Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-05

RUSSIAN STupEl15
There Are spiss 4 1a.>tr xibeuss Gn
Willie they Afe st9Aylnw
All Russian students 81 the Gskn1G
universities are carefully watched n
the spies 81 the Car These spies ~
eeiye liberal salaries from the Russian
Government IN order that they may
not BE- debarrsd By lack Of money from
associating with young Russian noble
men. They ningie AZ Hluch az possible
with all foreign university students
They register generally, as do the ma~
| jority OF their country men, Ia the De-
partment OF Law They attend all the
drinking bouts TO which they can get
! invitations, and note with care what
their country men say about politics
and the government OF the Car They
play billiards and drink coffee ia the
| same cafes with the other Russian
students They make many acauaint-
ances in the university, a. they spend
their Government funds literally and
their real mission Is unsupported by
! their fellow Students
They have considerable difficulty,
however, In gaining admission TO the
exclusive social circle Of their country
ren- Tne Russian spy II usually q
man 5f humble birth and name Most
Of the other Russians at his university
are noblernea Of the most stif-necE<ed
and conservative type. As they all
are wealthy AID free with their
money. they are not so accessible to a
display OF wealth az the ordinary
II continental noblenan- Therefore only
In exceptional cases - the spg able
TO buy his way into this Noble circle
Usually he picks up his information
as TO the politics and political conner
tons OF his fellcw-countryme from
dnwitting German GO betweens- And
even these crumbs Of hearsay are ser
cured only with considerable pains
for all Russian students at German
, universities know there i spg among
ther1, though his Identity Is nnKnown-
, They often say. even when such alb
! straet political subjects as cpHstitu-
uonat A5ertF are broaened to them II
r public places: tA-a-a-ar my friend but
the walls have ears
. But like most jolly good students at
herman universities, the Russians
r often take . drop too much In public
J besr-cellars- and then the spy gets a
t chance to earn his wages In so-
/ ciai way the young Russian noblenian
Is an uncomp promising aristocrat In
1 politics, especially after ne has passed
year or two abroad. he Is full o.
: radleasisn Isis latent radicasiszz
a Is just what Is apt to get him into
! peek OF tro5cle when he becomes gar
! ruious over his wine The ornni.
!. present SPY oTerhears the young
i neolenan expression o. radical POI
e ilticat prejudice, reports i to bead
a quarters at st Petersburg. whence 1t
II Is communicated to ofilelats On the
y Eusse-tiern1an border. and when the
n iEprudent young noblemsn starts
i aome with MS brand Few Pm ID and
foreign airs he Is snapped up On the
n border b. Government officers. who
a escort him to 81 Petersburg dis
i Tate then depends OF course, upon
l. the enerul1fy OF MS crime III ne
n called the Gar ''Ineal-sacx he Is
r liable to q dose OF Siberia Smaller
ID oftenses, ike complaints Of the ALSO
punished WIRE year or two In n
In eeria-
ye of course the one important remarS
= In question Is not always the excuse
1s TOR THIS punishment The spy car
d. generaiay get together a gooa los 9
mora or less relevant evidence at M
university TO prove that the young
Russian nooieman WIS not ioya
~ Russian or vas gnAlty OF genera
= elissedness-
an In 1881 young Herr -iic'-i'%ska' o
ed Moscow. studied !usLsFir'aaeace Il
To LeiPslc ofle evening IN me beeFsen
at keller restaurant ne ana Ms friend
81 discussed the Last financial erlsi
through WhicA the hasslaa 'oEefn
nent had passed Young Micalowsk
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