The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-01
WARS Sl'T!l) ALTON
Still, |; \ v'ElR 4 D { YSG ! 1 CIR { if AVE, E,
Evidences That Epip phat,y Shoot.
ing Was \ . j libera ate Attempt
to Murder % { Gzalr ,z!ll 3: Strike l;.. .S3t
Practically Over s5s5
4. Moscow, Y \, and NJ ss sss'.. \. 4 ;.8 4;
D. . Peter fsbufH
BY Micllae 10 avitt.s

Especial Gable Is Tie ines plspato
copyrigh !. . e so5.2 4 ss8 A.59i
sS1oSc coW, january d arrived III
Moscow thts morning The resident cor
respondent at MOSCOW has ] just3 returned
from interviewing 4. Count ro1stol ut his
home at Yasnaya j. Il. Count sTolstol said to
him: s% q he news from st, & Petersburg Is
shoe king. . have mott as yet received a
full account OF the tragedy / have been
Inundated With teleprar1s N from news.
papers and d3indlvlduai isS al the world
Requesting an cxpressIon Of my Views on
these events. II s1s 4 impossible TO alYe an
accurate answer to such an - important
have at different times d expressed my
views on sue b .questio as OF a a.peoplc
trying by3force to- better their condition.
8 The correspof ID entS FIR her Informed mo
that 5und err thes influence of recent events
Count Tolstoi H had d made .snndr notes,
which will Ia Ter serve: IS y the basis Of d
conlprehc hcnsiYe Ii ar lcles on az the Ssuttje cot.
n am able to give YOU he stenorgsof these
notes: ya n NJ q.
constitutionallo or repuil icaii, are nothing
more than orga nized ihst itutions which
being I'M n1pne g from punish X
meflt, have the Spo ower9ss to- punish others,
|. TO splrinler and @to rob. Neither the work. !.
5Inp 'ciasses nsr the sEntellgent ciasses Of
3Russlans are true exp61ants ot the real
desires and eds sof; Tie pc he
programme which b. 10y. 81 b,nf TIL to- the
governne ent sis not VI hes aapiIg gramme Sof the
;peopl Thoses "a eleI1en tary AZ IN easures
which they Y demand i. Of the Y gov ernmnt,
suoii as ire dom spf pm son, freed dom 0f
eecll and reed oni jlsat tence eto..;;
fhxIixhs essentlats :co,lllit 0as III a
not sf such
KctYj1ig jSlleed OF tn ie ,epple &. % lch lies
F;sois " a he snatIonalIzat atldt1 and CON:
SGnlsr1 OF land. n On this point tsssneither
the 6wnrki kit1gmeny nor the educated sclasse
raise the cry, nor do we hear any such
cry from, ,thespeoples of other lands. de-
spi tho apparent freedom OF those
countries. III IT he face of their form Of
governme & and their Al islntive tassem-
sblics they will not allow this pressing
|ineed off, The people to be satisfied. In
other tries there exists tn o so called
Iindependent press !. but It's Independence
is only apparent, The whole press Is ~
3the& hands OF wealthy persons, llo VIII
permit no i advancement OF the real In
|sterestsaof the people. ts5SSs &.
LAW e. Y have only to observe the fate
which attended n the plan advocated BY
Henry George for the ationalizationjo Of
.lAnd U. The only. possibility Of change
in the general policy Of civilization lies
e lii perfecting the individual. morally and
,2reIigioiisly. Then through the develop
mentor the Individual through moral
- through inculcation Of real
respect for other. through hatred Of
force, cruelty8and injustice will u dlsap-
pear II " y.
h Countess Tolls tol, who is hero at work
editing tho Counts. autobiography, her
labor OF love, she calls It, saw saw her husr aus
band on Saturday at Yasnayn. which IS
two hundred miles from here. She says
heIis far from strong, and the shock t,c o.
tho news from st. Petersburg Awell-nlgll
Sprostrated him., TO my remark that sho
ought to be the proudest wonan.ln the
world, !, she replied, smiling Ii 338
81 am better than the proudest woman .