NIHILISM IN RUSSIA.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1619, 18 November 1882, Page 4

NIHILISM IN RUSSIA.

Pos&iUy the iiicillent of our times which will bo regarded as most characteristic -a'nd significant by the historian ot the future ?s — hot our Zulu or Afghan wars, or Alexandria bombardments, or Irish difficulties, matters which are mere repetitions or continuations of events 1 tinfr*M\ v e*~lfi sonic "shape or dtficf"occurred hundreds of times before— but the long postponement of the coronation- of theJs«nperor of Russia from ferfr of the plofcsftrf 'ilieCNihilist conspirator. This incident of the terrorising of a powerful Government by ' a seciet conspiracy stands, at any rate iv its existing proportions, unique in history. The warfare between the conspiracy and the Government seems at first sight so unequal a one 1 . and yet, by the confession of the authorities, their enemies are powerful enough to show the policy of the Emperor in an important matter. The Czar counts his- troops by the million. He is the - absolute master of - the largest continuous tenitory which ever submitted to one rule. Whatever may be called the "laws" and "constitution ' of Russia, there ia nothing that must not bend before the declared will of the Czar. The system or ■•government is &tern, cruel, and unsparing, amj has been mnintctined for ages by< killing out the boldest and most enterprising minds of the empire by the most horrible form of banishment. Against a Government so supported and wielding all the material forces of this vast empire we luu'e nothing but a &eciet conspiracy of a few malcontents, "\vlio arc not supported by tiie masses of people, but who are yet able by their skilful administration, their rueklessnes, and the frantic devotion which they can command to carry out their orders, to .strike fear in the heart of tlie Czar, to keep him a piisoner in his terror haunted palace, and to reduce his government to paralysis. We ithink that whatever may be the extent of the means wielded by the conspirators, there is but one explanation, and that we must look for tins iv the timidity f»f the C/.av. Tho conspirators must find their greatest ally in what the Metropolitan of Moscow some time ago ventured to call the poltroonery of his Imperial master. Apprehension of seciet assassins has doubtless a teriible influence, but there have been found numbers of sovereigns, fiom Elizabeth of England and WHHan the Silent down to our own day, who have confronted it without quailing, ' Tho German Emperor, who has twice narrowly escaped the assassin, does not all6w fear" of a, third attempt to deter him from' the performance of his public duties. 'Ihe late telegrams on the subject have been significant. ,TJiey stated that the Czar was goiug to Moscow •to hold tho (Celebration ot his coronation, and that 30,000 troops hail been &elected to guard,tlie .line of railway. .Cut later news showed that the Czar was unable to muster courage to defy his secret enemies, and that he scuttled back to his palace fortress, where alone he feels himself in . safety. We may safely hold that at the present hour the vast Russian Empire does not hold a more shrinking, timorous heart, one tuore painfully apprehensive of invisible danger, than that in the Autocrat of all the liussias, and master of two millions of armed men. — Au»tra-

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