The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27
LAST SAD DAYS OF IOLSTOY
TROrRLEs Ar now THaT TED
~ ms FIIGHT.
Peasasts Gsapiainrdi tn Him sf Hard
snirs ss~ 'onid Not Remr,iy-'B ann
n~aA Man Who uI,hrs To ser>r
sgd hut D. tiN az, ~tuinbilnS.

ST PrrEnsrrEG Nov 10 For SOM"
time before I,~o Iuls,"y'S dramatic iight
from, thc world ms follSS"-,, were watch
ing iii ,nH'e'y his grow nc distasts for
the daily life around him II yasnaya
PolytnI HIS AVERSION To- all coTpnrrr lat
mat.eFt, was rufIiuAt ing hItu ani pro
vokinr. It ~ aid. domestic cila,eu n on
Me-Db.-s o. his family were said 10 have
or ,iaincd that he hal again rrfus'-i
the Noaei Peace Prize fh"y yer" aisp
represented a. having pressed hum per
sis,rr'v 20 accspt publishers o'"r
Of '.s.DyJ rlpiaS for IA" a4Clusiv.
man cement u and prnu"r'v in h,S
writings. the Old man rhn-lnG faithfully
to hrs prIl, 'src "f MAJ tnc ~ work gift
90 the wor.i
There were other troubles Their ma
ture - So for' h IN a letter from a no, ghlDf
In the country rs.r N.,~navA Polyana
that was pup'I-hcl IN ne P'i'-sbg rJcr
ZeituHg on IN" same iav rha' his flight
from home into the unknown was re-
ported
The writer asCr,hses IA" crisis n the Did
mans life "a rhe rala' ions that hat grown
up between 'h.. present managers Of hi.
estate and the p"a-ant- nyIug on II
Tolstoy had yielded - IN. y"-sua, ION
Of members Il Ms family and made oyer
the complete control Il hI- estate To his
wife and his second sou In making thus
transfer he oppressed the hop. Via,
nothing would he altered In the family
relation Ia the p-'aSan'ry.
IL has fallen otherwise Formerly
practically the only rent paid for small
holdings was wor.s'i out IN ieli labor
done ON the land thai the Tolstnys Guilt.
waited themselves. But now IN. peasants
hold their farms under written leases
and most IL them have u paw l3 ruhles
q dessiatin. "a; acres, each summer
and the money has 20 he paid down in
advance. The peasants were much dir
pleased with the change. Daily they
went in groups To Count Tol~roy and
begged him ~ return "a IN" Old arrange
ment, but hs had deprived himself e the
power to interfere.
The peasants grievances weighed very
bitterly on hirn. He broOde,! and spoke
often Of his failure To conduct his life IN
harmony with his teachings He seemed
IN hope. however. that the new arrange.
ments would work better with IN. laps,
of time
IL was sue bpi1s'itf ltlsii 'dWl' l'' pass
The estat. managers stopped renewing
leAses to small holders and went IN for
large farming with imported hired la
bor Women farmhauds called NonanAI
were brought IN large COMPANIES from
the nsighhoring government ii halEga
Ia do the worA uf men for lower wage.
The peasants III Na-nayl PolyInl law
thens..ivr., becoming d"cLs-..d into the
landls,ss prol"tsiriat nf casual labor Tn"
new order wa applIei not only IN farm
ing hut t" forestry. DAIRY and market
gardening a. well
Formerly the peas MT Ny" allowed
10 raise hay IN condition II g.-ing half
80 tn" estate. and H.. SANS. rIl" Wa ap-
piled 10 wond cutting They had Now
10 shift for ihs'u-..lyrs. \ month ago
they were complaining that rh"v drd not
have winter f0.isi"- for their oatrl" They
had to part with their nv" stock, tn"ir