The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-07-02
YOUNG RUSSIA AND OLD RUSSIA.
The Astounding Revelations Made at Some
Recent Trials and Their Effect.

ST. PETERSBURG, June 15.-For years it
has been customary to charge Young Russia
with all the manifold troubles of the country
1t has been repeatedly stated. both officially
and privately. that the Russian universities OF
to-day do nothing but prepare prosclytes for
the revolutionary leaders. who boldly dcnounco
the triple Russian principle" autocracy. or
thodoxy and nationaIism." 1t seemed that
more than a score OF Nhilist trials sustained
that view. In the Cars courts there have been
repeatedly witnessed scenes like this
Your nAme2 A Terrorist" Your oc;
GqP"tona r. ,. OF GT"riW1m
means of subsistence have you Z" revolu-
tlonary fund"
So the respectable public, largely composed
Of tho fathers. found it advantageous TO de-
nounce the universities and colleges Tor tho
corruption OF the sons.
But new sconcS have been witnessed In the
same courts OF justice. Not the sons. but
the fathers. were this time in the prisoners
the Surgeon General Of the Navy. Privy Cuun-
cl!lor Bogdan Bush. a man GA years old, was
9n the r al h at
single surgeon Of the navy was appointed pro-
noted. or given leave Of absence without
bride. and there are several thousand navy sur
geons. Every marine hospital. and there are
about 100 of them. paid the Surgeon General
into syss His Sn&
his clerk. Parienoif were instructed by him to
collect annually certain amount from every
tracts for supplying the marine hospitals with
goods, the SurEeon- General attended to them
himself. and his bribcS WGro usually in big.
round figures, DR., Bush was sentenced to be
deprived OF all his rights and privileges and OK
lied to Siberia for four years. me peope were
they now call it " the Bushiad." Those who
were present at the rehenrsal Of the Bushiad
the better. the sons or the fathers T.
A fortnight previous TO this trial State Coun,
cillor Makshoer, 81 years old, with Il, number of
lnTI N "a tn off l-l hnry
in the District Court. Maksheeh was the Chief
lntendant during the late Turko- Russian war.
men who supplied the army with provisions.
Among the defendants there was also num-
Der OF well known mllionalrcs. On the tria! It
was proved that not n single contract was made
without a big bribo being paid. In tact. about
IA third OF all the money drawn for tho pro:
visions OF the army was left in the pockets Of
the Cars officers Maksheen and his subordi-
mates were sentenced To ten years OF hard labor
in the, siberian mines Tho miilionairos who
bribcd the officers were acquitted. for according
to tho Cars law, man may Oilcr II bride with
immunity; only he who accepts "A bride com,
room were heard remarks like this: " To choat
tho soldiers who were lighting. starving, and
lroezing. is that not far worse than conspiracy
These two recent cases have led the public to
recall other important cases wherein tao IA
theirs We're defendants. State Councillor Ovsi-
annikol took the government contract for sup;
plying the army with -four. When he realized
that he could not make the expected front be
burned his mill. and then declared that the
flour had been ready. but was DESTROYED in the
fire. He was tried and convicted rs an inr"n-
diary and eXiled TO Orenburg. where however.
he played the pnrt OF a provincial lion. Mother
Mitrophana. the abbcsS of n female convent,
took money on deposit OF borrowed II from
pious people. aud speculated with II on
Change. She failed, and her piOus creditors
were dcfraudcd. She was tried and convicted.
Nine. Gulak- Aromovsky, the wife oi an official
Of high rank being on the best uf terms with tho
heads OF ali the State departments, was early in
formed OF all tlnHnGial projects OF the Govern
nIent, She knew how to transform That knowi.
edge into gold. Thus she acquired millions, and
divided with the officials. She nIactisUd al,
ditOn and DIVISION but silence was payund
her power and so she got into the prisoners
box. 1t required the combined efforts Of all the
heads OF the departments to save her from
Siberia, but they could not save thcr own rem
utation. Directors Of BANKS have deirauded
their creditors, ueaSulnrs have stolen tie Coy
eminent money. Governors have robbed vii
lagos, or stolen Government inHds millions of
rouhrs have been spent for WORTHLESS m"n-oi-
war, and So ON. In these eases the names uf
men of the highest RINK ana greatest wealth
are coupled with crime and immortality
Wen, who are the batter the sons Or the
fnthnrsY' asked "A prominent liuss ian lawyer.
The sons. at the very beginning 81 their
short public ltr' he replied. boldly ana
openly renowned the triUr principle of nutoc-
rncy. orthodoxy, and nationali-m. and they
are ready Ia suffer for their political opinions.
The fathers. on tho contrary. protesting To
serve God, autocrat, and country, In fact yio-
late their oaths. In short, the sins Of the
fathers have brought on the revolt Of the sons"