The sun., 1906-06-22


afs mehilefs a NE buma wkn have Rnae
haek ~ tts provinces " isli their sestufa
what thia Ffrsf hev hatr N HHsFia a duina
" safonoH hss mase thfre defs io,N
ihia peuh amrng No eeafHdtfy n aafHinH
whseI w. ipond lhlsfrsi Kad faith N Ne
fiufna ~ lHyutd hif etfUriallun " ia
llte theif hon hs savs To v alofe ther
lubk fof salvation fvey afoup ~ uen
he taibe'l tIih assed him ~ adtise them
hos is 49, 10 ~ n npiat ttss ~ Tho hur'e
They wew hoi uauellv esifemeat ~ NJ"
land question tuf vere Wiillra Nv htt"ti
ihe Constitutional fwmrret bIl 9Th
iho principle ~ eymfrrsrn0b ari lural
commissions a. ailuai Ne Redistribution
IT, fouhd very Uiir Glass hatred w threats
~ vlnieut lani sr.sufo ~ swat " tlw fsiih
Nv The brma W. fafe mount authority
MANY srti sufpflseii and dkaptpiaied
that sven bussia has hoi enough lahd io
~ gtOuhd Among them all They tstect,
however that capItal viii ~ fofihtbning
~ equip them ~ tetlef cultivation, fof
small local rahs and for crop siofaaee, ~
one meeting N safonoR hoAri n peesaht
csrlain to 'ha othefs that although the
Duina y not IN name 4 constituent asscna
hly viii lecune ~ IN fac, NJ The suitable
moment Some electors complained al'out
the Dufra PLAYING NJ parties hut they
aRreed that DO vaa rIahi when he urged
patience and vobcd ,hcm against disorder,
which. ho snd. would poasr the bureau
Gratis and damaRc tho numa.
Another mcmhct who has boon among
his constituents In Smolenak Gays that tho
attitude of tho Government IDay provoke
tho people 90 revolution and that u will
require a great effort on tho part Of tho
members oi the Duma TO keep their heads
and at the came time hold the confidence
of their constituents. The Smolensk land
owners, who are now ready for hay cutting,
cay they have not the slightest idea whether
their hay will eventually he stored in the
landlords or the laborers sheds, Out on
the land it is hopeless TO expect that police
or Cossacks can prevent the field hands from
helping themselves.
The Governments land bill, IN which
large scheme Of migration is the chief
provision, will require an enormous outlay
Of ready money. The peasant members
explain that. even admitting the most
favorable condltions-land given gratis
not only in Siberia, but in the European
provinces-migration would be Of no help
unless 1t were accompanied by enough
money to buy cattle and corn and to meet
the travelling expenses OF the peasant and
his family. The outlook is made worse
by year Of bad crops, which will leave
the farming popu!ltion no resources to
supplement any scheme Of State aided
migration. Tho peasants are convinced
that the Government has no intention OF
off ~ "a hot
it can raise abroad it is using to strengthen
its own defensive position against the
people.
Here is a typical peasant protest against
the black band" kilograms urging the
dispersal Of the Duma as a rebel CAUCUS,
which the Government allows to be pub
lished daily in the Official Messenger. It
was adopted by 1900 inhabitants Of the
Astrakhan province and is addressed to
one 1ikhanovitoh Savit2ky, who had signed
q black band" incitement 1t reads
Know ye, Tikhanovitch Savitzky, that
the simple people consider you the most
evil enemies Of the country and the mon
arch, because you are false monarchsts,
doing the Emperor bears ItreacherousI
service. We simple people love fervently
our Gar, but remember the motto, 'favors
from the Gar, but disservces from the
Psar his subordinatesl.' We know that
such as Tikhanovitoh Savitzky, who are
slandering the Duma, are defending not
the interests of the Gar, but Of the Psar,
grown hateful to every one." The protest
is signed by the heads Of the conmunes.
In Novgorod, where for the second year
the peasants refuse to pay taxes or to till
the new allotment land, the situation is
desperate. The peasants attitude is that
they have nothing now to do but wait until
all the land comes to them from the new
regime. The Governor has issued procla-
nation stating that all schools and hospitals
must be closed, as there are no local funds
to maintain them. He has sent for military
assistance and threatens martial law unless
the peasantry resume paying taxes, but
there is no likelihood Of his proclamation
altering the situation,
At Omsk and elsew here in Siberia the
Social Democratic organization is about
the only institution which can get the popu-
lation to follow its advice. Although Omsk
itself is almost exclusively an official and
military town, its four electors for the
Duma are all Socialists 1t showed no sign
Of interest in politics until the sanguinary
repression Of the January strike, but since
then it has become a hot centfe Of revolu-
tionary propaganda.
At Irkutsk it is the same, except that
most Of the active members Of the civilian
population remain in jail or have been
sent into exile. At Vladivostok all the
officers who had entered as students in the
Institute of Oriental Languages and who
took part in the January political agitation
have been expelled from the garrison by
order Of Gen. Grodckoff, the Commander |
in Chief in the Far Fast.
A Question in Chronology.