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Show -RUSSIA'S GREATEST DANGER. The anarchy prevailing in Russia demonstrates the danger of freedom unrestraineel by deference to law, of license as distinguished from liberty under the law. It is true the common people of the Czars dominion do-minion -have -suffered long from the corruption, the rapacity and cruelty of the. ruling classes. But the Czar has undertaken ' to remedy these evils. With the co-operation of M. Witte, he has initiated such radical and far-reaching reforms as must in time alleviate the woes of the people. Indeed, to the outsiele student of world affairs it looks as though the Czar's kindness and generosity had led him too far.hr. the direction of revolution and resulted re-sulted in the grant of privileges which the sud- denly emancipated masses can neither utilize properly prop-erly nor appreciate at their full worth. If, in this crisis of their national life, the Rus-.sion Rus-.sion people heed the admonitions of 'the Holy Father, as announced in recent dispatches, they will perceive that his injunction to obey the Czar is sound. No matter what their grievances, they ought to realize lhat such blessings as freedom and protection by law from wrong must depend upon observation of the obligations which freeelom imposes. im-poses. Since the Mosaic dispensation, no nation has prospered when it invoked violence and anarchy. an-archy. and contempt of the duty man owes to man. Bloodshed and destruction of life and -property cannot sanctify a cause -when peaceful methods could attain the ends sought. Unless the Russian people recognize the necessity ne-cessity for lawful agitation as distinguished from the course that has been-followed, the cause of liberty which they profess to espouse will lose ground, reaction will set in and all the elearly-bought elearly-bought concessions within reach by grace of the Czar will give way to the autocracy so recently dethroned, de-throned, and another epoch of travail arid misery will be inaugurated. Since the day of tho Czar Alexalidc-k who was assassinated just when he was ready to proclaim wide liberty for his people, there h.'5 been y.-j cuch opportunity for the lower masses of Russia. But, unless they recognize the divine law which fine's expression in the duty ol citizen- : ship to follow the Gedden Rule, they will lose the opportunity now as they did then. When the Man of Sorrow was oppressed by the knowledge of unjust burdens imposed on His people; peo-ple; when He saw coruption in high places, and-the and-the very threshold of the. temple invaded by u-urp- j crs and money ehaugers; when He saw oppression i and crime iu every public ortiec seeing all this, j lie stil! set forth the Divine lav: of peace and; emmciateel it in His command to "render unto Caesar the things that- are Caesar's." And that command is as valid today as it was in His day. |
