The San Francisco call., 1905-01-24


it An autocracy, especially that of Russia which OF
makes impossible destroyed The outbreak in
the Russian capital has features with the French
been furnishing materials for three centuries Men endure re-
through generation but finally there comes
generation filled with the spirit of sacrifice the willingness to
die reaction against and then the tempest comes
Rcheleu, by repression, had hand in the revolution that
had been dead hundred and ffyseven His
Mazn supplying the revolution with reason when
to be false to national treaties mpored the Prince cultivate
his natural gift of dsmuaon He dead hundred and
wenty-eight years he had part it. The
Edct Nantes by driving of France the and
possessed almost entirely by the freeminded
Hguenots supplied the element of human distress through the de-
cline of industries and the broke with when that dis
had gnawed three generations The last did not care
what happened it. Nothing could make its condition worse and
it walked through the blood of king make it better The
church and the France held together against the people
until both pitched into the gutter
In Russia have all of these familiar features One family
all its That family keeps up army and navy
for defense for family defense The church stands by
secular keeps the people in and profits
Dukes family which
seen in Europe since the court of Louis XIV The people have
been taught to look upon them members OF the family that owns
Russia and therefore beings who have right to their
But now there is change This present disturbance may not
complete the reaction But of the symptoms of it. The
ignorant and beoted people led by Gopon priest OF the Greek
Synod Immediately excommcated Gopon and him
darkness with Too The Synod would like let his followers
holy Gopons veins
they would fear rather than him. but under the Synods policy
the people they read there
letting them know that Gopon longer priest In this
always those who responsible for it. The
Russian part of the be relied shoot the people,
and there Cosscks enough within reach make effective
sistance the immense mob enraged into showing its strength
Russia has had real popular uprising There have been
Polish instructions strife the throne the
Russian people have made upheavng motion for
themselves larger life and liberty The political reorers have
pended upon murder tery the Government this method
been without utility The students have had occasional outbreaks
OF the infamous restrictions and discipline of the
church education but the of few and exile of
suced For this present
and
assertion by the Russian people their
in the rights of enjoyed in other nations will furnish
civsts interesting study and to history novel chapter
We have how other people revouonize Record made
of the by which the English French Italians Germans and
Spanish peoples forward representative They
all secured that the actual people
themselves upon the system by which they ruled
Turkey the only Europe where
less and poweress Russian revolution would be very interesting
to everybody except the family that the empire.
The incidents of Sunday and following make
commodaon impossible Force with force
bloody problem The dull Russian population
vengeance the sight blood beaten
generals of the with bottles
chapel full of holy kons has been wrecked like stable Faith
the Gar the church has been shattered wwnd
abroad