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Show IILSSU ,1MI Till: Jl.tT.1. Oik qf tho statement which Ilerr Uoldbrrger make concerning hi e perlrnco In Huwli la, that the llu-slim Oovernment, with all It Immense agricultural and mineral rveouma, will tuonrr or laler lo forcetl Into n condition ofabsolu(otainkrutcy. Thl ttalement couilng to soon after the gold excitement of n wiek into, In which ItuMlaao prominently figured, la rather tlartling. It I noUnoithy that Henry Clew and other financier finan-cier tea no danger of lluulm lank ruplcy. On the contrary, Mr. Clew Inhltlatt nport tayithat all i:uroio I watching the ltusalan minister of finance, who It aprara 1 n very capable ca-pable mn. Unfortunately we have no account ol theprormof law, If any, I y which the Hebrew merchant I driven from llutsla. We are told simply tint It I all done because tho victim la a Jew, and nothing more. The aame HI fortune follow thai unfortunate raco lu Hutaia now that attended It In Western West-ern l.urope luo yiar ago. It 1 Just 100 year since I rauce i itended to tbo Jeaa civil and u!itUal liberty. Oth. r counlrli followed slowly, aud It waa not until IMS that Ihigltud gave the Jew comj lelo emanctptlloii. Of late a class or aologlsU for llutsla have been prlnglng up lu Amerha. One of them, lot. 1 A maud, ha written a hook entitled" The Now i:ra In lluaala." I ii thl ho trie lo disprove much of what Is charged against that country, llewa ln'vrvlewc-1 a abort Ihuo ago I y the Charleston ll'ortf corrcetoudont In New York, a to Ihistla'a treatment of tho Jew, lie contend that they are hr'"Jy treated because Ihey are dlshonci nkert and stocVJobber, aud that lluaala Ii Justl fled liieaprlllng them. Iletlcnlis that Ihelr religion hu anything to do w llh Ihelr eipulslon, Ilut he damage hi argument by comarlng jbcf courra. of llutsla toward tho Jewa' wllh Ihe treatment of ths Mormon by the United Htotes. Iletayt: "They have been dilvcu from one section of tho country time and again, and yet the Uovcniment tought them itut In their ncluilou and Irralnl tl.eu. wllh rigor out law enacted rlally against them. Tho Moniiou call thl its cuIIod. Woknowbetbr." If ho ha no better Illustration of lilt argument than thla, Its will fall to convince con-vince liitelllgtnt l-wilo In America Ibat Ihe Jewish religion has hail until-Ing until-Ing to do with the crusltloi practlcvd li-jn them In Itussla. And Ihe ar-allel ar-allel wldch lie attempt to draw between be-tween the New Orlrau lynching and It cause, wllh Hie ltu-elan triatment of ths Jew, Is no f-ilrcr cuuirlon lhan the other. NotliwIlhaUrdlng the fact that day after day, the uewtpar teem Willi ttsay, editorial and illsjolclie-i aluut Itussla, weknowllllleln rt allly al-oul the country. It i.ewpair do not circulate here. II language Itunlntel-llglble Itunlntel-llglble to nlnelynlno tr cent, of American editor. Wo rartly, If over, teen correct Iranalallon from alius-tin alius-tin natr. Home Ilutslan aulli or have la-en translated Into l.ugllth. and have been widely rood. What we do ham of IIumIa usually come through channel not lu harmony with the government. Our great Amerlran lasja-ra do not tend reliable corrrtaiud ent there to ascertain tho rial situation. situa-tion. And yet we raise a epttual howl about tomelhlngwa kuow nothing noth-ing of. lluaala ha a Jury tyslem, Justice of the a-ace, established tribunals, pro vlnclal legislature, a national senate and (wo council", one of which haa legislative pon era. It I tms there I no wrllleii cunslllutlon, but there I an abundance of written law. Nlchola I, tttabllshod the grand council In 1SI, Thl I composed of Ibo inlnlsta r of (lie Cr, the grand dukt a, and al! the high civil and mill tary illgnltatle. Thla Iwly framea law for Ihe Ciar'a aprovalaud acU a a tujrenie court In case of high treason or otherwise, If nrrnuary. There I also a mvoihI grand council (iiniaed of ISO membera, v, hlcli dati It existence, luck to Titer the (Ileal In 1711. llio third grand council I lulled the holy eyuod and ill lu HI. I'llersburg. Till 1 composed of thurch dlgultartiiandotcupUa Itself mostly w llh religion. These are some of the main ftalur of the government. That tho nation lualutalu It a,wer wllh uih vast In-ItrrttiBttlake In-ItrrttiBttlake nnd with such a coin-plication coin-plication of Inlluoncea opiratlng to ilTcctltaillsaolullon 1 tholattof ovl-delicti ovl-delicti that It organliatlon I vigorous and thorough. Ths fault. I In the kind of government rather than II want of vigilance. Ai compared with Ihs modern rcj ubllo their tendencies are on precisely opposite Hue. The foremost prlnclplo of a ruro republlo I the elevation of tho common peo-f peo-f is aud repression of the aristocratic trim. Tho principle underlying Iho government of ths Cur la the atrength-enlng atrength-enlng nf ths atlslocrat and degradation of Ihe commoner. Tho lronget tee llmonlil agilnst Itusal I that It will not, tolerate the Inspection of Ibo ubrld. I.Ike a ronrcloua criminal tho head of Iho nation boil himself lllilu lilaCA'tle an I with gun and anna-ment anna-ment close lilt nitlon agalnat Inter touras nllh progressive Intelligence. |