Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-07-08
Famous English Economist and I'D.
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Famous English Economist and I'D.
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What would / DO u I were czar7
when you ask me that question, |
feel profoundly gratful that am not
che czar But ] admit that the cues.
tion "a one that ought 10 he asked OF
every one vino venture TO express an
opinion upon the sItuatlon IN Rus
sla
u BE- easy Go dogmatIso about what
fhe czar ought 20 DO. especially as
most of the dogmatists conhuo them.
solves 20 asserting that be- ought to
cut and run from the post which has
been entrusted 90 bis kceplhg. The
question iA not what the ear ought
90 DO. 10 De- were ar responsible as
au American newspaper editor. hut
what would ] do-which heaven for
bid-he changed places tonight With
me9
n would not Wish my worst enemy
60 have the burden which | have 90
bear" said the car 10 me. az Gar
koe solu, In the piping times OF peace
seven long years ago.
How much more unsupp0rtahlo is
che burden today hut were u zen
shines no heavy he cannot .ay it down.
He must staEgor on under u ms best
be can until death Dcsertion Of his
post ticachcry 20 his trust. repudla-
tion OF bis coronation oath--these
things a. least, need not be dis.
cusscd. For however weak Nicholas
n may be- In other respects. ho is as
imm0yable as a rock when he Us quite
certain be- b. oheylng the lmporious
call OF a plain duty.
What. then, would I DO. n | found
myself In the ears skin. face 20 face
with the present poriluus position
within and without the Russian from.
tior9 Abdicatlon would mean deser-
tlon. from such a towards crime no
good could arise. II the Eternal
providence that placed me on the
throne wished me 10 yacate Il. vacat.
cd IL will be. but ahdloatlon for an
emperor Is what suicide is 10 the In
dividual. the voluntary abandonment
OF "A position OF responsibility thrust
upon us without our onsent by the
will OF the higher powers.
n ! were car I think / should re
gard u a. my FIRST duty, not 10 de
priye myself OF the authority witt
which I waa invested on my corona
ton. but 20 render Il possible for nj
intclligently and usefully to exercise
H
AZ present am omulpotence with
out omniscenco. I am an autocral
whose eyes see no further than Q
mOuijik's and whose ears are no
keener than those OF an isvostchlk
II by the will OF God ] am called
10 be- the gray matter OF the brain
OF Russia. then IN Gods name. give
me eyes and ears which Will see and
near an that goes on IN the remotest
provinces ~ my empire!
THIS being Interpreted into the
plain. practical speech or early poll
tics. means that ! would bring into eX
iatCnce as speedily as the wisdom O
my ahlest and most energetic adyig
ers could desire. moderated oquiya
lent OF the ancient zcmsh gOhori ~
national cousullaure assemblies, where
by Ia times ~ national peril Russia
has repeatedly found safety.
The gemah sober would not be
parliament. it would De an asaem
bingo OF the ahlest. most public splr
tied Russians dlscernlhlo 20 me anC
my counselors, 20 whom should h'
added Ia equal numbers the chosen
representatives of the zemstyos, thI
municipalities and the peasants.
With them would take counsel
from them / should receive lnforma
ton, 20 them ! would remit for con
sideratlOn and discussion the su
prone questions Of peace and war