, 1876-12-04

b,,t has n tn!t to tc!lnf .he rn..em3. anf lass-
ncss, not 10 sny lhlrr, witt, wltrl tll"Y nave
yer md lrIurcsl tin men to refuse u|e-
aiGnsc. ~ many ";.n!s thn rs:!sta,rs
uptMseh d.d mt rrtnI!f passive, but Lie
nttr:trt t. ,lH fur'r WAs rnaHtrtl III f|.. sn:'':
WHY, E1nl fIItr than nll1 ,h&c has occurred In
wr', nti1sers we're eIsnt ,lu;n ''ytelr uwl men,
AMI not ty the Turkt. .ttrEE.uI,a u t1IGtr uwtl
ways VI Keeping up dist ll,linr, many 1f Tie
Russian utltcrs tu"snt that thr acsya1 militia
wns eoInM,sct III Htrtl win, tutlkEJcr themselves
trce ctslzs''. a,.l prtah1y mere 50 than tho
same class In any other part nf Europe. III
coultry where there Il 'ot the fantcht trace Ut
nrAtocrnry III nppcrclass nf ally Gt!1, aud where
those WHO ave i!ot so'l'c !an'r:t or lto'.so prop
crty nre quite the exception, the slAvs' demo.
cratic idcas had MI unusually favorable ic!tI Tor
t!cyclopneIt, 10 TINT thu very fleh u discipline
and stibics iltn to tile will u; another Is l"atte
and stetestcl. 1t Is oilly \ year agu ainpe CnnI-
munni law WA passed wi,Ielt I'D away with thc
drtestetl Interference Of officials, anti realized
almost the f.:en Of the Paris Commune, nlnking
carit community wct-illg]I andepcsidci,s 1f the
control of the Central Governments, aud placing
Tic administration III the hands of certyc 1nag-
lstrates, w1n IN their turn, were inat!c depend
CIT t,i, ryury wltm Of the population. Down to
The time wilcn the slfsIa'is got the uprcr lasll,
tic aeryian Afitiatncn cicetrti their ow D1iirrrs,
autl It wns not onu Ut thu cnst curious sights to
sec battalion nr company of fni!ltia1ncn drill
Ing Under the men Of tlicir own choice. II was
like u voluntary Assuclat1Ul OF certain nuHhcr
Of men for aeOinto purpose rather tfi1H drill
In the military gursG of tin word, not onty Dfi-
GERS and noii-comtnissloncd officers, but even
tho men, making their remarks freely Un their
suncr1ors and critlcisIng their orders. 1t was
tI,e pcreu,al Influence OF ono nr Rnuther
Of tic nslfcerB Which kept tho Whole
mnrhfnc going, anl not any ilch OF dfsctplinc
or any attrmlt to enforce s1lch an tdca. The
sudden ttanetfnh fr0m this extreme tothe
| otlIer-nf utmost tlayfRh obedience ami brutnl
trcatnlcrtt aceor.l!ng tn Russian iiot|ons-waA
too violent mt to avcnge Itself, and already at
the time when the so-cnicti reorganization, ot
the srrvian forces BY luesIan officers WIS first
Introduced, pointed Ont tlIat, lowercr adsa1'
officers by Russian professionals might sceitt, u
was likely to tlu l,IorU llar than gttui. This Il
! now tic general opinion In SeFrla, where ncE
think TINT the Scrvian militia wuuil have tnnt
| far butter under tAcir ow" MNsli'ilcd ot!!eeEt
| WHO might hNyc appealed to ,tllo scEses o
| patrfOtf8u OF the men, fan utucF tile ]tu:sto1
officers, who Ltil everything to undermine Thu
feeling, and yet could npt tirivr them usr fire
| More than this, the uscusnti0n Of co"aratc
brought forward by tho Russians against tllt
Srrylai,s has been retalialctl by the Inter. II
proyc tflclr case, scsyian oiccEe lnye eol]cctc
tlata utll have sent tlGn IN to the Novcrntnent
srccitying cuscs where the Russians scrc til
first to turn. at,l thus caused the rcvrrscs an
loss OF positions whtrh thcy attribute to til
coyardIcr Of the Sery!ans. This tn Iuuquo Q
the Spryihns, which, In f,cc Of the great losse
| Bustntnrd BY tho Russians, will not be very cas-
to prove, is little likely to altnr the opinlon
the world on the want Ut wariikc spirit In til
Spryians, which las been formed on the test
1nony Of 70 many impartial eyc-wttueascs.