The Archive · 1907

A DYNAMITERS' UNIVERSITY

The trial of eleven Russian students, which is proceeding at Terioka, Finland, ear the Russian Frontier, discloses the extraordinary fact that the Terrorists had established near Terioka a regular University. for bombists, with lectures delivered by qualifial professors and a continuous stream of ardent, studios youth pouring towards the place all parts of Russin, The building wherein the young iden was thus taught, not only how to shoot, but abo how to prepare bombs consisted of adetatchet villa situated ina lonely spat near the andthe attention of the Finnish police was first drawn to this villa in May last, by the crowds of students repairing to ime: and by the strange acti ned there at night, when the windows lit up with a dull red glow which shone ly he waters of the Gulf of Finland.

Tu conseynence of these peculiar ous and of the urgent requests of the Russian Secret Police, the police raided the place and captured there cloven students, also some bombs and a great collection of expensive, mp-to-date, chemical apparatus, "The trial the prisoners bean before a Finnish judge on July 3, the charge being simpl "unlawful preparation of explosives." The accused, whose ages ranged tween 17 and 25, bore themselves very unconcernedly. The Rector pride on his face, Teheshsky further informed the jude that he had succeeded preparing twelve different sorts. of dynamite, Asked to give an estimate, expert in such things, of the amount of dynamite which could mie from the che answered & Twe the accused that wanted to make borubs—were even horrified at the suggestion, When confronted with the fine collection of Jamul and infernal machines which hud been fonnd on their premises, they senzed then open-mouthed for a moment, as if they had never aren sich things.

and finally said that these singular tx had been accidentally left bel visitors About twenty persons wei fro lectures at the tin the police raid was made lents always arriving, and full-fledged graduates always going away (with their diplomas, of course), it was sone what difficult for the Court to yet at the exact number of students, There were only twoelasses—one, a preparatory class, wherein only chemistry was. studied the other an advanced close wher lectures were delivered on the th explosives. ulige asked Kanne sky. a young miber of the ang (with, by the-by, a perfect mastery: of tone languages), whether it had ever ocrurned to him that there was anything illegal or, x9 to xay, queer, abnormal, about this school; whereanto the Pole, who seemed surprised and hurt, answered: OF course not 1°" Kamenet= sky also adioitted his ardent lo science and when the judge asked xeraffly. What use did your knowledge of chemistry he replied somewhat hesitatingly, © Well, sir, yon see, sir, hew hem! T wanted as a matter oF fact to enter the Russian origin If of

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