The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
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In the struggle between autocrat, nroy-
alist, bureaucrat, constitutionalist, con-
serVative, moderate, radical" peasant,
socialist zemstvoist; anarchist, nihilist
and a hundred other "ists,'' who viii
wins To which cause will enough peo-
pie rally to give it controls. No one
can answer. ii
In the awful turmoil it is not strange
that there should be great fear lest be-
fore conditions are adjusted and the
country passes into a state where it is
possible for all to live, it. will expert
ence a reign Of terror, the like Of which
the world has never seen.-
Will the government be able event
ually to assert itself and restore order,
or will the throne fall9.l,~ ~
Will the Army Remain Loyal?
-, If the army remains loyal, perhaps
the problem can be worked out, and
Russia may continue as monarchy,
within constitutional limitations. But
it is extremely problematical whether
the army will remain loyal. In Man.
churia the troops are on verge Of: open
revolt There have already been out.
breaks of minor Importance, but they
show the temper of the soldiers. Thru.
out Russia proper there is hardly 8
garrison that is not in state Of mu
tiny. The frequent mutinies have
proved conclusively that at the very
least considerable part Of the army
| is not loyal. The question can hardly
be tested, until it becomes necessary
to establish dictatorship. That will
probably be the last resort Of the cza>
and if it fails, Nicholas will be mon
arch without a kingdom, if, indeed, hi
| life is not forfeit.
And the revolution has hardly com
menced. There have been revolution
airy outbreaks In nearly every town
and hamlet in the country, but the!
do not really represent the real revo
| luton. In many instances they hav,
been melted by the bureaucrats will
the insane idea of forcing the car t,
reinstate the autocracy, which is nov
impossible. -. l...-... !. ..
What the Real Revolution Is.
The real revolution which is to b
dreaded is not this affair Of stree
brawls nlutinies of the garrisons
clashes between revolutionary hot
heads and the troops and shouting 0
defiance to the czar and the govern
ment. The resi- revolution is some
thing far deeper, quieter, more power
full, full of silent threatening.
It is the force which organized til
great railway strike, and which wrun
from the czar his grant Of constitl
ton, that has not been put in opera
tion. It is the power that has tied u
the telegraph lines and put the posts
service out Of commission for ten day
It is the influence that has aroused a
: Russia to think. to compare the cond
tion of the miserable subjects Of th
car with that Of the people Of ever
other civilized nation.
Just at present this dreaded revol,
tion is resting. The leaders Of ii
movement are waiting. They know tt
, time to strike has not yet arrive,
!, When they do fire the mine, the worl
: will probably stand aghast at the have
wrought.
The revolutionary leaders approve
! the outbreaks that have occurred The
give the. government plenty to- do
quelling these disorders, which are |
sooner put down in one community tina
!, they break out in another and SO di
tract the attention Of the authoriti,
from themselves. But the revolutic
Il itself is too gigantic to be represente