ia the same way
DIakoi and siriiko contryed 70 introduce the book
the barracks Of the Guard NJ Moscow ana
especially among the bandsmsn. pea ant was
employed a. The same time circulating Tho books
among the Inhabitants OF the village IN tue vicny of
the capital Unfortunately Tor the propasandists
OF their bearers we're In the pay Of the secret
ponce, ana whie protesting great interest 40 the
readings ana assisting the circulation OF the ior
bdden books they communicated 10 tho Authorities
what was gong on.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE cnIEr coSsPIRAToRs
DIaKol anu Siriak0f were thcreupon arrested, to-
gcthcr with two other stuaents named veltsof and
iacheslavo The persons who had assisted IN car
culatng the the workmen Ut thu Tcheshc
factory, and two privatcs oil the Moscow regiment, all
charged with circulating seditious publications aud M
citing the subjects OF the Gar to rebellion. As there
was no apparent conneclion between the NIhiIIss
propaganda IN 81 Petersburg aud the conspiracy
formed the subject OF Investigation at Moscow
II determined to mako the AFFAIR OF the students
matter of separate INQUIRY No documents were found
the possession OF the accused to iuacatc utilization
TO the Nihiiist Association. nut copies of the book
which has been me stoned were seized by the police
and also The Nihist song book and article OF rev.
Of uonary tendency from the Tpered on the distress
prevailing In the neighbornood OF sahara. Diakof
stated at the preliminary investigation that he had
read the books tho workmen for the purpose oi cx
planning to them social economical theories, aud
he denied having said, as WAS alleged by tho agents
Of the secret police, that the Gar tne source vi
all the evils that aiict society, adding TO the deuisl
the expression OF the opinton tnat tho Czsr Is
cfen restrained by his counsciors IRON carrying out
his designs Tor the welfare OF the people. he IN
3, an ccd reforms when Alexander wished TO In
ana which were frustrated Ny tho opposition
Of the nobity. SiriAkof sara that hts desire 10
me acu uliu