Zola contributes a long article qvi Russia and the Nihilists to the Paris «• Figaro." He ridicules the idea that it is possible to found a republic in Russia in the present ' state of Bussian society. The 60,000,000 peasants forming the greater part of' the ■ v nation are ignorant, isolated, and wholly ■"' devoted to the Caar. The popular clamor ' in the towns is powarless for revolution and if the Nihilists coutinue their policy of blood and violence we may some day witness the spectacle ot au iniuriated peasantry rushing blindly to the rescue of their " Little Father." Of all things that man possesses, women alone take pleasure ia being 'jX'S^saod.— Ivldlhfcibt. ' -i
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3905, 5 July 1881, Page 2
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111Untitled Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3905, 5 July 1881, Page 2
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