Russia and its crisis . an unsuccessful agencies, not unmentioned in our previousexposition, must now be studied more closely. Whatis the Russian crisis? And what is the Russian socialunrest ? An attempt to elucidate these questions is notan act of indiscretion toward my countrymen. Thecrisis is now being chirped about even by the sparrowson the roofs, and is being studied by government com-mittees and discussed in hundreds of publications. Thesocial unrest cannot be too strongly emphasized beforean audience that enjoys the privilege of being wellinformed by a free press, and of thus
Russia and its crisis . an unsuccessful agencies, not unmentioned in our previousexposition, must now be studied more closely. Whatis the Russian crisis? And what is the Russian socialunrest ? An attempt to elucidate these questions is notan act of indiscretion toward my countrymen. Thecrisis is now being chirped about even by the sparrowson the roofs, and is being studied by government com-mittees and discussed in hundreds of publications. Thesocial unrest cannot be too strongly emphasized beforean audience that enjoys the privilege of being wellinformed by a free press, and of thus knowing muchmore about it than many an average citizen of my owncountry can ever hope to know. Unhappily, it is notfrom knowing too much, but from knowing too little,that we suffer in Russia; and the danger is not forthose who know that a position is untenable, but forthose who hesitate to surrender an untenable positionin time to prevent their own destruction. The Changes in Peasant Prosperity in the Period 1861-1900. The averagechange Deterioration Amelioration In the slight degree ^^^^ GreaterThe greatest I THE URGENCY OF REFORM T^^ We begin, then, Avith the agricultural crisis, whicrflies at the bottom of all other crises in a country sucl^as Russia. Rapid as has been of late the developmentof Russian industry, Russia still remains an essentiallyagricultural country. About 80 per cent, of her inhabi-tants are peasants and support themselves by hus-bandry. Nearly the same figure expresses the share ofthe rural products (grain, cattle, poultry) in Russiasexport trade. Any important change in this exportmay seriously affect the balance of trade, and thusstrengthen or ruin the countrys finances. The largeindustries depend chiefly on the village customers, andbad or good crops bring with them prosperity or stag-nation to manufacture. Taxation, credit, marriagesand increase of population, and what not, depend on thestate of agriculture. Now, everybody in Russia knows that the st
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