The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-15
MIR. sroUonroy cor1nAprurrD.
Whaa the CxRs'. Gen. Gourito, ind the Rus
alan Journals say of the NihIlists.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN---iSir: Mr.
stouRhton asserts that the published reports Of
conspiraeios. disturbances assassinations. and
police terrorism in Russiaare the inventions or
exaggerations Of newspaper correspondents.
The Nihilists are only handful OF miscreants
The great mass OF tho Russian people are loyal
to tho Car. st. Petersburg is ns tranquil as
New YORK. and rs gay as Paris. have not the
text Of Mr. Stoughton's utterancc before me. but
this is the general drift OF it.
Unluckily for this United States Minister'S
reputation as an observer Of events HE testi
mony is contradicted by that of q number Of
witnesses who will not be suspected of any loan
First lot us call 10 the stand Alexander Nico-
laicvitch Emperor Of all the Russas. On April
~ he said To the City Council and househoders
OF St. Petersburg:
Your duty to help tho police. AMI not 10 keep in
no. s@S' asT se ms sn T, nS Gsgg,S
be Tor an honest an 10 appear q iG ssSL ScS now S
they sent poor Mezcmtoh 20 agothgr wori aud DIoneln
s SSS T. sn Sc nat s your duty yp0 you" your "'
translate from nm official report printed In
an Official journal. On the same duy the Gar
said W the senate:
stances IN which Russia finds herself at present You
Know a' Tue s,ae OF aar, Ss ths, az ms
eradication OF the evil We must not Lose heart We
OF serving Russia
The next witness Is Gen. Gourko. Governor
General OF 81. Petersburg. On April ~, in q
speech made to the chief military and civil off,
GERS Of the city and reported in the A0uoe lre-
mia he said:
The extraordinary state Of adtrs imposes on me the
duty 10 siy few words to you Tue abnormal condition
Of the time we live in imposes on the army the sacred
ing were with dcvotedncss the throne, aud with
RESPECT Tor &c laws and Tor AL TIE Goysrnm@n, msS ad
OF REGIMENTS are responsible tor the military discipline
lllry 1t is 10 look after the moral condition Of the sol
iiers IN their onnrse The particular duty OF ye chie
formed the su ordinate tncers and tie latter in
God has favored Us with quick AMI brilliant victory
over tue external enemy hope nt he wi hslp VS. a'so
short time. tor now we have to deal with hidden enc
mies
Unlike Mr.. stoughton. tho Car and Con
Gourko seem to think Nihilism pretty serious
affair
| news Dapers-all OF them. be /; remembcred.
under rigorous Government censorship. The
| GOl0s says:
our country Is passing through terrible and almost
ineNpcnble historical ncri~l Where Is the origin OF
mS,e b9',om9n' element, ana o ,hvse asaSy mla,Ts
dermine our social orennsnf TINS Is the question that
uncducad The spirit OF doubt aud mistrus rcnetrates
sprssdi1s into ,he whole social organism Noboiy IS
able t. stop that Infection Until the last drop Of The pot
myqs CIV demanding the most energetic means Of cure
Sra o ks nav SSe ny S I' execute w
derers. may put down rcvoiuuonists by means Of
ieTae soil Tor ts growth Of The rsyOiuGoaary propS.
ganda. then II will continue.
For saying in another article. that the best
| way OF fighting the evil WIS to enighten the peO-
| Pile and teach them 10 think for themselves. the
| G0lOs received IN ofliclal warning.
The ST. Petersburg Journal says;
Al the present tune civilized society as whole is in
danger fe basis Of the social systn is undermined BY
groups OF fanatics who spreading rror throughout
the whole Of Europe anu who resort 10 regtcdo and mar
| der 10 petroleum Rni dynamite
The ST. Petersburg Zeituno says:
II dreadful that many thousands OF people have
adoIed such horrible ideas The trial Of three russian
strong IN all directions Society has received sig
mdcant wArnig and will lie It's iau Al II does not
void tile abyss that yawns beneath II
The Contemporary Nelos says:
II would be great benefit N the Governne Mt itse II
would pubhsh the programme Of The Socialists
Ca their many provincial Ieope who absury
rush into politics which IL not their business At all
provincial lte could b. onVened local Journal sn
and art could be- Developed then many IDLE though able
/ men and would embrace purer ideas and hu.
maner feelings instead VI listening to the seductive de-
eeiyers
Tho Moscow Gazette asks:
what mea shall be undertaken stop the evil tina
has spread widely and reached such dangerous dnen
| sOns'
Knight multiply these quotations but It is un:
| necessary. Either the Gar. Gen. Gourko. and
| the Russian newspapers are the victims OF @
| strange delusion, or Mr. stouRhton Is one OF
| those persons who having eyes. SEQ not. and
! having ears hear not
The plain fact is that Russia is now pass nc
1 through ono OF those social political crises
! through which all despotisins must pass sooner
or later in order TO take their place among civ.
illzed. self-govering nations. RUSSIAN.