The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-23
rHE uNREsr IN RUssLA.
what Revolution Would Mean for Herself
and the Rest OF Europe.


closely on all dlpomatists II is clear that the
struggle In the Far East though IL is not yet
over. has developed unrest In Russia Of
dangerous kind and all instructed Western
men are watching the direction which the
danger may take with anticpations at once
eager and perpleXed. There are 70 many
! conditions 60 the problem that 1t seems almost
insouhle by human intelligence. and yet on
its solution the immediate future will almost
certainly depend. II Is not only the future
! of Asia which is at stake, but much OF the
| future OF Europe We are not talking OF the
| yellow peril % which may be real or imari-
! nary but OF the changes within Europe it'elf
| which any radical change in Russia would
| involve paralysis OF that great empire
| which for more than century has hung Ilke'
a heavy cloud on the eastern frontiers OF the
really civilized sections OF the world would,
! for example leave Germany mistress of the
| Continent. II might shHtter the Austrian
| Empire to pieces for her Slav majority would
! no longer have to fear being buried in the
! Russian morass 1t would intensity in
| high degree the quarrel always smoulderinR
| between the Ottomans and the remnant OF
| their Christian subjects "A result OF which
| Europe already perceives signs In the new
arrogance which the Divan is displaying
| in the Balkans. The Turkish Ministers have
! already appointed to high commands In
! Macedonia officers whose one idea of order
! Is 10 keep down recacitrant subjects by mas
| sacres so wide IA to suggest an intention
! of extirpaton. French society would be
shaken TO it, heart by a new liability to inva-
| sion. and with II fresh proclivity to panic
| Even Great Britain. though still -encom-
passed by her inviolate sea would feel the
/ influence OF the great change. for India would
| be IA safe from invasion "a herself and. being
safe. would be apt to indulge in dreams Of
large ambition. II Is not only natural, thcre-
! fore. but inevitable that the world. though II
/ Is getting weary OF the war considered as a
| drama. should watch tho course of events
upon the Sha-ho with fascinated eagerness.
While. however. perceive this clearly,
We do not understand so we'll why so may
| thoughtful men believe that the progress OF
/ the unrest will be fatal to the autocracy. or
| why they are so possessed with the notion that
J II TINT great cataclysm occurs Russia viii be
weaker for its occurrence. As yet all the
| symptoms point rather to n vast jdcquoue
| than TO what is commonly known as a revolu-
| ton. From province after province OF Russia
! come up stories which show that the suspicion
| of the proprietary class 80 long smoudering
among the peasantry Is breaking into flame.
/ that chateau after chateau IL menaced that
| in district after district the landlords are
sending their families or flying themselves
! for protection to the great cities The plum
der to which the reservistS often betake
themselves is as much an expression OF ha-
! tired 70 the rich IA OF desire for n final revel.
| and is accompanied in many instances by
I Il destruction OF property which can in no
way benefit the mutineers. The peasantry.
. IL must be remembered are suffering severe
economic distress. partly caused By increased
/ taxation They cherish at heart the Asiauc
idea that whose Is the sweat his Is the soil .
! they thought themselves cheated IN the ulti-
mate result OF tho emancipation decree. and
they haye sOme ground for believing thai IL
they rise tie central Government would
show itsef on their side II Is admitted by
the great landlords themselves. who are pro-
noting the movement Of the zernstvos to-
ward greater liberty that one at least Of
their motives Is dread OF an agrarinn revolu-
lion a. slnguinary "a that OF 17Sa-aS in France
We do not ina CINE that the Government
would actively aid that revolution. thou sh
IL must be remembered that whole classes
OF tho smaller proprietors were ruined at "a
stroke by the decree Of emancipation but II
IL not impossible they would remember that
their soldiers are peasants. and would pass
lively watch n revolt that would then end in a
Russia composed Of an absolute Car and
millions OF email freehoderv The middle
classes in Russia have no physical force with
which TO resist either the army or the peas
ants. There is no proof OF their control over
the opinion OF the masses. and terrible and
successful jlcqucrle is at least a conceivable
,t+or,,tiva 70 nolfticrl revolution n
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