The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-18
THE RUSSIAN REIGN or TERROR.
Thousands Arrested by the Government-The
Pamphlets OF the NIhilIsts.


In st. Petersburg great and general anxl-
ETY. has been aroused by the order given on the
10th inst to evacunte all the lails and ortresses
OF their prisoner inmates. who arc being trans
ferred to places OF confinement in the eastern
provinces. This proceeding is, OF course. re-
gnrded rs symptomatic OF arrests en- DdSse. AMI
since II WAS commenced. between TWO and three
thousand persons have been seized in st.
Petersburg alone, among them many officers OF
the garrison and employees in different depart
ments OF the State service.
On the 10th whole family named Arsenen
consisting oil father, mother. two sons, and two
daughters, was surprised IN It's beds by the
grndarmerie and carried u to the AleXandrow-
skaia citadel. NJ. Arscnien Is Il protocol scribe.
or prscis writer. In the Russian Home Ofilce.
He. his wife. ana his children are accused OF re-
ceivlng subscriptions Tor the periodicals pub
lished by the secret associations, and OF supply
ing those periodicals to the subscribers. The
Dzieink POzndnSki learns that 4 large number
OF dOmlciliary visits was made by tho police
during last Friday nlght anu TINT 10 conse-
quencs OF the discoveries made during these
perQuisitons eighteen persons have been ar
rested. two OF whom were women and three ar
tisans, Moreover. large numbers OF prisoners
have been made in the country districts sur
rounding the Polish capital and conveyed to
the Warsaw Citadel. the Governor, General.
Count kotzebue. ana the Chief Of Police. Gen.
de Buturlin. have received threatening letters
from ths Committee. warning them on pain Of
death against iil-treatment OF the prisoners.
Some Of the pamphlets distributed among the
provincial mouliks by the agents OF the secret
committees display considerable ability IN
adapting the Revolutionary propaganda 10 mo
comprehension OF the hussian peasant. and in
graphic word-plctures OF the administrative
denominations more Particularly Affecting his
own class. One Of these publications which has
OF late obtained an enormous CIRCULATION by Sc
cret means, is entitled Our Land" and an
nyzes the Russian state organization with eX-
treme mnutcness pointing out in simple but
telling language the terrible results 10 the people
itself Of the existing regime, In HnHrrniive
form. admirably calculated 10 Keep up the read
er's interest in the more abstract matter OF The
work. II opens the minds eye Of the moullk TO
the most Aggravated aspect II his grievances.
On the 18Th inst. Vi. MakOf. Minister Of the
Interior. summoned to his Office all the editors
OF the st. Petersburg newspapers, anu address
ed them in u lengthy OrHtl N. somewhat intem-
perate in iis tone, conveying To them positive
and categorical order that for the future they
must never permit themselves 10 criticlse the acts
oithe Government the university and school oI =
ganlzatlOn, or the educational Institutions Of
the emp.rr, and informing them that the lenst
CONFIRMATION OF this order would be visited
with the seyerest punishment. lie is known 10
be an inveerate Zoe Of journalistic literature 50
that no doubt is entertained by those to whom
his speech was addressed OF his resolve to put
his menaces into execution.
To the formidable disturbances in the Don
CossacK districts and the Caucasus, is noo add
cd another Russian home trouble in the shape
Of Tartar revolt. A rumor that the Govern
ment had resolved to b1ptzo all its Tartar sub
Jects by force reached Orsk from the GOVeri,-
ments OF Uia and hasan and caused general
rising. Several thousands Of Tartars. armed
TO the teeth. gathered round the house OF the
Isprawnik OF Orsk and demanded that he
should give up tho orders he had received to
baptize the Mohammedan inhabitants. lie as
SNi'N NON t'Ahe ~ ~, ~ VI % - '''Nii ~
upon they broke into his OflTe. murdered him
and four Of his subordinate officials tore all the
archives and registers TO fragments. ana then
proceeded to do the same in all the other impe-
rial bureaus OF the town. The Mayor tele-
Rraphed for aid from tho military authorities
OF the district. but ere tho soldiers arrived Orsk
WIS In ruins and the corpses Of the Christian
State employees were lying, stripped and mu-
tilHted, in well-nigh every street Of the place.
The rioters were ted by their chief mollah. and
gave no quarter TO any Russian official
The Russian Government having reason TO
believe that the most dangerous and influential
members OF the Revolutionary Organization
reside abroad. whence they direct tho active
agents OF the movement. has resolved TO estab-
lish branches of its secret police in LondOn.
Paris. Geneva. Berlin. and Vienna, amply pro-
vided with detectives OF every nationality, who
are 10 introduce themselves into all attalnable
foreign cliques and social meetings. in the
ers OF languages and travellers. These detec-
tives will be supplied with funds 10 be used in
briblnK as well Ms in defraying their expenses.