There isa popular saying—"We are all under Heaven," but in Russia everybody is under Moscow, from whence all press and journalistic inspiration emanates. Moscow is the Mecca. of the Slav Press which consists of malignant vituperations against foreign capital and incessant, slanderous and irreverent "attacks upon religion ete. in short, against everything outside the pale of rabid socialism as outlined by Karl Marx, Engelis and others.
In the days of the Tsar, every newspaper, carefully censored, prior to publication, focussed the policy of the Monarchists, namely—suppression of revolution.
To-day the pages of Russia's single newspaper advocate the spread of revolution. Of course, it is scarcely reasonable to expect anything else in Russia at present, for the class of socialism advocated, like weeds, grews best where the soil is poorest.
Probably the most astonishing feature of Russia's unique Press is the extraordinary ability, on
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