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New-York tribune., 1906-04-08

the hghting" demonstrates that some restrain
ing influence is necessary to avert the danger
OF revolutionary legislation and the enactment
Of measures recalling the excesses Of the French
Convention at the close Of the eighteenth cen
tury. The new upper chamber, as constituted
by Emperor Nicholas, gives indications OF serv-
ing as wholesome check upon parliamentary
attacks against property and freedom. and that
some such bulwark as this was needed is adj
rnitted by most Of those organs OF the foreign
press that have been most eloquent In advocat-
ing a popular form OF government IN Russia,
and is shown by the fact that the programme
OF the Radicals includes cOnfiscation by the
state OF all the colossal wealth OF the religious
institutions, OF the churches and Of the rnonas-
teries OF Russia, As pointed out by '@The London
Spectator in its issue Of March d: Something
IN the Russian character tends to extremes and
a wholly unrestricted Douma might have begun
a series Of most dangerous experiments, intended
20 secure not freedom so much as the re.nelting
OF society"
Russian mobiles differ in this from those Of
Western Europe. in that they have never put
forward any pretension to be the peers Of their
sovereign. In fact there 70 no Ruscovite syn
onyme for the English word peer or the French
dtle pair" The blueblooded families OF West
ern Europe are the descendants OF the old
feudal barons, whose bearing toward their SOW
ereign was Of the most naughty character. based
on the feeling that IN point OF "gentiIhommerie,"
they were fully his equal In Russia, on the
other hand, the ancestors Of her mobiles Of to-
day considered It no disgrace 70 receive corporal
punishment from the Car or by his ordeFa
Peter the Great laid his stick about him with
out distinction Of family or rank, and, not con-
tent with this reduced the aristocracy 60 n con-
dition OF abject servitude by decreeing that all
mobiles. whatever their landed possessions might
b. should serve Ghe state IN ths army ths navy
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who have furnished several expresses to Russla'
have ever refused to receive or make use OF any
handles to their ilustriOus name, and the DEM
idoffs, when at ST. Petersburg, always disoaAn
70 use their Italian title Of prince. which they
employ only abroad. The title OF prince mas
been conferred on fourteen families since the
reign Of Peter the Great. among the most nota-
BILE being the Lievens and the Gortchazons.
Then. too the title Of prince is borne by all the
descendants in the male line Of Rurik. Of the
Lithuanian Prince Ghedimin. and by most OF
the Tartar khans as we'll as by the Armenian,
Georgian and Circassian chieftaIns. As all the
not only inherit their fathers title. but also
bear 1t during his lifetime. the result is that
there are to-day thousands upon thousands OF
princes in Russia. many OF them occupying the
most humble positions. According to carefully
compiled statistics, there are indeed. at the pres
ent moment no less than twelve thousand bearers
Of nobiary titles doing time" in Russian pris-
ons Prince, or Kniaz. Is indeed the only genuine
Muscovite title. those of baron and count being
foreign importations. Since the days Of Peter
the Great not more than fourscOre families have
received the title OF count from the Russian
Crown, among them being the Mouravieffs while
only about a score have received the rank OF
baron. But the AIuscovite government has
recognised the foreign titles OF all the families
Of the German nobility which have settled IN
hundred years, and likewise the alien titles OF
foreigners entering the service OF the C1ar. Thus
the title Of baron. borne by the Russian Am
bassador at Washington and inherited from a
long line OF ancestors. Il of German and Swedish
origin. while the title OF count Of Ambassador
CaSsini ct Madrid Is OF relatively modern Italian
creation Owing 20 this the number OF Russian
families bearing with the authority OF the Car,
the titles Of baron and count q very much
larger than ths ono hundred patents Oe ehsss
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two ranks conferred BY the 1TuscOvits Grown
In the last two hundred years. Let me add thai
according 70 a recent of1cial report issued q
St Petersburg. the hereditary nobility Of Russia.
titled and untitled, and much OF Il OF fOroisa
origin. numbers $4,000 families all told. and Only
5000 Of these families have estates OF more than
one hundred acres in extent. which goes far %
show how mistaken IS the popular idea thai
MuScOvtte mobiles are. as q rule. enormously Fic@
Quite the contrary Is the case. The maj0lQ
OF them are poor.
Il Is only fair TO point out. In conclusion. thal
Russian mobiles have almost invariably ben
found arrayed on the side OF popular HbeTV
and civic freedom The vast majority Of the
Decembrists, who In 1925 endeavored &c s1toEt
a constitution from Nicholas L and who Euf-
fered death and Siberian exile In consOguonoa
were members of the aristocracy. II e % han
that the Russian people are indebted for oVsIS'
thing that they possess In the shape OF Wsstol-
culture and modern civilization. II Emperoi
Nicholas II has at length consented 70 sur
render his Drerogative Of autocracy to ene
people and to institute a constitutional form Q.
government IL is mainly due to the intellisen.
and respect inspiring character OF the campaisa
which the mobiles have been conducting 70 O.
eomplish this object, and to the fact that theL
moderate liberalism and loyalty TO the dynasV
have convinced the Car that he has nothing g
fear. but everything to gain. from the popu--
reforms which they have brought about ~
from the prejudices OF birth peculiar 70 ue
autOcracies OF Western Europe. they Incline "
progress and liberalism rather than 70 con-
servatlsm- They have no sympathy whatscsss5 49,
with the FeacuOnary element which Is rastrtss- =
solely 60 bureaucracy afraid OF the los - -
the authority which Il has usurped and o. ~ ~
graft which q enjoys. Under the ctrcunstance,
the tacC that the mobiles should play 50 tmpot. X.
role IN the new popular government az ~
FeteEsburg must be regarded as q sublee. = =
satisfaction rather than Oe regrat 60 the fIle.'
ot Russia. IX@ATIAC4-
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Ex-AttAche Tells Why the Members of the MuscOvte
House of Lords Are Not Peers. q Their
English COunterparts Are.

caste to represent them in the new House OF
Lords
To what extent this willingness on the part Of
IN the provincial assemblies win continue It Is
difficulty to state. Until a few years ago the
friendllest feelings existed between the moujiks
and the mobiles, to which the latter's freedom
from all pride OF BIRTH their absence OF that
somewhat naughty. domineering and exclusive
spirit characteristic Of the Western aristocracy,
contributed in small measure. Indeed, when
ever there was any discomfort among the peas
ants on the estate OF noble they almost In
variably ascribed the blame to his manager or
land agent. In most Of the rural disturbances It
was made the object OF attack. But Of late the
anarchists who would d0plore the success OF the
parliamentary institutions now about to be In
stalled have been endeavoring TO foment trouble
among the peasants by persuading them to be-
ueve that the Car had given orders for the dis
tribution among them OF all the remaining lands
OF the mobiles, and that tho latter are unlawfully
keeping them out OF possession OF the son which
rightfuly belongs to them by gift OF the En-
peror. The Russian moujik IS intensely ignorant
and nliterate-very credulolis. too-and Il is
owing to this that the anarchist propaganda
now in progress among tho peasantTY i0 gradu-
ally embitterng the hitherto kindly relations be-
tween moujilS and barine.
Titles are so common in Russia that they no
longer constitute claim TO any distinction. IN
deed, some OF the grandsst and most historic
families, suOh a.. Cor instance. tho NarlshlCinea,
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Almost One Thousand Graduates from Its Ranks
Have Received Army Commissions and Not Few
of These Have Won High NIiIiteAry Honors.

too hard. I am l1eenly interested in the coming
celebration. especially in the display that will
be made by our veterans. Many Of them are
very old men, far beyond the Scriptural limit,
but they are as enthusiastic over the march that
day as they were during their historic march
the relief of Washington in '61 Colonel
Dimond will be a conspicuous figure in this con-
tingent of veterans. The regiment is up to its
full strength. is Overshadowed by nothing except
perhaps the phenomenal growth of the city
itself and is as efficient and elf-supporting as
at any period in it's history. There are probably
many in New York to-day unaware of the close
connection between the histories OF this city and
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90 little Is known abToad concerning the MOBILES
q Russia that IN view OF the fact that they VIII
enjoy an overwhelming majority IN the Soviet
oP new upper chamber OF the National Legis-
lAture Just created. q few notes concerning them
nay prove OF timely interest 60 the readers Of
The Tribune. The MuscOvite House OF Lords.
which. like the Senate OF the United States and
the upper chambers Of the parliaments Of Great
Britain and Of other constitutional countries Of
ElTOpe. 10 destined 20 serve as a species OF con-
seFVative check on precipitafe action OF the
lower house, is 90 be composed OF an equal
number Of elected members and OF members ap-
pointed by the Emperor. OF the former eigh-
tem WI BE- elected by thu mobiles OF what is
Known a. Russia Proper and six by the terri
tOTial mRgnatoB Of Poland. who. every Ona OF
them. belong % the aF1goOcTecy Each provincial
zsmstvo or Diet win bs represented By ono
member and. a. N these assemblies the mobiles
pnedOminate. they may be depended upon to elect
one Of theiY own number. The nominees Of the
Emperor. who viii constitute 80 per cent OF the
Soviet win be composed almost exclusively OF
mobiles either BY birth or By creation. and this
VIII leave nearly twelve members 20 represent
the principal chambers of commercs and OF In
dustTy. SIX memboTs representing the Academy
Of Science and the universities. ana six members
slsCosd By tie Synod Of the Orthodox Church.
EFom this it win be soen that the mobiles arc
bound 20 possess q large majority IN the Soviet
created by the Cars manifesto OF March last
Z was only 20 be expected that the decree In
question would meet with the digapDTOval OF
these ln Russia and abroad who objected % any
hind o. limitations being placed upon the action
Of the Douma. but the very manner Ia which
The concession Of q parliamentary form Of gov
ernment By the Car has been received by a
very considerable element Of the Russian pOpu-
lafion, and especially b. those Radicals who de-
sazSbs fhemselves as having "b7Fne tho h11nt e
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OF the civil administration. from boyhood 20 old
aga under penalty OF the confiscaticn Of their
estates and of capital punishment. It
Peter III who abolished the system OF obligatory
service. and Catherine the Great who as for
eigneF and a usurper. raised to the throne by
court conspiracy, needed support, endeavored to
win over tho members OF the aristocracy to her
side by investing them with a certain number OF
privileges. Il was she who formed the mobiles OF
each province into a corporation, with peri
odioal assemblies, and intrusted 70 them a share
OF tho local administration. These assemblies
OF mobiles gubsist to this day, hold periodical
meetlnBg, their president being known as the
Marshal Of the Nobility OF the Province. and 1t
tfves OF the nobility in the new Russian House
OF Lords.
Alongside OF these provincial assemblies Of the
nobility there 10 the Zemstvo. or provincial par
lament The members Of the latter are chosen,
not by the primary electors, but by the as
seublies OF the ten districts into which each
province Is Subdivided. the district assemblies IN
turn being constituted Of deputies elected in GER
tain hxed proportions by the landed propTietors
the rural communes ana the municipal corpora
tions AS attendance at the ZemstvO entails a
considerable peouniaTy outlay and the expendi-
ture OF much time. the district assemblies natu-
rally choose those Of their number to represent
them who have most money and most leisure
that IS 90 say, the territorial mobiles. That is
why, az I have pointed out above. the provincial
diets. composed almost exclusively OF nobles
may be dsDSndsa upon % ssleOt one Of th0iE own
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MAJOR c. e. LYDECKER.
Father Of Corporal Lydeeken.

TITS something you know. to have hundred
years behind you and yet be as young ever
you were"
The speaker was an ohicer in the 7th Regi-
ment which enthusiastic admirer styled
New York's Imperial Guard" on that proud
April day In 1861, the eighty-fourth anniversary
OF the battle Of Lexington. when, $50 strong, it
marched down Broadway amid unforgettable
scenes to the relief Of the nations capital He
had been speaking Of the regiments approach
ing centennial. with Illuminating digressions
bearing on the record Of the military organiza-
ton OF which he. this city and the entire state
have reason TO be proud.
There nothing OF the little tin soldier"
about this man or the men Of whom he spoke.
Horses and chains could not drag him into
'GpeRking for publication" AS he put it. This
oRends against unwritten law with US fell
loWs'-but hearkening to the suggestion that
he could figure as Captain Memo" and in face
Of the reminder that the history of New York
and that OF 'the famous 7th" for the last hua-
dred years were almost convertible terms, the
uuWritten law was circumvented and a vent
found for his pent-up enthusiasm.
Dash Il al. ia be a poor dog Zone seems to
hear the clank OF sabre and Jingle Of spurs, not
% say the wind blowing through fierce mus
taches) '1f under such conditions could not
say word for the good old 9TH First, let me
tell you We are getting aWfully excited up at
headquarters over this centennial business. We
might be going TO again, or another Croton
dam. or Orange riot I think our fellows in
81 could scarcely have looked forward as they
forged their way up from Annapolis, with more
anxiety 70 the day when they should enter
Washington than we do 20 the Saturday af-
ternOon Of May 8. this year. If we could only
prescribe fer the clerk Of the weather's COM
p1aint that dayl By the way, might saw we
ere already assured Of one disappointment in
the fact that we cannot have with us on that
festive occasion the shooting team Of the
Queens Westminstsrs who are to pay US n
return visit this year. They come in the autumn
Wnens incidentally, we intend to wipe out that
little matter OF our defeat in England last wear
and generally show them good time
PRAISE FROM ENGLAND.
Speaking OF the Queens Westminsters we
OF the 7th feel little pride in what their
colonel, Str Howard Vincent has written con-
oeFning the team we sent over: They have one
and all left q lasting impression Of straight
forward, manly and gentlemanIy bearing, Of
national pride and esprit du corps and OF
GpoTtsmanlike interest and devotion to duty
Can you beat THAR Nor I thought not! Well
now listen to this other tribute to the dear old
regiment-it is the last report OF the inspector
OF the National Guard)-end I'll stop, or you
VIII think am blowing the big drum: This is
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the 7th Regiment. but so long we continue
to pass muster with flying colorS at West Point
and certain other quarters we are well content.
New York knows where and how it will find US
when it wants u.s."
The 7th has always been somewhat "exclu-
slve' in the best sense. Its motto being PRO
Patria ct Gloria C'For Fatherland and Glory'D,
It has ever sought to achieve the best results
through the best material at hand. The mem
bers Of one of the original companies CNO. p
were at the regiments inception all members
of the Masonic order One distinguishing feat
ure, too, of the 7th Is the family pride
ciated with it; membership is a legacy from
father TO son. OF the prominent members or ex-
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2S. The 9Th Regiment to Celebrate Hundredth Birthday aT

an excellent command which we'll merits its rep
utation for soldierly efficiency It's readiness
for service with few minor exceptions Is com
plete It can always be relied on to do its full
duty ably and well. 1t is an example OF what
can be accomplished by pride of organization
esprit du corps and an intelligent grasp OF the
possibilities and limitations Of a national guard
organization
It would have been cruel, not to say highly
dangerous. at the close of this well merited
euIogv to have called the gallant officers atten-
ton to what its historian has described as the
regiments only retreat" The year when the
fateful event Of the entire regiment ct was then
known as the 27th), breaking line in face of the
enemy. took place was 1S29-but the enemy was
the rain coupled with mismanagement of the
whole military function of the day. The other
military units taking part in the parade, and the
citizens at large, commended the "retreaters" for
their ginger" and sense of the ludicrous.
Of an individual, still more an organization, it
is not easy to sum up the history of a hundred
well spent years, but, as the 7th Regiments re-
cent General Orders No. g. succinctly point
out, its first four companies We're formed at
time Of grave national peril and they
pledged for the national defence, and from that
time to the present the regiment has never
hinched from its duty when its services were
required either by the municipal. state
tional authorities. During the hundred years it
has maintained a completely disciplined body of
men, who when called upon for active duty
unanimously and promptly responded. volunteer
ing their services on every occasion for any duty
without question. And when its services We're
not required as an organization its members
volunteered individually and lent valuable aid
to the government. Upward of nine hundred
9TH Regiment men Ga regiment in itself) have
received commissions in the armies Of the United
States A large proportion served with distinc-
ton, many lost their lives for the flag, and sew
eral received the Congress medal Of honor for
Valor. It's members to the number Of hundreds
have received commissions in other organiza-
tions OF the National Guard Of this and other
states. and the regiment bears the distinction
that not a single officer coming from its ranks
has been discharged from the service in dis
grace
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CAPTAIN o. o. M,AlPlN.
Sen Of General MOAIpln.

an exception q n Ghs IN RsGimGnt of o. ditE
Of New TOrl. which has become somewhat M
donal. and Il held desFvedly IN the highaat ~
sDeOG" Not many days afoar the Fecstut az
this events marched 90 rapidly, tha regiment
was On ft8 way 90 Washington. giving the com.
Try, and military circles IA particular an Object
lesson n Just what Wau trained organization
OF patriotic citizen soldiers could do n an eusr-
genGy. Their predecessors however. IA 1912 had
done Ike things before them.
Happily, the appearances OF ths regiment n
times Of local disturbance have been ct few and
remote Intervals II was thero. however. when
wanted. One OF it8 most noted interventions IN
the dOings Of the citizens was at the time OF the
Orange riot IN 1871. when Il formed bodyguard
to three hundred or so Orangemeu who. Ia ths
assertion Of their inallenable rights as citizens
Of this free land. were determined to parade
Blood was shed on that occasion. but the mas
kets OF the Tth did not fire the shots.
Military duty at times OF rfoting has features
as risky as they are unpicturesQus and unpleas-
ant; STILL While doing their duty under this head
unlinchingly when required, the men OF the 7th
can point to other and more glorious fields for
SdVaneo at the capture Of FTedericEsbur 1I ~:
Mclaughlin was IN the van IN the advance
On Richmond; Viels. under General Wool oc-
cupied Norfolk; Fitzgerald, one Of the few privi-
legged TO wear the coveted Kearny medal. fought
on many a battlefield; but Il were tnvdioUs .
proceed further with the enumeration OF names
that have reflected glory and credit on the regt-
ment. for the list Is long.
NUMEROUS GRADUATES.
At the approaching centennial celebration q
% safe TO say there VIII be a revelation for many
citizens in the matter OF the number and status
Of the 7th Regiment men who hold or who havs
held, commissions in other regiments Of the Ma
tional Guard or regular army. Among the
many who are expected to be present on that
occasion and who warmly proclaim thar
"pride" at being numbered among the GRADUATES
or members OF the Tth. deserving OF prominent
mention are General Kobbe, General Fitzgerald
General NIcAlpln. General Shaler. General smith.
General Butt, Colonel Bates. Colonel Austen
Colonel Dyer, Colonel Freeman and Colond
DenIke. Some siXty-hve men are holding com
missions In other military organizations in and
around New York.
With respect to the celebration itself IN tha
words Of Major Charles E Lydecker. chairman
Of the general COMMITTEES IN charge OF the fune-
ton, IL is to be ga gathering together OF mem
hers, ex-members, war veterans and associate
members. with a brief parade. followed BY
colossal banquet I'm the armory, at which az
least fifteen hundred covers viii be set"
Secretary Taft has accepted the invitation o.
the regiment TO review the parade and be tna
guest OF honor at the banquet
Applications for seats at the banquet" sale
Major Lydecker. "are pouring in, and there .
every prospect OF the original fifteen hundred
swelling TO something like two thousand; stA
Continued third page.
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members who have sons serving to-day In Its
ranks are General McAlDin, Major Lyd0ckGT,
Major Fisk and Colonel Kipp. There 10 az least
one instance where father, In his military ca
pacity. takes orders from his SON. Length OF
service is also another characteristics OF the 7th
men, scores having from twelve 70 twenty-five
years Of service to their credit, an eloquent
evidence that they engaged "a labor Of
love The regiment has also taken peculiar
pride In paying its own way, and owes little 20
the city except the material from which it is re-
Crnifed
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NO PUNISHMENTS NEEDED.

Colonel Daniel Appleton, when consulted by a
Tribune reporter with respect to his Impressions
on the approaching anniversary in the regiments
history. that during the term Of my command
something in the neighborhood of a quarter of
a century, have never been called upon to pun
fish any man; indeed, scarcely to administer
rebuke And this I consider one Of the most
betting tributes pay the 7th on the close
OF its first century of existence. If have any
cause Of complaint at all 1t is that the men work
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EFFICIENT IN DUTY.

From it's foundation onward the regiment has
always displayed such martial aTdor and en-
cheney that, in acknowledging the offer OF fts
services at the national crisis OF 1851. Lieu
tenant General Scott at washington, said:
Perhaps no regiment or company can be
brought here from a distance without producing
hurtfuI jealouses In this vicinity. II there be