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RUSSIA AND THE WAR.

19 INTERNAL TROUBLE LIKELY! What effect is the war in the Far East likely to havo on the internal condition of Russia ? asks a correspondout, writing in the Times. If the Japanese wees victorious all along the line. would the overgrown Empire be able to stand the strain? Would not the widespread discontent among the oppressed antionalities who object to Russification, together with the Constitutionalist, Socialist. and Anarchist agitation, which can be with difficulty kept un- hr control in tire of peace, burst out into open insurrection ! In a word, is there not a pro. rability of the unwieldly Colossus falling to piecos Such are the questions frequently ad- dressed at present to those who are supposed to have speckd knowledge regarding things Rassinn

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 2ND, 1904.

American agitation. In any case the unrest the immediate future, but I have navor known ezanot seriously embarrass the contral Govoru. one of them entertain for a moment the idles of ment.

possible disruption of the Empire. That is

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We come now to the opposition to the Govorna oontingency which would hardly occur to the FROM HAMBURG, BREMEN, ROTTER ment among the gununely Russian populution, mind of anyone knowing intimately the It is of two kinds-patient effort to obtain by Russian national character. It is an iden of legal means more Bilal system of aduinistra foreign origin, and among those who entertain tion, and revolutionary agitation for the over-it I have never found any plausible explanationHE H.A.L. Steamship throw of the autocratic power, with a view to as to how the predicted disruption is to bo│I reorganizing the Government and society on brought about. Socialistic principles. These two kinds of op- position are not only independent of each other. but untually hostile,

There can be no doubt that the grant majority of the educated classes have political aspirations inconsistent with the indefinite continuance of their opinions on the subject, though they are obliged,on public occasions and when writing for the Fress, to put them in a guarded and res- petful forma. Occasionally at ntings of the local assemblies, and even in loyal aldresses to To those who reason a priori on the basis of the Emperor, they give it to be understand by a mers superficial knowledge of the country and implication that the central Government miglit people there seems a strong probability of somo derive grout advantage from comelting con- such catastrophe. The country has expanded potent authorities outside of the official world. with a rapidity out of all proportion to the work but they never venture to enqtoy any more of consolidation. One of the eminent officials | officíout means of pressure, and for these who had himself taken a prominent part in the respectful representations and suggestions expansion proces confessed intely to a friend they sometimes receive an official repri that zeal hall outran discretion. It is." he said. I mand. This does not prevent them from as if I had bought a hows and, instead of indulging privately in the most scathing applying my available revenues to furnishing irriticism of the authorities, mud in very strong properly and providing for my family, I land language about the geural stupidity and other devoted every rouble I possessed to buying up be further from the truth than the common iden defects of the administration. Nothing could and all round about. One day my wife comes to mound asks me for three roulides to pay a little household hill, and I am obliged to say to her, My dear, I have not a kopeck in my pocket; but that does not matter, becauso I have land in abundanes and it will some day give me a large income." Nor can it be reasonably contended that the effortsat consolidation have been always very judicious. The Russification of the Baltic provinces, Poland, Finland, and the Cruensus, has not been by any means entirely successful, even from a purely administrative point of view

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ties a great deal of political disaffection. At the sume tine thus munner in which the Jews have. been treated has proity nearly extinguished any little Russian patriotism they over possessed and has driven a large number of them into the ranks of the revolutionary agitatora. According to the information collected by the OUR OWN MAKE those agitators are of Semitic origin. Lastly,

Ministry of the Interior, over 70 per cent, of thing which would protoku a crisis. They are, roady to praburo on a large scale the best Buzonave left the Godowne, and all Goods remaining the consolidating infience of the Siberian railway has beo more than courtorbalanced by pushing that thin black line for hundreds of miles into the territory of a foreign Power which is not itself capable of protecting it and objects to the intrusion of aggressive foreigners for the

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erilence be wanted with regard to dissolving in- fluences, wo have only to examine the existing fiscal system by which the peasantry have been impoverished, and an unjustifiable proportion of the increased revenues has been applied to what may be fairly described as objects of political furry. Moreover, it must be confessed ( that the expenditure on legitimate objects hus unasoessarily increased by administrativo incapacity and corruption, though. It is only

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Thus it must be admitted by any competent. impartial observer that there is something rotten in the State of Denmark, and volumes might be written on the subject; but what we have at present to consider is simply how far this rottenness is likely to produce, during an aufortunate war, a disruption of the Empire. or at least very serious difficulties for the Government.

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Those who are hostile to the prescut state of things in Russia may be conveniently dividert into three groups-(1) the dependent nationali- majority of the educated classes of Russia proper, who desire some kind of representative institutions, and (3) the revolutionary agitators. Let us glance at these three groups in succession and try to determine roughly their political aim and the means at their disposal for

Among the disaffected nationalities the Fin- landers are at present in the front rank. They have political grievances of a serious kind, and if Russia wore a country with Parliamentary institutions they might cause the Government some annoyance by forming a Home Rule party OF But Russia, as we know, does not possess a

and using the approved methods of obstruction.

Parliament and is not likely to possess oùs for many years to some, and the Finlanders havÓ NO meuus of creating for tho Imperial Govern mont any serious embarrassments. Fiuland is a small country containing a peaceable, order loving population of about 24 millions, in which the dominant race, of Swedish origin, form only a small minority, estimated roughly at 850,000. Outside the limits of the Grand Duchy

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who confine themselves to words. At present there is a schism in their ranks. Some forget their aspirations for internal reforms in the warmth of their excited patriotism, whilst others. speculate philosophically on the probable results of a disastrous campaign. Most of those latter predict that military disasters in the Far Eust will have the same beneficent effect on the internal situation as the Crimean war, and they Look forward to a whole series of useful reforms such as those that were offerted during the early years of Alexander II.'s reign. But these reforms, it is expected. will be undertaken voluntarily by the autocratic power, in sympathy with awakened public opinion. The idea of the Tsar's hand being forced by s revolutionary movement does not at all enter into their pro- gramme, and the last thing they would think of doing would be to foment internal disturbances during the war with a view to create embarrass- ments for the Government. In France great military disasters are apt to suggest the necessity of overturning the constituted over of things; in Russin they have a directly op posite effect.

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But what of the Anarchists, who assassinate high officials and who stir up mang the peasantry and the workmen in the towns disturbances requiring the military to be called out? Will they not take advantage of the situation to produce a great upheaval of the masses? No doubt they will, if they can, and they will certainly not be restrained by any patriotis Eeetings, for New they regard patriotism AS an antiquated delusion which can have no place in the doctrines of an enlightened Socialist. But it is difficult to imagine how they can effect anythin serious. Their numbers cannot be accurately determined, but it may be safely asserted that even the suspects" do not exered a fow thens-

and, and hitherto their attempts to produce popular risings have been miserabia failures. By us of unblashing falsehoods, forged manifestoes, and similar expedients, they inve occasionally persuaded a group of pensuuts theat land or the stores of grain of the neighbouring the Tsar wished them to take possession of the

landed proprietor, and some insignificant local disturbances have resulted, but as soon as the authorities appeared on the seems the unarmed crowd very quickly dispersed. The most brilliant successes of these agitators ended in the shooting down of a few ignorant deluded individuals who believed that they were acting in accordance with the Tsar's ecmmands, and it is pretty certain that with less reel and a

iloss regrettable incidents might have been avoided. More than five-and-twenty years ago the leaders of the revolutionary propaganda recognized-und some of them. like Step- niak, have publicly confessed it-that a general insurrection was an impossibility, and it was for this reason that they changed their tactics and adopted the methas of terrorism- that is to say, the assassination of prominent officials. If they are reently reverted to their old tactics, it is not in the hope of overturning the Government by is great popular rising, but simply from a conviction that the revolutionary movement, to which so many of their purtisans have been sacrificed, must somehow he kept alive

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The Germans of the Baltic provinces are in a similar position. They would like to preserve intact their nationality and their ancient Home Rule privileges, but they have come to recognize that they derive many sabatantial advantages from forming part of a great Empire and that uncompromising resistance to Bussification is hopeless. Among them are thousands of from deurs, but we have never lourd of the existence of a Separatist party,

in view of possibilities in the distant future. Close to the Baltic Province is Poland, a much They can hardly imagine that time of war, when the patriotic feelings of the masses ure more important political factor in the problem. Here we have a population, formidable in nu-abaormally excited presents a favourable moment bers, which have twice, since the Congres of for the realization of schemes which they recog Vienna, struck a blow for their independence. nize as impossible in time of peace.

The Russiansarea peduliarly impulsive people, They are still by no means reconciled to Russian rule, but crest changes have taken place both much inclined to rush into the extremes of in their sentiments and in their material condi-optimism and pessimism alternately. When in tion sinen their last insurrection in 1863. They the pessimistic mood, many of them take a very MADE now understand what they ought to have per gloomy view of the present condition of their ceived long ago that the resuscitation of Poland country and express grave apprelienxious as to would be opposed to the death by three great military Empires, Russia, Austria, and Gormany, and that no other Great Power would give thein material aid. Eren in 1863 they founded their | hopes of independence on the assistance of France and England, and as soon as it became evident that the diplomatic artillery of Napoleon III. and Lord John Russell was provided merely with blank cartridge the insurrection very soon collapsed. Is there anyone in France England now who would ever dream of going to war with Basin. Germany, and Austria for the independence of Poland ?

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of the tribes under an incompatent administra tion-and partly a protest of the Armenians against the diminution of flguncient autonomous rights of thoir national Chare. Here again the Home Rulers find no sympathy or support outside their own community, except, perhaps, among a few well-meaning peopls in London and Paris. A that is required to rule the warest" in the Caucasus is pen is the appointment of a capable Governor-Genes at tumen affectively with the brigands, and a little more wisdom in the Ministry of the Interior to get the

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