The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-21

Professors Adopt stinging Resoiu- tions-strong Demands Made-Legis- Iatiye Assembly on Basis of Uniyer-
 sal, Equal and Secret Ballot-Also q PeopIe's Militia In Which All Citizens
 Can Fight to Realize Their Aspira- tiens-0ther Demands.
 St. Petersburg, Feb. 21.-1:40 a. m.,- With the decision of the student body
 and professors Of the great university
 of St. Petersburg yesterday to suspend studies for the remainder of the uni versity year, almost the whole educa-
 tional system has entered upon a peri
 cd of stagnation--the protest of the
 youth of Russia against the bureau.
 cratic system and other governmental
 grievances. Other universities of Rus- sia, the gymnasia and even grammar
 schools, were already on strike, and the military in various portions of the
 empire have been obliged to resort to force to restrain school boys of tender years, who are joining the general
 movement. The meeting of St. Peters burg students, at which over 5000 par. ticipated, besides voting with practical unanimity to suspend studies until Sep. tember 1, adopted a set of political res olutions demanding the formation Of a constituent assembly and characteriz- ing the proposed summoning of the far thp emergency. The resolutions, after speaking of ''the progressive demoral-
 ization of Russia under the influence of the absolute regime" declare for freedom of speech, the press con
 science, the right of association and as senlbly and to. strike, which are de scribed as necessary conditions for the further progress of Russia. The meeting also unanimously de cided to express disapproval of the ac- tion of the government in dealing with the workmen who attempted to present their petition to the emperor on #Jantl- ary g and it's sympathy with the yicr tin1s of the soldiery. A large faction voted ill favor Of stopping the war. A strong revolutionary feeling was man. ifested at the meeting, the red flag was waved and the Marseillaise and other revolutionary songs were chanted. A large portrait of the emperor in the great auditorium of the university where the meeting was held was torn in strips. The police did not interfere. Strong forces Of police and Cossacks had been posted outside the buildings | to prevent an expected street demon- stration, but none occurred. < Many professors and instructors ill the university were present at the meet ing, most of whom were in full sym lpathy with the objects of the assembly,
 Two tutors and small number of students who wished to obtain their diplomas this year made an intellectual attempt to stem the general tide.
 Following is the text of the pream- ble and resolutions adopted at the meeting:
 "Effete Russian absolutism is draw l ing daily-nay, hourly--to it's inevitable doom. PoWerless to cope with an awakened people, ill its agony it de- vises one measure more ridiculous than another and one method more reckless than another to delay it's downfall, It entered upon a criminal adventure in the Far East, which has cost the peo- pie tens of thousands of lives and mill lions of hard earned money. Conscious of its goal, the intelligence of the stu dents has long conducted a stubborn fight to obtain the most elementary human rights, often falling fainting be- fore the brutal force of an unbridled government until at last the proletari- at entered the historic arena, and at the same time, as it came to the knoll edge of itself, dealt czardom the heayi- est blows.
 'The recent bloody events have clear ly shown what absolutism is capable
 of in defense of it's pitiful, shameful ex- istence. The sincere, fraternal, har-
 monious action of the proletariat on those days of January signed the death warrant of absolutism, and without
 doubt insured the speedy political lib eration of Russia. a.'= We, as a section of the educated
 community, conscious of our goal, well come the solidarity of workmen and
 put forward the following demands:
 First, Summoning a legislative as-
 sembly on the basis of a universal, Eequal and secret ballot of male and fe-
 male citizens; freedom of speech; free
 dom of the press; freedom of organiza-
 tion, and of striking. 7
 Second, Amnesty for all who have
 been punished for their political or re-
 ligious convictions.
 Third, The fact of belonging to any
 particular nationality shall not preju-
 dice political rights.
 Further, as a guarantee against in
 terference of the Russian government
 in the free execution of these demands,
 a peoples militia must immediately be
 formed, ill whose ranks all citizens can
 fight to realize our aspirations.
 Recognizing the significance of this
 historical moment, when Russia is
 emerging from a period of ferment into
 open revolt, and when every one has
 but one end in view, we cannot pursue
 our studies, and therefore suspend
 them until September 13. By that time
 events will have furnished new materi-
 al for the solution of these questions"
 Martial Law at TsarslSoe seIo. St. Petersburg, Feb. 20.--MartiaI law