The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-01-21

Il s11ou6H, anu LIS steps are lOlOWeQ ana guard
cd by the secret police. who on the slightest
Indication Of an accident, would appear in the
gu1se Of beggars, street merchants, passersby.
It Is when he goes on the railroad that the
I risks are greater. There Is no simple sending
his secretary to get a ticket and book seats. !
( No! The whole railroad system over which he
y Is to travel has to be mentally reviewed The
officials have to be called to a conference with 4
the minister In charge, when the route Is ar
ranged, the time table fixed and then the tele-
graph gets busy The special train is prepared
and steam Is kept up ready to start at any
minute. Word Is sent ahead to the garrisons
along the line, and the soldiery have to be pre-
pared to take positions along each side of the /
Z line at distance Of very few yards Station 1
masters are warned and the whole plan is abb {
solutely perfect, But one thingi is wanting, the /
exact day and hour of the journey. u That is /
known only to the car and one or two in his I
complete confidence. Once his mind is made
& up his train leaves, and word Is passed on
B Just ahead Of 1t. "A pilot engine with carriages
81 Us run q short time In front, and no one knows
+ whether the car Is on the pilot train or the
train behind but both trains are impartially
3 saluted. Any person found lurking In the vi
cinity of the railroad Is liable to be shot, for
st Is not once, but many times that the secret
Kept SO closely has leaked out by some I'M
4 known channel, and the rails have been under
& mined, bridges have been partially destroyed,
D and all kinds Of Internal machines deposited
Il on the track timed to explode 9at the exact mo-
& ment$ of the passage Of the train. sz Il.
& tt Is the same whenever the czar travels,
Il his presence In a foreign town IS always de-
noted by the number Of apparently casual Wis
z ators OF Russian appearance. @s5ssfs 4
Whatever HIS feelings may be, the czarinas
makes no secret Of her fear for herself, her
3 little girls and the little Czarevitch Alexis,
whose kidnapping may take place at any mo-
6 ment. ss53 III sss s
Meanwhile the car himself safely met his
royal host. Nothing sostensibly occurred to dis
h xurb his enjoyment. The numerous functions
passed Off safely and now that he has returned
~ q circuitous route to st. Petersburg, the
czarins can breathe freely until the next time.
Il ne goes a.traVeling.
I Government pawnshops are the latest move
on the Sparts of Russia to raise money Tor her
revenue, and ostensibly to help the people. 81
s,n,,rsa behind every scheme Of this kind there
sn,,at ht, q ..popular notiv and to supply this
me rs, ssian government attacks the terrlble3
law money lenders, q who have 80 long preyed
,,no,, the poor. The people themselves are be-
tween the devil and the briny deep buts per
mans of the two evils the goyernnlae is the
lesser After all 1t comes down to- e que s da
/. II ner cent The Jews charge 24 per cent on
loans ana as much more as they can reason son
&. ahIy aqueeze On the contrary the government
proposes to charge only s per cent
Hay1ng taken the monopol Of yodk a the
y ,onn1ar Russian sintoxi cant thereby Increasing
d M revenue 81 some 900 900 yearly, the
rainistryof finance Russia IS about 80 start
irnpersal pawnshops author f the project,
I'M Kokovceff. say vii. in the course
of & feW years, prove q source Of about s6o, oo0;
ssonr vaarly. only this, but 1t will enable
M moor tos OBTAIN credit at hitherto $un-
81 sknoWn rate that per cent per anru lu
,nyfsst loan wi be- q rublas Quite 81
ana money viii be advanced on every con
uat,le thing. The imp rial bank will supply
ma capital needed start the hops az
ia rate 81 u per cent: nterest
ma central Wnshop will zbe at ST Peters
,,,rp ats tirst branches are TO be opened IL the
iaraar ties, including KEY Odessa, Riga TT
rs. Kharkov and araayF. hen g eses arc
sYairIv started oil he opened ~ smaller
towns. TIL whole g studded With
imperial iust as y with vodka