Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-09-19
GREAT CHANGE
IS INEVITABLE
The EXISTING CONDITIONS IN
RUSSIA CANNOT PREVAIL
MUCH LONGER.

III.
nussia no mans action is free; he
oeiohgs 10 the state. The car rules
ny ulVlhe right He Is the earthly
representative of the Most High Cod.
'he common people of the land are
mere dirt under his feet, being of a
different world and a lower
A few Sundays ago his people in
the belief that his heart-the heart
OF their little father"-was accessi.
Bile to pity and to the plea for ius.
tee, were coming in peaceful process.
sion, accompanied by their wives and
their children, to kneel at his feet,
lit up their supplicating hands, and,
with their own tongues, reach his ear
with the true story of their grievan-
ces.
Their little father refused to see
| them or hear them.
Inelr little father threw glittering
line OF steel between himself and his
children The little father ordered.
FIRE. and his children fell before
| the storm OF lead
| They We're shot down like dogs.
women and children were sabered or
crushed under the iron shod feet of
| horses; they were scourged back to
their novels, their cellars. their swell.
| tering dens.
AND the hundreds of dead bodies
which Uttered the streets were thrown
into the river like SO much carrion.
A few days afterward it was con-
sidered good politics by the grand
dukes who control this contemplate
little cZar to grant a hearing to a
reputation representing these same
| labOrers.
The whole world had been aroused
to anger and indignation at the man
ner In which the Cossacks had mas.
| sacred the people
Public sentiment had made itself
| felt even in the inner circles of the
| heartless oligarchy which controls the
| Russian empire.
Receives the Deputation.
Therefore the car was told to re.
| ceive the deputation, and he did So
| The deputation bowed down to the
| earth before the car, who said
| Good day, my children. have sum-
moned you to hear my words, and to
communicate them to your compan-
ions. The recent unfortunate events
were the inevitable results of your
own lawless actions. Those who in.
| duced you to address this petition to
me desire to see you revolt against
me and my government" After a
few more words of the same complaC-
ent character this representative of
God on earth said to the delegation:
| Il am convinced of the innocence
OF the working men, and believe that
they are well disposed toward me.
VIII pardon those transgressors. Re-
turn again to your work. May God
assist you"
| The history of the world has so
many revolving passages that | can
not say that this Russian episode
surpasses others, but when the head
OF great Christian government tune S
| his tongue 10 the formula of divine
right which was current during the
dark ages, and gives us a dash of
medievalism, TO be reported by a
| special correspondent in the daily
| newspapers, there is something SO
| anomalous about the situation that
1t makes a peculiar impression of it's
| own
AT least 1000 of this emperor's chill
dren" had been butchered in cold
blood for the high crime of wishing
to present a petition to him for short
er hours of labor and a more liberal
recognition of their status as human
beings.
May God assist YOU" says the
cZar-leavng it to the benighted
minds of these untutored workmen
to find out how it is that God is 60
ing to assist them, when the represen-
tative of God on earth shoots them
down by the thousand, tramples them
beneath the hOOfs of Cossack horses.
slashes them with COssack sabers,
pierces them with COssack lances,
lashes them with Cossack scourges,
and sends them bleeding and bowling
back to their hopeless homes and mis-.
cradle lives, for no offense other than
the wish to kneel at his feet and
pray for better treatment
Nicholas Forgives.
II forgive YOU" says the cZar
Forgives them for what?
For being denied the right to peti.
ton the throne. for being Driven
back into serfdom, for being hacked
and slashed and trampled and bullet
riddled by the hireling savages of a
barbarian government,
''As the great Father above forgives,
so l. your little father, forgive"
Amen. Let the whimperins wretch
who nurses a saber slashed head re-
cover in peace. He is pardoned for
having been Cossacked.
Let the father who drags his life
less daughter from under the hoofS
of the warhorse go weep over her
in comfort--he and she are forgiven
for having dared TO hope for mercy
from the czar.
| And the nameless dead who went
forth that Sabbath morning, following
the heroic priest whose baton was the
| Cross of Christ--went forth in the
| glow of lofty purpose and pathetic
hope, and whose bodies are now feed
ing the fishes of the Neva-let them
| also rest in peace-their little father
| has fOgiven them.
How do know that you have not
| injured my horses?" asked Dickens
marquis, while the frantic peasant
was lamenting his crushed child.
Let the woman come to my house,
she shall be paid. Drive on. coach
man." said the Duke of Bethune.
Served you right says the car.
Served you right" says the grand
ual called Vladimir.
you should not have quit work.
You should not have asked hear