The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-28
ny HERMAN BERNSTEIN.


pictured as fool and as a
knave, as "A tool in the hands of schem-
Ing members Of his Cabinet, and as the
playthng Of the head of the Synod; as
an Emperor getting his knowledge
about Russian and international affairs
from charlatans. fortune tellers, mad
monks and iliterate patriarchs.
During the past few years references
have been made to a publication called
the Csdr's journal. 1t has been stated
that two of the original volumes Of the
journal were removed from Tsarskoye
Solo and sold to an American Of wealth
before they were photographed. I have
had photographs Of the Csdrs journal
in my possession for several years and
specimens of these pages are repro
duced herewith in THE SuN.
The Czdr's journal Is interesting IN
many ways, particularly because ii
shows conclusvely that the Car has
for years kept himself well Informed as
To the course of events in the Russian
land. For years a special journal pre-
pared by the police department under
the supervision of the Minister Of the
Interior, has furnished him with read
ing matter made up Of daily records of
the progress Of the revolution and of
the activities of the revolutionists, both
ut home and abroad.
Only one copy of the Journal is pre-
pared. The head of the police depart
ment and the Minister of the Interior
are the editors, and the Car is the only
reader But as has been said. two
volumes were removed from Tsarskoye
Selo several years ago and then it be-
came known that the Car of Russia.
like Abdul lIamld the DIP sed SULTAN,
even in the early days of his reign, was
Interested chiefly In the work of the
political police department and the eff
forts of the spies and agents provoca-
tours to save the autocraCy from re-
forms and the emancipation movement.
The journal is Of absorbing interest,
even though it is intended for only one
reader There is NJ literary depart
ment, nor is there an art department.
The oaly literary features refer 10 the
efforts of the police to throttle the
effects of the writings Of Tolstoy and
other Russians who have loved Russia
with the same intensity with which the
Car is depressing his own people.
The journal has also much Of the
sensational in its contents. There are
accounts in 1t Of suicides of political
prisoners, Of duels. of pogroms, Of revo-
lutionary exploits, 4 terrorlsts' plots.
Of the work Of the Russian spies and
agents provocateurs. II has illustra-
tons, too in the form of revolutionary
cartoons or illustrated proclamations
Stories of Russian villains are told the
revolutionists always figuring as the
villains. and accounts of heroism are
presented, the police spies always APP
pearing as the heroes.
The police, thr ugh this journal. keep
the Car informed not only Of what the
revolutionists have done, bu; also of
what taey are planning to do. There
are even Items describing what the
revolutonlsts are thinking II and what
the police intend t. do in order to de-
feat their plans and to trap the polt!-
cal offenders.
The copy of the Journal photographs
Of which are presented here, dates back
to the year 1899 but there IS special
timelin IS in reproducing these pages
now because the editor of the journal,
NJ. G lremykin, then Minister of the
Interior. Is now Prime Minister. His
inscription is given beside the mark Of
the Car, indicating that his Imperial
Majesty has read the journal carefully.
\ careful study Of the Cars journal
leads to the conclusion that the Car
has known all along the actual state
Of affairs in Russia and that he has
consciously and deliberately directed the
policy Of vengeance against the Rus
sian people, and that he is thus per-
sonally responsible for the policy of
executions and represslons and terror
ism that has prevailed in Russia during
his reign.
Transitions Of extracts from the
Cars journal are given below: