Russia’s Revolution and Liquor Traffic
By Editor
Late advices from Vladivostok and the Manchurian army are very discouraging, and show that Russian conditions in the far East are no better than in the West. A despatch from Vladivostok, of December 21, says: "The mutiny and rioting in the Manchurian army are extending, and the most terrible scenes are witnessed daily. A detachment of Cossacks has attacked the barracks at Tomsk, wherein 900 mutineers were confined, and set fire to the buildings. It is reported that all imprisoned men were roasted to death. Rioting on the streets here is continuing. In one street drunken Cossacks set fire to a block of houses, and massacred 120 of the residents as they attempted to escape. Numbers of people are killed daily on the streets." Fierce battles have been fought in Moscow, and it is difficult to tell which is more in need of a leader—the government or the revolutionists. She lived in a hovel because her three sons spent their time and means in building homes for liquor dealers. This was the story told in a Sunday-school meeting at the Portland Exposition, when a temperance appeal to President Roosevelt was being considered. The resolution was passed amid great enthusiasm, and was forwarded to the President with the old lady's statement. Many a poor woman is living in a hovel for similar reason; and this condition is largely due to the fact that the people's official representatives are bribed or overawed by the influence of the liquor traffic. And strange as it is, those who sacrifice most to support the iniquity—either voluntarily or by force—are the greatest sufferers by its success. The traffic has no mercy or charity for the victims of its cruel greed. Once more we call attention to our reports on the Inter-Church Federation Conference. They are the fullest to be obtained. After the reports the lessons.