The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-29
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ESA OF THE FUTURE.

n be no doubt that the cruel
Eating war now raging in the
will eventually be W
TO the millions of people of
Out of this war will come the
OF the down-trodden serfs and
s. Already the movement has
(which will end in a constitutional
1hnent in which the peoples rep
kntattves will have a share in the
king of the laws. The men who are
the head Of the movement are
lot such Is the despotic gov
ernment can ignore. They do not
represent nihiIists and socialists, but
are Of h highest class in the land.
The car and his advisors are bound to
listen to them. They recognize the fact.
that for Russia it is a constitutional
government or revolution. If some
thing is not done in the near future in
the way Il granting the people relief
the reign OF the present car will not
continue much bigger With the close
of,the Var With Japan and the return
of the thousands Of Finnis and Polish
troops to their homes whe already isl
discomfort there will be all that Isl
needed TO put in motion a revolutionI
which will spread like wild-fire FROM
one end of the empire to the other.
There will be thousands of trained SOL
diers ready to join the revolutionists.l
The better class OF the people will be-
with them. 1t will not be a war of one
class against another. The car sees
the danger ahead and he is willing toI
avert it by granting many of the re-
forms needed. Some of his advisors
agree with him, while there is a strongl
party at court whose members opposed
any concessions whatever. They be-
lieve in the absolute rule of the czarI
and his ministers. They know that
with a constitutional government their
reign of influence and control of the
government will % come to an end
They are not the persons whom a free
people would entrust with the manage>I
ment of the affairs of government. The
car will meet with opposf-l
ton from these men. They will do all
in their power to prevent the adoptionl
of any reforms OF change in the pres-I
ent system of government. Their plansl
were they to prevail would insure revo-l
1utioa and they would go down with
the government. Still they prefer toI
run this risk to giving up any of the
absolute n despotic power which they
now WELD through the car.
Russia's defeat by the Japanese would
be followed by revolution. Such would
be inevitable unless the demands of the
people for a representative government
are granted. Her success in h con>l
test would still put the court and thel
ruling party at the mercy of a host of
we'll trained and disciplined soldiers.
who would have the sympathy and ma
terial aid of almost the entire populace.t
The nihilists n the class of peasantsl
N1io are 1Iue, II any, better thanI
slaves would join any movement look
ing to a change, but these would notl
be in control of the revolution thought
they would help make it a success. TheI
better class of people, the possessors of
of wealth, are the ones who would have
charge OF any movement for the estab-l
hshment of a constitutional govern-
ment- Resistance to this c~ombinationl
of the people would mean the overthrow
of the empire and the d-ethronement of
the ~reignfng family. The ear and his
more conservative advisors realize this
and they are not going to force an issuel
with the people.
While war is always terrible. and
the one ROW being waged in the east is
fierce and s~anguinary to a horrible de-
gree, much good often results. In this
case the liberation from bondage worse
than slavery is to be the good to fol-
low. 1t is a fearful price that is beingl
paid for freedom and higher civiliza-
tion, but the one generation is purchase
ing with its blood a priceless boon not
only itself but for generations to come.
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