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Show Will Russia End the Horror? Assassination is one of the most horrible of crimes It is also a horrible crime to shoot down unarmed un-armed men and women and children when they tome begging their ruler for the chance to make a peaceful plea for liberty. Z One crime is responsible for the other. Neither lias excuse, but the crime of shooting down people vflio beg for the mere right to live like human be-ifigs be-ifigs is by far the graver. 2 The world is shocked by the assassination of Gjand Duke iSergius, but the. world was shocked by the assassination, the murder, if you will, of the nlen and women at the doors of the Czar's palace in F?. Petersburg a few weeks ago. Z The whirlwind is being reaped and there will be iCtremendous harvest. " If people are treated as if they 'were not human tSey will tict in an inhuman manner. 'There is, of course, nothing to excuse assassination, assassina-tion, yet it has played a prominent part in the his-tor his-tor of nations. It has played a sad part in this country, but it has been due, we believe, to insanity. IrfRussia it is due to sanity. It is desperate sanity, its true, but there is no madness in it. It is the v only way. Appeals fall upon deaf ears. Docility and sub-inlssiveness sub-inlssiveness lead only to greater arrogance. There is none to whom to appeal Ajrhen the Czar answers with bullets. There remains the bomb, j TIie situation is intolerable. Not only does it disturb Russia, but it reaches out" until it becomes n menace to the civilized world. The desire to kill may spread to countries where there is no neod to W!!. but where fancied grievances may wax as huge as the real. Will Russia read the bloody writing and end the horror by granting liberty? |