New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-14
SFRFDOM IN RUSSIA.
TIE CALAMTIES THAT NAY FOLIO" IT'S
THE ATENED RE~TORNII)A.

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o.l,.,o,od iccroc ohol line s,rfi0I, Their was Il
con.iderabl, fi,crsirr Of opinion as = 'hc eh'c1
,.l.,cl, cu,gpciDation woGl. Aave on tie m''erii
inf .rs,. of 21.>ian landowners. md on ;hr country
/, general tyrY now after az thS' yen" Il J.
ilnpo,.i5 ie 10 c, rrllinc whether IT, has {" III III
GOOD or evil Of sc great t!rsc'li' E"p.' ''' -
cannot De denied that certain utH pr ''l'"'
which we're not il tic programme % Tue NV
,cer. BROUGHT about by u, act "l fI''E.N' i'c
ueis,rt.. u.ina their liberty and t'cif nc" prI'i-
@. 10 tlc;l owH dctY.mcnt. drank NOR "'ih"u
less. and iniuleei in politics 10 q" extent WIG"
f1,u.l'ed a st'ady and ffst mere ''l'@ ol's'uN'"'
ton with the cNistip" I'm OF government -"N''-
uelo. AM, violent or m Heal change in the pres mt
institutions, bad as they NAV be- cannot Oh. W
followed rs mi.chicvous Consequences. and MIN
ism. which has been growing apace dHrlns 'h' Ia''
thirty years will find therein fresh excuse for It's
annihihting theories.
/. Alexander In-anl there is every rea'oh u
believe that ne j. about 10 90 so-repc'ls lis
fathers decree il will be the greatest misfortune
which can happrn 10 Russians Of all classes. and II
cannot fail to end in tine destruction Of absolute
power in this sorclv trici country more dam
ocrous move could not he made by His A'J's'N
tho car. and hi, reputation for eNtr"Ee nt"lrr-
arce and latent cruelty finds a corrohoIa'io" !"
this arbitrary project. p....i,n
shall never forget a story told me- pF """ 10"
noble and which may serve I" ehPhl"|' W.
the mouiiks nay look forward TO- shou'' S'''',o"'
ho once moro rr-c,iablishcd. # occurred r."
vear; before liberty hai been granted 10 '|'r
Ne>ordrr', subjects by tiat most just and Generous
-, ,,o,,orchs and found it, cause in The unhul'"i
rover which the Harin's" or ,er!-owhe'S W''"'e"
o,.cr thci, nco.auts Tie scene of the tragedy WAS
in q village not many miles distant from MOSCOW.
and owned by n nOblcman whom we VIII odI
Icrc-thr family being still in cNistancr ana wen
known all over Europc-Andrc Lonki'ch' ~
was n cruel unjust hard-hcarted man anu HIS
peasants stood in mortal terror 81 HIM i'ls i"-
morality had lecomc a bywori III the VINO" PRIV
; and hi. bouse WIS Stunned by all decent
roonL Tho CONSEQUENCE of all this was that the
inhabitants If the village OF Ioukiicha had p''onr'
some of the widest and most embittcr'n cie''''''
- ,lo Cy,r's dominions The masters cXaction'
had reduced his ~ers TO the diffst oi poverty NV
i.h,.~ wcrc bar, Of oil but absolute nece'Sri'S'
the fields were neglected. the cattle lean, ana ,ne
vretchcd peasants lcancr yet They hVcd hNc
wolves and Gcvourcd each other likewise ohe
winter, when the harvest had been even worse
than in fine preceding ycsrs the scrfS decided 10
~, IN 4 body and iniploTc Andre Loukltch, 'heF
master I, grant them time for the payment VI
tbcir oronud-rcnt They had but lttle nope ol
succsss still they pluckel up courage ana presenter
Themselves like troop of frightened sheep "i"ir
the tvrant With a sarcastic smile te h''"o
listened to their passionate applications. then turn
inc 10 them he said codly: OIL cannot pay "h"'
Won Justly owc me. say YOU Well, VIII give YOU
a wccl, 10 find the money nccI II al the emu d.
That time You have not acquitted your dcp'
shall II nccc. sary. sell every one oil your "''5''''
in order 10 obtin my due.
rr,tcn.lcortcd and dcspoiring. the unioriunai"
rf,.tfa RI IN
with revenge in Gher souls sought their own enc +
L.. fros;dcs AZ the end Of the week most OF the
GIRL. who had been the only remaining Suhray@ OF
,Io;r ,niserabl, homes were sold by the HarIhe
rl .cn, away Ia the Government of OloneZ, lar
nm in the North. at the bttercst season oil iheIci
ic.A winter This arbitrary act came near ci'S
inc a revolt among the mouths. but TINS was
rapidly oucnchcd by Andre Louklich, VINO 'a"S'l
,hc riugeadcrs 20 receive publicly 200 EsheS OF
no l,rout ~ a warning 10 all who tricl 10 oppose
his authority. In the mcan"Iiic the hA'ihcS
oldest SON a handsome boy OF twenty TWO. Ic'u'h'"
from a college in Moscow where he had been cdu
caied and took mp his abode on MS iatH'f 'S'''''
H,cb,l,s Audrcitch in no way rescmblcd his father
and rs soon rs hr realized the prevailing STATE oI
fairs his every effort WIS directed toward soften
,, aud ligl.cninQ the burden VI his future vas'als
Ills interference however far from helping them
onlv increased their sorry plight and brought down
an his own heal The malice Of Andre LouNI'c"
IN can matter, tie yong man fell violently III
love with the beautiful daughter Of one Of his
father, PEASANTS and too honest - take vantage
of ,bc love she had gwen him IN return, secretly
married her. For three months the young couple
managed 10 conceal tins iact from tIe " Barlhc,
Int ore dav they were betrayed by Andre lOuk
itci's private secretary who was his anne damnc'
ON t1c following Sunday the " B1rinc' during an
absence # his son summoned the entire population
of the VILLAGE aEl before the eyes 81 all present
he hal the beautiful wife % lis only son whipped
f., death. When hr came back the young man
almost went insane with grief AMI horror, AMI lav-
inc h:, fathers house tool, refuge ia the forest
which Law - the north Of Loutcna.
T,scrty four hours later party oi men headed
bv Nichoa, Andrcitoh himself entered the
DariAes~ hous' AZ tur deaf Of night and muir
fer.d him i'm hs sleep, Getting the hon"o on fire
aftrr,yar - ohlitcsatc all traces Of their crime.
The eo.cflor Of tie province. vino was Just nam,
when acouaiLtcI with this tcrrb' affair hushei
it up and purposciy closed his eyes to the rolf
p!arrl hy the son and the PEASANTS Of the victim,
who.c death wa, subsequently aScrlbci 10 accident
Til. tragedy needs comment, and sad to Ray
II il, bn, one instance among thousands. II the
RIGHT be once more granted = propfri'rS t. sell
ficir pcasani, and domcsiics in gIOups, or one by
ono i.i,c cattle such uci tents rs the above
o.ryrl f., will take place apain. Shaken 10 its
ycrr foundations by the storm Of popular indir
rotior which was aroused throughout the West
oro y.orII by ihc gttitudr Of IA" Imperial Govern
mon, toward is 100000 Jewish subjects, the
throne will totir9 and fil under this last and ter
ribie blow The Nusc,vlcs, il Is true, are din.
cult pcople TO deal with: for, if The extraordinary
clcmcncv Of Alexander Il--vhO WAS one Of the most
Uhorai-mirlcd mca Of the acc-was rewarded by
as.a>saatiln, Alexander HIS past and future
sevr,i,y may bcgct SIN more horrible condition
Of affairs Having lived in Russia for co'np1ra-
tvclv long IeyYd | have been able - appr late