Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-22
THE CAR WOULD BE LENIENT
But Military Martinez Would Not
Carry Out His Orders for Peace
New Minister of Education Nav
bring About Reform-Compulsory
Army Service the Trouble,

students are invariably revolutionists in
disguise.
This appointment has been talked of,
as it was known that the czar was
taking Gen. Vannoffskys advice in the
r1atter of student discomfort. bu, it was
scarcely believed that the aged soldier
would receive his high commanders call
to re-enter the ranks. He is in his 18th
year. That he was called upon to put
nn harness again is the best proof of
the great scarcity of able men in Rus
san public life.
Gen. Vannoffsky was commissioned to
Investigate and report upon the student
troubles of two years ago. He made
a number of wise recommendations
them which possibly through the infu-
ence of the late minister of educa ton.
II. BolOgiepeff, We're rejected. His ar
t'cle on the troubles of 1899 was printed
i'll Berlin in Russian. and he has been
generally recognized since then as de-
oided opponent of the police regime of
NJ. Bologiepeff.
Will Not Enforce Regulations.
In this one finds notable example of
tbs: way in which imperial good will can
be, and is sometimes. turned in the
opposite course. AS has been stated in
dispatches from here, it has been pro-
visionally decided not to enforce for the
present the temporary regulat tons
against student disorders.
These regulations order the enrolment
OF turbulent students into the army.
The whole agitation of the present
S, hool year centers around these regu-
l.ttions. The demand fer their abroga-
ton was the cardinal cause of the out
breaks in so many higher schools,
though lesser grievances We're often put
forward for tactical reasons They are.
in fact regarded by the students as an
unheard of punishment for often trifiing
breaches of university discipline. and as
Earbaric display of contempt for their
aspirations.
Dishonor to the Army.
On the other hand the army Off ers
feel that the enrolment of students into
the army as an act of. punishment is a
dishonor to the army. which practically
turns it into penal station. 6
Now, it may be a surprise to most
people to learn these much cont ested
military regulations We're intended by
the car as a proof of his good will, as
a young ruler. toward his young, if
sometimes disorderly, subjects AT the
time of the last great troubles lie was
brilliant young men of excellent families
Icing cast into prison as felons for
youthful follies. He knows that this
means absolute ruin for the young men
srd the blasting of the happiness of
hundred of homes.
On the other hand, it is felt that
niency would allow revolutionary doc
;rines to gain a firm fCcting in the uni
Htrsties. The guilty must be weeded
cut, the erring reclaimed. HIS majesty
and his advisers bethousht them of that
other great educational institution, the
army, and it was decided to place those
VINO appeared to be leading the dis
turhances in the army for various peri
DDS. There they would learn discipline
tild would, if composed of the proper
Ingredients of manhood, return to civil
life sobered and fitted to take up the
burden of life.
Prospects of the Disciplined.
The czar insisted that such enforced
military services should have no unfa-
vora BILE effect upon the future prospects,
IF the disciplined young men. in other
words. no record should be made that
the service was disciplinary, that all
previous scores should be regarded
squared by honorable bearing of arms,
anu lHdt no discrimination ShGul0 be
made in appointment to household posi-
lions against the student soldier~ who
1t was expressly stated, were to be al
lowed upon their release to re-enter any
university.
The Importance of this can scarcely
be appreciated in countries where citi-
zcns do not lead a double life, as they
do here-a physical and a paper life,
i;fe described i'm documents that must be
presented on every occasion and which
registers every stigma and every fault
Hated by Students. ~
The cars design was to run a ~
sponge over youthful misdemeanors. 1t
happened, however, that NJ. Bologiepeff
was very stubborn man. His appoint
ment was regarded as calamity by
friends of the universities. and their
congratulations were unhappily real
tied. He has distinguished himself for
harshness while curator of the Moscow
educational districts and was cordially
hated by all students before his appoint
ment. Himself the child of very humble
parents, he had no sympathy with poor
students.
knowing himself disliked. he was de-
termined not to bend to student OPPOSE
ton, and the cars gracious intention
failed. Why? Because Bologiepeff fail
ed to execute the plan and to place it in
lis proper light before the academies
The students were given to understand
that they would be sent to a distant
regiment in Siberia and would have
meltial labor to perform.
No Disgrace in Military Service.
The possibility that they might refuse
tC take the military oath was considered
and they were threatened with court
martial if they did refuse. 1t was not
generally known until the ministry be-
gan debating the abrogation of the tenn
porary regulations that the enforced
military service did not carry with it
humiliation or disgrace.
BOlogiepeff Is dead. II may seem