Show 9 wasi W y the forces that are at work in that great country in modern tunes times by r edwin A stuart T the present time tl e puss russ an central administrative system P cu u W u Is embodied in four councils the council of 0 the empire nude made a up of tl e ministers m mini and a cons del able body now ninety U 61 A oi members appo anted by t tie ie czar having a purely consul consultative ZT and advisory function with refe reference lence to measures mei proposed by r U the in n stry the senate a jud c al and executive e body which TS zi RUT computes comp uses es the th it gher coults of the empire its members being of h gh rank and the six sect ons into which it Is divided being pres ded oi over er by jur ur ats who are the personal pets onal representatives of the chai the holy si kinod nod made up of he opol tans archa shops and certain bishop bichop ind and having julind action in religious and the committee of ministers kiich computes comp uses iise the actual heads of d administrative departments thirteen thi iteen in gumbei together w th some other functionaries these coonc Is with tho th organ bation of which they ire are the head form i I 1 large strong and inevitably influential official class within which there is I 1 om for a decided d fforence ff arence of on upon questions of public policy As i a matter of fact this official class is the most powerful politic ii force in rus la and one that leaches out into the hundred provinces in each of which the local goi government is a political centre in lit close connect connection tion with st petersburg Pete isburg bes des des th q is a cons conr demable body of educated intelligent russians in touch with the world whose opinions ons cannot be repressed even by id ad ii in stia tive process how effective a force this educated c opinion may I 1 in gu ding tl e course of the czar poil perhaps laps he at alone one cin can tell but in tl ti u b age tl hat at foice is one that c innot annot be neglected 7 freie Is then a certa it kind k 1 aid of baity I 1 fe poss pos ble even in rus a i ot it all such is we ave I 1 no v n constitutional and pul amen tiry countness count nes lies but something cometh ng thit that is not to be neglected a a pol t cal foice in leli ieli tion to the czar but tibie it ele is anoil er selious 1 in tat on upon the powei of the czar to iccomb ic comil I 1 sh ei een ell h b s most beneficent and enl w ill ile his has for an in s aument i A ot a e an ml I 1 encil tene I 1 peonie le ti line I 1 in self ruina minloe e u n er et t tl e giedt gleat mass of tl e puss an people as a 1 res it of tl e cl mite ind and I 1 haz of it tie e i corn coul try binl in I 1 of the colli couise se of their h stoby y ire a di dill 11 1 it is i try who ini line e not 3 et leuned to beil tl en ell belies as men it is th s ineat i ass thit coi col st atutes tie tl e gleit li ii ten il i lot gollem lem of hussli holds the in lit cheal ind dec beches lies muy mn cilc ons thit that lie ile bisel al on tie tle baill bi int d plon i i Y ii it I 1 s atoa nans naus i p of lie mou men atho vi ito seive ti tie e chii is counselors couns elois 1 ir |