Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-03-28
: IW99 /.

new era in the life of the Austrian Ukraine. But
these years that We're so 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 receptions. The promises made
were completely forgotten for the most part, and
the Ukranians of Galicia, after having aided the
Austrian government in it's combat against the
rising of the Polish aristocracy, We're left to the
INSCRIPTIONS rule of these same nobes into
whose hands the whole administration of Galicia
passed once again in the year 1850.
Thus arose a painful crisis in the national life
of the Ukrainians Of Gacia. Dissillusons and
doubts followed another and the way was
open for the Russophil current toward which the
Polish aristocracy was eagerly driving the Tx
rainian element.
The arrival Of fresh Ukrainian immigration
coming in 1868 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
to 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 was called, took firm hold of the
people in Gaicia, did it fail to keep in touch
with the Ukranian movement in Russia as we'll.
The end of the century was signaized by
rapprochment between the two Ukraines This
had a most happy result for the national life
thanks to the reciprocal control exerted on po-
litical questions.
From this moment the progress of national Gull
ture in Russian Ukraine has made rapid progress,
in spite of all attempts made to stop its course
The stormy years of 1904-19O6 brought to the
fore the whole question of the Russian reaction
airy powers. The Petrograd academy addressed
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 (Ukranians) In
the most positive manner this memoir affirms the
right of existence to the Ukrainian language and
literature. In spite of this the delay brought
about in the progress of the language was not
Immediately dissipated; this only occurred in
1906 when the law concerning newspapers was
repealed This law did away with all restrictions
IN respect OF special dioms, under which term the
Ukrainian language was included
1t looked at this period as if the most ioyous
future We're in store for the Ukrainian movement
in Russia Influenced by the aspirations toward
political liberty shown by their brethren the Aus
trian Ukrainians also claimed universal suffrage
Gacia was moved by stronger national i'm
pulse than it had ever known before II wos
hoped that once "occumenical'' Ukraine achieved
freedom in Russia, its intellectual and poitical
power would be strong enough to release It's sis
ter states from foreign hegemony. These homes
however, We're not realized. A reactonary
movement disappointed all hopes, and all the
promises made to the Russian people in 1905 and
1906 were completely forgotten. This blow was
especially hard for Ukrainians
Under the blow of the survival of the old aspir-
ations and the disilluslons they had received
there arose party in the Ukraine who wished ia
attempt once again the fight for the independ.
ence of the country Such hopes which are found
In the associations of the nationalist youth at
the end of the nineteenth century awoke once
again with renewed energy in spite of the illluck
which had always hitherto pursued them