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Show Itl'sMA.N TUUN.W. At Moecow, a short tlmo since, aboutahunJreil members of leading families wire arrested. Among Ihein were prominent literary meu aud women, ocholars and others. They wire thrown luto prlinu. Their alleged crime was a -3lltlcal cllense. Au exchange ex-change thus dell nea II. 'They wero eoneorned In a peaceable movement for Ibe ro-cstabltsbmcnlof Ihe old Ti msky Islior anemblletwhlih were a pruiulnent feature of the ltusslan government gov-ernment under Ihe early Uxors, They boltaved the Interests of tho people and the nation would bo tl suti-served suti-served by giving them some votco In affairs, even It that votco was but u weak one with Uttto more thin the Miwer to protest. Whit they advocated was no ii.hlllsllo Innovation, no Invasion of Western Idoss regarding liberty and self government, but merely a revival of an oM ltimlan Institution, taluiblo In Its time, and worth trying now as a means of remedying soma of Ihe present ovlls. Notwithstanding this fact llio leaders wero ruthlessly arrrated, and tho government his found, It Is declared, de-clared, that tho 'plot' has elteuded widely wide-ly and Included a large number uf prominent prom-inent ersons In parlous parts of tho empire. em-pire. Neveral hundred others hso boon arrested In tho past four days and more will doubtless bo added to the number from time to time, as the malice of tho polleo liniglliea ailvpklous things concerning con-cerning thettit Tho government ten. sorshlp of tho telegraph Is vory rloeo, and Information regarding this gross outrsgo la necesiisrlly scant, but ll Is bellovod tho prluclpat facts hive been learned. If they areas given above, tho lato of llio unfortunsuis under arrest, many of whom will In alt llkollhood cud tholr Uvea In hlUrla, must call forth wotld.wldo symtuithy. It wss an honest and reasonable agltullon In fuorofa very moderato roform, yet thoso ingageil In It are branded as ciliuliisls and tho movement aa treasonable, t'nder eiirh clrctlitiitinersls It any wonder men lie-come lie-come nlhlllik' Nothing could be Utter calculate.! to mako ansrehlstsof the best thlukers uf the day thsn such Infamously harsh and cruet rtes.totlkiii. lluwltwlll elel, or when. Is the Hphllix queslltm of thodiy, lint It will tx atrange Indeed If aueh repression and unreason does not eventually reap abloody hancstof terror audrevolttlhiii." |