Show I rT THE R RUSSIAN CENSOR E S A VII Shows Show That Thol H He ID I Lo L 8 Than Painted jj Is la n land of Ills D appointments Many of the R r which ono 00 imagined I or terrible le ono I Iho proVo on III closer r Inspection In 10 nothing of 01 tho Ihu kInd There ore Me f tew t whose o very name la l o av mysterious IM nil tho lit litIn HUI In Inspiring n i n of 01 tho Iho pros hut but IL luit to 10 the whore where that l 18 performed l Is sufficient to dispel t is of two Id Xh ThO local press that of t tor tt r Tho 1110 former takes pla plathe place or len the newspapers In question o b but some specially favor exempted from tho Iho pi lIre censorship although of they Ihl nrc to or suppression If It they tho pu pun pub anything obnoxious to the lIeh n The censorship of ot the b t h Is under ft 1 different A Al de in l Ie n 1 more mora complicated matter A foreigner coi coil com comIng for tor the tint time will Lo l 10 Ing Ht t the tho state In which t newspapers ir foreign MM paragraphs plaster ter with n 1 thIck of flomo pattern grit gritt In a crisscross tv t U turn lIh powder rendering them IW I In Rome ca lIart of a n ir lII whole ono one Is III cut out or e eyell u a I if he hp manages to obtain that nan number If of the Il which has 11 1101 teen fen censored rl rE d ho he will probably seo th Ihal contained either IL the em e l matter of Internal policy polley i ible RII ble or oven een merely to tho Imperial family or n count of acme revolutionary mo 1 tho Iho empire Tt The l 11 the tho foreign pros Is In dea way 1111 with wilh hy h the censorship IB Is us nil follow tollow Ther m III n fl head office In fl Rt Petersburg where all Illi thi th to persons In the or I art nt sent These arc to then mil to the censorship and the Ih ol ob noxious erased mry copy of tho p per will be kei kept tack bAck or dl In the cane al of ot n A fo nf oC the more important paper the list lI t ot obnoxious pawnees J n lell la Is telegraphed I Ithe to the m al censors In other othor parts i of fr tr Tho 1110 other lire art dMit locally During tho Iho pra nt nl v I ir at has been very or sui ll of war WAI news In tho for unfavorable to Hus i However rp r MH IH or however devoid of ot tire are generally allowed to 10 pa s ur un Hut all allusions to the Intel mi ta to or for political 1 crimes nto ruthlessly sly ol ob incited It 18 III tho same wit with tho Imperial tam fair in lIy and In tho Illustrated all 1111 portraits of ot tho cut ar r erased for none nono stive duly author Is ui portraits of at his hla majesty m je ty are per In Hussla The most violent at 11 1 I 1 Iks ki on reign foreign to policy are un untouched touched and so II litO nil all criticisms of oC he her strategy On the other hand handt t on tho morale of ot her M or any of ot disaffection them are erased Sometimes curious ml are made such auch im the eras erasing ing of 0 the wron paragraph the cen ur r rend the paper notes al all to bo be erased on the tho front page till sn funds it to 10 a I subordinate who tip til liI 4 th as the tho blacking I IId III Iid Id nr or the th scissors On one occasion dp for influx i nn account In a n london rt ii nf a n certain race meeting wm wait out whereas a violent a n Ih tame lame on the tho late lalo M d do doP PIM P h e c system passed wl it 11 IJ la possible to 10 obtain ones onel papers u but bul the permission Is only t of high iio aro known to 10 bo ho untainted by rev 10 and to foreign rest I l nta of oC good goot and Ir try nn the latter sometimes dlf In obtaining It and havo tc mik oer 8 length of ot time When W lit II is obtained the tho ers ln In pad of 0 being replaced In their original II ns n AS H is s done In the case caso ol or to the t In dosed envelopes bearing therOs the rOs to bo be given Into tho Iho hands ol oC olins the ins addressee Kon I these the e privileged i however do not get their IM r regularly And often have to com r tin of t the th loss 1088 of at a number One M would naturally lly suppose that th an n instrument of moral dal as censorship would be bo per pcr orme ed m In nomo omo mysterious spot pre f l X or nt At nil events fth n the windows heavily shuttered so sodo 0 u 10 do eVer ra ot t ta hy a 0 gen geni to lo tho teeth The Tho cen iki i ll r Im to b be a tall be 00 J uniformed official with 1 PC And nn expression of oft a of rJ A ot oty co nt t nil of ot them mar marZ y tad Z bo carefully ng Hery lino IIno of every foreign n bl rr marking nil objection a ps P pencils to o b be ah or rut cut all All Allbut I but bUI I never neer thought for tor 1 t nM nt I lc be Kven to too tol a o l II would bo bl o e or Imagine my m Re ReI I h when I that tha Ih t f b be ced to 10 p nr cv een ln hl ln In his of oC the OP OIl in frh IT l i t f Clio 80 through the tho Rood goo a r w who knew the cen Mr 1 at tho torI 1 rp on In tho Central post own ot X II t b painted 1 r At the head ot 1 ord IN a door Ilen t p of f o h II e n lorl of rn dirty but II 1811 It I In 01 II IN I b I Ilan Rub l I S HS the Ill II r mi rl n II known ns Dutch k b fill a n mn u o stamp Ihl h f m Ir r rI i tn nt c of cross linen Dit lIay e f s melh I Is not hy by the tho themi mi ill Use tor or rated perl 5 per on n which n 0 r rr tl I nol toko to Iho l Mr I r lf It very Cr ob nh lIr 1 b a r COUrtie IA hat to 10 tou or II r rr I M by tI r hll I n a rUlly black coni who Ia u ol u tely t the ut l In Inn hd nil e ng n paper of ot his hll which eventually I 1 II a 0 Illner room lh 11 t r II It II Mme M m rp nfl but dusty duely UI n MM l with Ith a n large lanto largen I Mi Mic 11 c Mme nd tour four n h Id hc Cp p rill J Ing F OaR enl German Varl Oo Table chairs e t w with 1 n r of Ibe III I In nw ge In 1 I Rte or confusion some lome 1 ul r their ori oriu dl hantl u ren tew ln In en II t P theIr iu of ot onO the dt f l A pit old ly I T ot oC the cenora on f tor r the tho M DC th Intellectual part behind the ther lab lI t I latI II V 00 nil through the m r n Mn lf It the Iho miss ml ng hll r J on them he ex exer his utter er Inability to 10 find them uw n nl wilLI ot tho o more than Justified his hiM ex After a few minutes Ih nl WJ o ill 0 1 m iO VW Ot OR suf r Tom HI dance und ut if hy y n a he can p n h Ho 0 m 18 a I state councilor with t the civil rank of general wears A black suit ull with a while evening tie bo b la llad to do donny nil In the of at forwarding pa which me in hl hili Hut the awful confusion of the Is 18 that the fulfillment nf of hl Is Isn n II h ulan luk Another la Id ladue due to 10 the Hint hid hili wife keeps A pension and when n guest HUe t expresses a wish tn to see lie n particular Il paper be before II fore tor It Im hen en v IK red tho kindly kiln lil censor picks out u n copy COi at f from litter brings It The keeps the perl dirK 1 It II mention nn 1 n Indefinite time or 01 II It I I h the who hud for tor It 1 hux become of ot It 1 and unites all Its 1111 Further u rt extracted the toil pa 1111 paper per R exchange of ot compliments and we tool took our leave of ot his hll picture of at Administrative Inefficiency Mall Mail I M |