Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-02-24
TIE RUSSIAN CEYS0e
a CONTEMPLATE FEATURE J.
ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM 'HS

!" Corresponding,
The censor must examt,
before IL IS issued to the public coT
convenience the papers are pri,.s ~ his
gay IN advance. The type Of TIMED Thnsa one
paper is set on Tuesday. On ua.afsdays
morning the forms are made m, "enesdsg
Is printed and sent TO the ~ y, ouecopy
looks 1t over at his leisure durna whO
ana returns 1t to the Office win II sne day,
stamp of approval on eacb ra JUS Official
copy Is carefully filed awav p aa This
ton for the editor, who tber pfotsc.
presses at work and orders - se's hs
distributed to the subscribers nc :, sdlt0a
anything in it that the censor ~ - ueFeh
prove he marks the obiectionah,.ai inot ap
which Is taken out of the for,1s e.o sfticle,
I thing else substituted. n H. ana Some
otherwlse engaged the paper has G II W.
sometimes the issue of TUESDAY " ,. wat
detained till Wednesday and SEM W. mhi 3
the Wednesday issue, but IL maui Ius with
little difference. Last weeks ns se'I
just as interesting as today,s paper
EXAMINATION OF THE M.us
All foreign mails are also snhrOi,..,
the censor, not the same man yshr ''ed .
the local papers, but another NH III reads
headquarters and staff of readas. nas as
general postoffice. All newsnara. al lie
dumped on his table, except tb n,'a y
dressed to the members Of the dir Ia. a.
corps and high officials. That ID a p,o,ua'e
70 be delivered promptly without r aSs
lnatlon. 30 the American ministe. ''a l
his papers sometimes a week 81. ses
other residents. Every wrapper "a go, arau. y
III the paper contains an objectioneI,ta' lea,
Gle, something iii the way Of crit;o;s. a'',
"the administrative SYSTEM Of p. u
1or example, the censor takes n largo , m
dips 1t in the ink and stamps II nnon ~ -
article, celebrating it. Thus nj ~. 'As
diary ideas are allowed to obtain ci ,.,.I.'
ton among the people. No criticisms n ~
government are allowed to be read. and n
news from exiled nihilists. M ~
When the censor has read one convo..
paper, The London Times for eysmr,'
he tucks it back into the wrannar aa1
throws 1t into basket for delivery rseh
ing up The next paper that comes Ia Il.
hand. II he finds that it is a cony N H.
London Times of the same date he s,sna.
out the Objectionable article that ba ~,
read before and throws it into the hasLs,
without further examination. II the Ak,
copy examined was found to eontsr
nothing exceptional he examines no mor.
of them, but throws them into the basts.
as fast as they come To simplify mat.
tiers, the circulation Of very few foreign
papers are allowed in Russia.
The censors cannot possibly read every.
thing sent through the mails, so they eon.
fine their labors to the principal journal,
of Europe and destroy the remajnda,
One can receive The London Times a.
News OF Standard in Russia, but NO Other
London dailies. He can have Punch and
the monthlies, provided they contain
nothing Objectionable. He can have
Figaro, Gil Bias, The Petit Journal and
one or two others of the Paris papers
but he cannot get the strong re.
publican papers of that city. The New
York Herald is the only American daily
that can be taken. The censor will not
read any other, so there is no use having
them sent. had two daily papers sent
me from the United States all the time
was in Russia, but not one of them va:
delivered. | was told at the post0tice
that the censor does not have time oresd
every transient paper that came in The
mails, and none could be delivered till be
had read it, He had only time to Rad
one American paper, and if | wanted to
subscribe for that it would be delivered
This censorship of the mails is the most
cowardly and contemplate feature Of the
Russian administrative system. 1t Is
MI of
tempts the average man to sympathi1s
with revolutionary element, and they
justly make it one of their chief causes q
complaint. The Russian postotiice Is
under the direction of the police Ike
everything else, and is one Of their strong
holds
HOW LETTERS ARE VIOLATED.
They have the power to open letters q;
well as papers, and often exercise 1t, II
: fact there is no limit to their power. La
citizen or foreigner is suspected Of sym
pathy with the revolutionary element q
is supposed to be in communication WIN
: agitators, whether at home or in exile, LIZ
q police give orders to have all his let'e:
n delivered to them. The gum upon IAe Ia
D of the envelope is moistened by being he4
: over n Jet of steam, and opened, or lal
: knife with keen edge is slipped unae,
t the seal. The letter is read, resealea alg
. sent back to the postotiice, or 1t Is retainer
s as evidence of treason.
Y Letters going ont of the Russian pCs,
q offices are examined, as well as those 'la'
B, come in. All packages addresseI y
j foreign newspapers are opened anu .. 'ns,
n contents read. Correspondents RESUME
= in Russia write upon the thnneS' sol. :. =,
il stationery, and address the enVeiope' ~
f individuals or business firms 50 a
r avoid the espionage Of the police wiz
o destroy everything that IN any va! y
e fleets upon 1.-THE Administrative s!s'e-
9 All manuscripts carried IN oass !,
h trunks by travellers are examiner d" 49,. ~,
+ Russian custom houses to AVOID inc Wv
Y lation of incendiary literature Al Az I' N,
papers found in the cars that c'g 90
border are seized and destroyed ~. .I'r
lot of newspaper clippings IN an en''.yi IN,
n which | had cut from time 10 '.ln'l arr,
o ing to Russia. n gentleman III ,ioc. h
n who was familiar with the 9pela' W. +
II the Russian police, advised nie e,i a. ,r
S take them with me, us lhel 'o "-.ad h,
Y tainly cause me trouble if discovery" VII, 4
n the police \ gentleman eohhs ,,, snol
+ the police at Petersburg, to Whoui nom, 81 ,,,.l
8 of this. said my friends advice N'9 n 9
:. If they had been found by sohe l,o;,,
# man or customs officer, they C 9. rrti
:, would have resulted in my deteu'I,o .4,n n
n my character and purposes neu ,.te5 too
d vestigated. He kindly sussGs' intends
e knowing my business, that Il ! ao ,r,t i
e to write anything about tne .,, ovc til
i would be better not to couline"''
n had passed the borders .,ise5 C,s
The same espionage Is eAe a 4 on
the telegraph as over the mails ii,,.trb b
respondent dare not send a Glsl~ j
wire from Petersburg to neNS in,li,ins
q would never be delivered II II . did not
r anything Objectionable, ana Il , ~ a. a M,
/ the fact of his having sem , s"s Of 81;
n sage would make him the ooJ SSC,rrr,spoai
q picion and police attention; Drssis bao
a,+s ,,f f,rei,rn NEWSPAPERS III ~" th9i