The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-29
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SDsrqi CeG, Dcsp4ich to Tue Sus
ST PETERSBURG. Jan. -. Via Eydtkuhnen.
That great events impend both in internal
Russia and in connection with the Far
Eastern war, no one doubts. What form
they will take, and In what order they will
occur, it is impossible to forecast at this
present writing 1t is important however.
to make clear certain developments Of the
general situation which Sundays massacre
has already forced upon public attention.
week ago there were three classes.
The first wns made up OF the Grand Dukes
and their small army OF bureaucrats. nearly
all Of whom we're lustful OF plumber and
were busy ootlng the Empire. Tho next
great class included the intelligent patriotio
Russians, who realized and resented tho
national crime. but saw no means Of SUCCESS
ful interference and who shrank from the
personal consequences OF any organized
attempt to oppose the country's domestic
enemies. The third class was made up Of
workmen, who had plenty of grievances
but were babes politically. Behind all was
the vast mass OF the peasantry suffering in
ignorance, TO whom no thought OF resistance
comes save in hours of starvation.
There were, in the strict sense. few
revolutionaries among any Of these. The
EXTREMIST programme among those who
supported tne zemstvo platform was earnest
but loyal pressure upon the Car 10 rescue
the Empire from the plunderers and to
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sentative assembly. They we're prepared
If this failed to resort TO violent measures
not against the sovereign. but against the
most notorious Of his mentors.
The movement was rapidly gaining
strength and by one means or the other
it would eventually have succeeded. Its
supporters included not only the most
intelligent OF the nation, but many OF the
aristocIaoy and many army officers. The
Grand Ducal ooterie are not fools nor are
they blind to the probable trend of events.
Moreover, they have found that their con-
troll Of the Emperor IL by no means secure,
and they are quite capable Of adopting
desperate measures for retaining their
power They did so last Sunday, for it is
now well known that avoidance of the
tragedy would have been the easiest matter
possible. Instead. the authorities tried to
create the appearance Of a revolt when
none was intended and deliberately
slaughtered loyal, unarrned men women
and children.
The imperial murdemrs succeeded in
one of their objects only too we'll: they
have linked the Czar's fate with their own
Otherwise. quite aside from the moral
question, they have committed the highest
blunder Of modern times. They fastened
the doom of their regime and probably
their personal fate as we'll
St. Petersburg to-day is a city of revo-
luton. The demand heard on all sides ia
for new Emperor. Since Sunday the
people of the capital have spoken their
minds openly and frankly for the first time
IN their lives Gen. Tropof. the Governor
General, IL he desires to arrest all the dis
loyalists. must imprison the entire populace.
The brains of Russia will know how to
make their sediton effective. The cor
respondent Of THE Sun is in possession Of
abundant information that the insurneo-
tionary views are rapidly spreading among
the officers of the army. They know that
their comrades in Slanchuria are suffering
through Systematic robbery by those who
ordered Sundays massacre. They resent
the craven attitude OF the Car. They are
exAsperated beyond measure by the uni
versal social ostracism imposed upon them
by the inhabitants of St. Petersburg during
the last three days for the part they took
In this weeks bloody work Their feelings
will soon find q more serious expression
than was shown in the military plot which
turned charge OF shrapnel on the imperial
party ten days ago.
A military stroke Of some nature IL, IN
fact, one Of the probabilities Of the near
future There will be no attempts at 4
concerted attack on he present regime
unless a large proportion OF the military
Join 1t would be the sheerest folly TO
attempt 1t. outrages there will be. prob
ably in quick succession.
There Is not the sli ghtest sign as 10 what