The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-05-20
ANOyG THE MOuJIkS.
..e Russian Peasants Think OF the
VIM aud hi. Approaching Coronation.

".,r and his Approaching Coron"tion.
y,.cow. May 5.-In three weeks from to-
r.. 4, this sacred. white-walled city"
ss,,uc ceremony will take place. wherein the
uhl Heaven will crown ard anoint tho
Cl ". n earth before the people OF oil tho
o.ss,os and tho representatives OF tho
H"sil There tho prelatcs OF tho Greek
rvasiar Church will cry in chorus o. Thou.
ramnel by God. anointcd by God. given to
hy God and adorned by God. most pious
80, autocratic great sovereign and emperor
s,.,lthe Russiasi" Tho orthodox and pa,ri-
"a, Noscoyitcs will spare no effort to make tho
ss,smony as grand and imposing as possible.
rho more autocracy loses In fact. the more
,tev fry 70 increase its display. 1t Is evident
.no, rho festivities ut the coming coronation
ceremonies will be gorgeous with Asiatic POM
LII Dwelling with barbaric glitter. and
sosy almost beyond endurance. While look
, n a, the swarm OF the Cars officials. like
."o flying here and there. busy clean
,nc n,nting, and whitewashing tho old ugly.
"a i,r,y city. longed to see the plain peas
s sn,s whose we'll being tho Car will soon pledge
himself to care Tor VII.
ob"nt ten miles from Moscow. Two long rows
u small wooden houses. about y hundred all
toId constitute the village. brick church, two
~, sunply the religious. social. and political
NM Want u tho villagers. There - no school.
%sso people, y ;aa::.r Appearance, habits; opin,
p Wn,; In their creed Christian saints arc
tinptHSsrTmixci with ragan gods and goblins. The
sorcerer as y,t vles with nc ohr,Suah PRIEST p
sian republican institutions yet bafllo all the
efforts Of modern l.nssian dospotism: Not the
iaga The peasants ignore the imperial laws.
AMI Judge themselves according to their own
snmmon law Politically considered. tho Rus
Al Il natl al an ID
ann villages are republics on minute scale.
has always been tho Machiayellian policy of
s sny thus subjuc them. or course. as soon rs
The village republics cStabli sh u federation tho
Car will have no choice but to flee beyond
sea- whence his ancestors came II thousand
and a score years ago.
The Russian village belongs to the wooden
Kingdom. The peasants eat with wooden
spoons. from wooden cups. plates, and bowls.
and work with wooden farm implements
Only tho axe the instrument Of Russian indus
/ saw many wagons made without sim
gle iron nail. or any IRON whatever. through
Tao5s mimi images ana they put wooden crosses
over their dead 1t looks rs il the moujiks
Were cslebratng u perpetual wooden wedding.
The first scene that greeted my Dyes in thu.
village was woman carrying two pals of
water HoS w9 %cb y SIe ana abGrea
biz. The woman wore chemise of course
linen aud sarafan. a kind Of low-cut dress, OF
"
She was barefootod The children wore q sin
gle shirt Of coarse linen. Around the village
once / found about dozen idle peasants
They wore shirts and trousers of coarse linen
and soft felt hats ne-shaped. with narrow
brims, In. addition, some had home, made
proper Introduction we talked of village prod.
ice and it's prices After u while spoke to the
mouliks OF the coronation.
ve n S ls V woieameI And the Car ca on The
day Of his coronation treats the whole country
Yes. such is the custom" replied an WAR
with black board, but when one of US treat.
Car treats at the peoples expense. He doe!
network, and therefore has not single copccl
his own Every Gnre Hson and roube OF thu
"Nonsenso" shouted the black beard We
so we are." remarked twelve boards a
once. and the gray-bearded Ivan stood silen
I'll heard in Moscow" said " that the GA
y going to n discharge tho arrear taxes ant
'eHIIsn me GoaII Ssxcamed the gray heard
He took his hat of and deyoutly crossed him
self The other moujiks did the same.
Thss mot not mm
silence. Who does not know that the AREA
taxes can never be collected? The poll tax is
anyhow. More land; that's what We badly need.
Yes. more land" repeated twelve boards n
~ once.
/ learned that now each peasant has onl
about eight acres Of land which is insualcieII
e supply even the first necessities Of IN
Many peasants arc forced TO leave their nome
Thcrs is E sntyn Of free land in nassia,
nobleman. or officer. who never works. gets !
and we. the soil tiliers. never can get it, Their
isno justice ,t nrS"n earthi ior,,c .n,,,os Mt II,
coronation" remarked
Yes. there are many persons, fond of drnl
Piled the gray beard. But i is a great hon,
Tor them to be guests Of the Car The foreis
kings are mere nothing aeninst our Car"
OF course they are nothing against on
Car" said the twel We boards mt once:
But there is u land richer than Russia
mo such country. EXISTS" replied the blac
beard decidedly. Russians never go abro,n,
United States Of America.
III there is such 2 land il must BIO som some
God We are far away from the edge OF III
earth they replied Again all hats were take
on and solemn crossin. was n:rforIned
mitted to the Cathedrai" II timid mouji
"Non-C Christians in tho Cathedralp NJ
senses some, vodka shop is good enoug
Some Of til. Minister'S are trying to indu,
the Car to abolish communal landholding.
SAID
,,NOnSchSe, bfOthcr, replied inc Dack Dear
Village affairs are not the Cars cuisines
| Eesidcs the people are bigger than any Ca
| N9azar can do anything against the people"
| Tho muuiikS constitute" 30 per cent. of Il
| people Of Russia, over 100. 900 900 strong. The
are industrious, Intelligent. ana extreme
Elndhear,ed. AZ 10 economicai living, til,
can beat the Cinnamon. Rye bread and cal
bage soup cons'i ute their diet throughout Il
year and If they get potatoes besides they NJ
perfectly content"d. They cannot afford mea
There Is n great opportunity for the Gar
become reul neiactor and the father OF h
people But IL is more than doubtful wheth'
alexander H. Is equal to such u task.