Show THE TYRANNY OP OF RUSSIA finnish liberty being stan stamped d out with ruthlessness the russian authorities intending to make the russian language langu agG comati compulsory in all government departments invited several young finnish faille bunc tio tion aries narles to st petersburg to learn russian under vory advantage advantageous va oils conditions and ana with every prospect t of oln cial promotion when the language ordinance tep was published and these finns saw why they were desired to learn russian they immediately ie signed the russians took charge of the postal system of finland and abol ishad the finnish sit stamps amps thereupon ithe the P inns finns issued a arni mourning 0 U stamp all 11 black except the red arms rans of finland and the naina name of the country in finnish and swedish Swe diah h and stuck it beside the rusi russian ihn stamp on their letters the Rna Stans retorted reported by strictly forbidding its salo sale and destroying all letters which bore it now it is i one of the I 1 curiosities of stamp callec I 1 tors |