The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-11-26
COUNT LEO TOLSTOL, RUSNA'S
"GRAND old MAN, PASSES AWAY
The Duma Adjourns in Respect of His Memory AS
He Had Lived in His Unswerving and Uncompromis-
ing Search For Truth-Always the Friend of Rus
sias Poor and Downtrodden.

the British and French allied forces.
lie first made n reputation in litera.
ture by "a series Of vivid sketches writ.
ten from sebastopol, and when he left
the army soon after the Crimean War,
he devoted himsen entirely to litera.
ture.
His "War and Peace, tale of the
invasion Of Russia by Napoleon in 1879,
is regarded in Russia as being his mas.
terpiece, though his Gamma Karenina. :"
which appeared in 1915, and "The Cos.
sncks' found greater favor abroad
where his Krutzer Sonata translated
in 1890, also attracted wide attention.
Taught Christianity
Tolstoi wrote niue hon education and
published several short stories and re-.
minisccnces of childhood and youth, but
or reccn, years he had devoted himself
10 religious teachings.
! IIc made "rcturn not evil the key.
stone of the Christian faith. and in.
sisted that the literal Interpretation Of
the sermon on the mount was the only
rule of the Christian life. The religious
views of Tolstoi were set forth in his
Christ : Christianity aud My Re.
ligion.
In 1893 Tolsto wrote "Thc Kingdom
Of God Within Us, AN important work
oD the social question. as in 1895 he
wrote "'fhe Four Gospels Harmonized
and Translated. -
| His other works included: "My Con.
fession, Criticisms of Dogmatical
Christ ianity." "What I Bcliecv; What
is To BE Done!" "1he Death of Ivan
llytch. The Power of Darkness "a
drnmal, con Life. - "Thc Fruits Of
Enlightenment, "a comedy. "Thc
Kingdom of God is Within You. -
"What Is Art, - The Christian Teach.
ings." 'The Resurrection. " "The
slavery of our Times. - What is Re.
ligion?" ard many other works on the
most varied subjects
| ny SuuICH
In 1901 T0lstoi was rx.communicatcd
by the holy Synod and in October, 1909,
deposited his memoirs and dairics with
the curator Of the Rumyan2Off museum
on the condition that they should not
be- published until 10 years after his
death. and in November of the same
year. he legally made over his whole
fortune. including his real and personal
estate 10 his wife and children.
In 1898 Tolstoi wrote powerful win.
dication Of the Dukhobor sect. which
in that year had suffered great perse.
cution On the Russian Censor refusing
to permit its publication, Tolstoi ap.
piled to the London Times which print.
ed the lengthy article in full. He con
tinncd from that time on to address
his literary efforts to the British Press
On March II, 1896, the London Daily
Tolstoi 10 u correspondent in England
on the Ven2uela dispute. which had re-
Gently arisen between the United States
and Great Britain. II was strong
indictment Of war
Threatened With Expulsion
Tolstoi was scevral times threatened
with expulsion from Russia, and was
several times, according to report on
the point of being cxilcd; but he seem
ed on the whole to have been treated
with unusual leniency in view of hi,
pronounced views, and especially as sci
forth in the manifesto entitled The
Peoples Rights" +" his criticism OF I'm
perial acts and his open letters to the
emperor lie was. however, expelled
from Moscow in July. 1901. and had
since resided at Yasnaya Poliana. His
health AT that time was poor and for q
time his life was in danger. but he re-
gained his strength and resumed work
Later he suffered a relapse, aud, in Feb
ruary, 1902, was reported dying. Again
he rallied and in June his recovery was
eomplete.