APPEAL BY TOLSTOI Letter to tzar Written Three Years Ago Is Made Public. LONDON, Jan. 3. -The Times today publishes a letetr written by Count Leo Tolstoi to Emperor Nicholas some three years ago, when Tolstoi believed himself to be, dying. The letter, which deals with the Internal conditions of Russia, begins: "Dear brother." and refers to the universal uni-versal dissatisfaction at that time manifested mani-fested toward the Government It suggests sug-gests a number of reforms, some of which have been recently granted, while others are expected as the outcome of the more liberal policy of Russia. Count Tolstoi blames the Emperor' sdvlsers, whose "strenuous and cruel activity is arresting the eternal progress of mankind." He says that the entire country joins with him in condemning the autocratic Govern, ment which "may answer the demands of people somewhere in Central Africa, -but not the demands of Russian people, who are becoming more enlightened by the enlightenment en-lightenment common to the whole world." Count Tolstoi sets forth the desires of the Russian people as follows: "First, the working people desire to be delivered from special laws. which place them in the position of pariahs, deprived of all the rights of other citizens. "Second, they desire freedom of removal from place to place, freedom of education, freedom of conscience and above all, freedom free-dom in the use of land." In conclusion Count Tolstoi urges the Emperor to consider hi duty to God. whose will is that good and not evil should be done unto men. The letter is an appeal filling two columns col-umns of the Times' and devotes the greatest great-est attention to the alleged need for the abolition of the right of private property in land.- Count Tolstoi thinks this reform would destroy all socialistic and revolutionary revolu-tionary irritation and place the Russian people on a high plane of independence, welfare and content He admits that his view possibly may be mistaken, but appeals for the removal of the oppression which prevents the people peo-ple themselves from expressing their de-lrea de-lrea and needs, reminding his "Dear brother" that he has only one life to spe'nd for good or evil, upon which depends de-pends his eternal life. He exhorts the Emperor to think of this before God and his own conscience, regardless re-gardless of obstacles which will disappear of themselves if he acta for the glory of God instead, of human glory. Count Tolstoi Tol-stoi concludes: "Pardon me If I hsve unintentionally grieved you by what I have written. I was guided solely by a desire for the welfare wel-fare of the Russian people and you. Whether I have attained this, the future shall decide, which, according to probability. proba-bility. I shall not see. I have done that which I considered my duty, truly desiring desir-ing your welfare. Your brother. "LEO TOL8TOI."