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Show "The Rus- sian Crisis' Dr. Relnsch, of the University of Wisconsin, enroute home from an outing out-ing In California, appeared at the Agricultural College Tuesday night in a lecture on"The Russian Crisis." Dr. Relnsch holds the chair of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Wiscon-sin, Is conceded to be one of tho country's count-ry's big men In his line, and In his lecture left tho impression that he had given hlssublect exhaustive first-hand Investigation. Tho lecture was greatly great-ly appreciated, though Industrial and social Russia, which would have been of marked Interest, was scarcly touched touch-ed upon. Dr. Relnsch's exposition of the Russian Rus-sian burearucracy was particularly Instructive In-structive and interesting. The Bureaucrats Bureau-crats arc those who administer governmental govern-mental affairs, beginning with the Czar and continuing through the Grand Dukes, who are backed by the military and police. He showed how absolutely separated Is tho government govern-ment from tho people governed and how absolutely hopeless It Is for the people to struggle against the perfect organization of the bureaucracy,. The particular strength of the'Bureaucrats lies In the effective way In which they use tho military and police as tools, and In the Cossacks. The Cossacks are distinguished from the peasants In that they are given their lands, are frea from all taxes, and aro paid a bonus for service, while the peasants are taxed to tho limit and are not freo to leave their land except at the will of the Government. The Cossacks are given their special privileges on condition con-dition that they serve the Government Govern-ment at all times without a question. This training for centuries has developed de-veloped tho Cossacks until they are naturally as cruel as tho most vicious Bureaucrat could desire; they have absolutely no feeling and will readily carry out any demand of their superiors. superi-ors. No Public School. . It was cited that there are no pub-Ho pub-Ho schools. The people are designedly kept in Ignorance, and freedom of speech Is not tolerated. In the Universities Uni-versities thero Is a censorship of speech, no lecturer being permitted to make any statement reflecting on conditions. con-ditions. The professors are watched very carefully and on the first offense are warned. The second olTooso results re-sults in his dismissal. r,l The most discouraging feature In Russia's political and social life today Is the lack of an apDeclatlon of Justice In fact the people from tho Czar down to the lowest peasant have no conception of what Justice Is. The people have seen criminals elevated and good men deposed so often and so long that their sense of equilibrium Is lost. In Russia the majority of arrests are made without knowledge on part ototllclal or victim as to what the arrest Is for. There Is no such'thlng as a trial by peers, and habeas corpus Is unknown. The Three Dumas. Dr. Relnsch discussed tho throe Dumas growing out of the riots of 1004 and 1005, and disclosed the methods meth-ods of securing the kind of Duma desired de-sired by the Bureaucrats. In the first organization a great many Peasants were' sent as representatives of the people. The Bureaucrats relying on the Ignoranco of these peasants were satisfied, but In the Duma these despised de-spised Ignoramuses proved nothing less than a revelation Tney showed wonderful common sense. They refused re-fused to bo tho tools of the Bureaucrats Bureau-crats and they clamored strenuously and rather Intelligently for the rights of the people. Tills Duma was dissolved, dis-solved, as we all know, and the Bureaucrat) had the law so changed that peasants could not be sent to the next Duma. The second Duma was better than the llrst, but before tho government got what it wanted the third Duma was organised. At the present time less than 200,000 of 150,-000,000 150,-000,000 Russians are represented in the Government. ' Some Hope Yet. The lecturer says the hope of Uuss'a lies In tho peasants. lie thinks a new day Is dawning, but political freedom Is not as near as It seemed a jear or two ago. Stolyphcn, one of tho Bureaucrats, Is friendly to tho masses and Is doing q,II he can to help the situation. He Is a strong character, close to Oio C.ar, ahd may be able eventually to secure certain concessions conces-sions Dr. Rehuuh touched upon tho prison system In yoguo and detailed the horrors of Siberia. His lecture' was regarded as a very strong and able address, l r |
