New-York tribune., 1908-01-15

tnhuenoe OF socialstfc societies vas not strong
a. their leaders presumed il TO be- II socialism
success It also had its theories which brought the
,l1ovsmens to ruin sc,slism tried d. to ,par' 20
counterpart 70 the Council of Workngnen Dele-
outbreak Socialism tried also to adapt its doc
Russian peasants were particularly inclined But
here The eentrsiizns influence Of soois,s % oT w%s
spontaneous and depended more upon us own IN
thus the agrarisn question assumed first rank
among the burning questions of the day: Inc of-
served thenceforth to diferentiate the political
groups. After some brief period Of hesitation cor
responding to the third political phase the govern
ment sided with the land owners. while the opTosi-
eT scs oTcnsa the constitutionai Demo
cratic party was founded. which had 10 play the
movement This party was composed of the more
advanced elements s,nons 1he Kusssn sfRy fbs
bers of the learned professions The chief aiIn
tfons Of the rnovemeni with the practicabiiity Of
the issues, and thus to insuguraie In Russia q
viii make clear the r.olitical position Of the Con
extremes Of the movement:
nionTealth, while the reactionsries wanted to re-
estaenss artocracy she Constitutional Denocrauc l c
under a CONSTITUTIONAL monarch.
The revolutaonsts wished TO have charter
worked out by a constitutional convention and
ssnctoned by vca orous revolution II The m re- e,
the worst consultative representation grantsd
t 5y the iirsi Tepressutatpe assembly subject 70
The approval Of the C1ar
Tended xhe principle The whole land TO the Whole
people the land to be aPprqnrated es ene s1
ccn1niftes which 20 be elected on the Gesis of
rotf,inC e.tcept regular sale land through the
medium o. the existing Peasant Bank and at the
open narket price Our party proposed "a systef ef
matte exte nsion of the emancipation reform or
con.munes rom ihe free (crown) lands. and from
the larger Srvate estates TO be eSPrcnriaded s 5s
asos sss vas as to settled by Special eortess formed
Of private landowners and representatives of the
peasant comm ZINES IN equal numbers
This. Professur MiHpukcv said, was radical
r-,r-arn,. nor did ne and his followers believe
the government would accept it voluntarily But
the government was cowed by apprehension at the
Coming sxrsrian trcnhles. The revolutionary ele-
n,.nt had learned nothing. He said:
They continued at lacking the boirgeas,s furi-
Se4 eses1 They II ed 70 diseredt and denounoe
i, s1a the oas sos 9 Ia IN ter tb nness fhey
proposed To the masses 70 boycott the inpenoins
then the etc eny & Bs n,c n oBpotPS % fSe Wsleh s Of 'ia
tsefe bR 1psTiiapn.g9fs-rT means Great was the
dissppointInet OF the sfoverIInest and the aston
returns gave a pressil5ns part to the Consiitu-
fes s. Pegss N the 5 hesy toek Measures of
preesufion against the Evolutionary assembly
fAsncs set The soSernr st free iron, innediate de
renasnce on The atio s a tFes 9,sG seTss I
order bring into leg limits the civil liberties
promised % By as IT, man s ss gesf0 ana e @ in oqS F nG
quick fire gun leeis aion was crowned with a
the opening of the ses sion a sorr of charter or
marrow limits as possible 10 the legislative powers
sf the DoIIrna- These lawTs not to be changed
shoe II fuR e nuzaIed the nstona representafiT
be ts an % 'R Of eies SI eatlea The l
Ministry remained inactvts and the chamber was
ministerial declaration by vote of dissent
1d as Ge o spee a9 eecio 9ESo
tion was then still consio bred as fraught with
enbsrrassuenf the govern nent thought for an in
stant of regular co-operat lon with the majority
VAS intrusted with the pi.li1n9naTy negotiations
od me open waas s tne re no 1or PrS
? house is fire. this gentleman said one is
story at the risk Of broken leg and the peril of
I am Inclined ID think that this argument did
appear to the Car conclus1 We The following
oHernnept nm t+ 70 IT, ITy in the rt pace the cadets
g'i sop constitutionai De rrocrats whom the govern
1nent regarded for sN ahe as ea.iers OF the whole
tien. and even in tie Doune- did not always
command najoTity There was s1qts a19tfec I'm inn
of Toll. which became very popular among the
nf isnd ratoasizafion The activity of this group
in the DouTna and outsio 1T rekindle'd revolu-
reToIuiionists now completely chsnge6 their minds
a to the part be played by The Counla in the
Russian revolution. After having dfscrts1ited the
De1Ira as bourgeois and crlite po1yeTless, they
row wanted II 70 take posses1 10n Of the executive
power. The cadets found themselves in an exceed
position On the one hand they had
70 frht Tor a responsible ministry in order to es-
-abish normal influence on the part of the
FerITfs over the executive power On the other
hand they hac TO hold in check every attempt
20 appropriate the executive Functions by the
Ieouula itself
OF course. this enough TO rssralyze any great
r-easr1re Of 0fion- But the chief reasons for
the government TO abstain from any cooperation
with the cadets the agrar IAN programme,
which frightened the nobility Here again the
cadets had TO debate between The government.
yri7ir did not wish to decide for The principle OF
ror1pulsory sale and the extremists who proposed
the nure sooliaten Of landlords to the
faction Of the inexperienced masses. Finally the
government committed itself 20 the unconstitu-
fso-al step of publishing announcement TO the
roeope by which the legislative plans of the Dounla
were repudiated in advance The poC11a tried TO
-enlv insisting the fundamental principle of
compulsory sale and inviting the rIszli tiorthis
natter mint being opposed by the Group OF Toil-to
remain quiet and await patiently tha results OF