The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-03
Of civilized notions.

VI AANfAtAfA AAV+ANiNs
As the subject Of Russian affairs Is thS
occasion OF my writing, l viii make a few
brief observations on the condition OF
the subject races OF the czar, the pro-
longing OF which Is not only the avowed
policy, but on which depends the very
life and existence of the present order
OF iron handed despotism. Composed Of
pne vast, homogeneous element. there
mad been terrible upheaval e'er this
Such a barbarous and primitive form
OF government could hardly have sur
vived the radiations OF French ideas. II
had been possible for an invasion OF
freedom and national glory which. PEN
etrating the weary ranks OF even these
phlegmatic hypoboreans had been far
more terrible 10 ducal pride and des-
potic power than all the men1ces Of
that corsican conquerer-the god and
idol Of France-whcse footsteps sounded
even IN the palace Of the czars-against
whom all the nations Of earth waged
mplacable war and the one solitary
man In history whom II took the ac-
cord OF reused up millions to subdue.
Russia Is a vast and complicated net
erogeneous heterarchy. Besides the ra-
cial divisions Of European Russia, .he
chief Of which are the Firms. Poles and
Russians proper there are, in Asiatic
Russia, the hve provincial divisions Of
Amur. stepnoye Turkestan, Caucasia
or Georgia, and Eastern Siberia, repre-
senting IN all, in large proportions, 90,
Two Of the three grand, as well as nu-
merous minor divisions OF the human
family. The government being an abso-
lutte monarchy, each province Is ruled
accordingly by governor general APP
pointed by .he empire with absolute
power. And In fhe administration OF
this authority. lies the secret Of hat
apparently phenomena, cohesive powe'
whlch holds the vast fabric together and.
until lately. In order Alien rs arrayed
against allen. BY an adroit disposition
OF the vs., military police system-which
the rigorous policy Of The government
necessitotcs-of one race and kind as a
standing menace TO another. and this
one perhaps vice versa, here is little
or no difficulty Ia the execution OF or
dcrs, as there is no forbidding senti-
monts OF brotherhood or fraternity. RAJ
ciai an ndpathis and old tribal hareds,
with The exercise OF heteurchal poll
Giles and stnl mo~e tho encouragement
OF general education. forms the combi-
nation Of kat power which holds the
masses Of Russia today JUST a century
behind the other European common
wealths,
The masses of Russia are suffering an
tho evils tha- are Imposed BY what Is
known as military rule, vigorously APP
Piled. The .Cossacks form the greater
proportion OF this military police force.
Russia Is as complex religiously as So
cislly Taken collectively, there are .he
Greek, Roman and Professionalism OF va
rious hranchesi shnman'srn, buddhism
ana Mohammedonism. The established
religion tends 10 discourage education
Only two per cent Of the population at
tond school What with hieropathic
suppression Of intellectual freedom, the
survival Of traditional superstltions Of
regal Greek and Tartarian antiquity,
and the wandering bypophagous tribes
tf lao s7eat middle steppes and the
e2st, the people OF Russia from east 10
west are Aruly scyihian 70 remarkable
degree
That change OF both social and po-
litieai conditions Is approachins - Rus
sia, Is conceded as certain from an hu-
man precedent Pat the mixed and di-
verse ,lemnfs OF the empire makes im-
possible. even conjecture. as 10 the prob
able time and manner Il Til be brough
about Whether Il win. AZ you say. pro-
coed By series Of bitter and scattered
stuicgema. OF hy a gmnd and generd
movement Is impossible 70 say. II viii,
indeed be a Solon or a CIRCLES a man
Of phenomenal ability hero Of I'M