Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17
RUSSIA DRIVING OUT JEWS
Forced Migration from the Pale IN
Steady Progress EOv.
INJUSTICE DONE 10 FINLAND
Many LawyerN Psint Oaa that Abre-
Estfsn 81 RtEhts 80 uleEAl. but
Ruusta Doea Vet Care
fer Thta-
BIZ GEORGE FRAsER


ST PETERSBURG. Ap-l ls Especial
Dispatch 10 TThe Bee p--While avoiding pro
grams and o1hsr violeaI rneasursE the sK-
pulsiuu q Jews from Russia is going
quietly but ruthlesslr. Pressure is being
put On the Hsbrswt throuEhout Russia and
tbey are leaving Rishtni,ff, Kisff. Wur-
Oussh. Riga and other points In the Pale
by the scors The gortrunsu1. Il not Ao-
lively encouraging the Enti-stWiEh move
msnt. 10 osrrainly taking 10 steps 20 EtUp
il and there 10 q well formed belief that in
reality they R-s bshlna tie whole affair.
Law lEakep No Matter
Th recent declaration uf the Cuufsrsnoe
uf International lawyers that Russia is
acting Illegally in attempting 70 ahroEEis
Finnish rights 'of Bslf-E0rsrunsnt sECiteE
only lanuuid interest and VIII have no
effect whatever on Eussia's plans for seal
ing with Finland II hns been decide6 that
the interests Of the empire demand radical
changes in FINLAND ana they wfu be made
Emp@ror TO Live al Sea-
Notwithstanding the severity q the
tssrinzs recent nervous breakdown. hsr
imperial majesty is now In much better
health. I am informed. and il is intended
that for At least six months. she VII live
entirely on board the Russian royal yacht
Standard w-hich is 10 anchor off the Fin
nish coast, about $40 miles from 81 Peters
burg. The tsETdnE is naturally very healthy
woman but the frequent discoveries that
the moBi ronf5dsntiBl uf her domestic ser
wants were but gmissHTies Of the nihilists
has kept her in a stale uf rnonsu1RrT neTv-
Gus apprehension for The lives Of her nrile
ones for years Only a. DHrmErEdt her
brothsr's castle in Germany or on boBra
THE Standard does her majesty obtain any
relief from the mental torture Of her posi-
tiun-
Her Maid q Man
Russian society is amused al the sKpsr-
isncs Of countess well known in sorietv
who, & year ago. engaged a moe looking
mAhd. That maid was quite compHtent.
especially in hRir-dressinE. The countess
WRs rather surprised when detectives called
and asked her 70 line up her servants. The
ras6-7he competent mHi6-zRE discovered
To be a man. and q suspected murderer
who had for a year successfully pretended
70 be . woman
G1rRs Commit smiesae.
Thrps young girls the Mile LAur1sr. Gzlt
GllsG- KR1mRlne neather more than y
yssrs q sEs, committed SUICIDE logedhs.
rspsutlF by swallowing poison.
Ths Eirls first played Chupin'E FuDerAl
1nA-nk and then tnok the deadly drng. Nc
motive Ia given fer their deed
CrueA JaGler COnvtctes.
A belEtsd conviction has been obtained Al
MesouW against a EaoleT and q policeman
who had Euh3ectSd prisoners IN The prison
of Sn0lsnEk 10 severe torture with The
view of compelling them 10 confess &c
crimes Of Ehich they were innocent IL
the Indictment Of ths Eaolsr and his con-
rBds. q WAS stated that -four prisoners told
the ASSISTANT rr0cursr e the ErnsasnEl
oourt- during an inHDecr5gu of the prison
the SerDsnoff the Bhu1oE. and SoldRaen-
EOt1. 3 policeman. had baste1 them witt
a rubber knot IN order - 1ar,e them tc
confess crimes Of which they had been &C
cIIssd. These horrors took place in segtem-
ber, 1RDs. Although the Eutb0r4t5ss have
knOEn about them for a year Hnd q half
The t0rrurErH we're allowed 10 ountinus
working IN The priBon. The defence pr
forward by the lawyer Of the accused Wss
curious He said that thty had beer
brought up in the cd school; that In Tor.
turing prisoners they were carrying out Z
4 system which flOur1sbed under other ,cundj.
tsunE and WaS nov being changed.
After this explanation The court took Z
lsnSeut view Of the case. sencnoff wa,
condemned TO six month"; Imprisonment
and the assistant turturer g9t off with tH,
m0nfhs arrest