Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-01-27
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UiS1PIA. WASH.
FRIDAY NaEN.NG. JiNlAEI q. 1905.
Poor Russia.

revolution, the inevitable result OF
the persistent and continuous cruel
ties OF ii despOt. The Cars soldiers
have shot down rebellion. strikers, on
the streets Of Moscow, the ancient
capital and ut II. Petersburg crowds
of rryullt;onstS continually patrol
the streets, and the whole country is
ablaze with the spirit OF war, arpar
emily ready for a preconcertcd move
ment against the government.
The beginning Of the end was in the
Cossacks fixing apon a mob in st.
Petersburg, sunday, which converted
a peaceful movement for some con-
cessions to labor into bloody riot,
and made revolutionists OF many who
had up to that time been loyal to the
Car. The issue now seems to de.
pend largely upon the way the soldiers
feel towards the Emperor and the de.
gree OF support they may accord in
allaying a riot OF such huge proper
tions. 1t will require the most stead
fast loyalty to uphold the present
dynasty. There may be some doubt
of this, from the fact that while firing
q salute during religious festival,
this week, charge OF grapeshot passed
oh in nj, hn in,
perial family were engaged in tie
solemn rites, and it is probably owing
to imperfect range that some if not all
the family were not killed. With the
soldiery thus uncertain, much weight
is added to the gravity of the situation.
But if successful in overco ming the
present turmoil, what next? 1t is
safe to say that the government can.
not again be placed upon the auto.
cratic plane so long maintained by
Emperor Nicholas II and his prede.
cessors. Nor can revolution, if sue
cessful, Undue people so long under
absolute despotism, with the leader.
chip or comprehension OF principles
necessary for free republic.
But there will doubtless be some
concessions to individual rights, and
the tyrannical course which has bred
nihilism. may be supplanted by an
effort at Cancellation. Already we see,
In the Cars proclamations, a DISPOSE
tion to meet the laborers more than
half veg. He promises shorter days
oflabor; protection from such disturb
ing influences, as while loudly preach
ing liberty, understand it only as the
right for using forcible means for keep
ing laborers from returning to their
employment; workingmen's insur-
once is promised to secure them from
ills of disablement or sickness; free
dom OF speech and right of petition is
promised, as we'll a. careful consider.
alton Of all causes of discomfort. In
return for this. all that is asked is a
return to regular pursuits and loyalty
TO the government.
If the Gar would only supplement
his proclamation with proposition to
supplant his absolutism by a limited
or constitutional monarchy, possessing
some of the elasticity of popular con-
troll and much of the risidity of the
monarchy to steer it through the
rocky and tortuous channel, posi-.
bly, to an absolutely free government. it
will give great promise of success.
Freedom is the result of evolution TN.
der favorable conditions, and a protec.
ton OF the rights of the people is
about all that is needed to foster it
into vigorous growth.
Never have the horrors of war been
more fully exemplified than in the past
eleven months's strife in the Orient,
and it seems strange that the principal
sufferer is the very monarch who, sew
eral years ago, suggested plan of uni.
versal aud perpetual peace, by national
disamament and an international court
OF arbitration. Was il . knowledge of
the powder-mine upon which he was
standing. or was it due to that better
impulse of human nature, sometimes
observable in the most improbable
places, that prompted this hallowed
suggestion? If the former, his present
course is the logical one for him to
pursue; stoop to conquer, as it were,
whose degree of sincerity may be based
upon policy, and may result OF riveting
the chances firmly as before. Sow.
origins are forgetful, as history has
proven, and the temper and tone OF
the individual, be he prince or pauper,
is often determined by the food be
eats and the water he drinks. If, on
the other hand. he is sincere, now
would be good time to put into
effect his plans for peace, as he will not
have TO disarm TO any great extent.
and the Peace Congress will receive
ample training in settlement of inter.
national questions by the labor thrust
upon them for his own protection and
support.
EDISON HAS MAsTOID ABsCEss RE.
MoyED.-A surgical operation was per-.
formed on Thomas A. Edison, the
great inventor, at Jerome, near Or.
ange. N. Y, Tuesday. It was for q
mastoid abscess, a conical protuber.
ance behind his ear, very close to the
brain. He had been suffering severely
for a week or more, but IS it failed to
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