New-York tribune., 1905-01-25
THE "LITTLE FATHER"
When His Children asked for Bread
He Care Them a Bullet.

.Fs,s children asked their Little Father FOR
bread and he has given them. not a stone. but
kuIst" said Mrs. Edward Addison Greeley IN COM
rasu;ng or recent events IN Russia at her causere
a the Hotel Astor yesterday the subject OF which
Was by G happy coincidence. a Little Father OF
she North Russia"
Yet al they sought-those wretched Russian
peasants and workingmen-was INSTRUMENTATION
Of speech industrial freedom freedom OF the press
religious freedom political freedon-freedom TO do
fhs things that the people OF all civilized nations
'<Ent But Russia has stood still while the rest OF
re world has gone on. The present crisis IS the
result OF the grand ducaI rings attempt 10 control
population singularIy heterogeneous IN religion.
tpeech and racial Inheritance.
That grand ducaI party-ahi II is the fermenting
class n Russian society,""
Mrs. Greeley had stated al the beginning OF her
talk that she spoke fmpartially-not as a partisan
rs Russia, nor as her enemy. The tremendous revo-
tuition taking place was not. she said, TO be
iksned 10 the sudden and unforeseen explosion OF
sDc2no. but 20 an eruption which had been simmer
ing and sseng for years just below the surface of
Russian society 1T Is sad enough 70 see the Little
5sthsr IN his present plight she remarked.
whether he is only the instrument OF destiny his
bEn deacie1cies are 10 blame"
Then she told the women q lot Of things the aver
kge casual newspaper reader doesn't know. but
would Ike tc. Al first she explained the Russian
constitution. She said it was an absolute heredi-
Esry nonaTchy-then. interruPting herself with up
raised finger, What IS il now?" she asked dra-
nstcally. Continuing she explained the four great
councils which among them divide up the adrninis-
rariOn Of the country. incidentally confusing the
Hnos OF far OF Americans who read about their
erngs-
There Is the council OF empire" she told her
taoihork which is the supreme power and is
purely executive Then, second there is the ruling
Sonata whose functions are delberative and execu-
ry.L This council was founded by Peter the Great
Il imitation % the English Parliament. Then third
" there is the Holy Synod, which administers the
ssaglous affairs OF the kingdom and has for its
hsad the Gar. Lastly. there IS the Council OF
AeEters-the Minister Of the Interior the Minister
@ Finance and so on whose doings have come 10
ne 'front.' prominently since the war with Japan
h~gsa This council is divided into eghteea
committees departments, each one OF which is
srpecsso 70 report directly 10 the Gar The Car
"a mere human creature could never control his
oSl empire, for the reason that he could never
Keep " with the vast amount OF detail which this
gsten involves and this, added 10 a nature tenn
persnentsly weak. accounts for much OF the pres
s1t Cars failure"
Then turning 70 geographical Russia, Russia
SSpaeS one-sXth Of the entire land surface OF the
s00s she said, that is. it extends over the
tlpenoo1s number Of $50 900 square miles. Think
=. me number Of acres that 80 10 the square mile
80 recall how Uncle sam offers 10 pioneers one
.o.'h o. E square mile as being about al q single
---Fla1sl can utilize, and then think how China
..1l sheer excess OF bulk. In most countries the
-sAey q population is 10 Grlcc westward: in Rus
J. # TIE reverse. ia 1872 RUssia's population
As'lelo in 1893 II had sweTled 10 100000. in
- /" Continuous and persistent emigration
etsfett ne last twenty-elght years the United
rourT 10le has received Loo 90 Russians in
coTns ., H.loerz OF all the foreign peoples who
,ef--- y These shores the Russians want least TO
4; 15l ~ 70 Their native land OF protesting believers
Al CO.,. telets or the Greek Church, Russia has
T1'Nl u AaLOnerans. y go 800.
GTes.TT T0ss sa., The Russian unit Of currency. Mrs
csrfS sac, IS worth about . shillings or 50
f6sss--,lh me Nerst. the Russian unit Of distance
T5s~i about $500 feet. or two-tIlirds Of a mile
hors- s--Aae a dash into Russian history. '-The
ba1z--TD.. t-ofnanoh, which has now gone into
No.. - On the king business. began with
sso S--5M ~ Salo lrausp clOus year) In its fortunes
lie e-eesss rave played important rOIes-CatheTine
sn6 ct-s.Tg hto was born little German princess
yssrS s,.neo sophia and that other Sophia, who.
csrrv-r-- married one Of the English Georges
housa =. I5 Ter Scauty wardrobe the Of the
urons y Ctle,norer, which now sits the English
tsForfs, -~essiefln lne was "A worthy antagonist pro-
n Eussfs SO ally of every Of her day whether
ppns~ la+ce OF Eugland- She mighty
.sse~t 90. RUSSIA could never have reached its
hsn Srs.e q discomfort were her hand the