The Red Cloud chief., 1885-07-10
RUSSIAN



The censorship for all publications
j. composed OF two court,-the Censure
Committee and the Press De 7artm mt
In addition TO these two there existed
al this period third DIVISION for ''prcss
censure" organized by the notorious
Third Section. where the chief of the
gendarmerie reigned supreme A. prcs-
ent this Third Section has been trans.
formed into adepar:mcnt OF the State
police. and consequently The whole cen
sorship j. confined To The Min s.ry Of
the Interior. There exists b.s.des thess
an eccles as.ical cen>Grshio for all
works touching upon religion. and one
Of the Min stry Of Public Instruction.
that deals with all books or pared Gals
intended for young per>ons. Every
publication whether book or periodi-
cal. must undergo either .-prclim nary"
or .'-nhse ueEt censorship. Those
subjected 20 preliminary" censorship
are dealt with in manuscript. and the
printed ext mus. IL no wise q her from
this corrected manuscript. often u
down wholesale and utterly spoiled by
the censor. With regard 20 publica-
tons exempted from this cen,orsh p.
once printed they are presented 10 the
Censure Committee. bit tie perm ssion
20 set them in circulation = only grant
ed after the expiration OF seven da.s for
books and of four days for periodicals,
proyi led that during his period the
censor has not entered any objection.
This Formally complied with. the book
review passe, on to q member OF the
Press Department. who exercises
superior control. II all the cen
sors think the publication OF a book
or periodical Is damaging OF disa-
greeabie 10 the Government. the
printed copies are sequestered or. ac-
cording to circumstances. other steps
taken. In addit on TO the administrative
measures. the censorship. through the
medium OF the procuredr. can summon
author or editor before the tribunal
and the administration (the ''he ad po-
Lice and can expel them from the
capital or have them deportei in order
TO place these ''disturbers Of the peace"
under surveillance of the police. Ii fire.
quently happens that an author acQuit-
ted by the tribunal is deported BY vir-
tue OF an order from the chief of the gen.
darmerie. l could cite numbers Of
cases showing the relations between the
administration and the men Of letters.
But l believe that one little adventure
that took place IT St Petersburg will
suffice a evidence what law and Justice
arei Russia whcnt the pressis concerned.
One Nj. kOukOl JasnoDol,ky Wa,
the proprietor of a printing Office One
fine morning he received a visit from
General Tchebikine. commissioned to
examine AL printing stocks in the cap
ital. With the account books before
him. and not in the least knowing how
to set about discovering If the weight of
the type corresponded with that in the
books. he ordered al, the different
kinds Of type To be mixed up together
and weighed. The weight was exactly
that stated. But the type broken in
the process was useless and the propri-
etor of the office put TO q considerable
loss. The Civil Tribunal condemned
the over-energetic General to pay several
thousand rubles damages. Here the
affair seemed nj an end. but the admin
istration. feeling outraged by the YER
diet of the tribunal-which. BY the way,
Was never put INTO effect-gave an or
de- TO have NJ. koukol Jasnopolsky de-
ported to Makarieff. a little town in the
Province o; Mini NOvgorod. There he
remained several years under police
surveillance. - Isidor Goldsmith. in
Nineteenth CsHturY.