The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-28

ST. PETRasBuRs, Dec. 27-Numerous
arrests continue to be made at Kletf of
persons suspected of nihilism. Nine
more officers are among those imps;s-
sncd, either under suspicion or direct
charges of connection with o. conspi-
,,cy against the czar. The Russian
authorities believe that they have un-
esrthed widespread plot in which a
number not only Of lower officials but
allo those Of higher rank are involved.
Tie extent Of the plot is unknown.
There is much discomfort in the army
With the prolonged period Of peace aud
many Of the officers think that the car
i too pacific in his disposition. There
d no longer IN outlet for these war-like
spirits in subduing thetribes OF central
Asia; all these have been brought thor
oughly under Russian subjection. The
Russian empire was never more peace
able, so far as external enemies are con-
cerned, and the murmnEing among the
army officers, ambitious for glory and
disappointed in their hopes OF promo
ton, is correspondingly. great. ltis no
secret that there was bitter disappoint-
ment in military circles seven yesrs ago,
when the czar had to- bring his auto
cratic authority to prevent his generals
from pluuging into a war with Great
Britain and Afghanistan, and the spirit
Of impatience among the Russian oth-
GERS has been increasing since.
For these and other reasons, theau-
thOrities at ST. Petersburglare greatly
ipprehonsive as to the extent ofthe
conspiracy developed at Kieff, and
much excitement prevails both in of
fetal circles and among the public.
Meantime the persecutlonot Of the Jews
goes on more earnestly than ever, the
leading official prosecutor being the
Grand Duke Sergius, brother of the
car, and husband of Queen Victoria's
granddaughter, Elizabeth. AS sgovernor
otMoscow, he seemed determined to
turn every Jew out of the city. The
Jewish population Of Moscow has al-
ready been reduced from about eighty
thousand, when sergius became COVER
nor, TO about thirty thousand, and the
number continues 10 decrease under the
added rigor Of penal laws and the ih-
tolerable severity oftheir enforcement
Bya new law, which has recently
been put in force, only.ten out OF hum
drsd Jewish lawyers in Moscow and st.
Petersburg are allowed to- practice,
while IN Warsaw and Russian Poland
this liberty is wholly denied. The
Moscow university shuts its doors
tgninst Jews, and it will not be long
before the conseryatoire does the
Iame.
The severe treatment of the Jewsis
having a ruiuous effect upon real estate
and other interests, at least thirty
thousand lodgings being empty iu Mos
COW, The most pititul scenes are wit
messed among the crowds OF Jews at the
railway stations, men and women over
eighty years Of age, and half clad little
Children crying and praying in the
cold. Their sufetings are viewed with
utter Indifference by the Russian au-
thorities, and any nonresident Jew
who displays kindness towards them
risks being put under suspicion. The
soldiers detailed to assist the police in
Euatding Jews treat them with the
greatest brutality, and frequently prick
tue unfortugates with their bayonets,
it,they attempt to leave the stations in
which they are penned. The officers
% not like tho work ofguarding the
Jews. They look upon It as beneath
their dignity, and this also Is a cause
0lsono discontent among the military.