Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-07-05
One Of the czar's Subjects, Now In
America, Tells What Defeat
Has Done.
BIG CHANGE IS INEVITABLE
Organization and Aims Of the Russian
Anarchists-Czar a Weakline-
DeWitte is Not Trusted.

in Russia are we'll worth considera.
ton.
"The grand ducal party said he
sis the curse of Russia. | keep in in.
innate touch with the doings of the
liberal party and am familiar with
the inside trend of events. | left Rus
STA - years ago, in 1898. 1t was on
account of political reasons, and my
whole heart and soul is centered on
the ultimate freeing of my country.
Best Class Are Nihilists.
"A great apprehension prevails
in America, as it does everywhere, as
to the class of people who comprise
the nihilist and anarchist parties in
Russia. Most people think that they
are a set of low, uneducated laborers
or peasants, when in reality they are
the cream of the Russian people
i the scholars, the educated progressive
men, the class who would be in the
lead of the country were it not for
the oppression exercised by the grand
sassins are always young men of good
families, students, the sons of gener-
ais and men of position.
THE nihilists have one of the most
perfect organizations in the world,
more perfect even than the govern
mental organization. Not thing goes
on that they do not know of; no move
is ever planned that they are not APP
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agents and spies in the highest Off
ces of the government. There is al
so another organization, called the
Self Defense society, which is very
powerful In Odessa alone they have
10000 young men, mostly students,
already armed and drilled.
Car a WeakIIng.
THE people of Russia do not hate
the car nor do they regard him as
vicious man, personally responsible
for the present condition of things.
He is merely a weakling who is as
wax in the hands of the INSCRIPTIONS
grand ducal party. When the czar
succeeded to the throne the Russian
people had great hopes as to what
he would do for the country's better
ment. These hopes were founded
largely on his connection with the
English court, and his marriage with
Queen Victorias favorite granddaugh.
ter, but the czarina is helpless in her
present position.
THE better class of the Russian
people rejoice at the outcome OF the
war and believe that Japan has done
more for Russia than the Russians
could have done, for Russia's defeat
means that great internal changes are
inevitable, and eternal freedom means
more to us than does international
supremacy.
THE most hated man in Russia to-
day is Pobiednostoff, the head of the
church. All classes hate him, even
the class now in power. He is I'M
alterably opposed to all advancement
and to all education. You know there
is no public education in Russia, and
he, as long as he maintains his SUI
premacy, will see that there is none.
He wants to have the whole people
as slaves of the church, with himself
as the church's head.
De Witte is Distrusted.
DE White does not occupy such
prominent position in the confidence
of the people as the American press
represents him to have. In reality lib,
eral Russians ditsrust him. | do not
know why that is true, for De Witte
poses as liberalist, but there are in
dications that it may be only a pose
and that at heart he is royalist, and
in reality merely masked tool Of
the autocracy. He is what the Ameri
cans call self-made man, for he be-
gan life as a station master on rail
road at keife, in southern Russia.
Lamsdorff has no following in the lib
eral party, and he will be of no con-
sequence when the reconstruction
takes place. AS to Father GapOn, no
one knows about him. and | regard
him as the most mysterious and pos
sibly the most portentous figure in our
public life today.
Republic Not Wanted.
mot more tina IN one person in 10
of the liberals want a republic. What
we are striving for is constitutions
al monarchy. We are not ready for
Republican form of government, for
the mass of the Russian people have
no education and would be unable to
appreciate or to use the ballot if they
had it. A constitutional monarchy is
what we want, and Nicholas would
do as well as anyone foi the monarch.
for he is merely weak man, and in
the hands of broad, liberal leaders
would make very good head for the
government. Those leaders would
then be able to foster education IN
the country and possibly prepare for
a republic at some future time. But
it will take years and years before
the millions of the Russian populace
will be sufficiently educated to appre-
ciate a Republican government. One
o fthe most pathetically humorous
sides of the war is the fact that the
Russian soldiers who are prisoners
in Japan are being taught to read and
write during their captivity.
"Rotten to the Core"
Russia is rotten to the core with
official corruption. When such things
prevail, japanese victory is not only
unavoidable, but desirable Those
who support the autocracy do so mere
ly for the sake of graft. The grand
dukes have enormous incomes, mil
lions and millions of roubles a year,
and it is with those roubles that they
maintain their following and their
power. There is no sentiment of pa
triotism or loyalty that gives the grand
dukes their following, nor is there
a feeling Of loyalty for the car. for
the people realize that the existence
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