Show OZAR AND NIHILIST scarcely a day comes but brings some fresh no tt from russia tho spreading of abo nihilistic agitation throughout the azars czars wide realm and about some new oppressive measure of tho givs eminent to endeavor to add additional dit ional proof that tho disastrous condition in of russia is only a natural consequence of the despotic rule and the general corruption connected therewith would be carrying bedbugs to moscow the cognizance of the tru roots of the evil baa become so general that even strictly conservative german papers give the czar the open advice not to expect an improvement pro of the social chaos anc political only by a better education of the children but also to grant to the men the present gen er Alion a participation in tho reformation of the political status of the country if other conservative organs to which the deiy word liberal is an horror and an abomination kretem to have found the cause of the raak growth of the revolutionary spirit in russia in the restless foreign policy of the government this is merely a sign of their embarrassment the more tangible as they themselves confess that not much is to be an from the most rigorous treatment of the nihilistic agitation all these voices of the public press in the neighboring state of germany show that even the conservative cir clab in berlin have come to a comprehension of the true cause of the social disturbance of russia but are too timid to recommend the only adequate measures to cope with the evil the taciturnity of the russian press on the recent trial of leo one of the boldest champions of the destruction of tha existing order of things although brought up in the doctrines of the roman catholic church proves that they dare not express themselves it is at least not likely that the st petersburg paper molva which was recently for indiscretion with an official prohibition of the reception of private advertisements for two months expresses its sincere view of the order f thing when it exclaims god our lord reveal thy grace to us give us peace and trans quil lity hide not thy face from us nor deprive us of thy holy ghost it is an opposition paper slops over with such hypocritical unction in politics I one thing is most palpable that there is an insuperable timidity in addressing anything like advice to the government the people are silently to suffer and obey when after the of april 14 last year a few provincial assemblies responded to the appeal of the government to society by referring to the political impotency of that very declined all further responses and advises even sending some of tle prominent advisers into exile for giving a sincere opinion for which they had been asked official lyl when the municipal delegate of st petersburg met for deliberation the chief magistrate nag istrate expressed himself thus the disease of these last thirteen years has matured t group of people we know not who they are morbid minds unfortunate wretch s who go about to destroy the exiting order of things to blow it up but in this conference we are not to speak of them because they only deserve our detestation and compassion what can wo do however we are called to no state activity jut we society must be at all arnes ready to execute the orders of he higher powers for the eradication inthe evil the complaint and the reproach are clearly audible while the real assassinating con count only by hundreds he true conspirator society dissatisfied with the present situation numbers by millions and on account of the few the many are made to suffer and if only alie government had achieved anything jay their repressive measures nothing is more ridiculous than when the russian government asserts that first the moral phyllon phyl lox era of nihilism roust bo eradicated before concessions to liberalism can be thought of the one is not possible without the other for with the increasing despotism grow atla the sympathies of society at large for the fanatics which attempt to put the revolutionary ideas into tern reality this wo saw in the general satisfaction which was manifested when the temporary governor general of st petersburg commuted the death sentence pronounced on into ard labor for an ite term of years although the mean adopted by the advanced radicals may bo deprecated and deplored their end and intention is generally approved and induces the masses to regard the criminal excesses with leniency as being the natural it tic outraged leeling of the people such an impression seems to have been created arside and of the halh of justice by the 21 years old conspirator who lad fired two shots on gen chief of the secret police fortunately not fatal on his first hearing birkl bad declare ahat in the execution of the attempt be bad not been guided by any personal but had seen in the of police a force by which thal in thresta of the revolutionary party were materially injured wherefore ho had revolved to give utterance to bla protest by bome dadd to this blew the prisoner faithfully adhered when bis before abo cobit martial at being thai the society to which he belonged wa con criminal and hi deed an as ai nation ho political society to which ho not intend to destroy adv thing but deira tf re establish reestablish order and justice the greatest liberty and independence of all religions on a solid foundation you cannot consider mo na an as he exclaimed buforo bis judges for in that case you also who aro shooting bad hanging us would bo assassins assis sins yn arc representing one party wo ho other you arc for tho government we are against it hence we are arrayed in opposite camps and aro enemies this is a contest a war no vile assassination and who are my judges all of you belong to tho parly hostile to roe who do not des pise to adopt alie means used by me he added ho had not intended to kill gen Drent eln but to punish liim for having sanctioned the execution of BO many legal crimes in his capacity as chief of police the violent means used by him had transgressed the legal bounds and in the duel which he had had with Drent eln the odds had been against him as he could easily be captured how little he hoped to escape was evident from the fact that he carried poison with him for any emergency admit said in his concluding assassination is a bad weapon but unfortunately it is at present indispensable pen sable to us for it affords us the only opportunity to fight with you wo are only using your own ceass ures we arc firmly convinced that truth is on our side that we are fanatics of conviction yes we are fanatical sl tomorrow to morrow I may have to die but hundreds will replace me we are marching against bruto force as the first christians went into martyrdom and we die loye and whatever one may think of these views which are strongly tainted with insanity there exist sufficient indications that russian society regards tho carriers and champions of these ideas rather as demented il than as depraved criminals this good understanding between the assassins and society seems to have been understood by tho czar when ho said in moscow that the evil had taken deep roots out of the handful of criminals the government talked of in an official publication after april irth 1879 has become a great multitude of the state of siege with its oppressive restrictions if not extinction abfall rights of popular meetings and free speech there is no use for the czar to desire a pacific and glorious devel of russia unless he at the same time gives up the old notwithstanding the strict censure exercised by the government on the russian press now and then dark allusions and obscure innuendoes ei are whispered on ahe interior changes on our domestic hearth the foundations of our future political life the impending reforms in our administration the longing for a thorough change of the existing system can no longer bu and suppressed and if the bow should be stretched much more taut it would be very likely to break is the very hands of the ill advised archer concessions must necessarily be made not to that crowd of erasper ex asper anted fan bics tics who are rather reckless in their handling of dagger pistol and dynamite but to the great patient and forbearing mass of tho people who have already paid so dear for the glorious development of the country and would fain see the pacific one ushered in |