The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-03-29

new era In the life of the Austrian Ukraine But
these years that full OF hope soon passed,
to be followed in their turn by the reaction OF
1850. which brought to the Ukrainians Of Galicia
the most bitter deceptions. The promises made
completely forgotten for the most part. and
the Ukrainians of Galicia after having aided the
Austrian government in its combat against the
rising of the Polish aristocracy, were left to the
INSCRIPTIONS rule of these same mobiles. into
whose hands the whole administration of Galicia
passed once again In the year 1850.
Thus arose painful crisis In the national life
Of the Ukrainians of Galicia. Dissusions and
doubts followed another. and the way was
open for the RussophIl current toward which the
Polish arstocracy was eagerly driving the Uk-
rainian element.
The arrival of fresh Ukranan immigration,
coming In 1863 to employ their activity on Cali
clan soil, after the suppression Of the Ukrainian
movement in Russia. cannot, under the circum-
stances, be too highly appreciated. At critical
moment this influence brought the necessary aid
the Ukrainian element, chiefly of the younger
generation-which had remained faithful to the
program of 1S4S.
From about 1880 this popular" Ukrainian move
ment, as 1t called took firm hold Of the
people in Galicia did it fail to keep In touch
with the Ukrainian movement in Russia well.
The end of the century was signalized by a
rapprochment between the two Ukranes. This
had a most happy result for the national life,
thanks to the reciprocal control exerted on po-
litcal questions.
From this moment the progress of national cul.
ture in Russian Ukraine has made rapid progress
in spite of all attempts made to stop its course.
The stormy years of 19O4-19O6 brought to the
fore the whole question Of the Russian reaction
ary powers. The PetrogSad academy addressed
a memorandum to the Russian government prov.
ing that the current conception that the Russian
literary language (Great Russian) was employed
by the whole of Russia was false and did not
include the Little Russians (Ukrainians). In
the most positive manner this memoir aflrms the
right of existence to the Ukranan language and
literature In spite Of this. the delay brought
about In the progress of the language was not
Immediately disspated this only occurred in
1905, when the law concerning newspapers was
repealed. This law did away with all restrictions
in respect of special idioms, under which term the
Ukrainian language was included.
1t looked at this period If the most joyoui
future were In store for the Ukrainian movement
in Russia. Influenced by the aspirations toward
political liberty shown by their brethren the Aus
trian Ukranans also claimed universal suffrage
Galicia moved by stronger national i'm
pulse than 1t had ever known before 1t wa,
hoped that once "occumenical" Ukraine achieved
freedom in Russia, its intellectual and politca
power would be strong enough to release its sis
ter states from foreign hegemony. These hopes
however, were not realized reactionar,
movement disappointed all hopes, and all tn,
promises made to the Russian people In 1905 ant
1906 were completely forgotten. This blow wa
especially hard for Ukranans.
Under the blow of the survival of the old aspir
ations and the disillusions they had receive,
there arose party In the Ukraine who wished I,
attempt again the fight for the ndepend
ence Of the country. Such hopes which are foun,
in the associations Of the nationalist youth a
the end Of the nineteenth century awoke one,
again with renewed energy In spite of the ill-Iucl
which had always hitherto pursued them-