The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-24

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j LEO TOLSTOI.
1SBuddhstic. hahomcdan; Confuclan ana
Z Brahaminlc world, not only thousands
but millions. g5l
4 There exist true heroes. not those
who are now being feted because hav-
Ing wished to kill Others they were not \
killed themselves. but true heroes who
are now confined IN prisons and In the
province Of Yakoutsk for having catego-
really refused to enter the ranks OF
murderers. and who have prefer-rd mar
tyrdom to this departure from tho law
OF Jesus. There are also sucl rs he q
who writes to me. who so, but who win
not kill. But also that ajority which goes
4 without thinking, and endeavors noflto
think Of what It Is doing. still in the
i depth OF Its soul. does now already feel
that It is doing an evi deed by oheying
authorities who tear men from labor
and from their families. and send them
to needless slaughter Of s.; men. repug-
/ nant to their soul and their faith; ana sH
they so only because they are 80 i en-
tangled on all sides tina t-..yyV here can
one escape ~ Il sssH
Meanwhile those who rem ain at home I;
not only feel this but know and express VI
IT. Yesterday in the high road met IL
some peasants returning from Toula. #
One Of them was reading leaflet as he @
walked by the side OF his cart.
s1 asked. " What Is that !? telegram ~ !;
This is yesterdays 3, but here Is one
OF to-day 55i8;,5 as
s5 He took another out of his pocket We
stopped I read 1T ss3.5
You should have seen what took
place yesterday at the station..''he said
ut was dreadful.
Wives. children. more than thou-
sand Of them. weeping. They surround
ed the train, but were all lowed no fur
sther Strangers wept. looking on.g One
woman from Toula gasped and fell down
dead; five children. They have since
been placed In various institutions. but
the father was driven away all the same.
What do ~ we want with this
Manchuria. or whatever 1t Is called. II
There is sufficient land And what a lot
OF people and OF property has been de- 81
stroyed ss3 ss$t8 5s $s 4 n
Yes. the relation OF men to war: Is now
quite different from that which formerly
existed even 30 lately. as the year n.
That which Is now taking place never
took place before u
Tho papers set forth that during the
receptions Of the Gar. who lis travelling
about Russia for tho purpose Of hypno-ss
tizing the men who are being sent to
murder indescribable enthusiasm Is
manifested among the people. AS a matt
ter Of fact. something quite different is
being manifested From all sides one
hears reports that In one place three
reservlsts have hanged themselves; in
another spot two more; in yet another
about q woman whose husband had been l
taken away bringing her children to the. II
conscrlption committee room and leaY-i5I
Ing them there; while another hanged
herself In the yard OF the ilitary COM f
{mander, All are dlssatlsned gloomy.
exasperated, The words. For the Faith, I
the King and the Fntherland," the ma +
5tional anthem and shouts OF ~ Iiurral1 Y
no longer act upon people as they once Y
did, Another warfare Of q different kind 2IS
t--thet struggling consslousness Of the de- IS
lceit ana sinfulness OF the work to which,
people are being called-is more 4 and s
more taking possession OF the people, 81
Yes, the great strife Of our time II e
not that now taking place between the /
Japanese and the Russians. nor that
which may blaze up between the wbIte5Is
and yellow ices; not that strife which
81 carried Oh BY mines, bombs, bullets,
but that spiritual strife Which without
Iceasnig has gone on and Is now going Il
on between the enlightened consclous-I
ness Of mankind now waiting for mailt-
Hesitation and that darkness and that
burden which surround and oppless
mankind, 81
In His own time Jesus .yearned In exc
'pectation, Aand said; alg
~ cRmd to cart fire upon the earth
ana how i wish that It were already #
ktndled pr--Luke Kill, 40; u t agypsS#
That which Jesus longed for Ia being So
accomplished; the fire Is being kindled,
Then do not let us check 1t. but let us
spread and serve II