The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-04
RUSSIAN NEWS AND views.
rhInrs Of Interest from Ru.s,an Iournn,s.

formation that ocuss had appeared in ess than 2s4
different places IN the Caucasian districts covering an
area Of sOH dtssyAns Of cultivated land zone dessya
tin eQuaS 900 square YARDS As this Information could
not by any be complete and rs the extent Of tho
"hoio INFESTED area could not be estimated before tho
proou Oh locnss Ia Matched, 1t ia not extavaRant to
assume that tho entire ground from Tns the Caspian
sea anu westward ArnN up to 2angezursk is GOV.
cred by the pests THIS may strike with panic
the entire population of the region and cause
serious trouble to the Government At tho low.
est estimate about 10000 workers will have
to be engaged in the governments of THIS
E@aoetpolsk, and Bakinst to destroy the ocuss and
TINS VIII Involve expense of less than 23onO 900
month besides the loss OF crops and the cost
mlltafy dttachments that will be required to keep
such large number Of undiscplucd aborers at their
WORK Ataspecial meeting u tho Imperial Society ot
Agriculture In Tihs April IS It was resolved to petit
Tin by teleErarhc despatch Prince Dondukon Korsa
kof the highest officer in control OF civil affairs in tho
CAUCASUS TO authorize and to eject such measures
prevention against the threatened calamity may be
eSredleht and practicable Tho local authorities OF the
various governments of the infected region petit
TONED to do IN the time whatever lies in their
| power for the destruction OF the locust
Tho daily RusEtvd rtsdomnSv Of Moscow calls At
tenon to tho distress that prevails among the cloth
weaNers Of ZdunskayaVUL In the government Of
huIsh In Poland In tho second decade Of this century
the Russian Government made that district centre
| or cloth manufacturing 1t invited weayers from
saxohy TO settle there granting them only and
building materials for houses and factories but also
| many other privileges Attracted by these induce
nents' many weavers from tho town OF LODI in tho
neighborhood OF that district settled there too Prob
ABLY the poorest ami tho least thrifty sort of cloth
wearers came TO that place for not one OF them ia
known to have grown rich since that time But still
their condition was toerabe up 1854. Since that
time large factories, working with machinery made
their appearance in LODI and the fashioned weav.
ers AT their looms were put at great
the present mo their occupation is 50 far Roue that
they are reduced TO poverty. The whole family OF
weaver, living aud working in room and toiing
thirteen to sixteen hours day. earn no more than
TO ~ roubles week
The Russian Government has decided upon the Joint
recommendation OF the Ministers OF Commerce and of
NaNgat'on' to build II new commercial port on the
BLACK Sea at TheodoCa tKafa or sebastopoI The yari
GUS pans submitted for the purpose, a well as tue
choice of the locality were referred to Senatorial
committee with the direction to hand in their recon-.
mendatOn as speedily AS possible Its expected that
WORK will begin at the new port early this summer.
Inc following new regulations for the control OF pri
Vate institutions been published by tho
RUSSIAN Government l. All benevolent societies are
oogeu to hand in annual reports Minister OF tho
interior exhibiting their membership and financial con.
dition, as we'll full accounts the work they have
oohe' societies standing under the protection Of tho
Empress must send in such to the Secretary of
her Majesty. . should 1t become necessary to estab
hSh ne" schools asylums, or hospitals. the society
formed for the present together with tho
usual petitions for permission and the proposed plans OF
operation minute account OF the circumstances
which suggested the necessity and Of the resources
upon which the institution Ii to be maintained. g.
Auditors for the annual financial reports of all such
societies are TO be appointed by tho Government Thus
even the work OF charity and education must lie under
Government control.
Last summer the Russian Government started a
scheme Of colonization in the sparsey popuated dis
trics Of the empire and tho transportation hither OF
settlers wle ell
of tho Interior and Of the Government lands have
Jointly appointed new Commission to regulate tho
work Of colonization in tho far East That Commission
is to inspect all the territories south of the oossoor pro
posed to be opened to new settlers Premiums will be
offered to such settlers as will best tho Chinese
method of agriculture AS that method is the safest
against the rot of grain crops which very prevalent
in that region.
Plans are being perfected by Ministerial committee
for the building OF central port In the Azov Sea in tho
Bay of Bieossaray, and four moles In tho Gulf of
Taganrog at distance OF forty apart The ex.
pense will exceed IL, 900 900 roubles.
The exiting Siberia political and other offenders
has OF late become prolific subject OF discussion in
the Russian press and this question has in Its turn
raised debate the state of tie prisons and the
feasibility of their reformation. The papers published
in Siberia have expressed the discomfort OF the native
population OF that region with tho present system |
OF exiting The primary object colombo |
the sparsely Inhabited districts. But tie plan has
proved 10 be Rrievnus failure without speaking OF
the exies OF mature who have neither tho ability
nor the energy 10 DO any good In Siberia. even the
young people going there are SO demorazed Uy their
long confinement in prison and the long marches they
have to mako under military convoy. that tney are
unable TO work on arriving. They become paupers aud
vagabonds OF tho worst description and prove 10 be a
instead OF help to tho thrifty Aborers OF tho
entiro region. on tho other hand, the defective
state of the prisons in Russia is cited showing that this
does not offer any prospect for tho reformation OF sin