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Show rui: (..au ami itrn.N l'Kuru:. I.s the current number of the Htxltwof lliiltwt, Mr. Ulead, tho well known Kngllsh editor, h-es uu artlole on "The Cur and liu.sl.i ol today." This very replexlug aub. Joct Is handled in surh a manner that the most Intense Itusso-phobltra must admit that the writer Irks, atle-ut, to bo philosophical and fair-minded. Mr. Ktead refers loOuerge Kennan's liook on Kllierla, and it. revelations relating re-lating to ttie horrors of the Ilusslau convict system. Hut this reference is notmadolnadtiiaraglni'niinnor,nor arelheststeiuentsiltleiitliiue,). On the coutrar), Mr. IChiiiuii Is given credit fur doing a great and uicrllormi-woik, uicrllormi-woik, but ho lus nit pritent. ed the Ilusslau ijyeatlou In e'Oinirehetisive sba)e. As well might Ihe traveler lu Knglaud aeveral decades ago aver that the Australian rntiv!ctOtein represented that ootin-try ootin-try In Its entirety. As well might the Journalist of today assert lint thu convict. con-vict. stem of reuues-ee, and thenn archy and riot resulting thcrifrom, rrpretent the true spirit of America Institutions, As u.ll might It hi stated that bectuo we had last yen tl.OOil murderaoul only l.f leinlexi cullons, that life in the Clllleil Stall Is not comlderod worth pruteuiug, m Ihst we ha I 111 laws 1 r .vlillng "t Ihe lunlshmentiifiuirt r t Itl.useleo lo nsall Hie Ciir lieoailse representa-tlvs representa-tlvs government Is not rtrognlted In his sj stein, It would tie Just as logical lo assail (Jaeen Victoria liecvisc Ih. snniedoesnotpravallln Hlriioiitan. Mr. Hleid graphically porlrn) a th. Ituvlan rulei'. isltlon at follows: 'Nonilualty iho Cur I. Iho Vicegerent Viceger-ent of ihe Almighty; his will la om nlK,lent throughout the wbolo ol Northern Ash auJ Kaslcrn luropr; hliellgh'cttword has the forcoof law. There exists no Institution with authority au-thority to witbst-in I hla ukase, nor I. Iherewllhlnlhe whole of his vast dominions do-minions a noble or demagogue among all his suljecls wlioiu he could not destroy with a waveuf Iho hand. The greatest niy n the wollJ wouli march unhesitatingly even to defeat and destruction if ho chow to lift hit finger, and uton the mesnesl Income of the poorest of hltwasant aibjecta he can levy whattax ho p'ra-ei. From Archangel to CM ess i, from Ht. Peters-burg Peters-burg to Vladivostok, there exists no Journalist upon whose pen the Cnr does not keep control; uor It there any department of human activity, religious re-ligious or secular, In vrhlrli IheCiur ha. not the sovereign right of arbitrary Intervention." Xotwlthelanllug IhU Inclination of absolution which Ihe Ciar presented to Mr. Blend, the impression left In the latter', mind niter acloae study of Itus sis, Its iKuple audits ruler, was, that tlmCxar lelmiotcnt, not omnipotent. Kveu If he desire, lo Irati.plaat western west-ern clvlllnlbn on ltU"iltn soil, he could not do It. Peter the Great could notilo It. If Qeorge ICennau were made Czar tomorrow he could not Introduce In-troduce tba liallot box, the Homo of ltepresentatlvvs, or th. Constitution of the United Htate-a, .Imply tcesu'o the people rrould not nci ept them, nor know how to use them. The City Council, of Mtscow and 81. Petersburg Peters-burg are more or le.ireprcsantatlve In ttllutlons. Hut Ihe people take no late la-te rest whatever lu them, l.v.u the memtierMcin uot ho persualed to at leud regularly, and rrnjuently no butt lies, can be transacted for waot cf a (Uorum. The rural aaenit Ilea aro somewhat of the same pattern, auJ when established It was thought they won la inakoaconnectlng link Utwecu ruler and ruled; but they aro having the contrary sited. The ieo( lo woulj Igoore Ihem altogether were It not for their being subject to fine. If delegates aro uot sent. Iveu the delegate a would not attend, but they too ran be finished; fin-ished; there'oro they attend and at the aamo tlm. j rotett ogalnst thu grievance. griev-ance. A. to tho Jewish qneitlon, the Czar honestly believes that the Jew I. the social and econonilo cancer ot hla em plre. In thla belief hols supjiorted by the ienpl. at large, an J III. attitude un tho matter secure, for Mm a certain popularity. If he desired to extend toleration, the pooplo would uot enter tain the Idea. Mr. Htead tee. In th.Stundlst movement move-ment a change fox HualVs .ilvatlon. Tin Hluudtst. aro the religious reformers re-formers of the country, andaroalmlhr to the dissenters of Knul.nd Mine two exintuilv. ago. They ar. .0 called from the German word t'uiirt, an huui lieeiturn their rillgioui serv ice lasts e xictty that brief lime. They do not believe lu Ihe t.tabllihed churrh, and mike Ihe Illble their rule of faith. They are being hemmed and persecuted on every hat,d,lut they nro increasing, especially among tho ;ea-stnt ;ea-stnt pinilatlou, Mr. Htead' article L really an In struitlve production. The Czar himself him-self might read It with profit, and fin 1 that It was written nut by an Kngliih mau, nor a frenchman, but by a cltl ton nf the world. I.ven the Jew. and th,, ltussiau ople might peruse It with advantage. |
