The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-26

paign. Tho general opinion about that man in
Ruas before the war was that he was thor
oughly ignorant. stupid, but honest and brave
soldier. Recent events have proved. however.
that y tho former part this Judgment IL cor
The fact ie now generally known in Russia that
the Grand Duke Nicholas tho brother OF the
Car. the GcnrrnlissimO Of the army. not only
brought TINS army to tho verge Of ruin 10y his
utter imhcciliy rs n COMMANDER. but actually
robbed the miserable, hungry dying soldiers
Of seven million rouhlcs. Of which he gave u
Handsome shar To hts mistress. a former opera
dancerl | must earnestly rvqurst the reader to
bear in mind TINT This 10 no! idle gossip; the
Tact has been OIL tally proved and reported To
the Gar by Gen Greigh. the present chief of
tho Russian Finance Department. who was
ycSueats The terrific 70 cases Ds- Of corT1pti6n
which occurred during the war. Grcigh went
earnestly io work, and the very first result be
obtained from his investigation was that the
Cznt's brother was the chief criminal Horror
stricken. he started at once for st. Petersburg
and reported to the CHlr-the truth. Tho in
vrstigatiun WAS immediately closed. and Gen.
Greigh received tho Finance Department rs
price for hiS silence.
These examples. drawn from the life Of two
OF tho most prominent members 81 the Cars
family Will sum 20 to characterize the latter ~
those the Czlrev.t'h. who underline bcuciccnt
inilucnrc OF his wife. the Danish Princess
Dagmar. has M yet held aloot from the illth
surrounI nR MINI. not one single princco OF the
hnmlnvu family can be named whose existence
Il not burden to the people and u nuisance to
Tho different departments Of civil service
with the exception of the law courts. where
honest on 'inls prcdominatel present an spcct
which IT. ~ no way more pleasing than the pic
ture | have drawn Of The imperial family.
VIVA, abyss " corruption has boon disclosed IN
the War Department IVY tho last war is too we'll
known TO need any illustration ON my part. In
all the government Offices in which money
making business ia transacted we meet with
the Same system W bribery and vonality. Tho
party who hest knows how 81 lind the right man
Tor the rlght price is assured 81 success; even II
It's cas- hn ns bal md rs Illegal Hs possible.
Around this rotten, glittcring "nristocracy
hwhOio swarm Of spectators. swindlers. money
n,ii bus.n1ss mrn Of every description
falling ftom their masters table. and carry cor
rupion aud decay even into the middle classes
This is one side Of tho picture. Such are tho
- leading clnssoa" OF Russian society, rs the
people2 And those seventy millions OF nm
known, unhcarl-ot human creatures who are
strewed ON the endless expnnse of land between
the Pacific Ocean and the Nicmen. the White
There. all around. as Nckrasson. the great
poet II the woes and vices Of modern Russia.
slngs-there. IL the depth of Russia. eternal
fields on which. bending over his plough the
peasant tolls from dawn 10 nightfail eternal
stiffness IN those dark. druary, dilapidatcd
villages with their black, smoky huts look ing
eternal stiffness" IN the soul of that great.
heroic nation which with Us hands unre-
Quilted toll. with its hearts blood. has made
hussil what II now is. rcnping Tor its reward
hut misery. Ignorance injustice ~ every kind:
etcrnn stiffness IN the heart Of that milton
Whlrh sun Hes urostrHie before It's Cars, be-
Tor" the real and only origin of all its misery
Such n the true piD ture OF that dark realm
the brilliant surface 81 which il mostly alone
seen hy foreign observers. And yet disconso-
late ~ this picture may appear. IL is far from
being hopeless Ii would hc SO u tho corruption
and generalization of the upper glasses and of
the Government p"rvadrd the Who'll" body of
the nation. ANA did MT arouse any Indignation
honest clcmen'4 ~ 'iho people. But such + not
the t,~H. An opposition exists and n grows
dairy IN strength and numbers. gathering
around il banner all the stout hearts aud hou-
est minds of thr nation.
Those mr." not rightly informed who think
that the revolutionary movement now going ON
in Russia is the rk OF ono party or ~ u secret
secretly oi any Kind. II the work ~ all inteli-
gent l.usrmn cltlH'ns, To Whatever class ot so-
clety they may belong, who are tired of the yoke
Russia has borne for 50 many centuries and
who consider political liberty and the down
81 an iMfth'r progress OF tho Russian
people. Tho nann of this party II 10 still
may be called party. ,is-ie0on. 1t is every
where anu nowh'rr Representatives OF the
nOhl'st families II the empire. professional
m"noi every description, Government officials.
and even priests school teachers and army
on ers-nll are To be found Ia tho ranks Of this
great army Of IA" Dis 'ontcnted." The power
.ul machinery Of Russian bureaucracy has
long ago been undermined by this spirit ~ dis
content. uul 10 II now little NOR. than sham
wcapon 30 the hands OF the Car. He himself
towards who Will fnrsak" him, as soon n their
r"r-c nal interest will no morr depend on the
lNhini'n1nr' oi hiS power, or by secret n nNerts
'o mo great raj m"N'n"nt, who viii gladly
ronttihui" - moot" rthrpw of that same regime
they are u-t'usiuly serving.
nus. from Ia" present sinte OF Russian
society W. may Noutur" io predict with con-
siderable amount of probability thar IN" Rus
sian c2lrdDm Wli, soon sins beneath the weight
logic of history Then. und only then. the true
ihti"nM IN" OF Russia VII h"Ein' th" vital
forces N. th" nation VIII uH enabled o. act freely.
ana thN SCUM OF kur-inn society. which now
holds th" -utr"m" row"r IA iis hands. viii lr