The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-04

Mr. Anetschkow was sent to prison LOT
two years and four months. ana MS
fiancee condemned to Siberia for life The
incident would never have been known
outside Of the locality where 1t happened
had not Anetschkow been connected with
educational affairs in other countries.
The day after Minister Won Plehve was
ASA ssinated the writer arrived at st. Pc
tersburg I saw wholesale arrests made
that morning, both men and women. one
young woman student was arrested mere
ly because she wore a red carnatfon ON
her breast. She was accused OF belonging
to a revolutionary society, the sign OF
which was the 'carnation, but she proved
her innocence and was released That
same day. in company with several
| women students, l was walking along the
street when we met a Russian policeman.
| One of the girls, both quick-witted and
! cool, hesitated in her walk long enough 10
| whisper warningly, "Be careful with your
| replies. Let us say I invited you al to
| dinner" The policeman approached and
said sternly, stop! Who are you? Where
! are you going? What were you taking
about 2" We told him who we were,
where we Swere going and what We said.
| TT sounds all right: he said, 'but fellow
me anyway" We were then imprisoned
| in little, dark room, without seats or
flood, till the next day at snoon There was
|
Innocent Of any designs against the gov
eminent; but in our Indignation and. dis
| tress we could not help voicing the words
| of DIR. Lyly of Finland, who wrote to his
wife before he was executed for political
reasons: ."Die Rache bel Gott"' God will
! avengeO.
During few hours on that eyentful
day about one hundred and fifty people
were taken into custody, and almost all
! we'll dressed intelligent appearing citi-
zens driven from the. streets One OF the
! prisoners was a wealthy Finlander nemed
Helander, who owned many acres OF land
4 and cattle In Finland His property was
4 immediately conhscated by the Russian
7 government. He pleaded his Innocence
and was released, tho forbidden to re-
! turn to Finland. He was without any
means of livelihood and made effort to
1 recover some of his property, which
caused him to be arrested again. His
relatives thought he was dead till a short
! time ago, when he succeeded in sending
message to his mother by paying the
bailiff (jailer) a hundred rubles $500. The
message read: Il would prefer Siberia or
| death to my present prison"
On Sept. 27 1904, two young men. Baron
Won Forselles and C. H. Wartiainen, both
officers of the civil service of Helsing-
fors, were summoned to st. Petersburg 10
4 take charge of troops en- route to the front.
Just the year before they had returned TO
their homes from seven years of service
. In the Russian army as privates and nat
urally thought they had earned the right
to live in peace. So when they were
1 called to don the military coat again one
of them said: why should we fight the
Japanese for our anime Qittle father Z?
The remark was heard by an Officer OF
the government. and the next minute
their arms were tied behind them. hole
was dug. and the two men placed u
front of it; volley was fired. the grave
filed the, earth made even. and five min
= utes later the place was bare.
These are the merest glimpses OF VIVA
3 the Russian government will do. an
& does to keep it's hold on the people, y
4 crush the instincts of freedom spr1rgini
s. in the breasts of the rank and file;
Z fstifc the consciousness that there
i something better to be gained WHOM I
1 perIueating the masses with rapldlt'
4 startling 10 the powers that be. Misef,
and martyrdom are high prices to pa,
E 1 even for freedom; but dearly bought 2
it be, any price is preferable to opprey
sion, --5 3 80 -Jutta Andersen.