M. de Plehve has not gained much by his expulsion
of the Times correspondent from St. Petersburg. That journal receives, of course, quantities of Russian' news, and as its correspondents are condemned to secrecy they are very frank. One forwards a leaflet circulated in Kishineff just before the outrages, containing an open exhortation to Christians to murder all Jews because they kill children, and because they are becoming too strong. Another sends the secret instructions issued to the police and garrisons of the great cities, including the capital, instructions not cruel in themselves, but indicating in every line that the writers expect dangerous insurrections. It is said that the Czar is almost worn out with his troubles, and with the mass of work which, because he interferes, is thrown upon his shoulders. That is an old device for checking the interference of an autocrat with his Ministers, and unless he is one of the men who delight in labour, it usually succeeds. It is unfortunate for Russia that the present Czar, who means well, and sees no advantage in oppression, is, like his immediate heir, a man of weak health.
