The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-24

fllltli, they appointed u uoiasstsIoii NJ
Etheit8 numbers to take tl,clr petition to
lilo winter thlnco, mt tile same time MI
praying that Tho Gar would meet the
8tleiegation Tiers sind siiet,' the prayer
Of tic workman. tThey 3pront sed 70 70 iii
peace fi,d without arms or any demon
stratlon Of force. rather sopoli, q priest
fwho had esppused tile cause OF tho strlik-
crs, proposed To lead them III tho sigh n
Of the cross, the s. tllsels yyero In.
formed TINT tliey would Gbc permitted
tovlslt theFpulhre, and that limo event l,'l
Sotld the Gear meet thorn to lat
they had to sny. y It is no wonder TINT
wien this request was percent torlly de- de-
MED; when tllo 8r,et we're Informed that
they would mot d be allowed the poor 'l 4
privilege Of approaching their rtler and
ealing his t,ntlon, llrotiEhY ctiti1o7n,,f
10 their grievances hey became tntllig-
tt,ant and senragei, ana escorted to acts
s5,,t vIoic,ice. Nothing Gods brt tier con
ltrast the Russinn form ssofs government Y
with THAI the GrlltGd stAtes.ss witt, VS.
the people IRE supreme; tile people are t'l'i
sovereign, the people control the govern
l1,cnt; and while they may not, within
law, defy the 20 wsrs Of government that tia
ithoy have ,creatAd, they have he right
reserved unto themselves in the Constitu-s
ton itself to assemble and discuss any
matter pertaining is them, and however
few in 81 number and lioweve humble
their station IA life ma be. 4,
But III Rtissinit tho cas- . Is re srsct il The
Car tho supreme rller.; tho Car \ rs
tho supreme power tho Car IS the GOV
ernment; the Car word rs low; tie GOV "
eminent does not exist for the people, but
t,,e neople exist for tho government. The h
rights, such as thoy$n re, which the peo.-.s3
pie enjoy are by grnntS ind favor Of the ,F
supreme ruler 81 They have no voice in
government they hive no parliament II e or
congress 4 IN which their representatives
may assemble and enact laws In their
behalf. Thoy have no voice In electing
the ruler. He rules by $inheritance, and
the crown IS hand ed down from. tller5
TO son. recently tAtives of the, the
people did NJ ssenitle md SS draw up, q
petition to, the Gear, and he received 1t;
but they dill not dare assemble until they
had first received the Cars permission
and after their petltion was framed 81 7
was Sonlyssby hts favor that I was pre-
,sentc9. But in the case; g f strikers, they
were not even permitted to present their
petition, and when they started Ito the
palace. headed 1 py a priest Tearing the
cross d S a token Or peace, they were met
by armed soldiers who llcssl y;asho +
down men, womel, and \ children and the
snow l,punatle ground wa taade 81 crimson
with. their blood n y8a
YctS ut ths&vcry time Russia is 3ellgag god
in f n desncrato conflict with a. foreign
power, and IS dependent upon the good
will and patriotic devotion, OF ii her peo-,
pie to3 enable her to prosecute B II he war,
III the Far East At s55s. .5t' n;
We do not have to- so farther thar: this
Is ascertain why little Japan has \ thus
far been so &su ccessful ms fighting the
great ana powerful 4 Russia, Since the;
war with Russia began nj voice Of dis
content has been raised in JAl,ali .y b,:t,
on the contrary. kor soldiers have shown
such devotion to 1.-THE government as n the
world has rarely Il witnessed, ~ each and
every man OF them deenllng It his great.
est honor to give his life d to his ..coln-3
3try. III HI
Tho strength or a nation Is in the char
iacter, the devotion, the 5patrlct Isiin, the.
esprit de corps OF its PEG pie. Measured q
BY that standard, Japan is one lof the
strongest and Russia on q OF the weakest
nations on the globe to- day. Si5.8 4