Show t THE AGITATION 1 r the agitation I In iti in favor ot of a of the system so as to give the pea peasant nt classes something approaching a voice rolce Inthe the conduct of the ment has attained such large larg t ln r rende e fr from m the te rut rul ruling ing classes Is it a hopeful sign for Rus Rusala ala sfa The system Inaugurated for the purpose of giving g the masses a chance to administer their local aZ faIrs has been a failure because or of the Officious l i t rt rence QZ oJ th Th eople tho though gh electing a proportion of tite ne little to say about their n business 0 0 Russia Lv is divided into fato districts provinces In each o which the n i Is given Over to t an Y called the zemst zeto o It is made made t a Ina mount ot of 0 land elect d br OTher lan letb I proprietors by the hous n iders In and by the peasantry The J x ex executive 0 power o r Is vested ested In the the a who is nomInated by the d l gates The powers o f the tho ar s tip p posed to extend to educational s taxatIon pubU health mid and other matters Q l local cal tE per cent of the vJ ves eSl WhICh elect toe the come fr m e peasants The remainder r corn It from the nobles the clergy the merch nt and the artisan classes Recent statis ties tics show that 38 33 per cent of the belong to the peasants 35 PIN per cent to the nobles and 32 Jet er erto c nt to the clergy merchants and nd artisans It is said nid that in central Russia two thirds ot of th the e executives are nobles n east Russia are Jr ca ls But the or of the as 3 has Is been beart said Is the governors ors the latter being the r p ot the imperial i 0 m ment L The can do nothing With without ut the sanction of th the burc It is isto isto to gIve the more power to din pel the feeling that now exists between the and the th the la I k oi of ence that the campaign is Ison on itt In Time rIme was when such a cam campaign would sup suppressed suppressed pressed NU NovIt is p permitted to go on The rhe government has as yet et taken no position but its It tacit acquiescence h lit the movement thus far has hope to the real rr or of t |