The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-19
RUSSIAN SPIES.
THEY ARE eVsR AT THE ELBOW
or STUDENTS IN GERMANY.

Furnished 10y the Government with Money,
The, Manage To Dct Almost Everywhere.
The students Get Tastes Of Siberia for
Very small OGenscs.
An Rus,inn students no the German uni
vclsitic ara carefully watched hy tho spies
OF tac ear These spies receive liberal sala-
rios from the Russian government IN order
that they may not hc debarrcd by lack Of
money from associating with young Russian
uoblemcn. Thcy miugle as much as possible
with an foreign university students. They
register generally. "a, do the majority Of their
countrymcn m the department Of law They
attend al'he drinking bouts 70 which they
can get invitations. and note with care what
their c0unirymen say about politics and the
government ofthc car They play billiards
and drink coffee IN tho same cafes with the
other Russian students They mako many
acquaintance in the university, as they SPEND
their government funds literally and their
rent mission is unsupported 10y their fellow
students
Tiif WALLS HAVE EARS
Thcy have considerable difficulty. however.
DO gaining admission % the exclusive social
circle ol t'eir coumtrymcu Tho Russian spy
is usually q man of humble birth and name
Most of tho other Russians at his university
arc uob.emcn OF the most stiff nocsed and
conservative type As they are all wealthy
and FREQ with choir money, they are not so
accessible 20 a display of wealth as the or.
binary Continental nobleman Therefore
only 900 exceptional cass is the spy able 20
buy bis way into this noble circle
Usually ho picks mp his information as 10
the politics and political connections Of his
fellow countrymcn from inviting German
ro-betveons And even these crumbs Of
hoaray arc secured only with considerable
pains for an Russian students az German
universities know there is "a spy among them.
though his identity IS unknown Thcy often
say. even whom such abstract political sub
iccts a- constitutional liberty arc hroached 70
tlem ia public places. "N-a-a-a, my friend
but tho walls hlvo ears"
But Ike most jolly good students 40 Ger
man universities, the Russians often take
drop too much in public beer cellars. and
then the Spy gets o chance % earn his wages
Ia q social way the young Russian noblemnn
i- an unclmprpmiNng aristocrat IN politics.
r~Iecaiiy after Doe has passed year or two
abroad, ho is fun Of radicalism This latent
radicalism IS just what is apt 10 get him into
peek of trouble when be- becomes garrulous
over his wine The omniprcsent SPY over
hears tho young nobIemaus expression Of
radical politicalpreiudice, reports 10 90 head
quarters at So Petersburg, whence 10 Is com
inundated o. officials on the Kusso-German
border, and when the imprudent young noble
man starts homo with bis brand now Ph ID
and foreign airs lo is snapped zap ON the
border by government officers, who escort
lim % ST. Petersburg His fate then de-
ponds, of course, upon tho cnormity of bis
crime 10 ho called tho czlr e meal sack"
le b. liable 10 dose 90 Siberia Smaller
oii@ises. hke complaints ol tle absoiuism Of
Oboe Petersburg court, are punished with a
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