The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-02-19

hurt. as also the Rector of the University.
who after forced to give up his
T,ectorship. The colonel OF the IA hiey gen,
persons. The local authorities tele9raphed to ST.
Petersburg for instructions The government, in
instructed the Kiev authorities to conceal
all these facts from the public 1t strictly prohibited
the press also. from publishing any information
speeding the difficulties. All persons suspected OF
completely were either transported to Siberia
exiled to northern cities without trial by 'admin-
istratve order it is termed in Russia. Notwith-
standing these precautions the whole story was soon
privately known in all the large cities of Russia.
BLOODY ATTACK ON THE STUDENTS.
As those sentenced to transportation to Siberia and
the northern towns had to pass their journey
through Moscow, the students and numbers of the
citizens of Moscow determined to make hearty demon
STATIONS Of sympathy to the unfortunate students of
Kiev Mr.. Catcov. the editor of the principal news
paper published in Moscow had learned particulars
respectinr the intended demonstration and wrote
many violent articles against the supposed revo-
lutionsts and particularly the students still at large
He represented them the enemies of the
people, of the State. of religion, of the family
and Of the government When the proposed
and large number OF butchers and clerks employed
in stores rushed upon the procession with arms in
their hands Ihere was consinersoie Dnooasne ;,o IA
wounded and badly dishgured. number of stu
dents were arrested aud imprisoned Many were
also added to the Kiev students who being trans
ported to far off Siberia. Mr. Catcov praised in his
newspaper the bloodshed periodically caused by the
gendarmere and butchers He described III emphatic
terms how those participating i'll the procession were
unarmed and unprepared and how they were dis
turbed beaten and trodden under the feet of the
soldiers horses Meanwhile the Third Section was
not idle. New victims filled the prison cells day by
day. Agents Of the Third Section, disguised as pri.
yate individuals sent to every vicinity and part
of Moscow. They told the ignorant and rural popu-
lation that there was great plot existing in Russia
against the Car and the Church, that the students
were the chief conspirators in the plot and that they
were very hateful account of their immoral
qualities; that they allured men, women and chill
dren into their houses and there eat them after
having stewed and roasted them in iron vessels;
and that they sne
absurd stories. narrated to the discredt OF the stu
dents. are circulated among the ignorant and
superstitious people, not only of the villages but OF
the cities These stories invented by the govern
ment officials in order to keep the people from lis
tening to revolutionary agitators. who might other
wise have obtained the confidence of the people,
They have made the propagandists appear very
dangerous and untruthful people in the eyes Of the
masses.
The gendarmerie were instructed to secretly watch
the students day and night They have been
allowed to enter the houses of private citizens where
students were boarding and examine. from time to
same supervision also prescribed by the Third Sec
ton over the rooms Of the female students IN their
absence These are the female s.uaents VINO as.
Turkey. This is the reward OF the Cars absolute
autocracy to these sefsacrhcing herones The names
and faces of the students became hateful account
of their supposed wickedness their dreadful prnci-
pies and habits. The street boys stoned and peted
them. The populace struck and Knocked them down
and set their dogs them. AS the constant visits
of the agents of the Third Section were very
troublesome and offensive to their landlords
and isndiadies many of the students were
refused admttance to boarding houses. Many
of the poorer students were refused permission
to give lessons in private families, which in
majority of instances their only of sup
port All organization strictly prohibited. They
funds for their mutual relief. All who sympathzed
with the students and regarded by the Third
der the special control OF the gendarmerie This is
the manner in which the will of His
Imperial Majesty has been executed throughout
his vast dominions to eradicate all isms and lists.
The universities and all school authorities
dered to treat the students il they little chill
dren by controlling their studies and pastmes in the
most thorough manner. The students also
treated il they most important criminals. 1t
rs evident that such state of things could not exist
any length of time. The youths at school have in
consequence protested against these outrages in
Kazan, Odessa and Charkow. They assembled and
petitioned the respective college authorities TO pro-
tect them. The result OF and answer to their petit
tions were invariably the same-arrest, imprison-
Siberia or far distant The press also not
allowed to publish line about these abuses Of the
government.
SAD RESULTS OF pErITIoNING THE czAREvIrcH.
To these perpetual prosecutions, to these illegal
and cruel punishments for even unaleged crimes
must be added the great poverty Of the Russian stu
dents, their dispersal to all parts of the Empire,
the sneers OF rough and insolent individuals
Young men. From all this it can be readily under
stood that the students actually forced 70 do
something to change their most indispensable lives.
This is the why they decided to petition the
Czarevitch. They came with their petition into the
yard Of the Czarevtchs palace. but he was absent:
the successor Of Trcpov. appeared before them.
After having listened to them he took the petition
and promised to give it to the Czarevitch. He told
them they should have the answer of His Imperial
Highness the aay following, and gave them. at the
be arrested for presenting the petition The students
trusted Zoorov and quietly returned to their re-
spective homes They were wrong, however, to be-
lieve Zoorov an honest man. Upon the same day
l0J students arrested. 1t WIS, indeed bad
omen for the young men. The next day the students
assembled in the yard of the MedicoSurglcal Col
lege awaiting General Zoorov with the reply of the
Czarevitch to their petition. They were more than
u thousand in number. After they had assembled
college crowded with Cossacks infantry and
gendarmerie. They were completely equipped with
their usual weapons namely, pixies, swords, bay
onets and nagaikas thick, short leather whips.
Some were on foot and others on horseback They
informed at the time that the Neva bridge,
behind the college. would cut of their retreat They
became uneasy. 1t WAS u second bad omen. After
time General Zoorov presented himself before them
with the insolent manner common to all Russian
generals. He loudly and "barefacedly declared the
Following resolutions to the students:-ta) That
their petition illegal and. of course. could not
be presented (b) that they had no right to
assemble together for any purposes whatever.
and that as offenders of this prohibition they
would be severely punished; c) that those ar
rested the evening before would be tried. and that
the students had no right to make any inquiries
about them whatever In conclusion, General
Zoorov ordered them to return to their respective
abodes The students replied that their life by rea
son Oh uauy ABUSES, outraBes anu Persccutons' nv
become insupportabc, and they had resolved to petit
ton the of the Czarovitch and that this
resolution could not be changed until they had re-
ceivcd answer from His Imperial Highness him
self.
ANOTHER BLOODY ONSLAUGHT
General Zoorov was we'll aware what their
would be beforehand He became terribly enraged,
and furiously exclaimed:-"Ah you dare to answer
thus! will show you my power! You are every
one OF YOU criminals rascals and rioters! You are
only worth being hangcd" Immediately after he
had made of these ordinations he orders to
le ~
distinction. The brutal executors of this unlawful
order violently and furously rushed upon these un-
armed and entirely defenccless young men.
They treated them in the most outrageous man
ner. The students tried to defend themselves
Zoorov then cried out, do not pity them. Beat.
pick hash these wretches." Excited by this order
OF Zoorov the Cossacks and gendarfnerie with re-
doubled rage commenced to use their weapons
They whipped picked and pierced with their lances
upon all sides ut random. The nagaikas, pixies and
swords did their service admirably. great number
of students left for dead upon the ground. some