Show WORD PICTURES OF RUSSIAN RUSAN AfFAIRS Life in Czars Czar's Domain the Most I Cruel Savage and Hopeless Hopeless Hopeless Hope- Hope less on Earth PEASANTS FIGHT NOBLES Present System of Slavery Resembles Horrors of Middle Ages Republican Special Cable Berlin Feb Feh 22 2 The The Tho agrarian war warIn warin warIn In the ito province of ot Russia liaR has culminated in 3 a fight In which four tour peasants anti and a anoble noble named were Killed I B Bv n eans of advancing the money inthe In Inthe the security of Cu future turo labor I i had reduced nearly all the peasants In Inthe inthe In Inthe the village of oC to tho position of oC slaves shaves When Ihen har harvest harst st time approached approach approach- ed they the were foi forced cod to work In his fields antI and ne neglect lect their own farms Force was used a against malingerers and for foi three thieo years pant past tho the country people hall hail witnessed the strange spectacle spec spec- icicle Incle of or men tied by the ankles t to a along along along long chain at each end nd of or which stood an overseer o of or armed with witha a 0 whip During During- tho the peasant riots last fall tall was threatened with death leath unless ho he released the peasants from their heir long accumulating debts He lie re refused refused re- re fused and when his slaves fled tied their villages es called in police and Cossacks Cossack to bring them hack One day last week at midnight ht a fe- fe mob of surrounded house The They were armed with scythes and carried a red reil banner hanner with nth the words We Wed demand lemand d mand release When Ka armed with a n revolver re ol ver came caine out to parley a 30 peasant struck him on th the check with a scythe anti and slit silt his face from Crom ear to mouth He Tic threw down his revolver r began hegan to parley and and finally agree agreed l to give the tho besiegers r a n complete receipt for or all their debts The p peasants drunk with triumph now demanded money mono declared declarer de de- de- de that he lie had not a klopek In tho the house Give us then a rouble for tor a drink roared tho the crowd I ul have havo not even a rouble was the reply Tomorrow I will get you a hundred roubles The peasants Insist insist- In Insisted ed on their demand Finally was allowed to re return return return re- re turn to his house In Ia the hope of or getting getting getting get get- ting a rouble from front his servants Tho The attempt failed The Tile servants as it was found round out afterwards had a n considerable considerable consider consider- able sum Rum of money but refused d to lend it to him I Whoa hen returned to his doorstep tho tin peasants roared with one o Gl the tho rouble or 01 we wo ise will Kill OU joul rho Tho noble h hold hl up h hl hi 18 do- do o- o and taking tal tills tula as o. o signal UH p tr rii up anti ami t i-t hacked him to pieces with their scythes Next morning tho the police poUce appeared at nt o and called for toJ the tho murderers The peasants pe set upon them thorn and wounded the sergeant The Tue police pollee tired fired fireda a volley killing four men anti and fled ned Next day a stronger er detachment arrive arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived rive and seized selred and carried 0 oft off fifteen pea peasants sa n t a. a |