The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-22
RUSSIA MAY GET A
CONSTITUTION YET
Gar Is Utterly Disguised Witt
the Collapse OF the
Bureaucracy.
IN SERVICE
Some Samples OF X That Have Servea
to Arouse the Gar to a Realization
of the Fundamental Weak
ness of His Stat,
Copyright. 1901. by w. r. Hearst.

Copyright. 1904, by w. X l~feafstl
Berlin special. Ia a letter to a close
friend at her fathers court at Darn
stad. the czayina writes hat the czai
Is intensely angry at the many dis
coveries of Wholesale corruption among
military and civil officials and has seri-
u thought of giving a constitution 10
the Russian people
The war with Japan has revealed to
Car Nicholas how thoroughly rotten -
the whole system in Russia
Intensely religious II patriotic him.
self. the car is at a loss to under
stand the lack of patriotism and sense
of honor among the so-called 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 car
was informed that the war department
had on hand immense quantities OF
ammunition and military stores, but
one big arsenal after another in all
parts of Russia is found to be empty,
or nearly so, as the officers in charge
lave sold the equipment stored for
emergencies to INSCRIPTIONS dealers.
Big Guns Had Vanished.
iiO oAIIi Vic !
Of the Yalu. We're in need of field artil-
cry to replace the guns captured by
he Japanese, General kuropatkin tel
egraDhed to Warsaw for a large mum
Der of modern guns supposed to be
stored there.
Not a gun could be found ana in
vestigation showed that the Guns had
been sold TO a big foundry and had been
melted down. ms general in change OF
the arsenal was ordered 10 appear be-
fore the car at st. Petersburg. but
committed suicide when he received the
telegram.
The czar Immediately ordered a
hundred new field guns from KrupD
and Creuzot, for which he paid out or
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 lSron-
stadt, as the German government docs
not dare TO let the l<rupp works eN-
port them direct.
Also in the Red Cross society whole
sale frauds nav been detected. and
several young aristrocrats .have been
arrested and are awaiting trial at tho
Peter Faul fortress.
Discovery of ~swindlin1.
Not long ago 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
to make inquiries. and was told blandly
that the garments We're too small and
wou be returned to him.
AS they We're not returned the mer-
chant went to the grand uchess at
the head of the Red Cross work and
told her that %swindling was going on
The lady answered that she knew
this, but could not find out any spe-
cific instances.
AT the suggestion or the merchant,
the grand duchess went the same eve
ming TO the railway station, where a
number of the packages she had pre-
pared We're ready to leave by the train
for the east.
She caused CONSERVATION among thu
staff by emandi to see The contents
When the boxes We're opened they were
ound to contain bricks and stones.
h grand duchess came to ST
Petersburg and laid the matter before
the czarina, who was induced to &c
With her to the station.
Several cases which had been packed
at the palace with presents from ths
czarina TO the troops were opened in
her maJesty's presence. and more thar
half were found to have been tampered
with, the contents distracted and rub.
bish placed In their stead.
1t Is discoveries of his kind. III.
czarina writes. which have made the
car a heartbroken man, but which
have also made him determined to get
In closer u with the masses of tho
people, In whom he has full confidence
Nothing but death can now prevent
him from changing Russia into consti-
t%utional monarchy, but the czarina IA
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.