The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-30
RUSSIAN OUTBREAK
HAD BIC EFFECT
HENRY cEEWs TELLS OF lNFLU-
ENcE or RIOTS or TIE MAR.
KETs-THlNKs PEACE MAY
COME AS a RESULT or THEM

-se'f 1pFh, dan. ZA.-lAe New
York financial situation has been
more or less affected BY the outbreak
in Russia For a period it wac impos.
4 sibla % tell what would be the ex-
tent ana cons 2quences Of an uprls-
ing which has long been feared. and
which has not yet by any means Gull
minated The fac,, however, hat
HE government at st. Petersburg
I had taken rigorous methods Of sup
pressing disorder, and with consid-
cradle success, tended to partially re-
store confidence; and there VIZ
much less uneasiness in the lat or
part Of tde week than when tie out
hl 3ak flr began
Freedom Must Come.
L Is qUite premature. however. 10
assume that the trouble is over
While h2 final outcome is beyond
human foresight il is practically ce--
tain thac tae enlightened political
freedom Which Russia needs ana
must have for Der natural develop
ment Is only deferred and cannot be
postponed indefinitely. Whether il
viii ba OBJ aimed by peaceful or by
Revolutionary m tAods romans tD be
seaa. The Gar, a humane but weak
ruler q unfortunately under com
pia,e control Of the Bureaucracy. ana I
no concessions IL Importance are ex
pec.cd at present from that quarter /
The rvolutionis S. which iacludc ali /
classes from anarchists to the Zam-
s,Yo are a body thus far incapable /
of organization ana entirely lacking /
In able or foreefuI leadership Such /
being the case, the government may [
be able 90 maintain order if the ar /
my continues loyal hut the whole /
situation is highly volcanic and con-
tans all the clements OF q great rev /
olution-thc natural uprising Of /
long offering paople who have been |
held down by the iron rule of an ar- +
bi;rary and autocralc government /
Evidently the time has come for the |
Russian peopla to rise MP and assert /
their human rights, to be more IN I
keeping with this enlightened age. /
Tho Gar should NOT hesitate to lib
eralize governmental methods for
tha benefit of the people ana SO re-
store conteniment and make his
subjects truly patriotic.
depressing Influence.
Such chao,ic conditions mus eZ-
@lcise depressing influence upon
European Bour-es, Pari5 being the
centre Of interest fram the financial
siaulnont French holdings Of Rus
sian b-Dds aTo ala to aggregate
about $1,000. 000.010. which have only
hcda saved from sharp depreciation
hr9uel the mast powerful support
on he par, Of the great European
bankers Unfortunately, short sales
haze beau made Illegal and the
means of support adopted instead
may well be- lH, ned 10 The dammins
OFF a stream, Which only intensiles
the food Ga case OF a break Paris
ian bankers, however, have been m
strengthening them
selves. and much of the Ia VIM
drawn from this and other markets
during che pass few motnhs has
gone CD Paris for the purpose Of Civ
ing support where most needed AMI
maf3 seems likely 10 follow Whe h.
err bankers who recently took the
Berlin issue, and tho-e wao are cy-
uacfe1 o take the forthcoming is
rue al Paris. viii succeed IN finding
a market FOR these new issues re-
mains to. br seen ~ any case The
situation Is a delicate one and re-
pnlIe- cles watching
War May Terminate Soon.
Tho mos hopeful aspect Of the
whole que zion Is lac probability of
The Russo-Iapanes war coming to a
speedy end Russia is evidently I'M
able to cagry tie conflict to a sue
G. sful Tissue. her credit being threat
ened ana her troops being needed al
home to prevent dissolution Of the
Empire. This crisis permits an hon
orable retreat If such be the out
come. it will largely countaract
temporarily at least, tho effect Of
Russia's internal troubles The
Of the enormous waste of
life and capital which The war i'm
wolves would be on immediate relief
TO the international money markets.
while the subsequent restoration of
vast territory and immense popula-
lions TO the more henefcient in
nuenes Of comm srce Will rapidly r.
store confidence and stimulate indus
try in all paris Of the world. The
great value TO all civilized ma lion
Of the open door in the Far East
and the Integrity of China both OF
which would have been destroyed by
Russian success. is not yet fully APP
preciated except by the few. Japan
has fought and won war tha, viii
benefit other nation equally with
herself and ihe United States win
NOT be the least thus advantaged.
hank largely to cur able and far
sighted Secretary Of State. John Hay
LEGAL Situation Coed.
The local situation is good Large
railroad earnings and bank clearings
both tss fly to the heavy volume OF
business in progress. Farmers north.
saEth. east and wsst are unusually
Prosperous Manufacturers are gen
orally well Employed, ami the sreat