Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-01-01
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burg students 10 the CzarOWitcn,
which the former attempted to pre-.
sent Oh the I1th, and for which
they were dispersed by the soldiers,
o number of the students being ar
rested:
"Your Imperial Highness: The
government believes the agitation
among us is caused 10y few evil
disposed persons. II your High
ness will yecsll TO mind the fact that
this agitation has been extending
for some years, and has met with
response from all the educational
establishments of the country, your
Highness will scarcely share this
opinion. The sources of this agi-
tation are to be found in the intol-
cradle position in which the youth
of Russia are placed. Students
outside of the college walls are
subjected to police supervision,
while inside they are constantly
more and more deprived of their
rights. They have had taken from
them their right of meeting to con-
slider their own affairs, and they
have been forbidden to establish a
fund for mutual aid. In attempt
ing anything of this kind they are
threatened with prosecutions in the
most odious form by the police adj
ministration. Whenever our rights
are concerned our dispersion be-
comes law, but whenever there is
a question of burdens to be borne
we are looked upon as having a
corporate existence. We are de-
prived of the independence necess-
airy to adults, and some of us are
treated like children. The in
creasing obstacles placed in the
way of higher education will soon
make education the privilege of
the rich. These, and similar OPP
pressions, are the sole causes Of
the agitation. We know what
awaits the students of Charloff,
and the example of the Kioff agi-
tation is fresh in our memory
Persons should not be punished
when the circumstances in which
they are placed are at fault. On
the strength of the foregoing we
take the liberty of requesting your
Imperial Highness' mediation on
behalf of our Charkoff fellow
scholars, and your attention to the
present condition of the students"
Reports are full of the reappear-
auce of the Nihilist spectre in Rus
STA and all sorts of demonstrations
are apprehended. The police are
busy everywhere, tracking the con-
spirators, and within the last week
q number of arrests have been
made. Quite raid is made against
the students who would present q
petition to the heir apparent
There is even a rumor that the
Government seriously thinks of
closing the universities for this
year.
London, Dec. 22.-The proposed
reduction of 12l per cent. in the
wages of golfers in South York
shire and North Derbyshire affects
100000 men.
Copenhagen, Dec. 22.-The Duke
of Cumberland and Princess Thyra
were married with great pomp at
the chapel of Christianborg Castle,
Saturday evening.
Pesth, Dec. pa st. Peters
burgh dispatch says the Ameer of
Afghanistan and portion of the
Russian Mission has already pass
ed the frontier en- route for fash
kend.
Larne, Ireland, Dec. 24.-The
State Line steamship State Of
Louisiana, from Glasgow, ran ashore
this morning at Hunters Rock
while entering Larne Tough. The
vessel will probably become a total
wreck.
London, Dec. PA Vienna dis
patch says forty per cent. Of the
Bosnians who returned to their
homes will have persisted by spring
II the weather does not moderate.
London, Dec. 23.-The weather
Is severe throughout Great Britain.
There has been heavy snow fall
here and in many parts of the con-
tinent. All the railways in the
North Of Scotland are blocked, and
traffic is suspended. Seven trains
are showed up, and the snow still
falling. In some places IL is over
Twelve feet high. 1t is the heaviest
snow fall In thirty years.
A telegram from Geneva, Swift
,rlsnd, says no post from Germany
md other places has arrived on ac-
count Of the heavy snow fall.
The wolves have penetrated TO
he gates of Metz. There Is more