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Show has no clear idea. In one sense he is like a parvenu who suddenly becomes rich and tells his wife and family that he is going to have a bigger and finer castle, than any in England, but he is not only no architect, but has not the ability to tell an architect what he wants. , v ' , -. M GORKY-RUSSIAN FREEDOM. People at a distance from a place or from a man can only build up an idea of the place or man from ; such descriptions as are given. Just now Maxim Gorky seems to be a sort of storm center that New. York City is revolving round. He had the indorsement indorse-ment of some splendid men. For instance, Mark Twain at a dinner recently, said. "If we can build a Russian Republic to give its . persecuted people the same freedom that we enjoy, let us by all means go on and do it. We need not ." "now talk of the means to this end. Let us hope, : however,, the fighting may be postponed at least for awhile yet, but when it does come, let us be ready for.it." , Further on, Twain urges the giving up of money ' for the Russian cause. The New York Herald thinks "Gorky and his class of revolutionists are invaluable instruments in '. the regeneration of Russia.". The Brooklyn Citizen says: "No crank or villain . he," and the New York Journal ears: "In his face there are written power, courage "" persistency hope for Russia and for air that love ; liberty." Of himself, Gorky says: "I come to America expecting to find warm and .'true sympathizers among the American people for j myself and countrymen who are fighting so hard j and bear so bravely their martyrdom for freedom. 1 Now Is the time for the revolution; now is the time for the overthrow of Czardom now, now, now i but we need the sinews of war; the blood we will give ourselves. We need money, money, money, and . ; I come to you as a beggar that Russia may be free." ; Considering how this man came to this country, considering that his first words were in antipathy to Count Witte, who is carrying the burden of Rus-sia's Rus-sia's woes on his broad back; reading the words of the man and then for argument's sake admitting that he Is honest, is there any cause in America which those who praise the man here would entrust . him with? If there was no Czar inRussia and he could frame a Government, with his idea of liberty, how long would that Government stand? Judging only by his words and his acts, he has no conception concep-tion of liberty under the law. Ilis idea of liberty is unbridled license. There is another consideration. The men he wants to make free have never given the first sign : that they are capable of self-government, much less the government of a great empire like Russia. There are but few races of men that have the native elements to be self-governing. So far we know of v ; but four; they are the United States, Great Britain, " Germany and France, and France is not yet on really solid ground. What is. needed in Russia is a constitutional Government, where the people can - one at a time take on their rights and grow Into a race capable of, governing themselves. Admitting that they are naturally as bright and brave and k level-headed as any people, it would still take them a long time to get to be steady-brained enough and true enough to have submitted to their judgment without study a thousand questions of government. Maxim Gorky does not believe that the structure of the Russian Government can be repaired. He has but one remedy, that is to tear down the present structure and on the ruins to build something else and what that something else should be aa et he |