The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-23


that Finnish rights to home rule have
I been practically destroyed. All Finnish
affairs IL is asserted. Will be settled a'
/ ~ Petersburg The Aftonb1iet says
{ ..It is high time that Sweden and Nor
way should cease 10 quarrel. and should
prepare 10 defend their liberties against
I the Russian giant"
And so in less than thirty days the
prediction Of our correspondent was ful-
nued. Under the Swedes the Finlanders
were accorded the same civil rights as
the swedes themselves enjoyed. In the
early part OF the eighteenth century
/ however. there was war between Sweden
and Russia. which was kept up IN
a. desultory way for many years unui
| finally i'm 1904 the whole OF Finland was
/ coded 10 Russia, and the Gar has since
! that time maintained supremacy. Russia
has governed the country with great
prudence. Indeed. Finland has had lo-
| cal government OF its own, which was
administered in accordance with the Fin
nish constitution. The country has pros
pered and the people have been happy
and contented.
/ But the Cars manifesto bodies no eoou
for Finland There is no liberty under
| the Cars rule. as our correspondent
forcefullv illustrates in a subsequent let
ter. whatever the Gar says goes
is the Americans way Of putting it, "and
when you come into Russia this fact Is
made painfully patent. You cannot en-
| ter Russia unless you have your passport
properlv vised. No hotel will receive you
without IT. nor can you leave unless the
police grant you permission to do So
and all the time that you are IN Russia
YOU feel as though you were "coppered
The police could lay their hands upon
YOU Immediately. Every six months you
must get new wise. and 50 you are
kent constantly in touch with the powers
that be. II YOU do not conform 10 the
rules laid down. they make 1t az dis
agreeable as possible Cor you, and with
protestations OF the kindest feelings Will
put YOU in prison and keep You there
week. There is no appeal in Russia.
Russia has no constitution, and all her
people live on tolerance. Russia has
/ laws. written laws. but If any law hap
pens 10 stand in the way Of the powers
| they change the law to suit tho case
and there you are. or rather In Siberia
or under the ground. for since they have
run the railroad into Siberia it seems
/ IN be a garden spot with a great future,
and these dead men need no watching
/ When a man disappears no one asks
I about him. IT YOU have a case mt law
and lose it. shrug your shoulders and de-
clare that you were a fool not to have
seen it in this light for you would be
fool 10 do otherwise
Poor Finland Unhappy, inded, the
Iberty-loving people who come under
that tyranulcal rod. Happy the man
whose lot is cast in America, where the
liberty OF one is the concern Of ALL
The former coroner was elected mayor
Of Philadelphia, but that's dead town
any way.
Joe wheeler may lose his seat Temporal
rily in Congress. but Bailey's victory in
the matter is very much on the Spanish
order.
Robert p. Porter told an Associated
Press correspondent here that his trip
abroad was purely personal, and in Lon
don he told another of his official mis-
sion TO Germany. Porter is ripe as
census talker.
Aguinaldo says he prefers Spanish
dominion TO American rule. but the
spanish always bought Aggie of with
gold
Now that Secretary Gage has told as
about the Mechanism OF the bank note
it is I'm order for everybody to work and
make q few.
The mouth Of the river is open and
everything is going down.
The orator hacked away ON that cherry
tree once more but it IS stil standing.
Quay and the ground hog agree that
IL is q long. cold winter
1t is certainly hard to decide between
a standing army and a sitting Of Con-
gress.
The Duke OF Orleans fuse went out
before his royal boom could be exploded
in Paris.
II is said that Speaker Reed Will quit
politics Like a man who stops driving
when his horse runs away with him.
An exchange says leather ~ as old as
the creation" The skins Of Adam and
I've were probably tanned by their sun.
A condemned murderer in Kentucky !
has the smallpox and the hanging has
been postponed until he gets well. The
colonies believe in giving every man |
show.
Aguinaldo is catering for the same kind
Of entertainment that Hon. Sitting Bull !
received from the government.
George Washington was man OF
means. but the birthday orators cannot !
work off the money problem on the gen
eral.
The evidence seems TO show that no
matter what they discovered about the |
beef. the officers were careful not TO |