Evening journal., 1905-05-12
REVOLUTION IN RUSSlh
Finnish Woman's Views on the
Prospect Of One.
BELIEVES IT IS INEVITABLE.

People Are Prepared 10 Sacrifice
Themselves When the Time Comes.
The Car win lie killed, she says,
hat There WIN Not Dc "A Republic.
Russia TO Have a Constitution and
an Emperor.
a Finnish lady who Is studying her
profession IN London and who recently
returned from three months visit TO
ler native land and TO Russia related
as follows her experiences to q member
Of The stan Of the London Ncws:
1.-THE people Of Finland and Russia
are now acting together. whereas their
relations before were characterized by
mlstrust and misunderstanding They
are now united in working for the rev
olution ana freedom a revolution is
now inevitable. had not been 10
Finland for two years and The change
was not 20 be mistaken. When people
talk together by day and when they as
semble together before the fire at night
there Is only one subject-the coming
revolution. Goa knows how my people.
and / think also the people of Russia,
have hoped and hoped that constitu-
tion would be granted But that sun
Cay Jan. 22l settled the matter All
the people there now know that a revO-
luton must come"
And the women-do they realize
what a revolution viii meanT
''Yes, they know there viii be terri
bic bloodshed. but they are prepared
that the price shall be paid found
all my nelghbors reading books about
the French revolution. There is an
other thing about which there are no
differences of opinion-it will be a pal
ace revolution"
"What, is IL supposed, win happen to
the czarf"
"He will be killed. But there viii
not be a republic. With so many mill
lions uneducated, a republic is impos-
sible"
How, is it supposed, win the new
Russia be g0vernedW
1T will have constitution and there
will be an emperor"
HAS a new emperor been chosen by
public opinionY
"No Every one is asking every one
else, Who will be EMPEROR 1t is con-
sldered that Grand Duke Constantine
or Grand Duke Niyoli may be chosen.
Both Of them are awfully nice"
'Must the new emperor be Of exalted
rank then, in public opmionT
"Yes. The emperor viii be a grand
duke unless, OF course, a Napoleon
steps forward ana wins the right TO
the crown by leading the people to
} their freedom.
"But I did not gather from you that
the people are waiting for leader"
"rhey are not They are secretly
armlng and winning over the police
and the soldiers. Great progress has
already been made. For instance. the
police Of Moscow are already with the
people. but the soldiers have not been
won over yet"
"Do not any OF your people point ont
that instead Of repeating the Servian
horror they might quietly depose and
deport the car and his familyT
1T viii be much safer to XIII them"
"But cannot your people see that
murder Is still murder. even though the
victim be a tyrannical ruler ana him
self a slayer Of his subiects?'
"Murder Is not Illegal in my coun-
try, for my poor country has no laws.
Those that we had have been taken
from us. and those that have been
thrust upon MS we refuse to accept
admit that bloodshed is wrong and
hateful, but it is necessary in this case.
There was a time when the thought OF
killing filed NE with horror but now
the idea has -Iecome familiar to my