The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-25

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suoh foolish notions must be put away
s -i,a would never entertain them Even
the + stauncl,it rartisans OF auto crnty
blamed the cahr's itnperiousl assertion
OF divine vlce-royalty as harsh and He
timed, ~ \. d. 81
the Car, WHO was IN very plastic
state OF mind, had been pro foundly IN s
pressed with the fact that he was God 9
EHtceEerent on earth, and as tar as pos
sible was tile earthly counterpart Of dl-
vine majesty From that time forward !'i il
the Cza1. has gone on regarding hln1s Is u
az the center. of the world, peacemalkse
i,fzation and Christianity among tho vel
low and other 'barbarous s. races, and inc y.
d lspenser OF almost every blessing to MS
own happy people. Taking seriously TINS
Imaginary mission, he has fneddled con
tinuously and directly IN every a1fa1r, e. Of
state, domestic and foreign. thwarting
the course Of Justice, undermining E!c-
gallty, impoverishing his subjects posing
ms a lover Of peace and vet plunglng
his tax burdeneds citizens into the horrors
OF sanEuinaryl and needless wa
T. The writer OF the article goes on to-
state that he personally is IN favor OF
ii strong monarchy, and is not O. q sup. !.
porter OF Nliiisn. Socialism or any,
kind Of revolutionary agitation. His 500
desire is to see the spirit Of admiriistra-
ton made TO iiartnonize with the needs
OF the people, but in the writer's opinion
there is wide difference between y
strong nlonafchy and q, wild oriental tai
despotism. Is Il ls AZ ii
"a leading influence in the formation
OF the Cars character" he continues,
.has been his hopeless attempt TO model.
Ibis life on that or his neNer-to be- Tor y.
J gotten father. Tho utter hopelessness OF
| this Is apparent to all who knew hts,
| father, narrow, gloomy but sincere
| nan, who knew his Limitations and tried
| to keep within them, and sought to sup
I5ply his own inefficieHcies with the ssbess
| advisors and counselors whom he could
ret His son. however, s Is unstable half-
hearted, self-complacent ana tlckle. Il 2
A. surrounded by fay orr ties md i cho oses
| haphazard 3 the most responsible men
for tile most important and serious pos.
/ itions, The most str Ing example pit
4 the Cars inability to choose are the
/ three last ministers of the interior Z he
| first he chose was M. Goremykin,Ea man
| devoid qualncati tons. who remained IN
power only for three years and was then
! Kicked upstairs to the presidency Of the
i }Committee Of Minister'S. His su ccessol,
NJ. sipyaghin, was chosen by the int y
1 ence OF the Dowagera Empress, having
J: been favorably nent toned by, your never
to. be-forgot ten 70 her, Sipyaghin held t.
4 all the IS old forms Of Russian.
a life SO strenuously AS that SAEf$ ne By gain
4 ed n the nickname Boyarin.' He
was intellectually stupid and marrow, but
ISconyersationallys greea Bile and charming
and received from Sai he Car SUCH
4 marks of attention and favor as were
4 not shown to any other officlal. On Nj on
4 day May u, sol !, he invited the Gar to
4 dinner on the following Thursday. All
4 Of Russia Vas swept for delicncles. and
y on the day SGT for the Gear s dinner,
4 Balmashoff, mere boy OF tWenty-one,
assassinated Slpyagh as a warning and
a. protest. Being given another chance
i TIC exercise his power and to show his
\ capacities Pa fit ruler of men,, the Gar
chose a man Of obscure sparentage. OF
i German blood with a j ewish strain, one
i NJ. Won $Plehve, who speedily developed
into the dictator of all the Russias n Il
j AT the time the article from which we
i are quoting was written. NJ Won Plehve
was still alive, but, like slpyaghin, 4 he
q cruelty oppressed people as the only
! meats Of making the public wrongs
/ known. When. first appointed NJ. Yor
4 Plehve was aware Of the fact that he Was
4 regarded as Sunorthodox and Jewish, and
i therefore. set out for celebrated monas'
\ terry near Moscow. where, while he re,
4 ceived communion from the hands OF ar
4 orthodox priest the peasants in Iharkofi
d and Poltava were being cruelty flogget
81 for having shown z 81 gns Of disa Election
Visiting those provinces, M. Won Plehvt
ii rewarded the governor Of I<harkoff TO-
q flogging the peasants at once, and pun
n ished the governor Of 4 Poltaya for fiog
y ging them only as an afterthought. Tha
1 revolt was repeated at Saratoff and else
Z where. $Thereupon, NJ. De Whites com
mission Of INQUIRY into tho conditions Ion Q
4 the Russian peasantry was created. Tn
effect Of that commission was a clea
explanation Of the causes Of disconter
Il and M. De Whites fall. Every possibl
source OF information was examined an
e the answers set down. The results Wer
\ convincing, though the answers cam
II from all classes OF Russia, whose intel
i ests were in conflict in many ways. ne
!. were practically at one In their Opinion
g namely, that the troubles were due TO Tn
Q methods Of the administration. 4Jottln
Y their as and crossing their t's NJ 70
IS Plehye called that system by theInanle
y autocracy, and no Russian could Shonestl
y say that he was wrong. The men WI
y answered the questions thought that Il