REFORM IN RUSSIA.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 139, 14 June 1909, Page 2

REFORM IN RUSSIA.

On Sunday evening, Dr. Boranoff -delivered an address in the Opera House upon "Social Reform in Russia. ' Every chair was full, and many of the audience had to stand. Tho lecturer explained that social reform was not entirely of an economic character, but had an individual aspect. If a reformer wanted to better the conditions of life, his first duty lay in ennobling his own character by seeking out the good in others. He stated this as his individualistic theory, because he was an individualist, in opposition to tocialism, as generally understood. At the present time Russians of all classes, except the autocracy, were deeply discontented ile explained how the system of licensing workmen on the complotion of their indentures, before allowing them to seek employment, was capable of serious corruption in the hands of the Tsar's agents. These licenses have to be paid for, and without them no employer could engage hands. The speaker touched upon the scandals arising at the clinical hospital — supported by the Tsar, to medically train the sons of officers, who do not desire to follow the profession of arms. He affirmed- that vivisection is performed upon the bodies of living ooldiers, whose lives are not counted of any worth. Tho lecturer was listened to with close attention.