The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-17
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
Truths" Explanation of the Turk
ish Excitement.
WHY CIALDINI RESIGNED.
More About NordenSkjold'S Ex-
plorations.
SSIAN N II L S M.
WHY CIALDINI RESIGNED.
SSIAN NH I'LL S M .

The Russian public is heartily sick of Nihilsm and
oil the talk about it, Nihilism frightened the public
SO long it represented mysterious evil because
it is always more difficult to combat an unknown
enemy. But the Nihilists are no longer the
heroes and prosecuted martyrs OF short time ago.
The great of political trials during the last
summer have brought to light tho activity of the
members of the secret society and consequently de-
prived them to great extent of their chief prestige
WIZ the mystery in which they shrouded themselves
and BESIDES the long accounts of these trials which
still continue to fill the local newspapers have bored
everybody In short Nihilsm has lost all its SAVIOR
of novelty its followers are longer believed in.
it has been proved that they have no decided
principles of their own. but are only going about
babblng about things they for the most part do not
themselves distinctly understand. and plotting in
order to produce popular discomfort from which
they would be quite unable to reap any profit. They
are, in fact, looked upon now as SO many obstrIc-
tionists. preventing the development Of public i'm
provement rather than contributing one iota to the
general welfare. is not to be inferred from this
however. that the evil is removed that anything
has been done to prevent the recurrence of the
events of last winter and spring 1t is not at all
certain that the hydra of Nihiism has been crushed
ything on the contrary. concerning the future
movements of the leaders remains in the
certainty before and it is very probable that we
shall hear of Nihilism again before long. as the
great principle of its adherents is that they
must always maintain q certain agitation among
the public in order not to be forgotten.
For some time past there has been nothing new to
be registered concerning the activity of the Secret
Society" in Russia but another clandestine print
ing press discovered the Sd inst in ST. Peters
burg. at private house. and the people there
caught in the act of printing pamphlet of seditious
he tyr,e nd rpts of
tionary contents were seized. and seventeen men.
together with three women. were arrested Many
arrests have been made again by the police among
the students Of the capital. and 1t is said that
another important political trial is shortly to take
place st. Petersburg. About twenty five persons
will be tried. and. am informed. the preliminary
examinations have already been completed.
But I am. nevertheless, inclined to doubt
whether o political trial Of such impor-
that the Emperor is returning to the capital.
Some of the accused persons are so much COM
promised that they will doubtless incur capital
punishment, and it is well known fact that the
Gar abhors the idea of such thing. and would
allow Solovief to be tried and executed during
the stay of the Court at St. Petersburg in order
avoid signing the death warrant himself
CAMP.
There have been some rumors afoat of late about
asplit having occurred in the ranks of the Nihists
l mention the gossip about that matter without.
however. taking myself the responsibility to
the truth or it. AS the rumor goes, large party
among them finally acquired the conviction that
their programme has entirely failed to gain the
sympathies of the Russian people, and serves only
estrange the working classes from those Nihilists
preach the destruction of property and society.
These nihilists deserted the camp headed by the
Executive Committee of the secret society and
declared themselves "ordinary republicans"
whose chief object is to fight tor the attainment of
the constitutional liberty OF the nation revolution
and the Institution Of a republic are the extreme
limits of this section of nihilists, while the
true nihilists, who originate from the Russian pot
cal exes in Geneva equally abhor the constitution
thavA In fA~r
eminent. The proclamations of this party, in
which they address the people and profess their
creed, appeared first placarded on the walls in the
streets OF Odessa. and many arrests were made in
thereof, both in that and other cities.
Among those arrested there was. as hear from
fairly trustworthy source, correspondent OF the
conservative Moscow Gazette. who was known at the
Office of that paper under the name Of "Nezlobin."
but proved to be political exile bearing the name
of Diakof. He is still young man; for the past
few years he has been writing for the Mo'sLaiy
Rerieiv. edited by Katkof, in Moscow In his arti-
cles he denounced the oolhardiness and incapacity
of the Russian nihsts abroad, and finished by de-
nouncing their utopian and criminal ideas. The
fact that these articles appeared in the organ of
Katkof is a sufficient proof of the moderate views
auop,eu .! sn9,s Su.nOi ;a. s,a'en tnat DiakoH
and claim amnesty for his former political tenden-
cies. but he was arrested at Kursk before he could
upon this resolution and he is to be tried
political offender. If such division has indeed
occurred in the ranks of the Nihists it must be
knowedged most important fact, as it will bring
about very serious consequences. This new party
may strengthen the government-that is IL the gov
eminent is disposed TO follow the advice or the
Czarewitch and introduce wholesale reforms indica-
tive of a coming constitution; but IL the Emperor
adheres to his former policy OF delay restrictions
and half measures, then there is no doubt but the
party of moderate republicans" will be able to
enlist great numbers of recruits fromll classes of
the Russian peope-anywhere. indeed, where dis
contented people to be found and of those there
is surely no lack IN Russia at present.
NORDENSKJOLD'S EXPLORATIONS.
Lieutenant Howgaard. of the Vega. is publishing.
in tho Copenhagen Ddgblad. series OF letters of
great interest. In a second communication he
says:-'"on the morning of the 18th of September
the Vega again got up steam and tried to pro-
coed through the ice under immense diff.
fculties and several times imminent dan
ger of destruction. and the next morning
she was Obliged to be made fast ceblock close