Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-13
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FINLAND.
st. Petersburg, July SIN con-
nrmlng the appointment of Prince
ODolensky as governor general of
f1niand, the car sent an autograph
letter to the prince relative to the
situation there. This letter, which
is In the nature of an imperial re-
script, was published today. The car
therein expresses his conviction that
1t will be possible to maintain the
local autonomy and the privilege of
leglslating for herself enjoyed by
Finland since the union with Russia.
The car writes: II consider that the
murder of General Robrikoff was
merely the work of a mailman and
few ike-minded confederates, and
that the Finnish people had no part
IN the nefarlous act. The executive
power must infexibly strive for the
closest union of Finland and the en-
pre-. imposed upon General Bobri-
kof1 when he was appointed the grad
ual attainment of this end as being
his first duty. He fulfilled it with
rational firmness until death ended
his honorable services which have
won him an enduring name in history.
l also expect that the new governor
general will most zealously follow
the instructions now given him. 1
admonish him before all things to
strengthen in the minds of the Fin
nlsh people the conviction that their
historic destinies are indissolubly
bound up in those of Russia, and that
the future Prosperity of Finland under
the Russian scepter, as we'll as the
future of the political institutions
granted her, depend on a peaceful or
der of things, taking firm root in the
country"
The letter which Eugene Schau-
mann wrote to the car of Russia be-
fore killing Governor General Bobri-
kof and himself, first contains an
account of the general chaotic con-
dition of the affairs of Finland as
result of the unjust and unconstitu-
tional administration of Governor
Bobrikoff, and the close of the re-
markable document reads as follows:
'lnasmuch as there is no prospect of
reaching your majesty, within a rea-
sonable period of time, with truth
full description of the actual state of
things, and of having Governor Bob
rikoff called away as a result of such
communication to your majesty there
remains only one way of rendering
IN
IRENE redress. The remedy is violent,
but it is the only one Your majesty,
my own life I sacrifice on the same
occasion and by my own hand, in
order to make the attempt so much
stronger to convince your majesty
that grievous wrongs are perpetrated
in the grand duchy of Finland, as
well as in Poland, the Baltic prov
inces, nay, in the whole Russian en-
pire. l have made up my mind after
mature consideration, your majesty!
With death before my eyes, I swear
before God that this involves no con-
spiracy. All alone I have made up
my mind, and all alone execute my
plan. Being cognizant Oh your ma
jesty's good heart and noble inten-
lions, I entreat you only to make
yourself acquainted with the actual
condition of your empire, including
Finland, Poland and the Baltic prov
inces. I remain, with profound and
subservient esteem for my most puts
SAINT and most gracious car and
grand duke, your majesty's most
humble and most faithful subject
Eugene Schaumann." The letter was
sent to friend abroad half a year
ago, with instructions that it should
be opened as soon as something hap
pened. After the tragedy the letter
was opened. An additional note
stated that copy OF it would be sent
to the car in due time.
New York, July 1.-The times edi-
torially says neither Schaumann nor
his victim Bobrikoff, governor gen.
eral of Finland, was fairly cold be-
fore the Russian official press had be-
gun to give it out that the act of tyr
annicide was the result of Swedish
conspiracy and to threaten a proclaim
alton of a state of siege in Finland in
order to defeat it's further machina-
tions. All this Schaumann had fore
seen and had taken measures to pre-
vent his act from being made a pre-
text for the further oppression Of his
countrymen. The Times then quotes
Schaumann' letter to the car, which
he had placed in care of a Finnish
friend, and asks: els this the letter
of an envious and bloodthirsty anar-
chist or of patriot who is deliber-
ately and without ostentation or
bravado giving his life for his coun-
try?" And so the car read the me-
mortal of his Finnish subject after
all, in spite of the police. But what is
to be said of the conditions of coun-
try in which a Humble and true sub
ject'' has to kill first the viceroy and
then himself in order to make sure
of bringing to the notice of the ruler
what it seems to him that ruler is
concerned to know?
Helsingfors, Finland, July 2.-For-
mer Senator Schaumann, father of
Eugene Schaumann, assassin of Gov
ernor General Bobrikoff, was arrest
ed today. Schaumann for twenty.
five years has held the highest offices
in Finland, including those of senator
and governor of Wasa, the chief mill
itary division. He was senator when
the manifesto of the car drove him
into retirement in 1900. He is
charged with completely in the plot
against the life of the governor gen.
eral.
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