, 1890-05-03

anu sympathy fOr the PO4eS and the Jews
was expressed.
The University was surrounded by
Cossacks, and occupied by gendGrmesy the
stables and the houses close by being alsrp
filed with armed troops, ready to ACT at u
moments notice. One hundred ana seven
ty-ive students were arrested there and
then, and tbe names Of severab hundreds
taken down. Many of these are this
ONE being arrested.
Revolutionary, OF rather anti Govern
mental, ~proelafnati0HS are Gil eNlatet free
~, one Of which OnIainS the follow ing
particulars conceraing the Polish question:
The Governors pneFal OF Warsaw,
General GnrkO, lately ga rae to 81. Peters
burg with a report which he presented
to the Car. In this Report he eonfesses,
that repreSSiver policy has failed to
RuSSify the Poles, whose enmity TO Russia
is greater than ever. hence he proposes.
some slight concessions, such as the EN-
ploymemt OF the Russian tongue for reii-.
giOuS instruction and Divine service only.'
The Gar referred this report to a Com
mission consisting of NJ. PobiedenoStsef;
the Minister of Public Instruction, NJ
DelianOff the Minister OF, the Interior, NJ
DurnovUj and three others. This Com
mission reported adversely on the recon-
mendnIiOns of General Gurko, who return
ed to bis post
This failure to inangurate a peaceful
policy of consolidation in Poland has
created a very painful impressions, which
has just been EXPRESSED. In the. UniVer.
gity one Of its immediate results was thee
foundation OF II Revolutionary Polish Com.
mittee, and a fund for the propagation
of Polish ideas in Russia. About forty
onV v,ot, nhSoAu cf11oUko oo1 l;+o~6nwr
mcn who We're members of this committee,
have been arrested, aud are HOW in prison.
There are also serious disturbances in
the archaeological Institution, where no
less than $50 students have been taken
into custody for disaffeetiOn.
Great excitement prevails in the city.
The University QuayTis lined with people
with eager, anxious faces, mourning for
sons or brothers who have been thrown
into prison, anu may never perhaps be
heard of again. ..lag.4a. (.
Never before during tho past eight years
has such excitement prevailed. All classes,
of society Sympathise with the students,
because all classes are heartily tired of the
present system of oppression.
Intelligence has been received at St.
Petersburg of an agitation in Finland.
which is expected to ripen into rebellion.
GendGFmeS and detachmentS of COSSackS
are being daily despatched from the CAPT
tai to Finland.
PrOclamatiOrs in Swedish and Finnish
are being circulated, calling on the Films
TO take up arms for their country's, free.
dom, which is threatened by Russia.
Fears are entertained that all the dis.
satisfied elementsiin RussianlsOciety, such
as expelled students, Nihilists, and others,
will join the rising, it it is not stopped at
the very beginning.
The VoSsiSche Zsttwng, whilst confirming
the kilograms received recently by Tho
Duly Telegraph from ST. Petersburg,
prints Que received to-day announcing
that the Car has been suddenly taken ill,
being attacked by taintiug Ats and gener.
al indiSpoSiSion.
st. Petersburg, April. /.
The discomfort among the students of
the University of st. Petersburg has.
broken out afresh. Being provoked by
the refusal Of Count Delianoff, Minister of
Public Instruction, to receive the petition
setting forth their grievances, which waS-
to rave been presented to him by u.
Mendeleieff, Professor of Chemistry, on their
behalf, the students became greatly excit-
ed, and all the Efforts of the Curator,
General Novik0ff, to induce them to take
no farther action were ignored
About 200 to 300 members of the univer.
sity assembled with the intention of match
inr IN "A hAIv RI tha MiniStrU OF puhli,s-