, 1879-02-21
.,,,av Attacks of tho Police upon De-
fenseless etudonts-"-silenco
or Death.
.,.,cre In tho Palace Yard Of tho
'' Observation-Disclosures Colliy
Dutcllercd.
.,.,n4nt Of the Unhappy Parents Of
Murdered and Transported
Children.

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Wss,, Has, revolutionary troublca among the NMn-
.,n ,,udeuts. sonc universities "'ld ma'v l1Ieh-
Ill., 'ss.,l, stre vioscd, aud tho Government ut
:. 49,. f,sr did tts utmost I'd. rcprcss occasional
-. ...,i,..,atjons with tho greatest rtgor An,l
",.,.ort. The parcpss Of tlirso students have
',n,.lr felt the terrible pcrsceuttons. imprikon.
w. W. ,nd eyeu murders 10 which their children
s.ss ssu' hssp m subjected. Tile Russian press ocnE
s..s,d, sul ,n urt'cr 10 present fnfthfnl ac-
s'nnt al tho terrible suffefings Of their aotss
w 1uob.ers TO the civilized world, tho docu-
~, nr,ntcd below was lruwu Ut, by q secret
a.amittec Of parcnts tn St. Petersburg, a,l
ssonoh, ,n 10 .hc ualtcd Htatca hy u trustworthy
..snt II ,as been placed III oltr liantls for pub
Irttlon by gentleman connected with The
Ru,si.u revolutionary movement, aIlt
rbo far prudent reasons IL ob1tgcd to
h,ye bis name suppressed. For tho satno
r.,,on Ibis deeply interesting document Is
.'sn,d , simply, "lhc Parents OF tho Unfortu-
r,,. etudcntt Residents OF St. pctcrsburg,"
md xho, IL their names were affixed, would
A,r, ia suffer for their tcmcrlty In daring tbs
pu,,,,u aulovrat's terrible p0wor nutd the hor-
nj. Of Siberia. The appeal, pathetic III its SIM
,]ritr. .peaks for Itself. We have cndcayorcd
!, f,f is noteibIu to preserve tc Original qln.nt-
~, of tte composition In the traaslation:
A srHoso ArrEAL.
r.. PETERSBURG, inn. 20, 1810.-1le entire
4,tIl,cA FurIA Inns been informed by telegraph
Ia oettlun presented by tile students OF tho
t,yrfaI bfgh-.rt'ools Of St. Petersburg tU tic
iytycyIteh, US veil rs of The seripus troubles
rhkh ensued and Of TIC shamelul treatment to
,bsh the authors Of this petition haya been
,abfeeted BY the st. Petersburg police autEosi-
tes. t But shust telcgraph'e. inckeng,s cannot
ronrer all the truth to tho public. FREQ
mech Is dented to ua I'll our oWa Country.
i spIfit Of reaction und brutal despotlsm
prt1uls throughout MI Europo which gives uy
ut little hopo Of exciting public @ .siynpat',y for
ttMeuptappy young urt, tortured anil butcher
,tby The aIcnts at q baraaraua ai,d unscrunuloua
LoyetpMent, have therefore resolved to address
his 1ppcat to The great American nation, in The
tosd bope tl,at. Tor humanity's sake, every pa
gfpublMhed 10 that happy iand OF freedom
sllt. by eopyinE the present document, give TO
tie fats cxpnscd therein the widest possible
tre1ll.tlon. EariY In The beginning of 1873 the
!I|sisteg Of State, Valboey, proposed IN the I'm
rsIt11 Ilt.h Council TO limit The admission OF
lie rhlllron Of the puor in colleges devoted to
The superior branches of instruction. This nd
rat sis accepted OY his Imperial Majesty. In
consequence thc Presidents Of tho techuologic-
" tEI!tH4k4lAIt HltHtAE3 GAt0|ht%Ahat3f AAA 0IANA
colleges werc secretly Informed tint they would
b OBLIGED to restrAln rs much as possible
The admission OF new students III their
fe,pect!re colleges, hut ula!Ely 10 hinder the
entrance Of poor students, nt!l oycp 10 refuse
Ihfm admissions altogether. This measure was
radtitaksn BY tls government Oh the gsont,d
tbl, there arc to-day In Russia H,atlY learned
,sl intelligent men who arc regarded by tho
!mps1sal authorities - the principal source OF
,llteyo'utiouars ideas In tho Empire. No Oh
jetlon sas raised to the 0rdgr on tho part OF
III College authorities.
NO EDUCATION FOR THE room.
The Will Of hfs Imper'al MnIcsty was strictly
s1ecuted. The Admission OF new etudcpts Was
oal5 made "a matter Of form, anl almost all
poof candidates were rotcctcd. 1t will ba nat
uallY understood that students. as we'll as
thfr parents und relatives, we're very indignant
lsd offended AZ nieakllre Of tljts character.
simultaneously The GusernmcBt enforced mauy
1sE Fery fcpscesiyr, ailu obnoxious measures
!Eslnst students thtouglMut Russia. Their
tendency was similar to thug latclv fnauguraicJ
b she German doyerntnent. md under the
time prc.cxt,-thnt uf crushing out Socialism,
y Eradicate ali possible opposltton to tho
Government. Ills Imperial Majesty has Ata
oHo pt|vatu police und Genltarniore COIN.
Eoaly knnwn Us tho "rhiTd eection.n This,
@s principal body Of police, and It's chief, have
mueh moro bower md are Hlorn drcadcd than
s'sIeat? H4L'h1ils ~ 0EltF 10 UFerHueItH
hs ~, poSerfal stream Of the antl~despotlc or so.
called revolutionary ideas, tl.c officers a,stt
iiseat i q ihe Third Section arc allowed BY Ills
!npehsl Majesty ~ act at tlicfr own pleasure
1e anose the 61,oo0.000 inhabitants Of the vast
nalltn Empire. The Third pestion has become
as supreme nastor Of the Emprc atld the. most
uasl !ytakt Of hs Imperial Ma1csty's untortn-
asle subjects, There arc, therefore. IN Russia
Ih.,t Il qs present moment o. many autocrats aa
ne t eendarmcrle. After having received orders
isoM nls Imperial Majesty to eradicate nil revo.
,,ss.ieaa1Y 'utas as well as the rcvolutlonista
M.o4gf themselves. thc Third Section tound ftsci1
nns T. 40 embarrassing position. becauso lew
FIT Te1x W!lo g or #erc the rayulutlonists nre. c
talsa Section, therefore, decided to aut at run,
aon ta antl hr every means possblc to stau,p out
saca IDEAS aud their disacfninators.
RANDOM Annrsrs,
The agents Of thu Third Rcc,ion. ho,nr nowcr,
fultf lIdtd by ii. military forro M H. ' s,vIl
sashpsities, began i,y tirst saspectiu, md md thrn
p,oeess or iuuicla fnrm tInv in.,
h prison. somn ,nn ,".J J., athn.,s has
Nth bard fahnr IN III. },,ran1s Il ~ s,s.. ~
galt and ailver nina. rrrn ,'as
tass, after havtn.s hncn - nercsas, s.sas ~a IT,.
Fh.oned, asant,ea1cd sitornthar NnMs ns na, t,s,
IT. parcnts NJ IfI, Mt,a. Has oeeoe OF thei
tau, d1spncsrcs, onniio; fS T., VI % ,uaoJ "nI ~.
he IIr se1a, apeu ~ Ya 80 the oissf'
ssttst Of aswrtnr ,t'nr, ~ ZEE asus ~
ihnl geet!on thrratoncJ ~, ,a.aU,. ,,' r'n ~
syps,by WI ih tha.a On of seeGna 'g
ss1ssso, aud ior having tho audacity 10 wish ts
ssss sss ot the uoscrntnent wsro mainly direetct
...a.. Mn.. The youth In tho superior schools lii
"s'ehts haYu been rcsarJud as actuaI
H. ant'escctea crimlnais, They hayt