The Washington times., 1905-12-31
WOMEN PLAY LARGE
PARTS IN RUSSIA
Second Charlotte Corday Is
Ushered In.
BURNS DIFFICULT POSITION
New Member of British Cabinet
Looked Upon With
Suspicion.
BURNS DIFFICULT POSITION
BY LADY HENRY SOMERSET.


General Sakharoff. the Russian minis
ter of war. by female revclutionist.
recalls the exploit of Charlotte Corday.
among the most dramatic Incidents of
the French revolution. The general was
sitting at his work. when a well-dressed
woman was ushered into his presence,
and began to upbraid him as TO the
piIlagfng of her property. While SAX
haroff was reading the petition she pre-
scented. the woman produced a revolver
and fired three shots and he fell. NOR
tally wounded.
his harsh treatment of the peasants
of Sahatoff caused his name to be
placed on the fatal list of those who
were ito be removed The general had
been commissioned to inquire into the
AgTarian disorders at Saratoff but
while taking no trouble to make anv
personal Investigations. he sent his Cos
sacks to that town. prifned with drink.
and they fell upon the people with
brutal violence and knouted at least
forty to death. But his execution was
ordered. and he fell Ike Cisera BY the
hand OF = woman.
Women as Strike Breakers
On the GsiseT hand women have come
ito the front as strikebreakers. The
Duchess of Leuchtenburg heads the
party which is giving its service to the
St. Petersburg postoffice. and the vol
unteers include Baroness Frede1icks,
Prince and Princess Uruson and Prin-
cess Troubetskoy- The mail sorters drive
TO the p0steffice in carriages and motor
cars. bur the strikers have already de-
stroyed two of the automobiles. and
compelled their occupants 10 alight-
&c
great deserted Offices occupied by
charmingly dress ladies who sit on the
stools OF telegraph operators. attend
ed oy a whole bevy OF gallant help
ers- Revolution breaks down the high
est walls. and the actress freely mixes
with the society women. and they forget
their differences in their one object 20
preserve those conditions which have
hitherto brought happiness to the rich
and misery to the poor.
A woman has been awarded Nobel
prize of $4,000, for Baroness Suttner
has earned this honor for her famous
book, Lay Down Your Arms" Here
the author gives a series of graphic
and narrowing pictures of the horrors
OF the battlefield. The book deals with
three campaigns, the Schieswig-H Hol-
stein quarrel. the Prusso-Austrian
war. and the Franco-German campaign.
The baroness has long been known as
the woman who moved the Gar" for
it was said that Immediately after
reading this famous war novel, he
issued his peace rescript.
A Vivid Picture.
This picture Of war by woman is
one which is destined to produce a
vivid impression on the minds of all
thinking people.
1T is not a professional politician" e"
said a minister in the Austrian cham
ber OF deputies, 1T is a German lady
who in recent work of fiction has
drawn such a picture of war as must
send shudder through every reader
i pray you TO devote few hours TO
this book, and if anyone, after having
done so, still retains a passion for
war. can only sincerely pity him"
1t is natural that we should AK our
selves what first melted Baroness
Berthe Suttner TO write on a theme
so unpopular in so mastery manner
But we have not far TO go to ascertain
what has been the experience which.
has produced her strong convictions
In her youth she WIS engaged TO
!, Prince Wittgenstein, who was killed in
the French war. and this tragic be-
reavement set her against the slaugh-
ter OF modern battles. VIII 1t be given
10 woman to have laid the founda-
ton of the great Temple of Peace.
from which, by and by. the destinies
OF humanity should be ruled, and
~here arms will be forever put aside?
Really Honorable.
The Right Honorable John BurnsiS
II is not often that this title ac-
tually applies TO the character or
those Who bear il, but none are found
20 doubt that the labor candidate VINO
has now been made a privy councillor
and member of the English cabinet
is among the really honorable men
OF his day. His little house, in Laven-
der Hi, Battersea, has been besieged
by telegraph boys. and Mrs. Burns had
all her work cut out 70 answer tn,
various messages and the eternal teIe-
grams with the same unvarying reply
that Mr.. Burns is not at home"
Last Wednesday the fog descended
over London and enveloped the i'm
mense city with it's impenetrabIe vel
low mufffer- The streets were blocked
by the professions Of the unemployed.
WHO mao just returned from Interview
ing the prime minister and the new
president Of the local governing board
AS I watched the files of pale faces
pass me. bearing upon them the TN
mistakable signs OF short food, scant
clothing. and the strain of anxiety, I
was reminded how, in 1884, John Burns
spoke TO the voorhees, workmen in
these words:
They tell you your difficulty and
misery are due 10 drink and thriftless-
ness. They lie I'm their throats Your
difficulty and misery are due To the
class who own the means and imple-
mcnts of production. and use them for
their own benefit.
They tell you that you are out OF
work through drink. and that you are
ioafers. Here / stand. a highly skilled
mechanic, a total abstainer. more OF a
vegetarian than ] wish to be. and a nom
snuff taker. yet have been out Of work
for five or six months and have not
tasted food for twenty-four hours. If
that Is my case what is the position OF
men with large families and who are