Identifier: reviewofreviewsw33newy (find matches)
Title: Review of reviews and world's work
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York Review of Reviews Corp
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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their rulers more,—toogood to be true, in fact. Here was an important document, affecting not only Finnish privileges?but the rights and interests of Russians, promul-gated as autocratically as ever, the cabinet be-ing ignored. And the essence of the Czarsmanifesto had been that henceforth no measureshould become law without the sanction of thelegislative chamber, a decision which had ac-tually been pleaded by AVitte as a reason for notgranting concessions such as universal suffrage.That is an instance of what Dr. Dillon callshindrances from above. But the hindrances from below were worsestill. Demands, such as for an eight-hour day,were formulated which no government couldentertain. And in the provinces the partisansof the old regime went on organizing roughsand hooligans into anti-reform brigades tointimidate the Liberals and decimate the Jews,with the result tliat, according to Dr. Dillon, inOdessa in a single week there were more men,women, and children slain than in all France
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From the Illitstrated Loudoti News. A PROCESSION OF REVOLUTIONTSTS IN ODESSA AFTEK THE ISSUE OF THE MANIFESTO OF OCTOBER 30. Tbe Czar is with us now, was their cry. 84 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF REJ/IEWS. during the Revolution. Dr. Dillons view of thesituation is sufficiently grave. The massacresare but one phase of the counter-revolution. There are others more dangerous which have notyet assumed definite shape. The most appalling ofthem all is the indignation of the inarticulate scoresof tnillions of Russians wlio.se name is being freelyused by both reactionaries and revolutionaries, butwhose wishes, striving.s, traditions, and prejudiceshave been systematically ignored by all. If now theyarise in their frenzy they may be expected to do deedswhich will in sober truth stagger humanity and makethe name of revolution hateful for generations. THE AGRARIAN DEVASTATIONS. To arouse these millions from their torpor,the revolutionists have offered them free landfor their political support

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