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RUSSIA'S MILITARY RULE.
NOT a CONDITION or SEIGE, BUT TIE
NEXT THING TO IE
Charging thnt the Reports from that Country
Have Eeen Exaggerated, and Nauiax the
Cnuse-Iow All Business IL DemorntIzeA.

SnhfGiha thnt the HepOrts from that Country
Have Eeen Exaggerated, and Manila the
tnuse-uow All Business IL DemOraiIzed.
LONDON, May ga letter from st. Peters-
burg IL published which says The state
mcnts published abroad concerning the situa-
tion are exaggerated. because tho censorship OF
kilograms and tho tampcrng with letters are a
bar to any efficient service by the special corre-
spondents OF foreign papers. Consequently
reports which circulate from mouth to mouth
and pnss the frontier in n distorted and oxag-
geroted shape are printed by the German nows-
papers as a true picture OF the condition OF
Russia. and from Germany they are circulated
over Europe
Tho Russians. however. are themselves tho
fabricators OF these falsehoods. At all times.
and moro especially now, should the stories
which entertain Russian society DO accepted
with great reserve. and with all consideration
for tho inordinato Imagination OF a laxative
public. precluded from occupying itself with
tho more serious things OF life. Now that tho
regime Of military law has got into something
like working order. It may be possible to give
some idea OF the aspect which things really
wear under this temporary system. SO much
cXng0orattOn entered into the first accounts
that there arc many people who, not finding
themselves arrested. as they expected. begin to
look upon things here ms all coule'r de rose.
ana there ~ danger that the foreign public
may now go 10 the opposite extreme. and
believe that there is nothing the matter in
There have been many notifications OF and
additions TO the imperial ukase. Of April II.
providing Tor tho maintenance OF order Tho
minor dispositions and orders to the police are
endless. Little confidence Is felt In tho army,
The cases Of insubordination and breaches of
discipline brought before courts martial are
numerous. Most Of tho police orders concern
the 'dvornikes.' or house-door pprters who
has any faith in. They number about 80. 900.
and are selected principally from the peasant
regularpursuits renders 1t difficult to procure
workmen, thus interfering with trade Tho
s,ror, dyornE IL g9Y e holds sway n every house and
town. They are all ticketed with the name of
the street and the number Of The house TO which
they belong. and are being still further brought
into order and efficiency by special commis-
sion appointed for the purpose. There are
vague rumors that many Of them have been
talking among themselves OF leaving st. Peters,
suppose that tho authorities see tho humility of
forcing tho householders 10 maintain such a
mass Of idle men and nre thinking Of aboish-
ing tho system or Of reducing i TO normal
limits In favor II an increased police force
Dealers In gunpowder and firearms nre sub
lectei TO Ereat inconyeniencc. know mer-
signment of powder now on its way hcre. Very
detailed and stringent rules regulate the private
gunpOwdrr factories throughout Russia. The
police oftces are full Of arms taken from the
Inhabitants. II was found that there were
about two revolvcrs TO each resident OF St
Petersburg. still. with all the pressure o mili-
tary law and the police and the dvornik regime,
with all tho opportunities il gives to extra
employees TO make hay while the sun Shines
very large number OF the people are not
troubled at all. The strict enforcement Of the
passport system in the provinces has been pro-
ductve perhaps OF more trouble than anything
else. and Of no littlu distress. Some of the
factories are deprived of half their workmen.
and these ,workmen of their means OF subsist-
cnce. 10y being obliged to travel fifty or sixty
yersts TO the chief town OF their district in order
TO take out the necessary passport. Even the
women and children. who formerly were not
obliged TO have special passes. arc now COM
PEELED to submit TO the same rule. Beside this.
we hear Of n nocturnal census OF tho populations
of Perm, Kharkofr and Kieff. causing no doubt.
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Bulgaria during actual war; but although this
state OF things does not sit lightly on many per-
sons. there are still plenty who can lnd 1t in
their hearts to enjoy themselves and make
merry nj tho opening OF the summer season. IL
Is not a reign ot terror nor state OF siege, lt
Is only state Of military law. whore one half OF
the population Is set to watch the other state
Of siege is a step further. and We have not como
TO that vet -