Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-09-14

cannot forever be ignored with impu
nifty. 1t ought not to demand very
bright student to apply these princi
pies to present Russian conditions
According to Tainc, the Jacobins con
sisted OF about three hundred thous sa nd
persons OF radical revolutionary ideas
organized into clubs, and located in
different portions Of France, for con-
cradle time, kept twenty-five millions
OF her inhabitants in terror, murdered
and guillotined men and women indis.
criminately who apposed their aggres.
sions, or whom they considered mimi.
cal to their schemes, Though the rev.
olution was attended with many ex-
cesscs, feudalism found its grave; com.
mercialism appeared upon the stage of
action, then an infant now q giant
Victor Hugo argued that right has its
passion; that the French revolution
was the greatest movement in the in.
terest of civilization since advent of
Christ. It was the Conservation OF
Humanity"
When society Is in a state OF disso.
luton, theorists and self.conceited in.
dividuals find themselves power.
Taine observed, that during the early
stages of the revolution, common la.
borers and craftsmen abandoned their
callings and proceeded to make con.
stitutions and formulate systems OF
government. Lawyers waiting for
clients, doctors without patients, jour.
nalists hungry and in debt, their dis
content having been aroused, consid-
cred themselves unappreciated and
neglected geniuses; the more radical
and talented of whom be came exceed.
ingly violent in their denunciations of
the usurpations OF the privileged classes
before the Jacobin clubs, and in the
forums.
Danton, q young lawyer and one of
the leading spirits OF the revolution, in
1893, told a member oi his profession
how he happened 10 become a revolu.
zionist: "The ancient regime made
one great mistake. It gave me an
education in the Du Plessis College. l
was very intimate there with certain
young noblemen. When I had fin
ished my course had nothing to look
forward to in the world. l was in ab.
solute want. tried to find some
means of support. Lowly born, poor,
everyone of the more desirable careers
was closed to me. My school friends
ceased to recognize me. Then came
the revolution. l and every one like
me plunged into the midst OF it. The
ancient regime actually forced us into
it, for it had bestowed fine education
upon US, and then refused US q chance
to make any use of it,"
Whether all civilized countries to.
day are nursing possible Dantons. St.
Justs and Desmoulins is . serious
question. 1t is certain Russia has all
of these characters, in advanced stages
OF development. Her Jacobins are be-
coming bolder and better organized as
time moves on. Almost any member
of the existing regime might be able
with little difficulty to locate Robes.
pierre or . Marat. The Charlotte Cor
days seem to be with the revolution.
lists.
Revolutionists in France possessed
an advantage from the start, when
the army fraternized with the peo.
pie, who practically spoke one Ian.
guage. while in the Russian empire
there are over one hundred distinct
dialects spoken among her people.
1t is claimed on good authority that
the crown owns in European Rus
sia four hundred millions OF acres OF
land. Social revolutionists 60 about
the country dressed az governmental
officials, telling the ignorant and starv.
ing peassntry, their Little Father. the
Gar, has given them the land. and
they should 60 aud take the same
from their landlords. Thus we are
able TO understand why there was such
. cry for free land on behalf of the
peasantry and their representatives in
the recent session OF the Douma.
What the social revolutionists mean
by the doctrine OF free land 10 that &C.
tual occupancy and personal use shall
constitute the only title. This ele.
ment has been diligent in circulating
the literature OF Tolstoi, who contends
that the earth and the fullness there.
OF is the common heritage of all ;
10 divorce men from the use Of the
soil is sin against God and q crime
against the life of man. The terrorist
element is chiefly found among these
revolutionists, who with their Jacobin
tactics are causing the governing class
great uneasiness.
Since commercialism has been pour.
ing new blood into the veins of old
fuedal Russia change seems inevita.
BILE. The growth OF democratic ideas
have found . propitious soil upon
which to propagate. In such times,
petty expedients do no good. only fan
the flames Of discomfort, which unless
turned into healthful channels become
a consuming fire. In revolutionary