Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-31

Roman Catholic Member Of the Late Duma From
wilma.
Informed that he was stopping with his
daughter and a dozen or more leaders of
the constitutional democrats in daily con-
sultation at little quiet village on the Bal
tic sea.
There have been many assassinations in
Russian history, even in modern times. but
none was ever more inexcusable or unjusti-
fable than this. And it is difficult to see
what the conspirators expected to accom-
plish by taking this life, unless 1t Is true, as
many believe, 1t was mere reprisal for the
accidental assassination of-Gen. Koskoff,
who was shot by mistake for Gen. TrepOn
ten days ago. Prof. Herzenstein was in
no sense revolutionist. On the contrary,
he deplored the methods and the activity
OF the revolutionary party and used all
OF hissinfluence to persuade them to adopt
peaceful and lawful measures. He was
man of judicial temperament. deliberate
habits and a profound student. His advice
was invariably on the side of peace and pa
thence. and he was continually advocating
conciffatory measures.
Few men in the duma were so useful as
he. although he was not so conspicuous as
several others. AS told you in a recent
letter. nothing important was ever done
by any OF the political factions without
consulting him, although, unfortunately, his
advice was not always followed. If Mr..
Stolypin had succeeded in persuading the
constitutional democratic to assume the re-
sponsibilities of the cabinet Herzenstein
would undoubtedly have been minister of
finance. because he was regarded as one Of
the ablest, II not the first authority, In
the empire on financial and economical
questions. Although he was removed from
the chair of political economy in the faculty
of the University of Moscow for his liberal
opinions. he was frequently consulted by
the officials of the government.
The Black Hand Bund.
There is an awful rumor in circulation
that other members of the constitutional
democratic party are to be assassinated by
the BLACK Hand and although it is i'm
possible to trace 1t to its origin, 1t causes
serious forebodings. 1t Is said that the
''Black Hand proposes an active cam
paign from this time on, and to take
life for a life. Whenever a supporter Of
the car. an officer of the army or navy or
agent of the police or other official is
killed by the terrorists, the members of
the BLACK Hand propose to retaliate by
taking the life of some prominent liberal.
Mr.. Stolypin, the new prime minister,
places no credence In these rumors. and
several times, in newspaper interviews.
has informed the reactionary element that
he had no need of their aid but unless he
takes some rigorous measures to make this
appalling rumor untrue he will himself be-
come responsible for whatever may hap
pen. Hitherto 1t has been the policy to
use the entire strength Of the Russian
government to detect and punish crimes
against the bureaucracy and to ignore
the most important duty before the prime
minister at present is to see that the Mos
COW policeman who was hired to kill Prof.
Herzenstein Is found and executed.
There Is a most surprising Indifference
on the part of the Russian public concern
ing these assassinations. Perhaps It is
because they occur so often. The people
OF Finland are actually arranging a popu-
lar holiday to celebrate the anniversary Of
the assassination of Gen. Bobrikof, their
former vtceroy, and the expenses are to be
paid out of the municipal treasures! The
people regard his removal as one Of the
most important events in their history and
the first step toward liberty, the beginning
of better things, for Finland today has
one of the most liberal governments in
Europe, with quite much home rule as
Canada. The newspapers say that a new
national fag-a yellow Hon on a red back
grounds to be adopted as the banner Of
Finland. and will be brought out for the
first time in place of the Russian flag at
the celebration of Bobrikoff's murder.
Long List Of Killed.
A statistician on one OF the daily news
papers has been collecting information con-
corning the number Of people killed and
wounded during the present revolutionary
movement and he finds that from January
/. 1895. to Junue 1, 1905. a total Of 1854
have been killed and 1862 have been Sc
verely wounded In encounters between the
people and the police and the army. The
following are some of the details: