Evening star., 1906-09-09

very indignant a few days before 1 came
away when l took the liberty to contra
dict his assertion, and told him that Mr..
Bryan was not a socialist and that the
democratic party of the United States did
not stand for the same sort of socialism
that he and his associates advocated. He
seemed TO be under the impression that
when Mr.. Bryan reached home he would
Immediately be elected President and as
soon as he could get his coat off and roll
up his sleeves would abolish all the trusts
and corporations and divide their assets
among the Workfngmen.
The same class of people, and indeed the
radical element generally, cannot under
stand the attitude of the people of New
York and Boston toward Gorky, the Rus
sianynovelist They do not see any harm in
his going about with another mans wife.
Indeed, that is the conventional privilege
of a Russian revolutionist.
Failure of stolypin.
You have read about the failure Of Prime
Minister Stolypin in his efforts to get lib
eral cabinet and to carry out the reforms
promised by the car. But 1t is not his fault,
and he should not be blamed. The czar went
back on him. The grand dukes and other
reactionaries persuaded his majesty that
mutines in the army can be suppressed by
shooting the mutneers. as was done at
Kronstadt and Helsingfors, and that he
need not be frightened about the loyalty
of the soldiers. They also convinced him
that the failure of the strike Is evidence
that the workingmen are contented and
that the socialists and revolutionists have
no further influence over them. His ma
jesty therefore recovered from his liberal
leanings of the last few weeks and pro-
ceeded to betray an honest. able and faith
full servant. 1t Is another case Of
When the devil was sick.
The devil monk would be;
When the devil WAS well,
The devil a monk was he.
In other words as long as the czar fear
ed the influence of the revolutionists, and
as long as he was frightened by the mu-
tineers. he was willing to make conces-
sions to the liberals. but as soon as he got
over his fright he changed his attitude and
became conservative and reactionary. But
he will be punished for his perfdy. He
can accept the advice of the grand dukes,
but they can't save him. The reactionary
members of the cabinet. recently appointed,
will doubtless resume the policy of Plehve
and DurnOvo, and reign OF terror Will
follow sooner or later.
The liberals who were invited into the
cabinet, l told you in recent letter,
would not accept portfolios until they were
convinced that the czar would keep faith
with them. They all distrusted his fidelity
and sent Prince Lvoff. one of the leaders of
the Octoberist party, to Peterhof to have a
talk with their sovereign. He returned from
the interview uisuedrteHeu HAIL ne Jul
lined to the car the program of reforms
which had been agreed upon by the prime
minister and the liberals, including amnesty
to political offenders who were not guilty
of murder. a law making members of the
government responsible to the courts, a dis
tribution OF the. public lands among the
peasants and the purchase of idle private
estates for the same purpose, and various
other schemes which are considered neces-
sary to satisfy public clamor. His majesty
promptly expressed himself as extremely
doubtful whether the program was prac-
ticable and evenAf 1t was he did not con-
slider this an opportune time to attempt
such radical departures from the traditional
policy of the Russian government. He
thought 1t best to wait until Q new duma