Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-26

plehyc protesting against the punish
ments melted out The university re-
spectmly represented that the action
Of the students should mot be- regard
ed as the result Of youthful caprice or
defiance" and that the reason for II
Hes in the idea Of right and duty Of an
entire people expressed mequIyocally
by the national representatives of this
people" Yet for taking % stand declar-
ed by the academic senate TO be NOR
ally unmpelohable. because in accord
ance with their idea Of the sanctIty OF
right "the students see the way 20 an
employment closed 90 them They
even find themselves dtblrred from con-
tracing marriage under legal forms
They must either u.s. lho country or
they are seized bodily and, after AN
imprisonment OF arbitrary duration.
enrolled IN the disciplinary companies
outside Finland "a nunIfhment worse
than death
For This remembrance the most dis
tinguishcd professors OF ihe university
were deported, and the harsh treatment
Of the patriotic students continues
Mr. Brandes holds. that 'on unlyer-
stiles Of Europe ought 20 feel the cruel
lnlqulY which has ovcuaken one OF
their number All ought 90 protest
Then public sentiment win be aroused,
and the idea WIN gain ground that those
who represent free investigation, the
dlsnterosted searchers for truth, are
perhaps the most valuable guardians,
the best upholders OF The sense OF
right Mr. Brandes idea ls that nu-
merous protests from the centers
Of learning would bring Russia to rea-
He that 30 is in danger Of placing IT.
self outside the pale OF civilization, lie
calls first upon the students and pro-
fessors OF the Scandinavian uniyersl-
ties to show their sympathy and to pro-
test against the violence and ill-reat-
ment Of which their brethren at Hell
sIngfors are the object he believes
that the movement then VIII spread
from one institution to another First
the universities OF England and Ger
many perhaps the universities OF
France.surely the universities OF Italy"
The Boston Transcript is authority
for the statement that this generous
movement has met with favor not only
In Scandinavia, but also In Germany
In France, we are told. 1t has received
the Endorsement, among others Of NJ
Clemenceau, IN LAurore, and Of Louis
Havot, who gently chldcs Brandes for
being doubtful about the stand Of the
French universities, saying the more
truly French they are the more hearty
win be their Endorsement"
This Is as II should be, Science
knows Of no country no entaugllng al
dances It's deyotees are the followers
Of liberty and the rights Of man, wher-
ever man dwels
But why should the American instl-
tutes Of learning be left out Of the
ranks Of this army Of human brother
hood? We hope that from every uni
yersity here a protest win be directed
to the Car IN the Interest Of the Uni
versi,y Of Hesingfors, II that lnstitu-
ton is crushed, the night Of oppres-
sion viii fan dark indeed upon Fin
lands bloodstalned soil IT would be
TO extinguIsh the star Of hope, il Is not
probable that the outside protests will
be needed, unless the Lord Himself un-
dertakes TO humble the proud hearts OF
the Russian rulers, once before the
Gear simply refused to receive a depu-
tation IN behalf OF Finland. But the
protest should be made anyhow, for Il
would not be entirely lost, whether
acted upon Immediately, or not, Let
Americans Join in the good work.