The Hennessey Clipper. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 16, 1904 Page: 2 of 8
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All of the Present Difficulties of the Czar Do Not
Lie in the Far East.
[tWIA U a deapotlam tetn-
Jpered by assassination;" so
a wit wrote of tlie empire
ruled by the Little Father.
Prince Kraptokin, the great
scientific exponent of an-
archism, describes Russia
more seriously: "Autocracy, bureau-
cracy, no education, national and re-
ligious persecutions, exile without
Judgment."
Russia is so tremendously big that
her centralization policy makes equa-
ble and good government peculiarly
difficult. The Grand Duke Constant in
once suggested that Ave separate par
liamcnts were needed for the govern-
ing of the empire. Just glance at the
extent of her territory, at the divers
peoples she tries to rule with auto-
cratic sway. The Russian empire (ex-
clusive of the new province of Kwang
Tung) comprises one-seventh of the
land surface of the globe, covers, in-
cluding its internal waters, 8,000.395
square miles. With this area, with a
population of 140,000,000. it is small
wonder her despotic rule meets with
protest.
The Russian empire has well been
called a veritable tower of Babel.
Leaving out Siberia and central Asia,
there are in European Russia and the
Caucasus alone 46 different peoples:
Finns in the northwest, Lithuanians
and Poles in the west, Roumanians in
the southwest, many groups of Uralo-
Aliaic people In the east, in the south
east, Tartars in the Crimea, Greeks on
the sea of Azov. In addition to these
there are considerable numbers of Ger-
mans and a great many Jews; in the
socialistic tendencies, but there is a
present noticeable in Russia three (lis
tinct lines in which the people are mak-
ing way against theold established orde
of things. In industrial centers labor or
ganizatlons, in spite of press censorehli
and published warnings from the govern
ment, are making decided headway
Scattered over many provinces are n<
inconsiderable numbers of educated, de
voted people that have deliberately can
their lot with the peasants in the desin
to give the but recently freed serfs tin
guidance and protection needed by a peo
pie so long down trodden, for agei
densely ignorant. These protectors an
largely "populists," the zealous peoph
who, in the early seventies, decided tc
give up their selfish ease to work witl
the people; the higher order of nihilists
Though thousands of th«*ni were forcet
! by the police to surrender their work
and many were exiled to Siberia, still to-
day the element is of marked strength
| and a valuable factor fn the rise of tin
I peasant against despotism.
Separation from the Orthodox church
a body of people hostile to the official
church and exist ing government, is a re<
llgious movement now gaining strengtfc
in Russia and fraught with no little polit
leal import. The dissenters have been
and still are, severely persecuted, bui
they now number In greater Rusiaalon*
12.000,000 people. In addition to the fric-
tion caused by the defection from thi
Greek church, Is the complexity thai
arises because of the widely divers*
forms of religion existing in the coun
try; the Roman Catholicism of the Pol-
ish population, the Protestant faith ol
the German and Finn, the Buddhism ol
GOSSIP OF PARIS STYLES
«h^^ARIS.—Fashion over here is
more or less historical, and
the costliness of dress has
become really serious. Our
couturieres are using the
most wonderful colorings
ami designs, for It is im-
possible to produce the gorgeous eveti-
ing dress of the Louis period without
using suitable fabrics.
The revival of taffetas, brocades and
wonderful velvets and satins leads to
further extravagance in the matter of
appropriate lace and embroideries. On
i r
STREET SCENE IN WARSAW, POLAN l . SHOWING CNIVERSITY IN BACK-
GROUND.
aggregate Russian empire there are
over 5,000,000 Jews.
Though now making advance in In-
dustrial matters, Russia is distinctly
an agricultural nation, 90 per cent, of
all her people are peasants The peas-
ant rents from the landlord, as in Ire-
land; the landlord, generally an absen-
tee, squandering his wealth abroad
and letting the cultivation of the land
rest with the peasant. Russia is very
large and very poor, which facts par-
tially explains the lack of education
among the masses. The number of
those that caunot read and write is
shamefully high, per cent., and
while there exists among the better
classes realization that the nation is
kept from progress by the ignorance
of the muzhik, yet the fear that the lat-
ter may prove too strong if allowed
tin education has caused the ruling
conservatives to keep the school book
from him.
Though the Russian peasant of to-day
(s degraded and squalid, his condition is
uot nearly so low as it was back in the
daysot serfdom The rural population of
Russia by the eighteenth century was
irouped in one common class, the serfs,
regarded as the property of the landed
proprietor of the slate, aud a class ol
abuses which repeatedly called for re-
forms. About the mlddleol t he la? t cen-
tury, under Alexander II.. a powerful
liberal reaction was inaugurated. The
year 18t l was marked by the sup-
pression of serfdom; in 1804 refor-
mations were made in the courts
of justice and the jury system; in
J80.j steps were taken towards provin-
cial self-government. These relorms
stirred the apparently indifferent, fatal-
istic Russian and there sprang up in the
country a band of enthusiastic youth
ired with the desire to ai<i the submerged
majority. Russia's autocracy saw only
sause for fear in the movement and fool-
ishly and cruelly set to work to Etamp
out the spirit of brotherhood that was
abroad. The would-be reformers w t<*
irrested. put in prisons sentenced be-
hind clo.-ed doors to Siberian exile. I he
aihilists now changed their tactics,
turned from reformers to assassins;
banded themselves into a secret society,
laid daring plots, planned and executed
deedB of atrocity that shocked the world.
At last the fanatics brought affairs to a
•Umax; In 1X81 after many attempts
lucceeded In murdering Alexander II.
the czar that had begun the task of llber-
ition After the committal or this base
srime there was a political reaction;
from the center of power there ceased
to emanate radical experiments on be-
jalf of the people
To-da> the government sedulously fer-
•eti out aud makes effort to suppress
the Mongols, the Mussulman faith of
Crimean Russians.
The industrial depression in Russia
and the famine of 19ul gave opportunity
to the socialists and liberals of the laud
to stir up the people as the nihilists were
not able to do. The professional and otti -
cial classes both arc taking part in ex-
pressions of disapproval of the govern-
I ment, though still retaining loyalty to
the czar, whom, they maintain, is kept in
j ignorance of existing conditions. Stu-
dents of the institutionsof highereduca-
j tion are boldly showing their sy mpathy
' with the oppressed, aud from time to
time their acts arc of a decidedly revolu-
; t iouary character. Revolutionary tracts
are sent out from government oftlces. the
nobility discuss political reforms, the
worksof banished Russian writers some-
: how find entrance into the country and
wide circulation.
( The government has endeavored tosup-
: press these intellectual leaders by ban-
j ishment to the country districts, and the
; result has been a wider field for the
workers. Violence has marked the re-
cent movement; the agitators have re-
j sorted to assassination methods; the
i Cossack police have dragged and shot
| down the rioters, and offenders have re-
I ceived the Siberian sentence. Women,
l too, have taken part in the student riots,
I and. like the men. have felt the Cossack
| whips on their backs In additiou to the
I student riots, strikes and labor riots have
occurred in scattered portions of Russia,
| and agragarian riots have led to vio-
| lence of no small extent In the various
uprisings the soldiery have some times
been too weak to interfere; sometimes
i too mutinous.
KATH EIGNE POPE
A Dog Story.
Thcv were talking about the intelli-
gence of «i«s. and after ach man in the
group had cracked up his own. the
Mount Airy man said: "I have a fox ter-
rier named Trouble* who not only seems
to under-tand everything that is saHf
to him. but who even takes in con-
versation of a general character that
isn't addressed to him Our servant
:;irl has been suffering from a bad cold,
and the other day. when she went out
into the yard to hang up clothes, my
wife noticed that the ground was very
| damp. Mary, you ought to have rubbers
j on out there.' she called from the win-
| dow . Now, Troubles happened to over-
hear this remark, and what do you sup-
pose that dog did? He ran to the hall,
picked up a rubber shoe, hustled out
into the yard and dropped It at the girl's
feet. Then he hurried back and re-
peated the performance with the other
shoe Don't tell me dogs don't under
stand language." Philadelphia Record
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with huge cabbage roses, which are
however, produced in colors unknowc
in the cult of real flowers.
Vivid violets, bright blues and odd
mauves are much to the fore.
There is a predominance of Panama
used for summer hats, the crowns ol
some of these being high and square,
while others are tall and conical with
rather severe brims. The chief trim-
ming is a wreath of roses and foliage
with a wide chiffon veil hanging down
the back, which can be drawn over the
face if the wearer desires. This chlffoc
veil is slowly but surely ousting thi
lace veil from the pinnacle of fashioi..
Some of the muslin frocks here ar«
the prettiest, revivals of the eighteenth
century. They are made up very sim-
ply, with full pleated skirts, chemi-
settes and fichus of embroidered lawn
or muslin. With this style one some-
how rather likes ro see the 18110 bonnei
or the bergere hat, but instead of these
the newest thing worn is a kind ol
"marquise" shape in white panama,
trimmed with wreaths of pompadour
roses, clusters of green leaves and rib-
bon velvet.
Millinery Is extratordinarily beau-
tiful at. the moment, though it still
continues to change. As quickly as one
mode becomes popular so do the mod-
istes bring out another. It is almost
impossible to lay down hard and fast
rules about hats. Everything seems tc
be worn, but no style lasts long, and
one wonders what will be the next
thing? Then the same applies to frocks,
and I think the only modes the tfress-
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JapatwH?
QDprratiottH, 1394-1304
The Present Campaijn Follows Closely That Waged
Atfainst China Ten Years Ado.
TODENTS of military his-
tory and geography are well
aware that the same roads
in many countries have
oftentimes heard the tramp
of armies, and that the
same places have not sel-
lom reechoed the «-lang of battle. To
i large extent the Japanese plans and
movements in the present war are an
llustration of this, being a repetition
>f those which crowned their arms
with victory in the operations against
:he Chinese in 1894. It is true that
Jien the enemy approached from the
ivest, whereas now his line of march
s from the north; but inasmuch as in
Doth wars the Japanese have had for
:heir main purpose the occupation of
•vorea and southern Manchuria and
he capture of Port Arthur, with a
'iew further to the tlomination of
reached Wiju, aud made a great dem-
onstration against Kiuliencheng, while
they prepared to overwhelm the Chi-
nese left. As is well known, the Aiho
joins the Yalu from the north,, and in
the angle formed by the two rivers the
Chinese were posted on the prominent
height of Husan. The Yalu was rapidly
bridged—and it was 2110 yards wide—
and, early in the morning of October
25 the Chinese were driven from Hu-
san, making no very good defence, and
retired behind the Aiho, which tha
Japanese forded, ami confirmed the
success. Kiuliencheng had become un-
tenable, and the Chinese, who had
large numbers killed and wounded, tied
in confusion, losing heavily in the re-
treat to Fengwangcheng.
The parallel between the actions of
1894 and 1904 is complete, and it la
difficult to understand how the ltus-
A summer g;own of black and white taf-
fetas, trimmed with velvet and lace,
all sides I hear that the jewelers vie
with each other in the production of
stones and dainty settings in keeping
with the fashions of the moment.
Of course, the most elegant mon-
daines over here show a certain sem*-
blance of simplicity despite the costli-
ness of the fabrics employed. Yet the
general idea appears to be that there is
i great deal of bizarre dressing about,
especially In the matter of colors. I
loubt if some of the fashionable shades
ire really good. The olive greens and
Drowns are very trying, and can only
■je dealt with successfully at the lead-
ng ateliers.
Rose du Harry is giving place to
more faded tones, and certainly in hot
weather these cannot be said to be
uore becoming.
Then the furore for spots is quickly
•hanging into a liking for checks., and
noffensive and indefinite as these were
n the early part of the season, I fear
hey will shortly become vulgarized.
\ltogether, it is extremely difficult to
(now what to do!
The milliners, too, are using the most
peculiar colorings, and dull pink shades
ire rarely becoming on the head. Pale
ipple green mixed with black is rather
i happy inspiration of the milliner of
he moment, especially when adorned
CHINO- JAPANESE WAR
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^hina, it is not surprising, though it is |
loteworthy,. that their movements I
Cfleful summer gown of Pirle-flnlshe'
cloth, in sapphire blue, trimmed with wld
bands of taffetas glace, and full ruffles o
lace.
makers wish to keep rather exclusive
are the new designs in muslins.
In taffeta I "have seen some real old
puce shades, which are very noticeable.
For afternoon wear these are made
with chemisettes and fichus of em-
broidered lawn. All the smart taffeta
frocks seem to be made in 18:50 fashion,
with pointed bodices and ruched skirts
ANNETTE GIRVY.
Linen For Summer Wea^r
N KVKRY side we hear that
it is to be a linen season,
and we surely have reason to
hope that we shall get a sum-
mer when cottons, linens and
muslins may have a fair in-
nings. I think one linen
'rock is indispensable and so is a flan-
lel or delaine.
Now, linens this year have surpassed
hemselves in the matter of color, tex-
ure and variety; we have plain linens,
•oarse linens, fine linens, linens pro-
'usely ar.d finely embroidered, linens
marsely and sparingly embroidered,
inens spotted, striped and patterned;
n fact, linens of all kinds and in all
shades.
Linens nowadays may be treated in
i variety of ways, from the linen coat
md skirt to the elaborate toilette. Per-
sonally. 1 prefer the happy medium, for
do not think linens should be over-
.•laborate To my mind, the prettiest
)f all are those with a little embroidery
)n the blouse and round the plain trot-
«Mise skirt, worn with a leather band,
i pretty colored scarf and a Hreton
sailor hat. This makes an ideal cos-
ume for the river.
In the linen frock I see salvation for
he girl on a very limited dress allow-
ince, for it seldom looks better than In
)louse and skirt form. Scarlet in my
ipinion is one of the prettiest colors
or the country. If it suits the wearer;
his is run very close, however, by
lucks' egg blue, while w hite, of oourse,
•mbroldered In scarlet (the favorite
French linen frock) Is a delightful
omblnatlon.
A rich deep cream is a favorite
bade in coarse makes of linen, and
here is a new purple shade which is
, ry effective mixed with white Many
hades of blue. too. are worn, though
cannot remember having seen any
ery good navy blues. The old-fash-
oned butchers' blue Is worn, embroid-
red in white, and in llnon de sole
here is a new shade of deep raspberry
vhich is very much in vogue in Paris,
•ut this fabric comes Into the category
•f smarter frocks than the ordinary
inens.
It is good news that we have revived
he wearing of cotton materials of an
ery •/•expensive order. such as
ep)iyrv batistes, etc. These form
'terming frocks if treated with the
a*"* care as the linen; that <3 to say,
;lth no elaboration, unless you can af
ord to uo to a clever dre^roaker.
which few of us can when it is a ques-
tion of simple cotton frocks.
Then delaine is produced in such
good designs nowadays that one feels
it should hardly come into the category
of the country frock; but It still does
so. being a very inexpensive fabric. De-
laine is produced in navy blue with ex-
tremely good effect, which should 1)0
welcome news to the genpral public,
for what is more universally becoming
than a real, old-fashioned navy?
I think It may be said that we have
somewhat tired of spots, or will do so
lave not differed very greatly. In
June, 1894, Gen. Oshima, and .in the
ollowing September Marshal Yama-
;ata. landed at Chemulpo, and
narched on Seoul, just as Gen. Kuro-
d's troops did in February last. The
^hinese were then in great strength in
vorea. and were defeated near Asan,
touth of Seoul, on July 29; but the
vhole course of the operations was to
lrive them west of the Yalu. They
liade a great stand at Plngyang. where
hey were defeated in a sanguinary ac-
:ion by Gen. Nodzu on September 15,
>ut after that they retreated to the
re ry same positions on the right bank
>f the Yalu from which the Russians,
inder Gen. Sassulitch, were driven
vith such great loss on May 1.
The command of the sea was then,
.s it is now, the ruling factor in the
sians can have failed to anticipate
what happened. As in the case of the
Chinese, if their left was turned all
else was lost, and nothing remained
but for the troops further south to ex-
tricate themselves as best they could,
and retreat north to Fengwangcheng.
The repeated attacks made by Ad-
miral Togo upon Port Arthur have
shown the great significance attached
by the Japanese to the presence there
of a Russian naval force in which
there remained some .spark of vital tv.
In 1894 the Chinese fleet had already
been defeated, and, having no inten-
tion of further trying conclusions
with the Japanese, Admiral Ting had
dispatched his remaining ships to Wei-
haiwei, where they were dealt with
later on. The operations of Marshal
Oyama, however, for the capture of
Port Arthur may be taken to fore-
shadow what is happening at the pres-
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CHART SHOWING JAPANESE CAMPAIGN AGAINST UL'SSLA. 1904
W ATTRACTIVE I.1NKN GOWN
Tl.e trimming consists of stitched circlet
and stapplnn; tape ami cuffs edged with
| narrow kilting
ere long, although there is a certain
amount of smartness about them which
[would certainly make them hold their
I own until the end of the season,
i What a revival there is in favor of
| grass lawn, Tussore and llnon de sole
of the same shade. These are all ad-
' mirable dust-resisting fabrics and when
j smartly made up have a chic all their
own. Hut. like Tuscan, this color Is
I not becoming. Grass lawn and taffeta
j are a favorite mixture for parasols, and
I som* smart little frocks also are being
I made up in khaki colored grass lawn
I with trappings and trimmings of whit#
I taffeta. ELLEN OSMONDB.
situation The Chinese liad not, in-
deed, realized what it implied, and the
sinking of the Kowshing, with 1.000
lien on board, and the crushing defeat
nflicted by Admiral lto on the Chi-
arse squadron under brave Admiral
Ting (September 17) were the conse-
luences. In the present war the con-
lltions were different. The Russians,
'laving lost all immediate hope of as-
serting supremacy at sea. could not
aiove a man afloat. To transport
roops from Dalny or Port Arthur to
.he mouth of the Yalu was impossible
Not less impossible was it for them to
•isk an action, as the Chinese did at
Plngyang, Ifst the Japanese should
hrow forces ashore in their rear. The
mly doubt Is whether they were wise,
n view of a like danger, in holding the
ine of the Yalu at all.
The positions on the Yalu occupied
')> the Chinese in 1894 were the same
is those held by the Russians on May
I. and the Japanese tactics were pre-
•isely the same. A litle reading of re-
•ent history should have taught Gen
Xuropatkin what to expert It Is par-
icularly interesting to observe how
he same causes have led to the same
•ffect. If. in the following brief ac-
count of the battle of October 25, 1894.
'Russians" be read for "Chinese,," and
he details taken mutatis mutandis,
.*-« recent events will be found de-
icribed; Gen Sung had under his com-
nand about 20,000 Chinese, on tin
teights about Kiuliencheng, with about
.500 more under Gen. Ikotenga a little
higher up the river The Japanese had
I ent time, though it would be unwise to
| attempt to forecast whether the place
will fall by storm, by the slow process
' of siege, or by famine. Oyaina's troops
were landed at the mouth of tlie Hua-
| yuan river, near to Pitszewo, in the vl-
i cinity of which place the Japane-e
! have landed recently. The movements
of 1894 may be taken to indicate those
j of the present time. The earlier dis-
I embarkation commenced on October 24
and Port Arthur was captured on No-
vember 21. The troops moved west
j through the peninsula, and on Novem-
' ber 0 the walled town of Kim hou was
captured near the narrowest part of
I the isthmus, and the occupation of Ta-
lienwan followed on the next day. It
| is not permissible to doubt that th-3
Japanese are now engaged in like
movements.
From the first landing up to the eve
of the attack, the assailants had been
ft)ur weeks in making their prepara-
; tions. Whether the same rapidity can
characterize tlie present operations re-
j mains to be seen Port Arthur then
was strong, but now it is far more for-
midable, and it is fair to assume that
there will be a resolute defence. It is
1 possible, therefore, that the Japanese
may think It wiser to await the time
when the place may fall without a
blow. JOHN LEYLAND.
A Truth.
I "A man who is in love with himself,"
remarked the Observer of Events and
Things, "has a fool for a fiance."—
Vonlie-'S Statesman.
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