The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-07-20
LIFE IN RUSSIA.
The RemorseIess Power Exercised by the
czar's Police Officials.


The RenorssIess Power Exercised by the
czar's Police Officials.
There is no power on earth so arbi-
trary. 50 omnipOtent so omniscient
and so remorse' ess as the Russian po-
licci shall have something more to
say about them IN future letter but
stop here to advise every traveller
u1d foi X lssia. Of whatever age. sex
or nationality, 10 take a passport
properly indorsed by the representa-
I've of the Russian q jvernment at
New Y rk or Washington. II will do
no harm, and IL may be useful to have
both; for the Russian police are of an
inquiring frame of mind and lack con-
fllcnee in human virtue. With a pass
ort properly wise |. s'rict obedi-
enoe 10 all the regulations that are
plain and unmistakable. discreet
tongue. aud a decent behavior. one
can be- as safe and comfortable as I'm
R'iy country on The globe and see much
and enj y much that can not be seen
or enjoyed elsewhere. II has few
picturesque landscapes. no mountains
and no springs; but the people and the
palaces the churches aud the customs,
will revivlfy the most blase traveller,
and the gnyeiies of both The summer
and winter seasons offer a treat to
those who have exhausted Paris and
other social centers of the world
There need be no annoyance from
the tyranny that IS cbnst y Itly exsr-
ci sed over both cit itizens and strangers
there need be no test of patience; IL is
only necessary TO submit an do IL as
gratefully aud politely as possible. A
visitor can see nothing without a pass
or without police surveillance. He
may not look at a picture nor the
curiosities of the museum without hav-
ing a gendarme peering over his
shoulder. II he IL an artist he must
obtain the permission OF the police to
make sketches. aud TO go any where
he has got TO have pass But all
these obstacles are easily overcome
and all the obj els of interest can be
thoroughly enjoyed BY an observance
Of the requirements and disposition
10 acknowledge the sovereignty of the
police. Submission Is all that 10 re-
qnired, and the rigid rules have been
made necessary By nihilism and dyna-
mite.
Every citizen must have a permit 20
live In the country. These permits
are issued annually uron the pay
ment of fee IL he wants to leave
the country or 60 from one town to
another he must notify the police. for
that branch Of the G ,verment must
know where ehch inhabitant of the
vast empire sleeps every night In
the provinces the rigid surveillance is
relaxed. but a. st. Petersburg and
Moscow and ether places visited by
tourists there is constant contact
between the sovereign and the subject
that Is disagreeable 10 both The po-
lice grant permi sion to go aud come
readily. There l. no interference
with travel nor with trade. Submis-
-ioni submissiunl that is ALL No one
can get ticket at n railroad station
nor on steamboat without showing
n permit to leave; no hotel will enter
tain n guest till he shows his passport
One can not go anywhere or do any
Thing without the consent of the au-
thorities. but 1t is easily obiaine l.
and costs forty cop Eek. for the stamp
that appears on the Recommendations
fifteen cents Nv +. Curtis. iH Ch cGgo
keteS