The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-10

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paaaania find out that the Dums dOea not
satisfy their defnandu 10 tho eSsent ~ their
eseNcta,Iuna Nor I. the revolution IN the
least suppressed II might have been partly
diaaFmed, rarity rendered nocio' by
proper treatment-i q, by prompt and
Vigorous measures NJ the acute, openly
aggressive stage % October and December,
Immediately followed by great moderation
! cancellation and sincere efforts TO transfer
| oil the promises that we're made on October
n from paper into public life, There u,
Of course. an ir~reconcilable element, hard
, a. granite, which nothing can win over. hut
II would he powerless: II would find no new
followers and the old ones would fall on
| For tho big bear does not want TO fight; he
IL tired and sore all over: he wants 10 lie
down and lick his wounds-and he would
lick the hand, too, that dressed them with
pentleness and care. even II the probing
| and cleansing hurt at ines. But no 10
being eoaded with sticks and pitchforks,
| shouted and jeered at, brought to bay In
every possible way. All those that kept
their senses In those crazy months knew
that the greatest danger Of that orgy OF
| FIRE and blood. Of lawlessness and the general
enchanting Of the beast In man lay in the re-
action which was sure TO follow and the irrita-
ton and fresh revolt which that again would
call forth. And 1t has come: repression as
| lIoal,, m, soanpaata in1iurripniData ua what
was 10 be repressed-a veritable orgy OF
hatred and vengeance. On every side you
hear the saying, 30 o~ft-repeated as TO be-
come trite. that the greatest OF revolution
lists il the Government and that the revo-
lutionists and anarchists, instead Of fight
ing and reviling II, ought to vote addresses
of thanks to II and medals OF honor, for 1t
flls their ranks with the most peaceful and
hitherto neutral elements. Eighteen
thousand men women and (almost) chill
dren imprisoned mot 70 900 as some
papers have it,. Special trains weekly taking
hundreds into distant exile, for five years,
three years, or during pleasure and all, or
the Immense majority, without trial, by
dministrati order
1t is possible that the revolutionists would
not keep 80 comparatively quiet II they
we're not short Of funds. Many Of them
have quite openly given this reason for
their ~inaction after their signal defeat In
Moscow. In fact, they deny having been
defeated at all. but say that they had to
stop because they had no money to go on
with. II is notorious that the supply came
from abroad-and whoever II was that gave
the money would not give any more for
the time being, being probably discouraged
by their failures. This explains the I'M
heard Of epidemic OF housebreaking, high
way robberies, bank robberies and black
mailing that has been raging ever since
December. They are replenishing their
e%xohequer. For it is evident that these
robberies are not committed by common
thieves, even II some Of these do take ad-
vantage Of the troubled waters to fish In.
A still more alarming and demoralizinR
feature IL the infinitely greater number
| Of as~sassinationB. The victims are soldiers,
policemen, police officers and army officers
Of all grades. from the highest to the lowest.
No policeman standing at his post on the
street by day or night knows that he will
not be shot down from behind a corner
or have a knife stuck In his back. Not a
paper you take up each m~orning-and this lie
meant literally-but describes from half a
dozen to a dozen suoh ~oowardly murders,
The worst Of 1t is they are generally CON-
mitted in cold blood, on principle and
Unfortunately, very seldom from a definite
personal motive, such as revenge: and
this goes on without exception In every
town and city, As a consequence, the
mutual evaporation has reached the point
when there Ia no room any more for any
thing but passion, and when both sides
are equally to be both blamed and excused.
do not speak Of the bombs and explosives
which are continually found in all sorts of
places, sometimes In large quantities,
sometimes singly, or Of the frequent throw.
! ing Of bombs, From this danger we are not
safe even in Petersburg, the well patrolled.
| Besides which, bombs kept hidden In private
rooms often explode by accident, destroy
ing, killing. manning women and children.
It lie literally true that / do not enter q house
to pay a visit or spend the evening without
thinking, shall ! come out OF here alive
and whole2' And then foreigners con-
graduate us on the paoifcation of the
countryl
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