RUSSIAN TROUBLES | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 13, 1879

RUSSIAN TROUBLES.

Russia, like the rest of Europe, is feeling the occasional premonitory throes of hidden volcanic fires. The following from the Inter-Ocean of March 5 reveals the startling occasion the Russians have to fear trouble from the revolutionary classes:—

THE NIHILISTS.

St. Petersburg, March 4.—It is certain that there is united activity among the revolutionary classes in Russia. They display almost incredible boldness. A publication declaring that the Governor of Charkoff had been condemned to death by the Russian Socialist party for the inhuman treatment of political prisoners, and that the act of assassination was consequently executed by one of that party, was openly posted in the halls of the university on the day after he was shot. It is believed in St. Petersburg that the Nihilists are interested in spreading reports concerning the plague. It is said that two of Professor Botkin’s assistants are leading Nihilists. The day before the bulletin was issued concerning the sick footman, they went about declaring exultingly that Professor Botkin had a case of the plague in his hospital.

A SECRET PRINTING PRESS.

The Official Messenger says: “The police discovered a secret printing press at Kiev. On entering the apartment they were met by a storm of bullets. One officer of the gendarmes was killed, and two gendarmes were wounded. Eleven men and five women were arrested. Four of the former were dangerously wounded.”

“On the premises in Kiev upon which the gendarmes made a descent were found and seized printing material, counterfeit seals of the various public departments, forged documents, revolutionary pamphlets, and a number of revolvers and poniards.”

A later dispatch says:—

The Russian government has discovered a plot to forcibly liberate the imprisoned Nihilists, and it has proof of revolutionary designs on the part of the prisoners.