Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-12
BLAMING THE GAR,

a contributor to the Quarterly Re-
view, who is said 10 be a Russian Off
Ger OF high rank and familiar with the
innermost affairs Of state, claims that
the Gear Is personally responsible for
the policy that has brought the coun-
try to grief This is contrary to the
generally accepted views, II has been
stated many times that the Russian
ruler Is but a weak tool IN the hands
Of a mighty bureaucracy, more helpless
than the humblest subject. In proof Of
this, II has been said that even true re-
ports Of the prevailing conditions are
withheld from him, and that he is
constantly kept IN the dark.
The writer In the Quarterly Review
says Emperor Nicholas has fanatlcal
belief IN his own wisdom and that he
feels himself not 80 much the Al
mighty's lieutenant on earth as his
very counterpart, Joined to this delu-
sion Is a strange addiction to necro-
nancy and relic worship. The Gear.
we are told, regards himself as the des-
tined peacemaker of the world. the dis
penser Of every blessing to his sub
iocts. and the toroh-bearer Of civili-
cation among all benighted races But,
instead OF adopting rational measures
for the accomplishment Of these worthy
ends. he has simply wrapped himself
up IN the garment OF blind confidence
that they must come about, for the
reason that he, the viceregent OF God.
Is on the throne.
Regarding the Chinese policy, the
writer tells us that Manchuria would
have been evacuated IN accordance with
treaty stlpulatlons II It had not been
for the unreasonlng obstinacy OF the
car and his conviction that Japan
would not dare to go 20 war with Rus
ria NJ de White, the former finance
minlster, was, on the authority quoted.
dismissed from Office because he spoke
plainly on this subject to his imperial
malesty He Ohe Czar)," says the
writer IN the Quarterly, rs ever strug-
Cling with phantoms, fighting with
windmIls, oonverslng with saints. or
consulting tho spirits Of the dead But
Of the means at hand FOR helping his
people, or letting them help themselves,
he never avalls himself The Car
reads no books and win take advice on
~ from those who echo or anticipate
his own views Hc treats his ministers
with extreme formallty and chilling
hauteur. and never hesitates when
ever Inclined, to NEEDLE IN the business
OF their various departments, on the
very eve OF war with Japan, We are
told. when the uudoubted gravity OF the
situation was being urged upon him, he
proudly suld Leave that TO me. ia
pan viii never fight My reign viii be
an era OF peace to the end
The Cars foreign policy Is said to
be one OF expansion without end II
has brought things TO such a pass that
assurances given by ambassadors are
not binding ON the foreign minister,
promises made by the foreign minister
are disregarded by the heads OF other
departments and dishonored by the
Czar treaties ratified by the Gear arc
not binding on the government which
may plead change Of circumstances
as a Justification for breaking them,
In short the car Is unfit 10 control per.
sonally the destinies OF a great people
This, Il win be seen, gives an en-
tIrely different picture OF the Russian
ruler from that popularity known. For
what purpose has the officer Of high
rank" given Il 10 the public at tnls
time? Nicholas has oven been com.
pared to the Emperor Paul. who, after
a stormy reign, Nas assassinated by a
number Of conspiratora. Is the ON
Ger OF high rank possibly preparing
the world tor another Russian catastro.
phe7 II has been said that the RUS
sian rule g. tyranny tempered with
assassination Il must be soul-chln.
ing TO wear q crown under much form
OF government And yet. the Gear Is