Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-14

| creased - w OTIU's Eyes NChlCASA on
| the Fieets-Czar's Troubles at Home.
| Since the retreat from Mukden the
| difficulties in the way OF continuing
| successful campaign on land have in
| creased rather than diminished. To
| moboIize and equip Il force sufficiently
| large to resist Oyama would be labor
| of months The best that Russia can
| expect to do on land, apparently, is to
maintain a long-draWn-out defensive
| action with the constant risk OF sus'
| tanning greater losses and allowing
| Vladivostok to fall into the hands Of
| the enemy.
| The fact that Russia declined to &C.
| cept this desperate situation as a rea-
| son for seeking peace can best be ac-
counted for in the light of the mobili-
| zation Of RojGstvensky's feet \ vic
| tory on land in the Fear future is I'M
possible. There was still chance TO
| win a victory at sea. 1t can hardly be
| doubted that on the result of this
! naval engagement hung the Russian
+; governments decision us to its future
| course.
| The Russian authorities felt it worth
| while to win back all they have so far
| lost by putting their last bit upon
| long shot" Thus by one lucky turn
| by Rojestvensky' victory over Togo.
! the whole scale would be turned, and
the inaptitude, stupidity, corruption
and general dunderheadedness dis
played by the autocratic government
would be all forgotten in the paeans
| of praise which would acclaim the
naval triumph. But war moves on
| like a tragedy rather than like game
of dice. Foresight, training, attention
to details, patience are rewarded.
| During the week the two wars Of the
| Russian government Jagged YEARLY
| on. In Manchuria the bureaucracy
| enjoyed pleasant respite from the at
| tentions of Marquis Oyanla. few
| shots were exchanged between cavalry
outposts, which the general staff at
| st. Petersburg converted into Il vic
| torious battle. What splendid prodi-
gies of lying that staff has performed
il it's official reports during the present
war!
| War at Home.
| At home the war with the people
| has been conducted with considerable
vigor on both sides. In Warsaw the
| troops fired on a parade of Jews, kill
| ing four and wounding thirty light
Hundreds of people in Warsaw have
| been knouted by Cossacks for passing
too near to the government buildings.
At Lodz, Poland, thirtyeight were
killed and sixty wounded by the
| troops.
| At Batum, Kars and Erivan anar-
| chy. In Georgia a revolt. In Armenia
| the attempt made by Russian agents
to incite the Mussulmans against the
| Christians (non-orthodox1 has failed.
Both sects hate the Muscovites too
| much to fall upon each other. For cen
| turtles the handspring of Russian do
nestle government has been divide
ct impera' divide and conquer. The
Polish Catholics have been arrayed
against the Jews; the Russians against
the Baltic province Germans; the regu-
lars against the old orthodox; Ar
menians against Mohammedans; land
| lords against peasants; workmen
| against students; priests against bish-
ops; bureaucrats against aristocrats.
But now the whole bad system is COM
| ing to an end. The people of all sects
and races are coming to see that their
| true enemy is the autocracy.
| Further events of the week are:
| April 5-At a Moscow conference Of
the physicians from all parts of the
| empire to consider ways and means to
| check the spread of cholera, it was
| voted that the extreme poverty of the
| Russian people made a fertile field for
| cholera and other diseases, that this
| poverty could not be mitigated until
| the war was stopped and the system of
| government changed, and that, there
| fore, a constituent assembly should at
| once be chosen on the basis of free,
| direct, universal, and secret suffrage.
April GA terrorist disguised as a
| Cossack colonel, was discovered with
| in the palace of the Car at Tsarskoe
Seloe. Two bombs were concealed on
| his person.
April S-The great annual review of
| the Horse Guards was held in ST. Pc
tersburg. For the first time in cen
fury the Emperor was absent. He was
afraid of assassination
April Six thousand workmen
paraded in the city of Smolensk bear
ing banners inscribed death to the
Gar assassin
During the entire week the peasant