The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-07-22
RUSSIA MAY GET A
CONSTITUTION YET
Gear Is Utterly Disguised With
the Collapse Of the
Bureaucracy.
CORRUPTION IN SERVICE
Some Samples of 1t That Have Servee
to Arouse the Gar to a Realization
of the Fundamental Weak
ness of His Stat.
CORRUPTION IN SERVICE
Copyright. 1904. by w. r.. Hearst,

Berlin special: In a letter to a close
friend at her fathers court at Darn
stad. the cZarina writes that the caai
Is intensely angry at the many dis
coveries of wholesale corruption among
military IL civil officials and has seri-
Gus thought of giving u constitution 10
the Russian people.
The wal With Japan has revealed to
Car Nicholas how thoroughly rotten ia
the whole system in Russia.
Intensely religious and patriotic him.
self. the car is at a loss to UNDER
stand the lack of patriotism and sense
OF honor among IL so-cailed higher
classes.
The many defeats of the Russian
army may be wholly ascribed to the
corruption among army officers of the
highest rank, whose crimes are daily
costing the lives of hundreds OF SOL
diers.
AT the beginning of the war the ear
was informed that the war department
had on hand immense quantities of
ammunition and military stores. but
n big arsenal after another in all
parts of Russia is found to be empty.
or nearly so. as the officers in charge
have sold the equipment stored for
emergencies to inscriptions dealers.
Big Guns Had Vanished.
When the Russians. after the battle
" ~ AeAes - - lh'IA " L AiSii l
cry to replace the grlns captured by
the Japanese, General Kuropatkin tel
egraphed TIC Warsaw for a large num-
Der of modern guns supposed TO ba
stored there.
Not a gun could be found and in
v~estigation showed that the guns had
been sold to a big foundry and had been
melted down. The general in charge OF
the arsenal was ordered to appear be-
fore the car at st. Petersburg. but
committed suicide when he received the
telegram.
h car Immediately ordered a
hundred new field guns from Krupp
and Creuzot, for which he paid out OF
his own pocket.
These guns are now being shipped to
Denmark, consigned apparently TO a
Danish firm. and are Immediately re-
shipped on the Danish vessels to kron-
stadt, as the German government does
not dare to let the Krupp works ex-
port them direct.
Also in the Red Cross society whole
sale frauds have been detected. and
several young aristrocrats ave been
arrested and are awaiting trial at the
Peter Paul fortress.
Discovery of Swindline.
Not long 6 a Moscow merchant
sent 5000 vests to the Red Cross soci-
ETY. for the troops at the 'front.'. Not
hearing anything about them he called
y" AA+h iiiN IL olo DlGlllly
that the garments were too small and
would be returned to him.
AS they were not returned the mer-
chant went to the grand duchess at
the head OF the Red Cross work and
told her that swindlng was going on,
The lady answered that she knew
this, but could not find out any spe-
cific Instances.
AT the suggestion of the merchant,
the grand duchess went the same eve
ming to the railway station, where a
number of the packages she had pre-
pared were ready to leave by the train
for the east.
She caused CONSERVATION among tho
staff by demanding to see the contents
When the We're opened they were
ound to contain bricks and stones.
The. grand duchess came to St
Petersburg and laid the matter before
the czarina, who was induced to "a
with her to the station.
Several cases which had been packed
at the palace with presents from the
czarina to the troops were opened in
her maJesty's presence. and more than
half were found to have been hammered
with, the contents distracted and rub
Dish placed III their stead.
1t Is discoveries of this kind, The
czarina writes, which nave made the
car a heartbroken man. but which
have also made him determined to get
In closer touch with the masses of tho
people, in whom he has full confidence.
Nothing but death can now prevent
MIN from changing Russia into consti-
tutional monarchy, but the czarina "a
full of fear for the future. as the party
In power will not hesitate to assassin.
ate him as soon as he tries to carry
out his plans.