The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-16

| Liberty declared that tho members OF the
| Court Camarilla would be put to death I'M
less they mended their ways or were dis
missed The Chief of the Secret Chancellery,
| Gen. MEsENzEFF, was particularly warned
that he would be assasslnated II he con-
tinuod to subject prisoners TO illegal tor
turc. Such was the programme laid down
by the st. Petersburg organ, and
presently there appeared in Moscow q
| second revolutionary paper quite ms
vehement in its menaccs and demands
There was nothing new in the clandestine
publication OF incendiary journals. but there
was appalling novelty in the fact that their
threats were invariably executed, and that
| writer's, printers, and distributors seemed to
defy discovery. MEsENzEFF, MS we have
said, received q warning, and disregardlng
it, was sentenced to death by the revolu-
tionary tribunal On the day following his
punishment Ldnd and Liberty set forth the
! indictment against him, giving list OF the
prisoners who had been murdered by his
| agents.
After the assassination OF KRAPoTKTN,
another manifesto was issued in the same
journal. Al this time tho reward Of 10000
roubes which had been offered for the dis
| covery OF tho murderers OF MEsENzEFF was
doubled, and soon aftcrward the where
abouts Of two secret printing Offices in st.
Petersburg was betrayed. Three days had
not elapsed, however, when tho betraycr
was found murdered in a hotel at Moscow
No one in that city knew his name, but it
was published within twenty-four hours
by the revolutionary organ. This man, a
Polish jew, named REINsTEIN, was not,
II seems an initiated member OF tho con-
splracy, but simply news agent employed
to circulate the papers. According TO the
journal, the society possesses sums sufficient
to keep its regular adopts from giving way
to pccuniary temptations. "The execution
OF MEsENzEFF," ran the statement, cost
us G,000 roubles, and that OF KRAPoTKIN an
equal sum; but we have at our disposal at
| any moment 10000 roublcs in hard cash
with which TO carry through our work TO
| its conclusion"
1t seems to be admitted that the revolution
airy propaganda, which began in the educated
| class, has Of late made considerable prog
! ress among soldiers and workmcn. Great
| bitterness prevails In the army, owing to
| the general bad treatment Of the line regi-
mcnts, and also on account Of the gross
frauds committed In the Commissariat De-
| partmcnt during the late war. 1t is no.
| tor!ous that while a few OF the smaller
| thieves concerned in those embellishments
were hanged, the great offenders escaped
chastisemcnt. For these reasons, move
ment which always counted some adhcronts
among tho officers is now spreading rapidly
among the rank and file, as is shown by tho
discovery Of a printing office in a car
fridge factory. and by the ubiquitous dis
tributlon OF revolutionary documents in
barracks and guard rooms. On the other
hand, the dissatisfaction engendered among
the thirty millions OF enfranchised serfs by
the somewhat onerous conditions Of the
emancipation is constantly aggravated by
the new party. 1t will be remembered that
almost every peasant staggers under n
| load of debt contracted toward his former
master, or toward the State for his share OF
the land allotted to his commune. propo-
sition TO wipe of this indebtedness at a blow
is well calculated to shake the traditional
| loyalty OF the Russian Moujik.
| These grave entertainments on tho old
| strongholds of conservatism. the fact that
even the common soldier and the tiller Of
the soil are beginning to waver in their
fidelity to the existing order, explain the
panic-stricken attitude OF the Car and
his counselors. Another source OF alarm is
the momentum which scheme Of organized
assassination must derive from the impu-
nifty with which the greater part Of its as
saults are committed, as well as the
eager sympathy evinced by the commu-
nifty toward the few culprits who are
arrested, as in the extraordinary case Of
VERA SAssULITCH. 1t is natural that prose-
lytes should rally to a movement whose
champions remain undiscovered and UNI
punished.
The Russian Government used to be de-
fined as n despotism tempered by assassina-
tlon. II we look at once TO the aims and the
methods Of the new movement, II may be
properly described as revolution discred-
tied by murder. But while 1t Is impossible
to justify the means employed, we may not
overlook the desperate plight Of the Rus
sian people In the grasp OF a corrupt bu-
reaucracy, an INSCRIPTIONS police, and q
colossal standing army. We should add that
these measures Of shocking violence are
only taken in the last resort, after repeated
and solemn warnings have been UNDECIDED.
With the exception OF the Gear himself, none
of the individuals assailod deserved or OBJ
tanned much sympathy; and the affection
heretofore commanded by ALEXANDER H.,
and which has been the strongest bulwark
Of his dynasty, is unlikely to survive such an
exhibition OF savage resentment and distrust
as the enforcement OF martial law through.
out large part Of the empire.
To Awe the Voters.
OF course Mr.. HAYES will denY. with O