Поиск по творчеству и критике
Cлово "KILL"

1. To the editor of "The Times" (Издателю "The Times")

Входимость: 2. Размер: 12кб.

1. To the editor of "The Times" (Издателю "The Times")

Входимость: 2. Размер: 12кб.

Часть текста: very truthful and beautiful correspondence concerning the Russian Universities. He says,—«The two main grievances, of which the students, had to complain at the outset were the abolition of their uniforms, and the imposition of certain tuition fees». The first assertion proves that Mr. Williams did not attentively read your correspondence; the second, that he does not understand the state of things in Russia, in spite of his having travelled in that country. The uniforms were worn by order of the government, and. during the reign of Nicholas the rules regarding them were so stringent that the uniform was for the students rather a subject of hatred than of love. Certainly, they did not much trouble themselves about the abolition of it, though they knew that in the present time it was abolished in order to excuse any aggression of the police against the students, who had the right to claim the protection of the authorities of the University. The tuition fees, however small they may seem to Mr. Williams, are too heavy for poor men in Russia; and, as the instruction in our country was a gratuitous one ever since the establishment of colleges — as the government maintains them with the State's revenues — it had no right at all to withdraw the sums destined for that purpose, and to employ them for other wants. But still the students kept the peace, and formed, in silence, a fund with voluntary contributions to help those who were not rich enough to pay the fees. Now, this fund has been seized by the government, and the new rules submitted the students to a constant system of espionage and police persecution. If admiral Putiatin did not consent to the new...