Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-21
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the service Of the empire. SO he re-
sorted to the Chin process In order to
gain them. There is more honor at
tached to serving the state than In
being a prince. More attention is
paid to him who has attained through
personal effort, than to one who has
merely inherited fortune and a title,
The boy who finishes at the universe
ty, has gotten to the thirteenth Chin
college a~ssessOr-a great step up.
Then, when he enters any public ser
vice, the army. the navy, the custom
house. he becomes a civil general.
When one gets to the thirteenth
Chin. he enters the personal nobility;
that is, he is a noble, but not his de-
scendants. When the thirteenth Chin
Is reached. the person is entitled to
have a prefix attached to his name OF
High, Wellborn." When he reaches
the rank Of general, he has the title
of Observation-Disclosures" (His Excel
lency.) His children belong to the
untitled nobility. Since the time of
Peter the Great. titles have become
somewhat discredited. Many of the
proudest families of Russia have no
titles. and would not have one under
49,. a~r.,Iaraftnn far nxnnntn the
Lvoffs, Leontieffs and Glyeboffs.
Even before Peter the Great, however.
there was this untitled nobility. Each
son and daughter in a titled family
inherits the title. If the women re-
main unmarried, they hold it all their
lives: hut If they enter into marriages
with untitled men, their title is for
feited. The sons hand down theirs
to the sons throughout the genera
tions. There are hundreds of men IN
Russia who bear the title of Prince
Galitzin. there is an immense family
OF them. Some of these princes are
among the highest persons in the EN-
pire; others are of the poorest-manS
being found listed with the most poV
erty-stricken farmers. The title
brings them into ridicule. especially
with the laboring classes. who thinl
much more of a millionaire, than the!
do of a titled person.
Russian Nihilism.
Regardless OF the advantages al
tached to the Chin, there are thous
ands Of men in Russia, who. after be
ing educated. have no career opene'
to them. for the governmental place
and others are soon filled, so the.
grow disconnected. The universitie
have become the centers uf unrest
the fountain-heads Of nihilism cor
seouently, the students are kept III
der the strictest surveillance. II fiy
get together. they are surrounded b
the police. but the passion Tor liberlt
has taken such a strong mold upo
their hearts, that they are wiling
run every risk 10 promnlgate tnel
ideas: and. when discovered, 10 st
fer any punishment Tor their SAX
Numbers OF students ORR incognit
in the factories. SO as 20 Undue tn
laburers with their principles. Vine
their identity becomes known, the
are arrested ana d~isappear-no TN
is ever held. The light cases al
sent to Siberia; the others to the 10
tress in st. Petersburg. where the
die, for the prison is in a very nnsa
itary condition--damp and cold. q
ten several hundred students are a
rested at one time, marched throus
the streets and placed in some lars
building temporarily, then. as usus
without trial. for Russia has no conr
as we know them, there follows a re
etition of the old story. The polite
cases are adjudicated by the polio
The governor of Moscow is allowed
arrest any Gne he ~pleases. and sen
him away without IA trial. Socialis
I'm Russia ta5es The form of nihilis
This is he result OF force Of eircu
stances. There is no freedom of
terance. no meetings are allowed
be held by hose Who are inc ined