Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-02

digested, half understood and wholly i'll 1 applied radical theories. They failed to appreciate the fact that what John Stuart Mill said of liberty in western communi- ties, which hnd developed slowly, could have no application to the lately enfran- chised inhabitants of Russia. Represent ative government is only delusion and a snare If those who are to use votes have no political genius. The peoples of Amer lea and England have the self governing quality in their bones. It has become soc ond nature to them to conduct their own affairs. But the millions of Russia will require the growth of many generations before they even ask for Q share in mat tors of state.
 The anti Jewish agitation in Russia has been one of the most remarkable movements of tho czar's life. There were many reasons why 1t obtained his sup port. In tho first place, 1t was intensely popular. Tho thriftless habits of the Rus sian of the lower ranks left him at tho mercy Of the money lenders. He had not reached the stage Of development which brings forethought- Then, tco. the czar was the actual head of the Greek church. He was an intense believer in what was to him the one true religion. His personal trust in God was tho ono thing which sus- tained him under the great load which he bore alone. Why should not what was so good for him be as good for everybody else: Here were salvation and rest Every where else were death and despair.
 Persecution of the Jews.
 He believed as men believed in the mid dle ages. Therefore when this personal feeling toward Christianity became tinged with sympathy for his peoples hatred of the Jews, he became e persecutor. or at least he did not stay the hands of tho per secutors. Perhaps in the solitary sadness, the gray tones of his life, Alexander III is most like Marcus Aurelius.
 Great responsibilities sometimes make great men. Great men must have intense convictions of the rightness of their point Of view and consequent intolerance for that of those who disagree with them.
 But not only did the czar's orthodoxy affect the Jews. His other subjects felt 1t too. Rigorous orthodoxy was the order of the day. After n report by Pobiedonost- self of the holy synod decree put in oper- ation once more certain laws which had fallen into disuse, which, for instance. in terdicted all theatrical representations on | certain fast days and during Lent. This was only one typical effort of the head of the church and head of the state to stem the tide of corruption in the religious life of the upper classes.
 The nihIlistic tendencies of many of | the universities made the overhauling of tntse neCeSSaEy. ScEIAlH dinanCes with regard to studies caused | great discontent- The ukases of August and September. 1887, limited the number of students and of pupils in the gymnasia by raising the fees. The result cannot be described as unsatisfactory. There can be no doubt that many of those who had | come to the universities when the fees | were low after their course was over found themselves with nothing to do-fit n plotting. This class has been largely cut down.
 The czar was persistent in the work of Classification. His object was to reduce to a homogeneous unity the different na- tionalities under his rule. This was par | ticularly the case in the Baltic provinces and in Poland. The imperial uknse ot | May. 1887. forbids foreigners md sub jects treated as such acquiring land an restraints it's transmission by inherit | ance. The Germans in Russia found these regulations particularly irksome. Ky remembering tho czar's attitude OH the question of religion it becomes Q nat ural enough attitude on his part
 CIos.y wa;c',,d d His Army | Alexander III always gave close atten ton to his army, its organization and armament He realized that upon its elli Ciency the safety of his house and the es
 istence of his hugo empire depended. Not
 withstanding the great and necessary in crease in military expenses. bo succeeded fin placing the national credit upon
 basis which 1t had never before reached
 The national debt has been successful,
 converted into charges less oppressive
 The best proof of the success of this difh
 cul: operation is the fact that new loan
 have been made upon various European
 exchanges with great facility.
 Tho czar had striking testimony O
 the love which his people bore towar'
 him in the demonstrations which follow ! ed tho railroad accident on the Kharkoi
 road in 1888 The emperor. his wife an,
 children were in n car which was anon
 those derailed. The car held up unaide
 the collapsed roof until assistance came
 Though a number of persons perished. tn
 imperial party escae'd unhurt. In ever i part of the empire !S.c most enthusiast
 demonstrations of nat:unal tbanksgivin
 followed.
 The growth of Russian navy has beel the work of Alexander III. It was he wh worked consistently to obtain a naval sta ton south of Nladivostol. which Is fec
 bound for a great part of the year Tn
 Russian warships which visited Ne' , York on the occasion of tho Columbia
 celebration showed how successful tn
 emperOr's wise policy in naval matter
 had been.
 , The following arc the children Of Alb, ender III: The hereditary Grand Duk (czarowitzl Nicholas Alexandrowitz, bor , at St. Petersburg May Is, 1868: the Gran
 Duke George Alexandrowitz, born at T! arskoie- Selo May 9, 1871; the Grand Duk Constantine. the Grand Duchess Xeni' born April 6, 1875. tho Grand DuE
 Michael, born Dec I, 1878; tho Gran , Duchess Olga, born Juno l3 1889. The most important of his brothers tho Grand Duke Vladimir. born April 2
 1S47. He has been n valuable counsolt
 of Alexander III and will probably hay a considerable part to play in the admir-
 istration of the new emperor.