The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1902-05-24
UNREST IN THE
CZAR'S DOMAIN
RUSSIAN WORKING PEOPLE
DISSATISFIED
ARE MANY DISORDERS
Little Cause for Wonder at Re-
ported Unliappiness of Inn
periai Couple

st. Petersburg, May 10. The Czar's
84th birthay was celebrate throughout
the empire yosteray. Tho Deums were
sung In all the churches, brilliant
court reception was held at the Ear
skoie-Sae palace near st. Peters
burg, and every city, town aud hamlet
was ablazo with white, blue an red by
day and with illuminations by night.
Despite these outward manifesta-
itons Of loyalty, however. there 10 no
Disgusting the state Of unrest among
the Cznr's SUBJECTS, and especially
among the working people of Central
Russia, The alarming progress OF
tho revolutionary agitation forms tho
main subject of oonvorsation of all
clasSos, especially manufacturers and
commercial men. Every day brings
fresh reports to the capital OF strikes
and disorders First ID Is an outbreak
OF students ut Kieff, and tho fresh dis.
orders in tho Poltava and KharkoR
provinces, where according to official
reports, not less than 1000 peasants
are participating in ritos and in tho
pillage aud destruction Of estates.
IL IL we'll known that tho Gear aban.
donod his customary Easter visit TO
Moscow because of the popular unrest
in that oity.
With suoh q condition of affairs
thero is little cause for wonder IN
tho reported unhappiDess of tho i'm
perial couple. Naturally OF q morose
and melancholy disposition, Nicholas
III. has had little to Tighten the heavy
burden of his position since ascend
ing tho throne. That no has meant
well cannot DO denied. On his 31st
birthday, three years ago, he gavo
evidence OF his liberalism by abolish.
ing the system Of deportation of oon-
viots to Siberia. A year later he
took the initiative in tho movement
which led to tho universal peace oon-
florence at The Hague Those in u
position TO know inside facts assert
that Nicholas H. had eneavoI ed con-
slantly to bring about reforms that
would better the condition of the
masses and remove the obief causes
for the popular unrest. In this oireo-
tion he has ever hud the moral support
and encouragement of tho Czarina,
xEylN oil hn
royalties Of Europe isumore esteemed
or believe.
But at every step ne has had to en-
counter the fierce opposition and all
powerful influence OF tho reaotionary
element which has succeeded In put.
ting insurmountable difficulties in tho
path OF every measure OF reform.
This phase Of the situation was stik-
ingly illustrated, a fow weeks ago
by tho resignation Of Gonerai Van
novasky, the Minister of Education,
who was appointed to that post after
tho murder Of NJ. Bogoliepof Dur
ing his term of office Gen. Vannovsky
consistently endoavored to redress the
Legitimate academic grievances of the
students and TO wean them from rev.
olutionary agitation. But tho opposi-
tion OF the dominant element in gov
ornamental affairs thwarted all his re-
form plans and there was nothing
left for him to do but to resign his
post
Meanwhile the condition of affairs
throughout Russia is going from bad
to worse and there is no predicting
what the end will be. Tho att tude
of the workmen toward their employ
ers Is openly threatening, in striking
contrast to the subserviance of few
years ago, A curious feature of the
agitation Is its anti-foreign charao-
ter, especially as the movem ent is
partly of foreign origin. The chief
part in the arousing of the work
man to sense Of their miserable
situation has been played by hun
dreds of well-educated men who have
given up careers in order to live
among the people, to teach them to
read and write an TO assimilate the
doctrines of revolutionary Socialism.
A more potent influence, however,
Is the fact that most OF the factory
hands come into contract with fore.
ign workmen and hear Of the rights
and liberties enjoyed by the workmen
abroad.
The naval bill. while it's oonsidera.
tion was not completed, the items per.
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