The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-24

str rlio dema I'd i for q const ituti0iia N gov
5erilnent IA n Russia, which has groWit,.ny
leps an within te lss e en-
list AGO. kingme In its behalt
SScityfof5 81. Petersburg alone, Is not o MOD
er1l lopment he CzarSas en 1 eao
which CSnr%A Alexander III In ;aJ.s Imperial
SrcscrIpt ,SF protested against the polltica l
doctrine of r the soverelg " Of peoples;
tho deana t9r dTee Sea speech
md conscience, for the equalftysso the ne
people, has grown without cea sing . q
y al RexatdclsSI II. 81 recognized the demand
RI n on Nlarcl, 1al tho total eanci
tlon OF 49, serfs throug iIout Sthe en-
First ppeal il, 1861
III III " NoYenlber N Of the same year tho
no bles themselves 81 gned q pet ton. ass +
ing for
Ter II NJ dlsregaTded Its and began "a sy
tenn Of frenctlonary measures Intended to,
Suppress the growth of he sentitnen for
popular governnent u ,hlI l, y,
sreaaested thSscsar Is estab lsh 6 const--
stutlonal form OF government land g 1esttabs
slisha d Parliament, with two q H 9uses 2 ~
Repres Isl De-
In March Tie mobiles held tteir first
national assembly to demand a1l$ extell-,
sion Of political H rights. Al thQuEll S they
tsHaa Sa
sian peopletale right Of trial l y, ury,
1874 nsza the stFIdent hEsatfpF 6o
Saap en-
sVersitIes was discovered !, 81 Its lea der was
$sergius etsch. H und reds q arrests fol
iDTsa and 9f 51s
Nihilist Terror Begins. FL
~, t1,y
tho lhilistEmoyemert. In the latter part
of 1871, nlmedlatelY ter tho Paris com,
5nune. tho Society Of the ssIetgu scinzli,.t
was form ed at NJ scow, n and ssli 1872 the
organized at 81, Petersburg, SWlIg branches
at M oscoW, Is loft. n Cd essn. iragan-.
3Yog and other Russian cl Il X sss
ht es R
the workm en- and the pea Sa q; 7,
prosecuted their work amoils the work.
They finally ;lbandone ed b tl1e faNs fort and
again turned the:rs attertlo pE the stu
8acing that d general attdck was made
}d deaI5 and and "nlnety-three persois men and
Cd, Ct tne N
IThe trial ended on Februar SIS. One
hundred and sixty persons }yges,e sentenced
quilted and the rest exl leG.s a IN e. 81
Assassins Take y r. lthe{S Work. 81
zasSI}e %eg ;op So H'rf
by attempting the Fnssassl t2n ol tIeLts
oral Trepoff then Of. tn the
Russian secret Dol = eE4Nacaeiine was
olutionary w pro ap gi MOSCOW
aid Other largo cities, 1liist trials
were in constant PROF 8. I, y q. !. = 4
August A. lss set apf,s oce Was
light. Military law then ltl1erseded ci Ey1
D Dec II, 1875 the students presented
d EpetitionSto tho Czarevitph sialterwardst
Alexander III complaining Of g,riey Y
stosss he ssad WEI
FEBRUARY e. iS7R. Prince Demetrlus Kra-I
potkine Governor as ttss sias
a aes to Y ass as General Drentelon
chief OF The ST. Petersburg 2pol Ice.
Under Rule ofEMartial Law.
81 AlsSsIHIssr, y i ~ 4Sa
P eofl Odessa 81 and nd Waraw Arrests:
ais, convictions and eXecu 10 ~ OF y lhl-
S5s Ters Of a az logan Series
Spfuttenlptc to assasslnate Alexand 4 y,
On that date the imperial train was IN,
dermned and alI explosion !, e d Y Z ~
wrecked the basgage car. NO one wa 3 .
IThrce days later a reyolut ionary 4 m
ifesto was spread broadcast over Ella'o.
Ssa s KSssi Dn e az saf a''npt
winter palace was discovered and 'frus-
On on February III 1880. another Plot to {
explosion ea Of dynamite9nnd gun cotton ln
tic guard room under the dining room 81.
tho Car killed eleven soldiers and wounds
ed forty-seven The Czaa, esetlpe etI
aseaheral Loris Melikoff was appolnted
president Of u! supreme eSecutlye CONF
mission aud given almost dlctatollal POW y !;
srs to9snppress the peoPes demands fof
MelikoH's Plan for Reform.
No man ever tried more faithttully to
eSnye II Lor kas MelKo He told Tic czay
ld dIssMniss must i,i 10 S,s Hear Heard
ny AleSanasr e astpersl
sti I'tit cohventionn. The Car agreed.
General Melikoff's plan did not q: restrict q
the antoeratc power pr nc s,zar y. Y! Y
to be constituted as follows ssiG
Il FIrst--phe thlrty-twp PROV nces Gro 10
elect one or two represent Yes each, N
ponoshStn y to Msle p9Pa5l9t fSss
zenstYos. .5i.ff{ 8sf@5 .t5
Second manislpal q smbl {, ~ ~,
lsPctersburg and Moscow We're 4, to$ elect twn
REPRESENTATIVES, eael, and those n few
here no local SELF government