The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-03-08
RUSSIAN STUDENTS.
There Are spies az Their Elbows Even
while Ihey Are studying Abroad.

All hA~~laN rtaA'Nt~ al ll' htlIliu
universities are carefully watched by
the spie, OF the Car These spies re-
ceive liberal salurie, from the Russian
Government I'm order that they may
not be debarrcj hy lack OF money from
associatiug with young Russian noble
men. They ming,e rs much as possible
with all foreign university students
They register generally, as DO the ma
jor.ty OF their coun;rymen, in the De-
partmcnt OF Law. They attend all the
drinking bouts TO which they can get
invitations, and note with care what
their countrymen say about politics
and the government of the Car. They
play billiards ans q ink coffee in the
same cafes with the other Russian
students. They make many acguaint-
ances i'm the university, as they spend
their Government funds lihcrally and
their real mission is unsupported 10y
their fellow studcn,s.
They have considerable diMculty,
however, in gaining admission to the
exclusive social circle OF their country
men. The Russian spy is usually a
man OF hum nle birth and name Most
OF the other Russian. az his university
are uob.cmcu of the most stiiT-ncchcd
and conservative type. \, tlcy all
are wealthy and free with their
money, they are not SO accessible 10 a
display of wealth "a the ordinary
continental nobloman. Therefore only
i'm exceptional cases is the spy able
% buy his way into this noble circle.
Usually ne picks up his information
as TO the politics and political couucc-
tion~ OF his fcllow-countrymcn from
inviting German go bctwccns. And
even those crumbs of hcarsny are Sc
cured only with considerable pains,
for all Russian students at German
universities know there is "A spy among
them, though his identity is unknown.
They often say, even when such alb
stract political subject, as con~titu-
tional liberty are broachcd 10 them in
public places: "N-a-a-a, my friend. but
the wall, have ears.
But, like most Jolly good students at
German universities. the Russians
often take \ drop too much In public
b'cr-ccllar.. and then the SPY gets a
chance TO earn hi, wages. In "a so
cial way the young Russian noblcmun
j. an uucompromi,iug ar-torrat In
politics, especially after ho has passed
n year or two abroad hc is fun OF
radicllism. This latent radicalism
is just what j. apt 10 get him into a
peck of trouble when hc becomes gar
rulou- over his wine. The omni.
present spy oycrhcars the young
noblcman'- expression Of radical pO-
litiral prcjud cc. reports IL 10 head
quarters at II Petersburg, whence il
/, communicated 10 oGic.als on the
Ru,so-Gcrman border, aud when the
imprudcut young nobloman starts
home with his brand now Ph. ID. and
foreign airs he is snapped up on the
border 10y Government oticcTs, who
c.co.t him 90 81 Pctcr- brrg. lis
fate then depends, Of course, upon
the cnormity OF his crime II hc
called the Gar & "mcal-eack ho j.
liable 90 q See OF Siberia Smaller
olTon-c-, like complaints Of the ab-o-
lut-m Of tlc Petersburg court, arc
punished with q year or two i'm ST.
IBERIA.
or cou -a the one important remark,
in question D. not Away. the excuse
for this punishment The spy can