Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-19

that we hal no laws providing Tor the
punishment ofmurinrau. u isuseless
To assail the Car because representa-
tive government Is not recognized in
his system. 70 would be jusl ~ logical
to assall Queen Victoria because the
enme does not prevail In HIniJstan.
Mr.. Stead graphically portfays the
Russian rulers position as follows:
"Nominally the Gar il the Niccger-
ant Of the Almighty; his will IS om-
nipoient throughout the whole Of
Northern Asia au1 Eastern Europe,
his slightest word has tho force Of law.
There exists no institution with su-
thority to Withstand his ukase, nor Is
there within the whole ~ his vast do.
minions a noble or demagogue among
all his subjects whom he could not
destroy with wave of the hand. The
greatest army In the world would
march unhesitatiugly even to defeat
and destruction N he CHOSE TO no his
finger, and upon the meanest Income
Of the poorest Of bis peasant subjects
he can levy what tax he p'ease'. From
Archangel 10 Odessl, from -. Peters.
burg to Vladivostock, there exists no
journalist upon whose pen the Car
does not keep control; uor 10 thore any
department Of human activity, re-
ligious or secular, In which the Car
has no, the sovereign right Of arbitrary
Intervention"
Notwithstanding this incarnation Of
absolution which the Car presented TO
Mr.. Stead, the Impression loft in the
latter's mind after close study Of Rus.
sla, la people aud It's ruler, was, that
the Car 10 impotont, not omnipo,cnt.
Even II he desires 10 transplant west
crn civilization on Russian soil, he
could not do q. Peter the Great could
not do 1t. II George K,nnan were
made Gar tomorrow he could not In
troduco the ballot box, the House OF
Representatives. or the Constitution
OF the United States, simply became
the people would not accept them, nor
know how 10 use them. The City
Councils Of Moscow and 81. Poters-
burg ars more or les representative In
stltulions. But the people take no In
tercst whatever In them. Even the
members can not be persuaded to Mt.
tend regularly, aud frequently no BUSH
ness can be transacted for want Of
quorum. The rural assemblies are
somewhat Of the same pattern, aud
when established Il was thought they
woulu makca connecting link between
ruler and ruled; but they are having
the contrary effect. The people would
lguorc them altogether were Ii not for
their being subject to fines II delegate.
are not sent. Even the delegates would
not attend, but they too can he pun-
ished; therefore they attend and at the
same time protest against the griev-
ance.
A. TO the jewish question, the Gar
honestly believes that the Jew IL the
social and economic cancer OF his en-.
pire. In this belief he il supported by
the people al large, and his attitude on
the matter secures for him certain
popularity. II he desired to extend
federation, the people would not enter.
tain the idea.
Mr.. Stead sees In the Stundls, move.
mcnt change for Russia's salvation.
The Stundlsts are the religious re-.
formers Of the country, and are similar
10 the dlssenters Of Enpland some
two centuries ago. They are 80 called
from tbs German word s,imde,
an hour-hecause their religious sery.
ice lasts exactly that brle' time. They
do not believe Ia tho established
church, and make tho Bible their rule
Of faith. They are being hsrassed and
prosecuted on every haud, tut they are
increasing, especially among the pea
SAINT population.
Mr., Stead'a article IA really an In.
structive production. The Car him.
self might read It with profit, aud nnd
that II was written not by an English.
man, nor a Frenchman, but by citl.
zen of the world. Even the Jews and
tho Russian people might peruse It
with advantage.