The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-20
OF Russian Nation Wasted Through Cars Misrule
10 The Tribune.

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pErERsBUEG' Nov. i! -, .s. lsiO.uAl "A.
,an seems to be abroad today tina
r'ss" whole range OF new flaws
,se wxnosed in Russian admins.
h<en eHf NJ the old horrors of auto
ic somnr nave passed away. That is
n rue yra velcrs are startled wher
fcreYn the smooth social surface
Dip ps'V,If life There is the revived
srssis,hh SAT- classification of Finland. the
o. ,sneffciency In dealing with the
hrg n,rre. the limitles3 graft that
u, sb 9Th military and naval depart
ts Ing The war and sun continues
1hs resources OF the country
ap lne eo,rrent topics i'll the world :
a Hs o., Gu Greater than them all In
~ ,p,ah now liItle spoken OF. re-
9. M hiieous waste Of life In The
mJ mS,nceons. Siberian convict set
Hli uS execution yards of Russia.
etn ,n sn1 dark. official underworld OF
u" "rniro. whence the groans OF
9s,onpd rise almost as fearfully
tanaEJd before the Duma was es-
rs, and then tanned.
Eeo a. now and then I'm the past
ess'T news of outbreaks In the con-
s,s have given an inkling of the
by Russian ofncialdom. The
I I.ns ARRAY was at Orel, when in
eIr esI rising caused by III treatment
rasonsrs were shot dead, six were
~ and several we're injured In Il
Il, degree. That outbreak was
"a but no pen could describe the
shsrt that is being secretly meted
IA he survivors.
Hundreds Executed.
AR lest year no less than 1900
rers executed IN European
s,ons, That much is known. But
"a tnoVs the list OF the lost since
,ts only information is that exccG-
erntInue. And this is a country
No TO five years ago, none OF the
%asted Of an execution!
n, do the victims come from?
ara no current revolutions. No.
srrv year Russian youths are de-
+isr a modern outlet OF activity and
Il none. are lost through. it may
4. isdescrotion that In this barbarous
i,sds TO deeds OF violence.
"a appalling record Of executions
4 5ot include everybody. because il
! no account OF prisoners executed
Ehsra, or anv, other part OF the
e7,pire beyond The Trails, nor OF
tded "administrativelv" Is
N by court martial. Little wonder
rS league has been started in ST.
ssSurr 10 abolish the death sentence.
'ih,tlsh the anti-eXerution league.
I, /, called. enjoys the support OF
e Russia's bes. men. Il cannot do
much The government ties Its
only way Ia develop interest in
sarue is 10 write a.great deal about
|krrible number OF executions. But
IL just what the government does
blow, An editor who critlcfses the
|naeni is put into prison. He paws
isr making the most ordinary COM
b Within twelve months 200 fines
ben inflicted on Russian editors,
laid between $40. 900 and s50. 900 In
s1y. One paper was fined eight
! during the year, and the editor
10 prison for printing an article
e5t executions which he had lifted
another paper, Others have had
papers closed down for the same
b. So the executions will continue,
be the government does not care
b about the press. since II Ia held
tst!al clutches For advocating lu-
rgrsn methods Of government, forty
EItors have been sent to prison one
esr wears and others for terms vary
tEn two weeks TO three and half
y Of the executed are quite Young,
sses scarcely ever exceeding 80
ard chlsfly ranging between lS and
y ls therefore the flower OF the ma
lat perlshes OH the gallows Now
~ not be supposed that murder Is
pc Cause OF execution. Robbery un-
Ir5s and manslaughter are the two
c7enses. And yet what are known
passionate crimes are rarely pun
Il all.
p after case is brought before the
HM men who kill women and women
nl men In some love affair, The
% pleads madness. is put into an
y Tor few months. and then goes
II nothing had happened This
o'as Idea OF "tlIe unwrilten law"
Young Are the Victims.
4 the bulk OF the executed are thoae
NON the revolutionary movement, |
Enly the economic side OF f., has
700 strong. Take this case-one
@ndreds. a small farmer. Michael |
had a son. John, IS years old. The
g steady and industrious, had gone |
"a senool we'll and gave great prom
mo their village came a strike OF !
asorers. The government sent the
~ the district, q sort Of glorifled |
70 make Inquiries. find out the |
eg I NOD arrest them, He called all |
'stSe together and the Papas, faith
~ son. We're amongst those ques-
0ecause they were known TO have |
EsZtYe IDEAS.