New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-02

r,o>ssso- Nasterrnan's remark In his recent
.,.,..s :. IN. English University OF Cambridge
.b., oUSnr 10 the great increase in the value Of
.,royr lands. John Bull gets his King '-consid-
o-,bly under cost price. has led TO a number
~ irouiries being addressed 10 this paper as to
SIC meaning. and also for information 20 the
-. .,f--or-, lands" A few notes Of explara-
,ior about The mater will prove all the moro
,i,,,sl,- in view Of the news just received from
Prussia 10 the effect that the Czar has issued a
,-ocls nation providing for the transfer OF
,~sl hundreds Of th5ussnds az square nliles-not
sores-of Crown Lands 10 he peasantiy-a gift
which viii go further toward allayinS popular
,-,scor,eot in his doninions thnn anything which
y. has done since ne assembled the throne twelve
,.srs ago. For If the ninety million peasants.
who constitute nearr nine than eight tenths or
,be entire populatiOn Of Russia, hailed the aG-
,,e,, - tho now supended Doums. or rational
parliament Il vas only because they expected
thar ., Uoula rna q legislation transferring the
Hard If the 1,oles 70 them. and thus relieve the
annailiuc distress DE 10 the present overcrOwd-
ing Of the land When they realized that the
Toun1a could Go no.ling in the matter they had
70 further use forir, witnessed its dissolution
with Indifference. ana. convinced that they
had been betrayed. started that series Of peas
anf risinEs agairt the landed proprietors
which developing into veritable Jacquerie.
such as that which signalzed the great French
revolution al the dose OF the eighteenth CEN
tu,y, has been OF late far and away the most
a aIring feature q the situation in Russia
II would take to long 10 describe here. even
Iaieay. the present tenure Of land in RUSSIA.
Let il suffice to state that each peasant has a
right 10 a share & The property ~ his family
ana OF his mir. q commune. As fast as the
: Sla j.
a.. unin il las diznnished 20 such extent as
10 be altogether inadequate 10 furnish the
inoujik with even he most meagre sustenanoe,
and he is c3npekd 20 starve This Is th..
crux o. ,he situation in Russia. the source OF
81 rural discomfort and political agitators have
sound no difficulty Whatsoever N provoking
risings by prOclainEg The ignorant masses
that they We're entitled 10 the land and that it
was the government ard the mobiles who pre-
vented the Grown from fulfilling its alleged
pledges I'm the matter Indeed one of tn. rea-
sons why She hostility of the people is di-
rected against he administration and tho
aristoorscy ralhe. than against the Gar.
who far has had attempt made upon his
''fe is because the peasants are convinced that
Nicholas is willing and anxious 20 end0w them
with land. but that he has been prevented from
dong BY his mobiles and his ministers His
recent proclamation providing for the transfer
OF vast noety Of the Crown lands 10 the
fnoujiks will serve 70 confirm this conviction.
well 20 revive the belief of the peasants
that the primary object 90 their Little Faith
er- is TO alleviate their distress and promot.
iheir welfare.
The Grown lands Of the Gar embrace consid-
erably over million square miles OF cultivated
land and forest and include gold. silver and COP