The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11

N"Stol VI tic f'niInnrmOniC Society of
New York, who by his ncceptnncc az
the New York offer gave up a musfcnI
career In Europe such comes to few
men.
4 The young bohemian cond,,ctor ma
charge or the I,iuthcr Orchestra, ono
or the thrcc lending symphony .ocIc-
Ties OF Rcrltn, and hc WINS urged 10
renew his contract, with unusual pri wi
lcses. lie refused. however. To ciu.e
with this offer, which would have I'm :
surrd him work for tho next three
s;tm" "nd decided 70 brave the ric,s-
Miudcs OF American criticism, with N
contract TINT lasts hut ycnr.
itary service" is the title OF the new
measure. the principal aim OF which
Is TO reduce the privileges heretofore
accorded to young men on account of
domestic conditions. as recommends 70,
1 a certain standard of educa tion. or a,
a corollary OF their professions fcler.
SHhen' etcD. Another effect OF the
new law will be TO double the length Of
time during which "voiunteersp mus,
serve
/ Whatever defects experts may ind
in details. ii is certain that the law
itself is urgently needed Military SER
vice in Russia. universal In theory was
restricted in practice. in consequence
OF various exemptions and the extcn-
4 sive abuse of them. liz the year 1907.
ior Instance. II was ascertained that
the contingent called 10 arms. instead
OF numbering 100000 men. as 1t ought
70 nave done, melted away TO I0T,-
700 When so vast a number OF able
podied men eHade the operation OF tho
law, IL follows that a large percentage
/ OF those who have TO be accepted as
I re IN . kxat -.
physique.
But none Of the changes aimed at
by me bill dispose of the thorny prob
lem OF the officers and non commits
sionad officers, Whenever tho army Is
being mobilized, the various depart
ments which take no part in the fight
Ing clamor for men 10 MI The n,,mer-
Gus vacant posts there. Officers are
accordingly nominated, and the active
army becomes dangerously short
handed in consequence. That Is one
ueiect. AS for the non commissioned
oHlcers, they are no longer as well
..ailed, as Jealous, as trustworthy as
,hey We're The short service system
mas dealt them n stunning blow. Tbr
period during which the law oblircs
them TO serve is not long enough 10
enable them to become prodcirnt In
iheir duties, But the war ministry IS
sad to be thinking OF founding special
scnoois Tor the training of non-com
inlssloned officers. who Will be ohlipnd
In return for the education ,hey h,, ~
received, 10 serve in the active army
! at least SIX years.
NJ. Stoiypin is in continual daicu,-
ltes ana, IN an attempt To lind - ra,,sa
n,ch may unite all national parties
tneif patriotic leader he has stated 4
vigorous campaign against tho m !.
. fortunate country OF Finland. Al nros
ent he is lending every effort ia con
vince the Russian people that Finlana
- d areadful and constant danger q
one Weiiare OF the empire and partj
cuiariy 10 the safety OF the canit,I
a ST Petersburg i'
WIN TINS object In view. tho r,o,
eInoFGeheral of Finland. acting unon
higher orders began numho, -,
sccret house-to-house searches in vari.
GUS FINNISH towns to discover hidden
arms, In few places some old re-.
,ti.ers ana rlhes were found. and
\ lhcse were carried of 10 the RussI,n
arsenal with as much publicity as nos
slple. In tic1singfors the police were
even fortunate to find no less thar
ninety rifles in the police station a.
sell, and u great hue and CRY Was
i raised, but am able to tell how
i these arms happened TO be there. In
- r . S1NciuliotluTy. summer OF n0G
| when several ihofts Of dynamite too,r
place In the neighborhood of Helsinr
Tors, the Senate of Finland bought
The rifles and distributed them anon q
i the police stations In The most unruly
Il districts, but when order was once
more restored they were again coll
! lected and have since then been kent
/ In the cellars of the 1IeIsingfors no.
lice headquarters. Their presence was
thus never a secret to the Russian
/ government At the search, therefore.
i the government connscated arms be :
A longing to Itself which IL might have
4 got possession of at any timc by sim
4 ply ordering the Helsingfors police
chief to return them to ST. z, Peters
burg. The object was. however, TO
throw suspicious upon the Finnish no.
4 lice and make the people of Russia
\ believe thatla conspiracy against the
/ empire had been discovered.
4 The result OF this unhcard insult was
i that the chief OF police Colonel Berg
i Immediately handed In his Iresgna
ton and was replaced by a worthless
1 tool Of the government. The Russian
4 press, headed by the Novojc Yrcmja,
has in the meantime done everything
i possible to make capital ont of the
Incident. Every day kilograms have
been published purportinS to come
! from Helsingfors and telling about the
discovery OF new political crimes At
the same time Stolypin is being loudly
3 praised for his patriotic zeal and called
+ the only man who is able to govern
A the Russian shin OF state through al