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FUTURE OF RUSSIAN PEOPLE
French Historian in Touch with Situation
Discusses Outlook.
CONDITION ONE OF ACTUAL REVOLUTION
Liberals Desire TO save Throne
from the Wreck, but This
May Not He Pos
sibIe.

PARIS. July 1O-Anatole Leroy -Beaulieu,
director of the institute Of France and the
foremost French authority on Russians af
| fairs, whose history of Russia is recog-
nized as being one of the most accurate
| records OF the political affairs Of that EN-
pire received the correspondent Of the As
| sociated Press at his country seat near
/ Versailles where he devoted an hour to
discussing the gravity Of Russia's present
condition and the outlook for the future.
NJ. Leroy Beaulieu makes frequent visits
! to Russia the last only a few weeks ago,
for the purpose of personally observing the
first Russian election When asked to sum
up his recent observation he said:
Il should be understood that the Rus
sian situation is one of actual revolution.
II is no crisis which can be measured by
days, weeks or months but Is vast and
complete transition, resembling that of the
French revolution. When ] say revolution
| do not mean that the monarchy is certain
! to be overthrown although it is possible
that this may follow. The greater part OF
the leaders of the constitutional democracy
desire to save the throne from wreck but
they recognize that they are not masters
of the future. II the government does not
satisfy the nations demands, catastropheH
sa
Personally 1 think that the overthrow
| OF the throne would be a great disaster
Tor that would mean anarchy and prob
ably civil war.
Arbitrary AutOcracy Doomed.
NJ. Leroy-B Beaulieu was asked if the
preservation of the throne meant a CON
tinuation OF the autocracy.
| by no means" he replied. "On the con-
trary, arbitrary autocracy is doomed. All
the present monarchy save at the best
is power within constitutional well de-
fined limits. The emperor has good in
tentions, but he knows very little OF his
own country outside of the limits of the
palaces. He is always hesitatng, is him
self terrified by the example Of the French
revolution and does not wish to have the
same end as Louis XIV. although he for
gets that Charles | Of England arrived at
a similar end by another route. Perhaps
It is already too late to save the dynasty
from going down with the autocracy, but
the emperor might stay the storm by per-
mitting the formation OF a ministry repre-
senttng Parliament, which represents the
people. He has already lost much time
and the feeling OF discomfort is contin-
ually increasing"
NJ LeroyBeauleu then discussed the
agrarian and other leading questions "The
land he said. is the most dificult ques-
ton, owing to the intense feeling among
the peasants. The government recoiIs be-
fore the enormous cost OF part or total
appropriation of the ancient estates. yet
unless the emperor satisfies the expecta-
tions OF the peasants he will transform
them into opposition element and per-
haps into revolutiopists."
Status of Jewish People.
When questioned concerning the Jewish
question he spoke Of his observations dur
ing his recent travels in Russia. where ne
was struck with the tenacity with which
. hn Te a =,
political rights as Christians.
There are 100000 Jews in Russia" he
said, 'and II many of them are found
among the revolutionists the reason is
20 be found in the exceptional laws to
which they are compelled to submit The
Jews thus become irreconcilable adversaries
Of the government, which obstinateIy re-
fuses them the rights accorded to other
people in the country. Thus the reac-
tionists count on the Jews and this is WHY
the police incite brutalities against the
Jews, like those at Bialystok Even IL
the ministers are not directly responsible,
the local police organize these butcheries,
which proceed under the benevolent silence
of the administration. When | visited
Russia plans for uprisings against the
Jews were everywhere announced and the
subsequent action merely realized what
, fully anticipated. The sole means to end
the uprisngs and bring about the with
drawal OF the Jewish masses from the rev.
olutionary propaganda is to accord them
, equality before the law. The Russian
Parliament demands this, but the govern
ment hesitates, persisting in considering
the Jews to be the principal organizers OF
! the revolution"
) Elections in state of Siege.
Continuing NJ Leroy -Beaulieu described
. the scenes he witnessed during the cleo
! tiOns in Russia when he visited three typ
ical interior cities. LODI Warsaw and
4 Czenstokowa LODI he compared with CHI
5 cago, owing to the rapidity OF its growth
I and energy Of the people. He said:
[ THE elections proceeded IN a state of
e siege. All the election bureaus in Poland
4 were guarded by troops and often Cos
r sacks were stationed at the doors I have
e even heard the Cossacks' whips falling on
! the backs of electors at LODI, but that
h did not prevent the people from returning
$ opposition members to Parliament. 1t is no.
ticeatle that there are twelve Jewish mom-
bers In the lower house, including those of
Moscow, the Pittsburg of Russia One OF
the Jewish leaders OF Moscow has eIo-
: auently defended the project for a division
of the lands among the peasants showing
: that there is no ground TO expect that
the Jews viii prove disrupting element
among the constitutional democracy"
Results Through Growth.
In conclusion NJ. Leroy-Beaulieu said:
10 1t Is dificut to forsee the final results
. of such vast upheaval but l expects re-
suits to come about through slow processes
l. The results Of your American revolution
T were realized quickly because your people
. were prepared but the people OF Russia are
p far different. | am inclined % believe tina
this revolution will continue in various
[ | stages Of intensity for ten and perhaDs
! twenty years, owing 10 the magnitude OF
. the questions involved and the dangers
b along the way. For the present the EN-
l. peror's choice of a liberal ministry an
pears TO be the best means Of averting a
( revolution with the possible consequences
:, I Of the overthrow OF the dynasty
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