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THE RUSSIAN PEASANT.

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The actual condition of population, its sims, and desires and its political programme, are therefore que tions of the highest interest. If they have hitherto scarcely received the atten.

tion they deserye, it is because the peasants hare hardly, yes played a cons- piendis part in the Revolution, in con parison with the capital and the larger

But their day is ceraing

Increased by saran or sight' desiatines as | the vult of general distribution. An

the neighbouring Governments of Podolis

STISITORE AT THE HOTELA

SILION DROXDNOH':'

and Kief the incense would only be 81,5 and the average for the 95 Governments D. Abraham

Me

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*linster the advent of the agrarian millen- Mr.J. H. Boylan

Hi Macdonald Da

Mahon

Me and Mr F.

Maitland

Mr Gh.. Malcolm Dr. and Mrs 0. Marriott p

THE AGBARIAN MOVEMENTS

Writing from less early in Novom of the Hinck-Earth Zone would be sire W. Adams Mr Louis Lanard der the special correspondent in the desiatives. If the Socialist Ravobis A. G. Anderson Mr. and Mrs J.' . Balkans of the Times" said — *|tionaries propones, land is try be given not Me Geo. S. Archbulk." Leiria,

The fate of Russia depends upon her only to heads of families, but to every Me Baring Major and Mrs D.

Mr. and Mrs Bagot Mr C. Little- pensantry

The peasantry constitites are who asks for it, iese verse would M Z Baring Locher

he considerably diminished." A cruel dis Me WE Barker Me U. Ludia MARSEILLES AND LONDON, and wipplies more this that proportion of of the peasants, who have been led to Mr H. & Baxter Indre & Mrs Man- about 80 per cent, of the entire population appointment, therefore, awaits the baik Mr and Mrs W. F.Major and Mrs D.

.BASE the rank and file of the Army, To shus imagine that after war every man is Capt. J. Baxter forme Dop, aply the vast bulk of the to receive from 20 to 30 desistines of land. FEL Bayley

In regard to the war the Idoss of the Mrs E R. Bolilor electorate under the new democratic dis-prasants are far from clear owing to their Mr. D. J. Bell pensation, but possess the armed forca lack of education and the limited range of Mr J. D. Birrall

Me E.Birbeck necessary to ensure respect for its deel their political vision All are anxious for Mr O: Bobanan Mr Fred. B. Marshal Kipas.

With organisation and capable, puce, which will bring back the member auch Mrs. L. McQ May leadership the rustics will dominate the of the family absent at the Front and

Bouck

Mr M. McInner |political altuation

Mr and Ms J. Capt. & Mrs Branch - Heintosh Whether peace le to be made Mrs Frand & family MrJ. H. MaMichael inium,

separately or in concert with Rasio's Mr G. Browell MrJ. Marecki Allies, after a victorious amelasion of the Me B. He Brown Mr. Mirovitch war is a question which concerts "thir MW Brass Mr H. Molden little. It is simply wants of words to He LA Calden Mr and Ms F.

Mr N. Barns

MrA. B. Monider tell them that the future of Democracy Ms RV: Cameron Muller at home and abroad depends upon the Medes Carpanel Mr and Mrs F Germany wond entail the triumph of Mr and Mrs G. E. Dr and Mrs. issue of the war,, that the success of Miss Carpmaol Nicholls stat

Mies Cherng

"Mr J. S. Nicolson militarism and despotism in Europe, and Christia

Ozorio that newly liberated Russia would not abandon the sister democracies in the

Be Flinkett- A four in the districts of Poltavafety, her hour, and her place in Mr and Mrs Cordley Me J. LA Promatr

eat puggle without detriment to her Coleira de Master Peter Fenny

Mr X, 33 Dilman Me M: Fiastro Ekaterinoslav, and Nikoluieft has afforded history. They kup and care nothing MeJ. Courtney MA, C. Fotosky rue an opportunity of farming some first. about these things, nor is there anything Miss Cox

Mr W. J. Pringle hand impressions with regard to the warprising in this when we remember that Mr and Mrs Darby Mrs B. Pritchard agrarian movement in Southern Bussia till yesterday the rustics were never

Mr and Mrs. J. L. and 3 cons

Davidson. Mr R. Pujades Ta judge from the aspect of the villages expected to concern themselves with Bev, and Birs W. & Dr W. T. Quaife

political questions, external or internalDavis and child Mr. H. My through which I passed-it should be they were treated as children, and pc Mr. Edwards Miss Rear noted that my journey lay entirely in the eally they are children still. Their summe. E. Esnault Mr D. Reichelman

Mr E. E Pend fertile Black-Earth Zone"--the material, mum bonum is the possession of shun

Mr F. Reichelman. condition of the peasantry leaves nothing dance of land which will able them to

Mr G. Rinch to be desired. The horses for the most

lead a comfortable and somerlust indolent part grouped in villages, are fairly clean

life in future.

and comfortable and are often surrounded by gardens there are outhouses in which the family cow and, it may be, a pair of HER EYES AND org er horses are installed. Each hen of a household has his portion of land assigned to him by the village commune, From the cultivation of which he obtains, la Southern Russin at least, a fair com peteres after all taxes and does have been paid.

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of a purely factitious character, the reflex Di noisy demagogism in the towns. This is to some extent the case, but the move- mont is in the main based on the deep- roored and kraditional belies of tire

pensants themselves that the land is really theim, and that landlordism is but a transient institution set up by the Tsars and destined to perish with the dis sppearance of the autocratic power. The

landlords parted with a considerable por tion of their estates in 1861, when the. serfs were emancipated, and during the revolutionary period of 1905; the peasants) now believe that the day is at hand for their final ejectinent this time without compensation. The process, they 'dra assured, and the equitable division of the confiscated lands will be carried out by the Constituent Assembly, but in spite of the appeals of the Government they bave often been unable to restrain their impatience and have already taken possen- sion. The landlords sometimes obtain a respite by compromise and the voluntary starrenders of land, but their position is. precarious in view of the growing agres- siveness of the peasants.

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