The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-03

Nat,oleUtt OIL lthGNfnarCh IN 5 ti1p, v silVo'WII
turned away ahd5 said. iii spite y that
there th ,, viii ytill be men who want to gov
err tho world but 5they wlllSall end y llko
s III liz now some years since tlils great
istssiun master sont Ills pictures 70 l.on.
don, and iicYer, Perhaps ms q q ,leepsi
Impression been innde on the mugs ~
after The asy s II the Car.
ltt ,was Mr.. stead, think. WIG. going
round the gallafies With verestlc L,
asked him to givn lin some uetals n, y
that appalling scenp,E hi,d his descr1 tHa
gives 10 key to tho RUSSIAN chaIac ..
awaited m tic square OF st. Petelsburg."
10 said, 3ih,Tho drliinH rolled go that no
word could bo.fhcard, " should the con.
demt1etl have desired toy speak hut n ~.
i sound was heard from, tho. great croWd
who stood In the den tfly spel1ce. Wf ,1,t
nver. broke tho stiffness aud cried out
i1ang them Ill, hung then, all ~ y put u
ems d. Russlnn won,aii's voice which an
swcretl and snid 'I1ush! How %. dare you
say unything9 They lave nov 70 answer Us v
| toBCud alone. I. K. 4, 4,
Vercstchagln's view Of the "ol.,el!
| Russia is that while some are WY III. IN
lcllectuni, highly civilized hrtl cultureu,
3thnv nre but few. In Russia tho tnet,u "a
| ed woman has still been Kept do w.
/ doomed purely to animal functions, S -11e
Is not expected to have ideas sno Is Is, ~
| educated to understand her capho.iit .,is.
she gives to tho world hcr cl,.u q, al
feeds them, and so attends TO wy u ~. ~.
mi necessities of the man VINO ~ MY
rnmnnnion FOR life, and while that man -
i ncrh;lps taking tho first step toward CIV.
izntion tho woman has not begun even even
i Ia upell the letters OF the woru. ~.
i Thcfe is ono marked cliatact '' , ISL
i about tho Russian peasant ho nus. ., 49,
nrti,rcd In the altruisin OF the cofnnluic
j You may find him living in thrlitlcss-
| ncss. Incidence. dirt, idlcness, ighorhilco
Il nntl3 drunkenness, but there is Il lners-
i ing Of self, for the lives Of others, Wnlch
has been so constantly nurttred !, as -
become a natural capacity for sen ,s,tc.
i rncc. 1t Is this genius for sell .opli W.,
which has icaused Nihilsts nna ntul.u.a ~,
/ to suffer and die for tho cause IN "lllLill
j they believe For in no other nntloil az
W. and n stronger religious sense, the
4 tnrnd with It's religious mysticism drawn
q from Eastern sources. than that Whlcn
e Is Tho ruling characteristic OF the olav.
4 It is. truo that to tho people religious
sentiment may consist III huitl'o1e ! ~ -
4 ceremonies and traditions when, from
our standpoint, may seem Ignorant hn ~,
idolatrous, but the Greek Church, with
all its failings, 4 Is unqucstlonnolE me
n Church Of tho people. ana that laltn,
Il oycrErow1l as 1t is with a network Q!
superstition. has sustained the peasant
class of Russia in days OF priVation u M
calamity, and tho love OF the people TOT
theiI. Church is one Of tho strongest fac
! tors in their existence.
No one has more clearly brought out
!, this characteristic than the great REFORM
cr OF Russia, Count Tolstoy.s Asked ny
nne tlme what he considered the essen.
tlal difference between the Russian ana
IL n
Z lare moro Christian, more CHRISTIAN. J our
Z people. from tho time OF the Reforma-
i ton have read their Bibles intclligentlS'
and read them critically. Ours have
never read them they are beginning 70
:. read them now; but the Russian peopie
have preserved the tradition ana Inc
2 teaching OF Christ, and In the absence
) of| protective laws and institutions such
: ns have always existed in the West
} where else should they seek for guidance
i, In their lives? It is this reliance upon
conscience and Christianity as Opposed
: to law which forms the great CUR pe
, tween Russia and Western Europe. y
I i,usai, C,brIstlanity and conscience play
c the part which moral CONSCIENTIOUS IONS an a. :,
/ legal forn,alities play in Western Europe.
with tho end Of the last century there
8 "a ,,e from Russia "a document Whllci
y brought hope to the heart q many INV N,'a
h sands. n hope which tho last TWO VEINS
Z news has lald+ioW. NtS.io 1'' ,,i,.. ~,
h tha5 ma iticent enthusiasm OF youth. pu
e forward a great ideal. in which, he IN
v Wit d. the nations Of the world 70 Join
a /. strange that the people who at tni
0 hour arc preparing for that most Ter, tert'pi
:. calamity should have peen mo IT'S =
y have unfurled the white flag OF UNIVERSE
= peace. 49,, voc,
upon us for having failed to supp or, - =
II chivalrous initiatve:sof the monarch =
g all the Russians? We hold our preasl, -. .
It sihe curtain goes up or tho Eastern lrase
" AZ Tor We, know that when the sulnme
h, 81, bursts upon the Russian &c !.
Is and snow, 1T will bring no Joy IN !.
/ ,sil train. but rather mourning anon
n the sad pome. of Russia. ana Will
le among their hitherto happier siste.s :
s. At this eleventh hour hope stili l ~ e'e
n faint and fainter, but with Goa al t'i'hs
/ are possible.