New-York tribune., 1908-01-15

propaganda It preferred to use its connections at
directly upon the Gar. This policy proved sue
For many years policy of the sovernmsnt, ,In, has
consisted in keeping the 9as to
be preserved in state of absolute separation ITO iEeh br
| standards and habits, their views OF pIopeerS' es
family fam and law were to be peGsp dne 10 oroved dsas
trous for the landlords themselves SO the @ noples
danger to preserve in their neighborhood the the
eoaucil Of nohjItv not satisfied With indorsing
the Liberal cry for the equalization OF peasants VIII
the very foundation of their social existence The
primitive agrarian coilectrism Of the sant con
agrarian troubles The mobiles wished this col
| And the government in compliance with their
ie wis # nsss reqSuoze the
effectively than anyhng else & d se DOOR n its
es rne for@ 9l of the
| the peasants viii thus be drawn from ls the iai"-
The country sent to the second Doun1a Tepresen-
$ much n%r serH Belonged 10 to different
socalistie groups some one hundred were Gohs,,
| took seats on the governmental side. Then the
Union of the Russian People" came TO the rescue cue
They began at once campaign against lhe re-
beious' Douns: and though now even the extrelne
ton the government decided TO dissolve the second
pourna soon as the electoral law was ready IN IN
scorDed at this time. and effort was made TO
preserve simply the external show Of Of egay aana
| exfradition of all Socialist Democratic members
even before it had time to give any answer simul
taneousy with the dissolution. the new electoral
law Of June 20, 1907. was published. and thus the
benefit of the mobiles According 10 the new fran
ceived the right to elect the majority of the third
Douma- Practically nc more than nineteen th2u- ,
tSn Whole of Rnsse az oat % IF Z, ,s The remain
ing 2.5i2 might belong entirely TO the oppostion
the majority was in advance assured to the large
land owners. Thus there is exaggeration in say
elected by nineteen thousand proprietors of the
and odd members. while only one hundred to one
hundred and fifty members represent large demo,
cratic masses and belong to the opposition Some
of them-as for instance; the St Petersburg dele
sand each2 than all the three hundred members OF
| accom- ton between the sutocracy and the
draw o4 to ostpones he proiert for emocratc
extension of the franchise in local sef-government
the happy possession of the same ruling classes
which now form the he. aioTty ef the naonal & rep
rian policy. according 10 the wishes of the land
tend to dispute in principle the antocratic rights
and privileges; They are quite ready to M admit TN in
ms what it ever was and that the Gar pre-
Terns ms @ M % empTe IN a e "e dealt With it on
June %, 1897, their great benefit.
| tained The immediate danger that the national
representation is to be abolished e2treay Is IS noe h
situation But is this eauilibrium stable? Is so the
Russia likely to begin with the third Douma?
After all we have said, cannot answer these
questions in positive way
ing analysis must be this: The struggle for
constitution became q violent class struggle, with
m masses s arose to The % of the real
cause of their social misery, and have learned 70
know who are their real friends and enemies: IL
the revolution" in Russia mas lost something OF
the movement has been obiiterated but because it
now strikes much deeper root in the lower social
of the events which may still unrol before your
eyes, ladies and gentlemen. does not confne itself
personages, whose fate you may follow with inter
statistics of people shot or hanged houses burned
servants of the Car blown assassinated. con
spiracies discovered and the like The interest of
position of the future Russia is now at stake. The
fate of centuries to come is now being determined
And this explains why the masses, silent and mute
hope, into the issue of the present movement. and
why the movement cannot end until, in one way or
And What are the forces that try to hold it in
check? The alliance of the two decayins political
the royal, historical road the nation is following
itiated and fostered by a foreign anti Russian
intrigue, cannot do away with its deeper causes.
munes can be changed at once into private pro
prietors can only cause new ferment in our vii
| they are. In short, wherever we turn or look, We
any hope for conciliaton and social peace
That l am afraid. Is not the message you ex.
if could answer your wish for Information with
words of good hope and with the glad tidngs that
quiet and security have returned to Russia. But
l am here TO tell you the truth
What do want from you in exchange? AS
as-I left for America official newspapers in Russia
began telling the lie that 1 coming this
country in order TO get money for my party. This,
you know, is their way of dscrediting every
ment for freedom in Russia. need not refute
them But perhaps l did really come here for
some kind of help? Anybody acquainted with the
large lberality which is practsed mere for every
surprised by the suppoSiton, and why not?
Every foreigner who comes to this sweet land OF
liberty is supposed to want from her infinitely
more than he offer to her his part Well,
want from something precious and of
very great moment for my country. ] wooinS
here for your human sympathy; sympathy with
all the enormous pain and suffering of the poor
and downtrodden in my country; sympathy with
noble exertion which seeks to put end
all this pain and suffering.
And what can ! give you back for it? Nothing,
ladies and gentlemen, nothing at all except this
feeling Of the heart which ennobles
who is capable of being affected by IT, If 7 really
succeed in arousng in you once more that sym
pathy for human suffering. well then. You and
reached the level whera difference
in habits. I'm ways of thinking, varying shades
of expression. prevent from feeling
selves integral part of great whole. which
never can feel quite4happy while one of Its mem
bers is suffering anywhere appeal to you in the
name of that great whole humanity; and in doing
I quite sure to give YOU back much 7
receive At least, for myself, do not know Of
ones intelligence in higher spheres Of existence
that feeling which keeps in touch with new
worlds of humanity. That is why happy to
the ocean in order to address you this even
ing. occasion which I shall never forget.
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