The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-02

other words. to save tho Gar and czarisn
the Minister for the time being must always
be ready to descend to the principles OF the
st. Bartholomew massacre. This. accord
ing to our author. 10 why. since the begin
ming Of the Stolypin Ministry. q helping
hand hos frequently been extended to the
league by the Cars Government. to say
nothing Of the intimate relations nco
aged in almost overy provincial admins
trative district between the officials and the
local leaders Of the league. This Ii also
why in both Duma elections under the
stolypin regime the league has been fav-
ored In every possible manner. Its local
branches all over Russia have been twice
endowed with large sums by the central
Government; It's conservative rivals were
appealed to by the st. Petersburg authori-
ties to ally themselves with the league in
the elections. and In many places all popu-
lar or liberal competitors were crushed by
the arrest OF their oandidates or wholesale
exoision Of electors from the lists.
On pages 1851 We read that, taking
advantage OF the state OF martial law.
Stolypin at one time oonfiscated the league
organ. the Russfan FIae. But DIR. Du-
BROWN. ono Of the league's spokesmen.
protested that martial law was applicable
to revolutionists but not to patriots like
himself. and he was sustained by the Senate,
the highest court Of the empire. Stolypin
was made to see that even martial law
could not be applied equally or evenly in a
csarism. Still, martial law 10 his only
instrument Of resistance to the "spontane-
ous' and relatively Democratic action OF
the League Of Russian Men, to whom
the organized pogroms. or massacres OF
jews. are due. In other words, against
the disorder Of the reaction, as well as
against the disorder Of the revolution.
Stolypin's only remedy 10 the disorder In
volved in martial law. Ever 80 the ex-
treme r~eactionaries have proved sindis-
pensable to the Stolypin Government. II
the policy Ii to be the reign Of martial law.
made practically universal and steadily
maintained, as, Premier Stolypin seems to
desire. he finds that a large majority Of
the more jealous army officers. those who
perform with zest the police work Of crush
ing the internal enemy are connected
with n Of the re~actionary leagues or
unions. II Stolypin goes further toward
the creation OF local czars and special
police, whose chief duty it is to fight the
A0Nolltlohs hO oBoih DoCn hhhADV WILL
PEELED to rely almost entirely on the same
type OF mon. II he wishes to return to the
plan Of creating al artificial counter-revolu-
tionary movement among the people. he
finds all the arrangements, prestige and
popular leaders already monopolized by
the league. The league. moreover. 10 az
strong in the third Duma as are Stolypin's
moderate reactionary friends. and II is
stronger than they are In the upper house
or Council Of the Empire.
., ~.
Mr.. Walling recalls that on a recent occa-
sion one-third Of the members Of the third
Duma denied that thsre Is In Russia q Goa.
stitution. and another third refused to
assert officially that there 10 one. In the
meantime the Gar and Stolypin reassert
the existence of an unlimited autocracy.
and both refuse 80 much as to mention the
supposedly constitutional promises OF Octo-
Der II, 1905. much less do they resssert
them. The coup d'ttdt OF June 8, 1901. by
which the Duma was made over into an
assembly Of officials add landlords. pruc-
tioally anuulled those promises by repeal
ing the previous election statutes that delib-
ers.ely had been granted by this Czar dur
ing the Witte regime as q fundamental
law at the time OF the election Of the first
Duma. There ia. then, no real need for the
extreme ~reactionaries Of the third Duma
to assert and reassert that there Ia no Con-
stitution, or in other words. that whatever
the Gar has granted he has the right to
take away. Already all sembiance Of a
Constitution has disappeared. and as long
rs the Duma has no control whatever over
the Government-the third Duma has next
TO none-it remains merely a kings coun-
Gil, no matter how the majority may try to
dodge the plain statement.
There seems to be no doubt that since
the Inauguration Of the third Duma perse-
oution reigns and the a%utocracy is trium-
plant. The anxiety OF the extreme loyal
lists, however. Ia not so much for the present
for the future. II czarism is to bs pre-
served. the persecution must 20 or I'M
diminished: II It is to be strengthened. the
persecution must be intensified. SO all the
extreme reactionaries. speaking in the
third Duma for autocracy and AGAINST the
alleged Constitution. have occupied them
selves almost exclusively with attacks on
the Poles and Jews. They have already
succeeded in getting a majority Of that
DOQy on their elOe against tnOse races. Our
il convinced that Stclypin, willingly
or %unwillingly. must follow. He points out
that a few days after the encouragement
received from the debates on tho subject
Stolypin closed the Polish School Union
that had opened $50 soho ols in the year or
two during which it had been allowed to
exist. II is also suggested that tho on
on the painfully won liberties Of
probably means that even here.
where the c~onquests Of the revolution seem
secure, nearly everything will again be
taken away.
We are reminded that In the third Duma.
whose first session has just closed, the
chief part. the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Octo-
brists-so called because they stand upon
the Cars reform manifesto OF October II.
tried to avoid q distinct issue
the champions Of absolutism. They
the consent Of 2i2 out Of the 440
members to q vote that the third Duma
in its address OF thanks to the Car should
avoid both the words autocracy and con-
They assert that the discussion
Russia has a Constitution or is
governed like China is "a purely verbal
Or speculative" question, Tho leader OF
H. n1tal>r;ax voo{or;k., Ln-a~lar H,,toh-