Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-20
nIscvSSED STRIKE QUESTION.
revolutionary Spirit Had Complete
p..s,sslon of Gathering OF Pro-
tssors, students, Directors
or ST. PETERSBURG UNIVERSITY.
o..,,,. Set the lmagnations of Their
Auditors Ailamc With the Spirit
OF Liberty

q, petersburg Feb 20, $40 p M
rrs shirt Of revolution had complete
ssossiop Of the great meeting OF
.,o,o.sors students and directors OF
AZ 81 petersburg university which
s..smbed today to discuss the ques-
,on Of Joining in the strike inaugurated
ry similar institutions in Russia ana
,.,,ied 10 close the diversity until fail
s,n.drons of Cossacks again paraded
me streets, when the meeting broke up
..oodaly the Neysky PROJECT and the
rarhborhood Of the Kazan cathedral
which is at point where student
demonstrations usually occur
The meeting was held in the auditor
fun Of the university, a sprawling pile
Of yellow buildings on Basil island,
Yeya hail being comparatively small
and inadequate 10 hold one-lifth OF
NE large throng present The cathedral
was packed and the doorways and vim
dow embrasuros were banked with stu.
dents. II was a strange gathering.
Most Of the students were poorly
clad and an were IN a state OF intense
excitement, their very eyes burning
with zeal A small rostrum in a corner
was occupied by the speakers. a bell
With which the student who presided
tried to stop the thunders Of applause
With which the orators were greeted
was completely unavaillng From the
outset student orators set the magma
tor Of their AUDITORS aname with the
spirit Of liberty particularly dcnounc-
hg the course Of the government, de-
carlng thar promises could no longer
await and that the only satisfaction
would be freedom Of speech, and the
converting Of a national assembly. This
was coupled with a demand for ending
The war Almost every orator went
back to the French revolution for par.
a'es Again ana again was Russia de-
q. ed TO be on the eve of revolution.
WIN burning words the student de-
NilOed the affair OF Jan. %, which he
%ld at last solidiiod the interests of
We Liberals Amid "A storm Of cheers
ne announced that a continuation OF
study was impossible while such a
struggle was In process and said IL was
me ully or me young men there as,
@mbled and others like them to return
70 tnelr homes In the provinces and
spread the agitation.
some OF the professors tried TO stem
ine ude with moderate counsels. adyig.
lag the students to go back to their
down wac 'o"'eu
When Prof speranzl, one Of the
SspeakeIs related the fact that Gen.
IiepoH had threatened not TO hermit
any student who left his studies. to re
sn'er any OF the big universities. the
Hsm'ement was received with verita-
Die howl Of rage.
TO INVESTIGATE CAUSE OF MS.
CONTENT.
e.. petersburg Feb. 2O-Senator
SululoIskl president Of the commission
ep.Viu'e9 by Emperor Nicholas TO as
,ss,'elu Ile causes of discomfort among
wv WORKING classes OF ST. PETERSBURG.
,5, uo'e issued today invites the em-
,,,I.v's ana WoIkmen TO elect represent
tu'es 10 sll ON the commission Fac
,.g o"ueIs ana contractors employ
w. NY Jess than n hundred persona
~ tuu'ieQ 10 elect five representatives
ue ulHercnt industries. while the
aoIMneh or the various establishments
Az Az Vno9se electors who March 3 viii
wv % delegates TO serve on tho COM
,ussioh. Each establishment empIoy-
,s lV0 to 300 persons Is entitled 10
ss"Sose one elcctor and those EMPLOYING
~ 10 lOO0 persons are entitled to an
etcuon for each 500 workmen Roth
meh and women are entitled IN vote
Dul delegates must be men who have
tys sol az least a year In their respec-
he bsaV.olles ana must be freely elected
,s,s n'e WORKERS themselves without In
Tt,,Slee on the part Of the employers.
skI 'r lole ISSUED by Senator Shidlov-
We delegates. ''''0'' Vi
,tna h attempt Of few reactiona~y
,suenls 70 hold an opposition meet
ns, e ~ IN a dismal failure. Less
ana ' ny ov Students responded to the call
Th uls meeting was abandoned
dsn,. 'g~ Foreign newspaper correspon-
varst, VINO were admitted to the Uni.
slarwy were impressed with the incen-
Ns Cnaracter OF the meeting and with
ttvdo Susoigte freedom with which the
w ss any, showing that the auditorium
nsdt '','eu win government spies boldly
trso 'e themselves liable to the charge Of
slo a'on IN the minds eye one Could
nS,il. s PUCK out the Mirabeaus and Des-
pStulns and possibly Dantons ana
"JIVespierres OF thief uture
on,. SEEMED strange with the soldiars
,Ss ',ue ready 10 crush anything Ia
ibs, nature Of street demonstratlon
Il r Sucn q meeting was allowed II
u,dn. ossary to explain, however that
tbor,. lhe law once meeting ia au-
less "yq lhe police cannot stop N nm
tber, lne university directors call
e,aa,e speeches grew more and r,oro
si1'su An address from Itnilan
trese.1d was read denounclnp no
psra.{ on January 22nd ana lie
sbd tyranny Of the burenucracv
Rn,.tls Expressing sympathy with Tho
WI aspirations for liberty
was tsl shortly after o'clock a recess
gan s SSNen the whole student bodv no..
Which IIslng the Russian "Marseiilais I"
Country - '''i'ns OF Love OF Your
a VIVA scene followed
written. 'eu nag on which was
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