The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-31
BID DEFIANCE to-
CAR OF RUSSIA
His Law Drafting Students Viii
Not BE Enforced.
RULER Is DENOUNCED
FIRST TIME AN EMPEROR HAS
EVER BEEN oVERRIDEN.

New York, March 30.-Prince Peter a.
Kroptlsin. the famous Russian an
archist, was in this city at the Gerard
hotel last night.
The first effective blow has been
6ealt 70 autocrscy in Russia" said
FRINGE kroptkin in discussing the af-
1airs IF his country. Il. has been struck
within the past fortnight. The minis
ters OF state have notified the car that
Jaw ne. promulgated could not be
enforced This is the first time II has
ever been done. 1T marks the first step
III the progress which will eventually
make of Russia federal government,
such as that OF the United States.
This law of the emperors was
the cause of the recent student upris-
ings in ST. Petersburg. The trouble all
arose out of an incident at the univer-
sity of Ficff. a student had become
unpieasantly Involved in some scandal
there and the other students held meet
ings to decide what should be done TO
protect their fellow student from no
tOriety The dean of the university ar
Vested a number of students and the
matter was reported to the minister OF
public Instruction, who told it all to
the car.
The car is an irresponsible. not very
clever young man. and he promptly is
sued an order, according TO which all
students who participated in meetings
OF any kind will be at Cnce sent to the
army for service of two or three years.
as the case may be. At the present
time the 1900 university students Of
the empire are. exempted from army
duty.
Under this new law. 1873 students
from the University Of Eieff have been
sent 20 the army The new law is un-
constitutional, Tor, while the car. may
cause q law to be made in one of two
ways. the old law must first be re
pealcd before n new law is made. The
old law exempted students from army
service. 1t has not been repealed and
the ministers Of state were not con-
suited in The formation of the present
obnoxious decree.
win Not Be Enforced.
Il have a letter from a woman of
high rank in Russia, in which shessays
that the public prosecutor at -Eieff. the
general OF the gendarmes and a mill
tary general who belongs TO the com
mission appointed to draft the students
have Joined in memorial to the car.
in which they say that il is impossible
TO condemn young men in this ruthless
fashion.
The ministers of state haveNaiso taken
Up the subject. They h We informed
the car that his law ca mot be -eTl<
forced. His decree will not lie repealed.
but the execution of IL wilt not be at
tempted and the Iief students viii be
quietly released. 1T is the first time in
the history Of Russia that the car has
ever been overFidden."
Prince Kroptkin said he does not
Think the car should be killed. II be-
lieVC the Greatest Zoe to autociacy in
Russia today is Nicholas II. ne said.
He is so stupid that he viii make
many mistakes. Every one of thost.
mistakes WA weaken his power and
the powersOf the throne. If I thought
he should be killed 1 would do my best
20 kill him. ] do not believe in asking
someone else 70 do what you would not
de Yourself"
Prince kroptkin said he did not be-
calling Of The Hague peace confereYise.
He said ne thought the pope WIS ~
the back Of the whole movement.
The pope had a great friend at the
Russian court said the prince, Gin the
person of TObiedOnostZw. one Of me
cars ministers. The pope did not think
Emperor William suitable person to
call the conference. so.$ through his
friend. he prevailed upon the ear 90
call it."
Prince KrOptkin says letters that
haze come to him from Russia are to
the effect that the genera sentiment
there is against the acquisition of Mari
rhuria- He says Russian public senti-
ment is boiling. The car viii be asked
from time to time to make certain con-
cessiOns in the direction of liberty He
VIII not have. the good sense to make
all the concessions that are demanded
and trouble viii result