Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-28

~ sho'.td hay, thougAt.- saiJ Tvs m,
Finnish tlj,Nd 'tha' th. Firms wollo
nave com. 'n \mcrirJ "a cscap, curt tit.
mrnt w IiI.rtv ANA cuu.criniiurt-tust s-
the Jews a"h Poles and q, rnlu~ E-s,
done.
IN indiruan, glcam iyarcd iu,o w.
Finn eyes ana NJ began fo sneak u
proverbs And cpiprams. lis that tn,
way hc said, 70 vet Your constitutions
rights Is th1t IN, wav to tight 4 moral
battle. to run away from II
But. ! said. 'YoI are 50 insig-s
small numbers mean. What can
The Finn shrugged his shoulders ''Yo4
pc" The iirc that burned Moscow was
5tar,ed bv very small candle
But what can Won do-two and a haif
millions against Russia's hundred mil
Hons? You don mean 10 fight?
\ "Of course NOT Blt there is another
fnssian saying As stubborn as 4
Finn. "
Now il must b. said that Finnish sub
self that must rarkic in the Russian 5
s4ul. Thesc little pe0ui"s' may not have
gteat lighting strength, but thcy have "A
w\iy Of making themselves vexatious. of
playing the enfant terrible that mast
BRING gray hairs To the heads Of their
s7sf-constituied guardians. It's top
gHastlv to say as a. joke that Dom Paul
nd his scant quarter million Of people
mature graves. The performance 81 tbs
Irish in the House # Commors-intrnsclr
poovoking to the English big brothor-is
frsfh in the public memory. So in FIN
lanE. the car decrced that Russian
STAMPS must be used. Then the Films de-
sighed 4 supernumcrary unofficial stamp.
representing the arms of Finland on a
flelN Of mourning black with their Coun-
ev4ry envelope. side by side with the Rus
sfn stamp. The Russian can issue an
imperial rcscript wiping away Finland's
Constitutional rights. hut he can't very
weNl forbid the mourning dress which ev-
cry} woman in Helsingfors wore when the
announcement was made. nor can he pre-
vent by imperial decree the turning TO III"
wall Of the framed copy which hangs iE
eveTy church, of III" cars coronation
oatlt. in which he swears to maintain
Finfand's constitution. The Russian gov
paptrs ana public meetings. but it's hard
To dfScrhc in an imperial decree tho side
wistS glance. the rebellious attitude Of
body. the carefully studied Sights Of 10
hav3, compelled General Bobrikoff to build
Il hbuse for himself In HeisineforS. Thi4
sor( OF thing reminds one Of the WAY tn,
WeSt Point cadets have Of casting con-
Tempt on an unpopular officer by ''giVin A,
him 4 the silence '-ceasins to talk and
eatlJg in dead silence whenever the Of
rendfng officer enters the mess hail. II
is ibtenselv irritating to the sufferer. in
t5 dectee r,H '''''''S'' = '''o''S" N M i"
There is a story that the present czar
whfn q hoy. was once travelling in rural
Finland. Wishing 10 mail 4 letter, h.. at :
tacf5ed Russian stamp to il. That
starhp is not good here. said the Finnish
ostlmaster i'll manner to hc appreciated
by fhosc who know The stolidity - th.
Pint. The czar. compelled to buy a Fin
nishl stamp. prcduccd purse fun of Rus
sianI coins. rhat mon.A is not good
HERO" declared the Finnish rnstmas,rr
III the story Is true ANA IL tn" injury
10 The young princes pride r2nklcd. htS
revttngc Is completc now. Hero is list
Of lthe so-called reforms" effected by
ufsia in Finland within III" last two
YEARS Finland is an out-of-thr-Wiv
country and Russia loves to keep her do
inks dark. News from Hrlsingfors
tri$kles out slowly and imperfvctly: The
following list has been made up largely
from communications in Free Russia ana
Finland, two joarnals which i!nd home
in tondoh:
A Finnish national militia Differed by
Firms. has been changed to conScription
in Russian regiments which mast serve
in distant parts of the empire.
Cossack and Russian soldiers haFc been
quartercd on Finland.
Finland's contribution to the imperial
army has been increased from 1922 10 12dJ
and the term of service from three to five
years.
The Russian system of press censorship
has been introduced into Finland Dur
ing six months of 1890 twcnty-siX out CT
the iii papers in the country Were SuS-
pended bv the Russian governor general.
The remsfiEder continued only under rc-,
striotions. .Amnas other things ih2yl