CHAPTER VI

THE STATE OF MOSCOW

The return of the Army--How they were received--Fears and hopes about their return--Would the soldiers obey?--The Rostoff regiment--The Cossacks and the crowd--Instinct of mutual aid--The post strike--Private assistance--Formation of unions--The tea packers--The shop assistants--Failure of gaiety--University closed--Lectures for the Movement--Soldiers in revolt--The Zemstvoists--Miliukoff’s paper--A Moscow factory--The barrack system--Wages--The post strike and freedom of speech--Gorky on the rich and educated--_The Children of the Sun_--The street murders 97