The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-12

olin"d ~ reruaHtkr The U1Tsas neht 70
fran" q solution N The aaFafiah prob.
lem and insissd ~ hssdina The earnes'
demAHd NV universal amnesty, ~ ~
leaat fof y slsfeHsiob ~ The d"a'h p"n'
altr Witch was atuliahed Nv hfSts.
pfR II th"v have eSecu'ed by msf''s'
law prisoners y nuptt"f ~ eho'H are
hHlleved Ia have i~rn Inn0ceh'
The Inevitable uuierIue " siiuh =
alfh'edhess ~ the par ~ me t'ov
efnfeht has been y weakening ~ We
contfol hi'lier'o etefoiset ny the TON.
sii'u'iuhal Democrats over me DnWa
and y simultaneous revival ~ d's'f'ls'
etHat"fSiton and eofnt"otlon snionu
The inaaaes ~ the Russian trop'e Ihe
Iattef had teen told that 'helt auHeTinaa
would b~ quickly allayed anu theii
hops speedily fulaHed by q NATIONAL
assembly but although that body mas
nuw beeh In session upwatd of = moh'h
nothing has boon done nor 70 there a.
vet any bright proapec' of adbs'antial
Improvement UNDER The clTc'itnetances
" Ia not s1rprisihR that aersrtah as
order ~ which the larger land owners
are Victims, has again broheh ont W some
twelve provinces, fScallinG u scenes
~ violence With which The Frenoh peas
anta In i7se-0O avenged the wrongs w
which they had been subjected Tor
centuries AZ the hands OF the mobiles,
On the borders OF European Russia Q
occurrence Of revolutionary agitation
has succeeded the relative quiet winch
prevailed q month ago According to
kilograms from ~, Petersburg, the in
habitants Of the Caucasus are on the eve
Of another uprising. In the Criinea
there are equally threatening signs OF
approaching instruction, while from
Poland come reports OF an epidemic of
crime. Undoubtedly such outburs's OF
discomfort could be quelled eventually.
as they have been quelled In Lithuania
and Livonia, II the regular army should
continue trustworthy. Confidence in
the loyalty Of the soldiers, however,
has been much impaired. The belief
seems current in st. Petersburg that OF
late ~disaffection has made great progress
among the infantry regiments OF the
line, an d has ever infected a part OF the
Imperial Guard, to the protection OF
which the person OF the sovereign Is
contided.
The effect OF the collective pressure
exerted by these conditions has been to
shake the former solidarity OF the Con-
stitutional Democrats and to cause the
more radical members OF that party
delegates Of peasants and of workmen
to drift toward the Social Democrats.
who sit on the left of the chamber and
desire an open rupture with the autoc-
racy. The Social Democrats would
have the Duma ignore the Car, pro-
claim itself the sole mouthpiece Of the
nations will, and openly challenge the
allegiance Of the army and navy. They
would have the Russian revolution cover
in the course OF a few weeks the ground
which it took the French Revolution more
than three years to traverse.
It was to be expected that events
would move far more rapidly in Russia
than they did in France one hundred
and seventeen years ago, because the
Cars incompetent advisers had al
lowed the revolution to get under way
before they tardily and reluctantly
assented to the c%onvocation of the
Duma. Had that assembly been called
simultaneously with the issuance Of the
manifesto of October 30, and had it met
within a month thereafter, its members