The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20

 HIGH IN RUSSIA
EMPIRE HONEYCOMBED WITH sO-
 CTETIEs OF RADICAL TYPE.
Men of All Ranks Await Word from stern Executive COmmittee--Mamy in Army at the FrOnt Said not
 Willing to Fight Japanese.

Nineteenth Century.
 Today the forces of revolution ID Russia are organized-not all into one body. it Is true. for there are societies of moderates and societies of extreIn- ists. There are those who would pro- ceed by "constitutionar' methods and there are those who desire to resort to anarchy. Some demand merely A curtaiIment of the autocratic power of the Czar, others still cry out for the overthrow of all existing institutions and the whole fabric of society.
 Then, again. there is 8 large body of the population belonging to the rner- chant guilds. which for its safety dare not belong to any revolutionary soci- ety, but which nevertheless desires revolution and only awaits a lead. But all these varying shadGs of opinion as represented by their numerous leagues and societies are controlled by one ex- ecutive committee and brought into the great revolutionary party in Rus Sia.
 This revolutionary organization has branches all over the world and is in- ternational in it's character. Included in its membership are men of all ranks and of every degree. The professional clement and the universities are large- Iy represented. The majority of the Russian students at foreign universi- ties are to be counted among the num- bers of the revolutionary party.
 In All walks of Life.
 Tn Russia itself the members are Ie- zion. They are to be found in every walk of Iife-ohicers and men of the army and navy, officials of the GUS toms, police, or censor's office, who draw a meager pittance from the Czar's coffers. They are to be found in the palace of the Czar himself and among his advisers, too. Men with great names in Russia will be found among the leaders of the revolution men of science, doctors and chemists. and students without number. As for the peasants. they are waiting to do what they are told. as they have al- ways done. At present they are talk ing their orders from the Czar and the popes of the orthodox church, but they will take them from anybody else when their minds are infiamed.
 The revolutionary party has its hand upon the army, and therein lies the es- sence of success. There arc soldiers in Manchuria at this moment who are pledged to make no Japanese widows. It is astonishing how badly the Rus sian naval gunner lays his gun. have lately seen two letters, written Dy BOlQleES AL lIlS AEOuLB WHICH 8S 1AA to account for the total lack of suc- cess of the Russian arms. One speaks of men voluntarily surrendering to the Japanese, so that they may not be called upon to fight for the Czar. The other tells & tale of sudden retreat on the part of a company of Russian sol- diers at the moment when victory was in their grasp and of the officer ip command, unable to stop the stampede of his men, blowing out his brains.
 Twelve Men Rule Empire.
 The revolutionary party In Russia is ruled by an executive committee of twelve men. The head of the commit tee is a doctor, who. to this day. holds a prominent post at one of the univer- sities. He is a very taciturn man of great abilities and brain power, but he seldom speaks. Other members Of the committee are professors of uni- versailles in Germany, near the Rus sian border. There are no appointed times or places for the meetings of the committee, circumstances alone ruling the frequency and locality of their de- Alterations. In the hand of the ex- eeutive committee rest the lives of the ministers and governors of the empire.