| Show THE NIHILISTS OF RUSSIA notwithstanding the assertions that the nihilists nihilisms lists of russia have been suppressed they seem to have regained more than their former activity and daring reports which the russian newspapers dare not publish show the terrible vol vengeance m 11 ce which the nihilisms nihilists lista lists secretly in inflict ll 11 ic t U upon pon real or suspected traitors to their cause recently a titled lady of wealth madam bertch off eff was found murdered in her palace and when the act was discovered there was no trace of robbery not an article of value having been disturbed all the attending circumstances indicated th the vengeance of the listo with whom she was suspected by the police of having had some connection another case is that of the murder of a captain of the secret police near kiew fhe victim was found still alive bound to a tree and horribly mutilated on his breast was a piece of paper with the words A spy punished by the def eudera of russia affairs Affair dof of this kind increasing in frequency c are causing much anxiety in russia as they are believed to indicate the existence of an extensively ramified conspiracy of occasion ally the p police aice are rewarded by the discovery of the clew to an intrigue and this ls 13 l s followed by numerous arrests and banishments banish ments to siberia the most active colporteurs eurs of nihilism are educated and tenderly reared young women who in their enthusiasm and in their hatred of russian despotism take every risk if detected in propagating pa the doctrines of nihilism or in any other act that a jealous government may regard as hostile to its stability they h ehnow now that death or long exile or imprisonment is inevitable but fanatical zeal and exaltation of spirit render them indifferent to consequences next to these young women the students in the great russian universities are objects of the keenest vigilance on the part of the secret police it Is impossible to prevent tho the students from imbibing a spirit of liberty and an aspiration pi ration for a liberal government for W russia since they can not agitate of discuss above a whisper questions or political and social reform nothing to is more natural than that they should organize secret conspiracies for the accomplishment of their lr ends in a government like russia secret conspiracy for its aver overthrow throw Is laudable and patriotic from occasional evidence that comes to the surface there is reason to believe that the army and the civil service of russia are honeycombed with nihilism with so many elements of combustion in russia it would not be surprising if at an early day its ita despotic government should he swept away by a revolution more terrible than that which destroyed the french monarchy in 1789 philadelphia red record |
