The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-15

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-of else We shall have trouble
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foilows At last God will. my dear osnsfal.
that ell thIs have q good end Our sovereign
and his people desire frankly the publlck good.
but We have aristOcratical men which VIII not
be so easy 20 bring back AZ the Reason
The leaders Of thu popular party a. Nc.
Petersburg have 90 far shown Themselves to
be men Of courage, capacity and moderation
The president Of the Duma. Prof. MOuromt-
Eef. exhibited hrmness and dignity In bis
refusal to allow the House TO be carried away
by enthusiasm on the subject OF amnesty.
and In his inslstsnce that the adoption %
rules Of order should take precedence Of all
other business. A strong and determined
presiding oficsr IL an essential factor OF
an effective legislative body. and Mouromtzsn
gives promise Of proving equal to the respon-
slbillty OF bis Office. As O professor Of his
tory he no doubt recalls the example OF the
virtuous Bailly. the first president OF the
Tiers-Etat Of France. himself 0 savant before
he became a parliamentarian.
The question Of amnesty win no doubt be
settled amioably II, as reported. the Gear
has already intimated In his interview with
MouromtzeY that he would acoede to the
wishes OF the Duma. . The next question that
wnl come up. In all probability. will be that
OF q constitutional government. and over this
o battle royal may be expected. 1t Is not to
be supposed that the nobility and the en-
courage Of the court will yield to the demands
Of tho people without O long and desperate
struggle. and II they succeed In persuading
the Gar to maintain his position and refuse
TO ~rellnquish the autocratio powers he has
inherited we may look for O repetition In
st. Petersburg OF the disorders that charao-
terized Paris In the French Revolution.
Already there are signs OF the indisposition
Of the Dumat to recognize the Council Of the
Empire as a coequal legislative body. acting
In q separate capacity: and It would not be
at all surprising II the Duma, following the
example Of the Tiers-Etat In 1880. should
Insist that II the members Of the Council Of
the Empire are to exercise legislative funo-
tions they must do 30 In common with the
members OF the Duma. whose superiority In
numbers would give them full control Of all
legislation.
1t will be remembered that when the States
General met In 1889 they were to consist Of
three separate bodies-the nobility. the clergy
and the Tiers-Etat. They met on May S
as separate bodies. the Tiers-Etat having q
membership equal to that OF both OF the
other two bodies. In less than two months
the Tiers-Etat had. like the prophets rod.
swallowed the other two bodies. had de-
olarad itaalf thu National AaaamhlY y And
from that time forth exercised all the legis-
latiye~ functions Of the Government.
This IL q precedent that may be expected
to have It's effect on the popular party In
Russia. II the Gear. realizing the true POSI-
ton Of affairs and disoarding the malign
influences that have heretofore surrounded
him, comedies TO the people a constitutional
government he may retain for himself and
his dynasty the throne OF q constitutional
monarch, governing the ountry under avs
passed by q parliament similar to that Of
Great Britain. wherein the nobility 10 repre-
sented by the House Of Lords and the people
at large by the House Of Commons. In that
case he will receive. az he will deserve. the
gratitude OF his people. and the Russian ma.
ton, under the benign influence Of free insti-
tutions and the enefgizing impulse OF indi-
vidual effort, viii. enter upon a career OF
prosperity such as II has never known.
n,however, turning q deaf ear to the demands
Of his people and the warning Of history. the
Russian monarch still continues to put his
trust In the councillors who have already
brought 30 many calamlties upon him and
at their %instigation attempts to maintain his
autocracy by force and militarism, he will
nnd when too late that revolutions never go
backward, that his army cannot be relied
upon to conquer his own people and that q
nation determined to be free ID more than a
match for any man or set Of men who en-
deavor to enslave IL. He may plunge the
country into bloodshed and anarchy for
a while. but In the end he will meet the fate
OF all those unfortunate monarohs who In
modern times have attempted to disregard
and defy the will OF their people.
NEW YORK, May IL. i, s. TUcKER.