Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-19
o.nrp nrIcys IN WARSAW.

0ADX<H HGlnNS ~
"order reigns in warsaw." This an
rouncement may now be repeated withou'
exciting the suspicion that II Is tinged
with irony. In some respects much
moro significant than the Waits ~ Elm
peror william. OF Germany, ana fres''e"'
Faure. of France. TO Russia was inc
visit OF Nicholas III. to warsaw "h"n
the nresent Russian Car ascenieh inc
throne. Poland was still. IN great cef'ee,
feelinr the weight of the IRON mana
Mouravieff laid upon her AFTER the sup
rression of the rebellion of 1865. ohe
vas still in the shadow NJ the reign Vi
terror that ruthless tyrant inanGurateu'
she was still undergoing pac.bcauon DS
suppression and prescription. But
Nicholas III. has instituted new ordet
of things In Poland-pacification by tHerd-
ton. and the abrogation OF many OIL 'ne
laws made TO punish the Poles for the
course OF 1853. Prince 1meretinsKi'
persoual friend Of the Cars man OF
enlarged ideas and Of humane disposition
was Amounted Governor-Generai OF war
saw. and with the approval OF the ,zar'
and despite the protests OF the oureau-
cracv and the Greek Church clergy -
ran,dlv raising Poland from the position
of a conquered province, or District
No. l.
Prince .meretlnskis theory Is that
Poland is no longer in need OF recon
struction": that she has suthciehuy
atoned for the rebellion of 1863, and that
she can be safely trusted Through his
influence certain onerous taxes nave Deen
abolished. and the restrictions against
the Roman Catholic clergy have peen
removed leaving them as much freedom
as have the clergy Of the orthoooA
Church. The Polish press is permitted
"a discuss public questions with com
narrative freedom, the old censor having
been practically kicked out, and munlcipai
government has been restored 10 many
towns that had long been deprived OF IT,
Moreover. the new Governor-General mas
shown great sympathy with Polish sentl-
ment and traditions. When celepra'ea
Polish professor and historian was ar
rested for lecturing secretly on Poiish
history. the Prince ordered his uncondi-
tional release, and he has given perInis-
sion for the erection Of a memorial III
Warsaw to the Polish poet Mickiewicz'
whose lines ring with the glorifcation
of ancient Poland and criticism OF kus-
sia. He released the professor on the
ground that the Poles ought 10 be IN
structed in the history of their coun-
try. and in granting permission for the
erection Of the Mckiewicz memorial,
stated that the latter had as much right
10 a statue as any other great poet.
These, however, are only few OF the
concessions he has made TO the people,
and the Car had given especially prac-
teal evidence Of his approval Of his
friends policy by donating from his pri-
vate purse a handsome sum for rebuild
ing the Polish Roman Catholic churches
his soldiers RACED.
The wisdom of this changed policy
was strikingly illustrated on the occa-
sion Of the Cars visit to Warsaw. His
reception by the populace was hearty
and spontaneous. For the first time one
of his house was a welcome visitor TO
Warsaw The houses and public build
ings were profusely decorated, and the
young autocrat Of all the Russias was
overwhelmed with addresses breathing
loyalty. The demonstration proved that
more had been done in few months by
Prince Imeretinski and his august master
in the direction OF dispelling the
dream of Polish autonomy and for the
classification" of Russian Poland. in the
sense of binding her to Russia as
against the empires enemies, than had
been accomplished in decades before.
Nicholas II. has made a noble departure
in respect of Poland Now let him add
to the honors that departure places upon
him by giving the down-trodden ard
prosecuted Jews Of his domains an
Imeretinski.