New-York tribune., 1902-06-29
THE RUSSIAN STUDENTS.
SEVERE MEASURES BG THE POLICE

s,orrespordence OF The London Standard.
The Police Department of Moscow have pub
7iSheG for the first time on such ar occasion the
have been arrested and committed TO prison for
periods varying from three months TO seven DAYS I
without any form OF trial whatsoever ana @ hor
offences alleged TO have been committed during ing
hands of the military and the police. The charges
sre brought under the general heading of not
move on Fifty-six persons. including six women,
sfor two months only nine suffering the minimum
penalty Of fortnights and one week s lmprison. %s +
of all the higher educational establishments or
Ss casa ano edncaaos There is
likewise fair shrinking Of Peasanfs IS ana tb Work s
employe Of the American Rubber Company $
These arrests are of course, quite distinct from
the wholesale arrests OF the demonstrating stu
the very strict orders issued by the Governor Cen
eral with view 10 strengt thening the hands OF the
police during the expected outbreak The charges
were entered even against persons who fingered IN
did not at once obey the police orders TO go right
away from the places where anything of interest
large numbers OF perfectly innocent persons who
ikewse fell victims Io police severity t % and Were Were
return to their homes on proving their identity
smone those arrested. FOR times like these every
student is Liable to suspicion, and is not treated
of very powerful protection from authoritative
friends or connections The publication of the lists
curiosity Of the citizens Of Moscow, who natu-
little enjoyed by the subject in Russia.
Of the four thousand students of the Moscow
University appears that about half left Moscow
anticipation of the which have Just taken
place About four hundred ''adninistratiyely''
expelled from the town between six hundred and
seven hundred in the convict Jail. and. in
ieerGance with the special orders of the Minister
of Education, viii be expelled from the university.
while forty Of their number. who declared them
selves not -aca6emicaI' demonstrators but .'poti-
CAL distinction which has not previously
been formulated in words. viii doubtless suffer the
penalties in the way OF Imprisonment and
deportation 10 @ Siberia Two hundred odd arrested
tn the streets VIII be imprisoned for varying terms
and probably expelled on the eNpiry Of them: and
the remainder things seem now. will doubt.
be- allowed continue their studies Among the
arrested in tn. university buildings
Were less than seventy women. who spent the
night Of Saturday last in the Manege. surrounded
by soldiers. and in the company Of the students
taken with them / unable say whether any
special arrangements We're made for the protection
and comfort Of these seventy girls between the
hours of midnight and a. but the Manege is
well known every inhabitant of Moscow.
Its arrangements not such to allow Of any
approach to common decenoy these occasions,
which appear to be of annual occurrence. The
stories which leaked OFT last of the straits
TO which these poor women students, 'kursstki''
were nut during their enforced Imprisonment in
The midst Of thousands of military and police along
with their male companions. disgrace
any nation calling themselves civilized