The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-16
STUDENTS GO To
RUSSIAN JAILS
Willing to Be Martyrs That Pos
terity May Be Benefited.
DEMAND MADE ON THE CAR
RIGHTS OF LIBERTY DECLARED
TO BE INALIENABLE.

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Correspondence Of the Associated Press)
n T. PETERSBURG, Sunday, March
y Private letters received here
referring to the recent Moscow
university meeting confirm the view
that those Of the students who do not
participate in the disturbances from
American college boy cane rush" mo-
tives, that is those who have conscien-
tious aims, are actuated by political
rather than academic considerations.
The number present at the Moscow
meeting is given at SIS The departure
of about 100 who disapprOved Of gen
eral politics was followed by the unan-
imOus adoption of the following resO-
luton:
AS the present abnormal situation of
the higher educational institution is
merely d consequence of the general
absence Of civil and political rights in
Russia. we desire to do away with the
illusion that ours is a purely academic
struggle, and to inscribe on our ban
ner general political demands We are
convinced that a normal academie5life
requires a total reform Of the whole
political system on the basis Of the
recognition Of individual liberty. With
out such a reform we are convinced
that Russia viii not make a single step
forward, as her best men are periodical
" torn from society.
Demands Of Students.
We demand:
Personal, corporal liberty Cha
beas corpus and similar guarantees
are meanD.
Freedom Of the press.
"3-Freedom Of conscience.
'4-Unrestrained privilege Of assem-
bly,.
''5-ResponsibiIity Of administrative
officials to the courts on the same terms
as other citizens.
"6-Universal but not compulsory ed
Ucation.
Equality of nationaHties.
THE list could be extended, but the
! above viii suffice to characterize all
/ the demands.
we appeal to all thinking Russians
/ on the ground that it is necessary to
/ call a constituent assembly, since il is
/ evident the present regime is not
/ adapted to the carrying out Of this pro-
! gTamme-"
! The police and military arrested all
| present. At a. m. the students had
resolved to stay all night in order 20
I continue the demonstrations on the
streets the following morning The
! number of arrests in Moscow on the
day Of the meeting is given b. the
( Student Bulletin, an illegal journal as
s27.
A Moscow student named Konno-
passevich. committed suicide three
days before the meeting. Under what
circumstances and where was not stat
-..T-
published the account of his death.
The politicO-aCademic situation was
thus summed up a few days ago by
sympathizer with the students:
Education Is Neglected.
1T has now come to pass that there
can be no universities or higher insti-
tutiOns for the training of the servants
Of the state without legislation It is
/ apparently useless to argue with such
persons that while legislation might be
a good thing, higher education is also
/ a good thing. They declare that some
body must make a protest or there
never will be any political progress and
that if the untrammeled students do
not lead the movement nobody viii. In
spite of their political unripeness the
students command the sympathies Of
wide circles by their courage. They
know that they will be crushed and
that many viii be crushed after them
before preCeptible agreements are
? gained. They appear quite willing TO
fall beneath the wheels of the jugger-
naut. TO use their own phrase, for the
, sake of happier generations to come
, Willing martyrs to an idea are uni
, ! versally persistent opponents, and it
, | is a matter Of regret to those Who do
II A. t.
and general political tendencies OF the
students that the government in many
ways place weapons in their hands
One of the most inhammatory circulars
that has recently been issued. reprint
ed an alleged secret circular for the
i minister OF public instruction, dated IN
s October, fnstructing teachers in the in
q termediate sects to give subjects fol
literary compositions to politics thai
would naturally elicit the present ten
g denotes Of the charges. A record was
T. | to be made Of such observations, and
Il / a confidential report was TO be made
= to the university or other higher III
9 stitution that the writer's might spply
to for admission
This circular, it is pointed out
ie scarcely seems calculated TO furthe
n that benevolent relationship betweel
IS teacher and scholar which the ministe
"a of public instruction so earnestly as
$ serted to be one of the main objects o
l. his solicitations
al Students report that one Boight
ID man. a senior in the chronological in
III stitute against whom proof Of espion
III age was brought. confessed to tn
at university authorities that he was il
be the service Of the police with a sslar
of so roUbles a month. He was anon
~ those present in the Peoples theau
v when the riot occurred there. but Wa
On not arrested. He has been expelie
a from the school.
O. London March 16.-The Londo
or Times this morning publishes a dis
7e patch from its St. Petersburg CORE
or spondent. saying the government &
or Moscow and the Russian minister e
the interior. Minister Sipiguine. hs
strongly urged that the 500 student
who were arrested recently in Mos
COW should be deported TO Siberia. bt
owing to the mildeT c0unsels Of Oh
minister of education. emily fifteen str
dents viii be sent to Siberia, while tt
others viii be banished to varict
towns and villages in Russia.
Mckinley Certificate Design.
cleveland O.. March bat a meetil