The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-18
RUSSIA LOWERS
RELIGIOUS BARS
GOVERNMENT WILL ALLOW FREE.
DOM OF CHURCH AND UNI
VERSAL EDUCATION.
COUNCIL MEMBERS TALK
Prince oholcnsky and Count ToIstoi
Favor Mental Growth Of People
Medium ia the Native
Tongue.

1 St Petersburg, May, Ito AScer
tain the attitude of the government to
1 wards the douma demands for abso-
lnte religious freedom and for uniyer
sal compulsory education inter
viewed today Prince Opolensky, who
now occupies M P5bifIQnast eff's
chair as procurator OF the Holy Synod
aud Count Ivan Tolgtoi Mir ser Of
Education Eoth are advanced Iigeral
lanl were brought into the minist Y
latter The October manifesto in order
to reconcile the public 70 the appoint
ment of reactimaiias like Darnovo.
THE government has no definite
program on thc reigicus question,
said P,ince Obolenshy, and /, mysef.
have moi the power d introduce flesh
logi latiuu. | believe tlar the Douma
viii itself legislatc in favor Of com
pleto religious freedom. The goyen
ment will nor oppose It !, a3 repre-.
entatYc Of the church, Will help until
religious disabilities Of eyry kipd are
removed
WIN GlibfNi'HA~ fNh'NFf1s
The history Of Russia, the history
OF all countries. proves thai religious
questions ex ST only because of re-
igious disabilities; and that the latter
are useless as means of depression. II
we establish religious freedom we
shall have no more religions problems.
As 4 l2u sian and Greek Orthodox, |
synpathiza with tae dominant race
ana rel gion, but It is for that reason
thal / am in favor Of freedom for all.
THE Jewish question is the most
serious. favor complete freedom for
the Jews, ana | don't believe the gov
erament willeppose II, am not sure
about the DONNA. The democrats viii
certainly keep their pledge 10 emanci-
pate the Jews, but without peasant
cooperation they viii be In a minority
There Is reason &c fear that the peas
ants may be against emancipation
They know nothing Of the question
But they have a vague idea that q
Jew is Zhid, which Is a term o.
abuse, ana that lie Is tleir enemy II
the peasant and the small react .onary
party allied them elves against eman-
cipation the democrats could not
carry it,
Lcnieney is lmport1nt.
"A great deal depends upon The ad'
mini. traiion of existing laws, The
laws themselves are not bad. tn
recent tensency has been 10 admins
ter tie anti.J jewish laws mildly. The
Holy Syncd has nothing to do with
that matter but II ha power 70 put
forward the views of the orthdoy
church. Sine / have been procuratal
| have alwaya u.ge1 he most liberal
policy in the matter and hall co
tinuc 10 do so.
II t-cat other religious prohlams'
the Catholic. the Smndist. the Luther
an. the OldBeliever and the Mcham-
mcdan rrobl ms In the came way
THAI Is. favor oatire freedom, AMI
untn thar Is alta ned I urge that te
restrictive laws be applicl in the
most lcnlen way"
Education for AL
Count Ivan T3lstoi. as becomes a
member of ths great Toifoi clan.
chiefly noted as .cholar He hea
of The Academy OF Science knows
thoroughly half dozen language.
AMI Is the only Rus ian min 81 'r pn
record who can talk Finnish ard he
mistaken for Flrn.
"Mv miai l~y DE saws has pr
pared it, own project If universal edit
,ation. which 81 viii introduce into the
louna immcdiaiclv Every Rus ian
.mbjsct / Aencefurth 10 get element
,ry clucaliou The essence Of the
,chomc is thar the local authorize
.hau build ANA maintain elementary
chrols within reaca Of every peasant
.abin. bui that the central government
hall hcucefoitb pay the teachers r. I
aiming for itself only the right of in /
pociion At present our elementary I
cachcrs get only SO a month. That I
= d hc Tai-ed - Sis. which is god 4
.ay. according 10 Ru ian IDEAS Won 4
n ten bcrs viii hcncoforh be- pail a
lucl a. msl; they az. generally toe
est teachers We have The ralius oi
% schU-i shali bc more than one and 4
u,-half miles ami no teacher shall
ays more than forty pupils.
Medium is Native Tongue.
Ou future oiucafign wili b. basel
"a the principle of nationally Aii Z
lcmearary toaclug viii be given in
b na i've tongue we shall laFc Rus
Ian. LUse Russian. Poi-h iild.sa.
ermau. Lettish and Tartar schools !
ussian viii De Taught a. a compul-
Dry subject iater on. bur the mellum z
[ instruction will always remain the !
lother tongue =
= have also prepares q project for
b. reform Of our HniVersit es- 10 Nlii
.ake them free ami autonomous. The
aiver-ities must remain pnrely Rus c
sn. viih the exccftion Of Wa-sav