Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-15

L 1ouS as UNKNOWN persons DeNsnd a Wan
may despoii the mechanism of govern
mental practice and effect Its political
vivisection.
Representatives of the people. we have
press not only our indignation ard our
recamatfons but also our ardent activity.
our pure and sincere patrtotism. Thare are
here iandholders who live on the revenues
one among them protest against the project
OF obligatory appropriation In favor OF the
agrarfan cultivator? The representatives
OF privileged classes are numerous among
US. Has there been word pronounced
| against the abolition of privileges. against
the idea OF civil equality and against re-
forms In spirit largely democratic and pop
uiar? This same douma revolutionary has
| 1t not attempted since its first session TO
raise up the imp eriai crown and place 1t
above political disputes above Its errors
and the responsibility for those -errorsf
I'VE feel. all of us, the same dark forces
armed against us, separating us from the
supreme authority and shaking his con-
| hdence In US. We are prevented from
working to cement our union with power
| which, according to our new regime. should
be the essential condition of success and
| the guarantee OF the peaceful development
OF our nations life. 1t is there where Hes
| pear so long as the direction of affairs of
state and the destinies of the country re-
main under the influence of men who. po-
| licemen by education, are the instigators of
\
| NJ. Stolypine, minister of the interior re-
| plying to Prince ouroussoff. made the fol-
lowing significant admis-
Stolypine's sions: First. that the gov
Rejoinder. eminent Is aware that the
actual condition of things
| cannot continue. Second. that the govern
ment will accept the collaboration of the
| douma to modify the actual situation.
The government therefore should hasten
| 10 take the Initiative against practices
| which compromise and condemn 1t, and
| adopt as word Of order bureaucratic
| anarchy-that Is. the enemy
| The emperor's persistent hesitation is Az
| the more inexplicable that when the douma
| voted unanimously Cess seven) against the
| ministry Goremykin. The emperor, more
clear-headed than his councillors. recog
nfzed the necessity OF constituting par
yielded to his council. Recently and In
view of the serious dissensions and mani
festations in both army and navy the en-
! peror. II Is said, made overtures to Count
Heyden to accept portfolio in the pros
| pective ministry. The constitutional demo-
| Gratis are reported to have refused the over
ture. but expressed willingness to have
F.! Count Heyien hold portfolio in consti-
| tutfonal democratic ministry.
| The present ministry Goremykin Is a
| broken machine and will not work. no mat
| ter what repairs may De made The
| motor itself should be replaced, and the
| quicker Nicholas II recognizes that fact
| the better he will serve the interests of his
| country and dynasty
The discussion OF the bill to abolish the
death penalty has been violent and ended
| by Its passage by a large majority In the
| lower chamber. The upper chamber has
named committee to which it has been
| clared that the death penalty was Justified
| by God. by Christ In his declarations be-
fore Plate, by the law OF Moses
The committee on the agrarian bill has
now before it the proposition of the min
tstry. that OF the constitu-
M1n1strys tionaI democrats. that OF the
Proposal group of toiiers and that of
| the moderates The COM
| mittee numbers altogether ninety-nine rep
resentatives one from each group of five
| In the douma The constitutional demo-
| Gratis program, says the London Times
| correspondent of July 3, provides for partial
| appropriation Of private lands and for total
expropria ton of state, crown, monaStic and
| church lands. the partial appropriation of
| private lands being limited to the absolute
| requirements of the peasants up to scale
| to be fixed by the minimum capable of
| sustaining the peasants and their families.
| The fundamental principle of the measure
| Is that no appropriation shall be resorted
| to unless there Is imperative need for It.
| It implies and distinctly proclaims respect
| for private property. This principle In
| wolves the second proposal contained in the
! constitutional democratic program namely.
! the creation of a land reserve and the leas-
| ing of lands to the peasants. 1t Is interest
| ing to note that the ministerial plan involv
| ing compulsory appropriation of private
land for rounding off peasant holders i'm
| plies an assault upon the lease of property,
| such as the constitutional democrats scru-
| pie to propose.
| In the violent racial revolutionary out
| break at Tiflis in December last there
remark. Gen. Ali Khanoff was sent with
plenary powers to replace the vtceroy,
Count voroutsoff- Dashkoff, whose admin
| istration was charged with being culp-
| ably weak. In few weeks the Georgfans
were reduced to AFFECT subsection The
Georgian women have published an address
Ito the women OF civilized nations. and
| recount the misdeeds of Gen. All Khanoff
| thus in the London Times OF June u:
| "A disaster, terrible, unprecedented. has
befa1len our country. BY the orders of
| the Russian government the central and
western provinces of Georgia have been
| invaded by Cossacks and soldiery. Four
| towns and 200 villages have been de
| stroyed and burned; fields. gardens and
vineyards have been devastated cattle
| and household property of the peasants
have been looted The people who were
disarmed beforehand sought shelter IN
| the forests and mountains. Some escaped
| but those who did not fall victims to the
| brutality of the Cossacks were i'll treated,
] imprisoned and shot
| THE fate of the women has been es-
| pecialiy terrible. Even girls of eleven or
| twelve years were not spared violation
| and outrage. Several of these children
| who We're abused by Cossacks died. Sew
| eral OF the women subjected to dishonor
| have gone mad. And all of these wrongs
| and woes have been inflicted merely be-
| cause these women Joined with their hus-
! bands and brothers in welcoming with
| enthusiasm a new era of peace and lib
4 erty.
/ Our complaints are stided by our op-
pressors. We are forbidden to come to
| the help of our Inundated and suffering
| sisters In our deep despair we address
ourselves to you women of free countries
| We ask you to raise your voices in de-
| Tense OF the Georgian woman Inundated
and outraged in her honor and woman
4 hood.
Let your indignation compel the Rus
sian government to put an end to this
| oppression and the brutalfties which dis
honor civilization. and are unknown even
in barbarie countries. The Russian gov
eminent will undoubtedly try to defend
its cossacks and deny their sanguinary