The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-01-10

selves conquered by Russia, but
united 10 her for their own clear
advantage; therefore not only
t1eir civil but their political laws must be
"Ah'nhed To-day century after those
words were written there nj last
s"ou nope that Alexander Is intention may
ne permanently fulfilled writes RosaIind
ifavers Hyndman ia New York Sun
race of Mougolian origin and language, tho
Suomilaiset' or people OF The iens--werc Chris
thhiAH very early In the thirteenth century
~ The Swedes who treated them the
~hhe with equality aud ixsc1cc, and intermnrricd
WIN them freely. not, however, allowing the Fin.
hish language TO be written or spoken 10 any ex.
tent. The result that In 1905 Russia con
qnered people who spoke Swedish aud regarded
themselves ms independent Swedes: and although
the rims have passed through enormous national
changes In the course OF the century. Russians OF
inc ruling Glasses could never get II OF their
READS that Finland desired 10 belong to Sweden
again.
The governors of Russla. having much vastcr
Affairs In hand. did not realize that the remark
able development OF Finnish natIonalism was dl-
frTteu. hrst aud last. against the Swedish Ian
Euage and Finno Swedish domination. The Finnish
language was spoken only by the remote peas
anfry and Finnish names even legally
recognized Yet meanwhile. n great movement
wnS steadily growing up for the revival of Fin
iand's own singuiariy rich and beautiful tongue.
The Finnish people began 10 think OF their
country as suomi something utterly distinct
from Sweden or Russia having n language aud
literature of It's own From 1910 onward, when
Lonnrot published the second edition or the "Kae.
Vala Finlands national epic. educated Firms were
beginning To give up Swedish M means OF com
munlration aud learning To- the strange aim
cult, sonorons language which their birth.
right
Naturally this development soon cleft the coun.
Try 10 two. Many Firms urged. not unrcnsonahly.
hat hard lts A.,
rie to cut themselves on from Scandinavia FROM
Russia. from the rest Of Europe In fact "hy
climbing on To n language island" In this way. Hut
nationallsm trunphe la 1893 the mice little
constitution granted by Alexander II left the
Films free 10 govern themselves In all internal
matters In n fairly representative manner, and
from this time the study 81 Finnish became nm
Integral part of the general education.
The use of The revived language of Finland
grew ~ fast that Swedisrs speaking Films began
~ find themselves In minority, aud In 1894 AFTER
"a very ho, debate the Finnish language wns placed
on an equality With Swedish In the Finland sen.
ate. "Svckonun" (Swede- Flnu) aud "Feunomnn'
tFinnsh-finnl became cries OF warfare and The
language conflict fell roughly into line with the
divisions OF class, The progressive and probe
tartan elements Ia the country We're Fennoman
while the middle class. conservative and uristo.
cratic forces were FOR n long while by speech AMI
traditinns Swede
aston kept strictly To that policy of detnchment
and Independence Witch has always markedsthem
They took part at all la Russian affairs and
showed little interest IN those ~ Scandinavia:
they appeared Ia Europe grnetnll, rs self.ccn.
tered n n Chinese colouy in the West might be
Finland meant tu work out her salvation alone
In literature and art Indeed the country was open
ia European influences fuf The Films have always
h.en great travellers wandering about the CONT
n"ot With cold, errrai>lng eyes selecting AMI tab
INK hack with them such ideas they considered
likely to be az rhry took political IDEAS ais.
frpm Scandinavia nnd from Germany. hut they
had ma desire Ia make propaganda for their own
ideas their own race,
Yet Inevitably the. were bound iu he ii CROWN.
trouble To the Russian Eo,e rutn,ut und a ANN,
hhng hleek . raeSav p"ltrs obviously . ,ruto.
crnHe and almost s'if 80, erulHg proNln VA. ait
~ place among ia. folds ~ the sast atto,ruuf
rule Which covered ail The RusSia~ then
lini far merr btpnft ant objection was this.
The dueh, ~ Finland aleu- IA language character
rnd administration Sn~ a complete break ln Tint
schefur Of "il~ Fa> Homogeneous Russia stretch.
tx from thr N1Ea Ean roJ>t to- fhe ray4a. one
30 language laws religion aud so, ernm, nt-thpf
af,am II giant ur.b sud ponufous Witch seems
- have het tHs. nIst- - th. directors nf Rn~.fa
Ter - aear, sad ntn-c. There ~eeps little doubt
ikat Ah. ,t"tss,rH aAuast} cherished this design
the u"hrnzull,rtis dld ttut nt .MlIIrt Fnrot,,
u Ma> slinilar huge duli m5guAerrt nii~shF.,.
Idsa tramping even more wbisix ny,r ia,
rights Of other nations mud intended IA pro,,ue,
On even more di>lnat uhtforuIt, If rule
30, dlsaassAona'-,s Aieu 81 and the Finn even
when considering his uWn miNfartnu.. - amt
nsh's oishHssi"t.a'e liussias hrst attack upan
he liberties 81 Finland ga lS:g, was fn,vttulle :
catastrophe of nature. There i Htll,. nasl >,
recall The bad years" from 1879 Ia 1906 when ,n
finnish constitution va. suspended and ,h, -
ny was placed under the rule Of n military diets.
tor, aesers! Bserike. The, form . n,
>ss."'a OF press censorship disInissniS al ,.tfr
Etais. Illegal arrests and exile = ""'''
:. k'es' strike OF i9ooiaO6. however unxuc-
's ~ ia main objects achieved two things