. Real Russians . Khvostoffs letterin the Manchester Guardian. The whole press brought thenews, and I hear from a friend who arrived from Paristhis morning that the French press have also mentionedthe matter of the release with much satisfaction. . .As to Russian opinion, you must realise, my dearfriend, that intellectual Russia has suffered too muchfrom deliberate injustice to get any satisfaction onphilanthropic grounds. We are very happy for the120 individuals, but their release does not changethe arbitrary system, and a change—namely, anamnesty for some class of political offence—is the on
. Real Russians . Khvostoffs letterin the Manchester Guardian. The whole press brought thenews, and I hear from a friend who arrived from Paristhis morning that the French press have also mentionedthe matter of the release with much satisfaction. . .As to Russian opinion, you must realise, my dearfriend, that intellectual Russia has suffered too muchfrom deliberate injustice to get any satisfaction onphilanthropic grounds. We are very happy for the120 individuals, but their release does not changethe arbitrary system, and a change—namely, anamnesty for some class of political offence—is the onlything that would really matter. . (Just what Ihad urged upon Makaroff!). I am telling you all thisin order to explain the Russian attitude to Khvostoffsletter ; we do not rely upon bureaucratic promisesand diplomatic charity, which helps to save appearanceswithout actually doing away with the evil ... My friend who wrote this letter had evidently notrealised that Makaroff had promised to work out that. Not Expected—The Exiles Return. [By N, E. Repine. Face p. 238. COLD WATER. 239 very thing, viz., an amnesty, dealing with exilesaccording to the paragraphs under which they had beencondemned. I was hopefully awaiting the fulfilmentof his promises. In consequence of the letter, I wroteto him from London asking him to expedite matters,but Government wheels work slowly ; however, I re-ceived the following letter from the secretary of :— The President of the Council of Ministerscharges me to inform you that all that it is possible todo concerning the cause you have pleaded, will be doneby His Excellency. In the Russian section of The Times of October 28th,there appeared a note to the effect that the PrimeMinister recently made a representation to the Councilof Ministers in which he declared that, recognisingthe impracticable character and inexpedience of thelaw relating to exile, he would propose to repeal Minister of Justice hesitated to regard as timely
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