Show THE CZAR AND HI HIS POLICY The remains remain of ot the late czar being conveyed to their final resting the he affairs of ot state assuming their usual aspect the he he time has hal come to look for some definite declaration on OB the part of ot the new ruler of ot Russia Ruria indi ludl- ludl indicating cating the policy he be li is likely to follow The question que la is whether he be will wl l con con- continue continue continue the course coulle of or his biB father to op opI oppose I pose all aU measures mea ure looking toward the government self elf of the people or take up the work of progress and aDd liberty where It was wa left by Alexander llano II and Luris Luria Melikoff when the nihilists red shattered battue the Imperial body budy and with it the he hopes hope of con conservative Russian patriot patriots It If the be dispatches on the subject re- re reflect re the sentiment of ot Nicholas II there ii is ground round for tor the hope bope that the young err czar will wUl not disappoint those thole who nave bave counted on him for or a re- re revival revival vival of liberal reforms in 10 the anti anti- antiquated antiquated anti antiquated empire He is ii said ald to have bare IX ex- expressed ex explored pressed his bla purpose of abolishing the secret ecret court pUce polio on the art and that that Institution Is ia utterly fate have haTe decreed a vIolent demise fu tot fot him aa as for hr his grandfather He has bas also declared in favor of the liberty of the prove prel p These two measures they materialize would form an excel excel- excellent excellent lent starting point for further urther progress in inthe the same ame direction With the press at liberty to discuss lIluN freely everything per per- pertaining per to the welfare of the coun coun- country country country try he would be able to form an adequate at Idea about the be real needs edi of 01 the people better than through any other medium Public opinion concentrated and reflected by the press prell no longer obscured by the fog of arbitrary censorship would be the light by which the ship of ot state tate might be guided with absolute safety along the shores borci of ot murderous radicalism where so o far tar the imperial pilots hay have sailed ailed guessing their course coune and conRe- conRe more come than once stranded Arree A tree tree press woula would be the most moet potent factor in educating the people and preparing them for tor other benefits ot of civilization and it is ii self evIdent that thata a ruler who earnestly sets et bi his hll heart beart t to gain the confidence of his subjects by Inaugurating measures measure for their benefit will have haTe less need of a secret court A monarch who trusts his people and deserves their affection will find thousands wherever he be goes goci ia la his hr country ready to stand up for tor him bim voluntarily and protect him with their own live lives If need be while tyrants tyrant have bare cause cau always alway to tremble in the midst midat of ot enslaved en- en slaved lared multitudes multitude If It the czar cz r has baa mastered this during his br travels in ID foreign lands landi be he Is ii better ca capable able or of ruling his millions than was his father Yet the problem ii is by no means meane a a simple one It seems that right on toe threshold of hie his reign reig he is II met by demonstrations of a rebellious nature In two directions direction A movement among the Poles has haa already resulted ink in- innumerous numerous arrests To this thil comes cornea the th news newa from Finland Pinland that many Pia Fin Fin- landers Janders refuse to swear wear allegiance t to- to him to-him him The former have bare always alway been more or less leu b bent nt on attempts to recover their independence and the latter have bare been ao so un unu un- un unjustly justly u dealt with in later years yean that It itis is 18 no wonder if It their ancient valor valor- and love lore of liberty should hould give giTe some ao sign of ot resenting a treatment of that kind J If the czar is 18 i wise he will grant graat to the unfortunate Poles Polea all ll the mandi de-mandi cle- cle mands they hey can caD consistently make mak and allow the he to develop on the basis of their own laws law and customs as a guaranteed by the existing treaties In Ia this way he be will secure peace at home and render Bu ed and pro irresistible power power- power among among the he nations nation of the earth Ae As indications point to a deviation t from the Internal policy of the ems em empire pine pire they also alio indicate some change in the external attitude ot of the country A dispatch says ay 7 the ministers of 01 foreign affairs and the war department have bare re resigned De there Glen It la is well knows know It has bas exerted aU all bl hr his influence generally for time be he pre pru preservation of peace He Is II the Glad Gad Gladstone Glad stone of Russia Hr His ascendancy to 0 power has hal always alway been taken as a a sign elan iga that peace was wax to reign while his ble hia absence from the cabinet ww was regarded a ai as a sign ign of a riling rising war cloud The reason fason why he be resigned at this thil time tim doe does doea not appear and it would be unsafe to build any conclusion thereon as al a yet It Is hardly probable that the th young czar entertains any Ideas ideal of disturbing the peace of ot Europe Still with the the- the oriental oriental war in progress and th the the- necessary to avoid aroid complications cation it Is ii rather a matter of ot regret that the experienced statesman old aid not see lee ee his hr way way clear to maintain his br hold holdon holdon Holdon on the he wheel of f the government I It would have bare been more rea t to those thOle e who regard the pre present ent outlook outlook outlook- outlook outlook-M an one ODe full of ef dangers dangen |