The telegraphs of Russia are all government lines and under the minister of public buildings, ways, and communications. The lines were built by private contractors, and surrendered to the government from time to time, as completed. There have been no efforts to extend the telegraph under private companies, nor is there any probability that such will be the case. To some readers many of the rules governing the transmission of dispatches on the lines in Russia, and other parts of Europe, may be considered as too severe and arbitrary. Practically such is not the case. In Russia the lines are open to individuals for their private business. Commercial affairs are not restricted. Full liberty and protection are given to every person in the transmission of domestic, social or business dispatches. It is to prevent the abuse of those privileges that the government has adopted the rules, which to the American reader may be regarded as too stringent. The dispatches transmissible over the telegraph, shall be divided into five categories, viz.: 1st. Orders from, and reports to, His Majesty the Emperor. Dispatches to and from royal families. 2d. Government dispatches, such as from the commander-in-chief, minister of foreign affairs, military governor-generals, governor-generals, military and civil governors, military commanders, and reports to the government. 3d. Dispatches of the administration of the telegraphs. 4th. Dispatches of the minister of public buildings, ways, and communications. 5th. Private dispatches, without regard to rank or condition. (The private dispatches of public functionaries belong to this class.) Dispatches containing [stock] exchange news may contain ciphers, but the sender must explain the meaning of each cipher to the administration, and sign the same, giving a satisfactory guarantee as to responsibility. In no case whatever can a political dispatch be received. Government dispatches are not within the control of the station officers of the telegraph, and they cannot be stopped. Private dispatches containing anything contrary to the laws, or incompatible with the public good, or containing objectionable language, cannot be transmitted. All such dispatches are strictly forbidden to be sent, and it is the duty of the officer of the station to transmit them forthwith to the minister of communications. Payment for them is to be refused.Is this "repressing dissent"? By the standards of modern rights-mongers it is. The only difference is that modern "free" media DON'T TELL YOU THE TRUTH about what you are allowed to send. We use the Hundred Flowers principle. Delude people into thinking they can say anything, then jail them for saying the wrong thing as defined by this microsecond's arbitrary rules. When you think you're participating in "free speech", you aren't inclined to leave the system. You continue to provide data points and blackmail material for Deepstate. When you know exactly which kinds of speech are allowed in the system, serious dissidents can avoid generating blackmail data. Note Shaffner's clear understanding of the RULE OF LAW, which you won't find in any modern publication on "either" "side". Nicholas and Putin are LAWFUL rulers. They tell you the laws, and explain why the laws are in place, so you can behave within the laws. = = = = = ** Footnote: The Duterte experiment firmly disproves the standard globalist propaganda that Populism means "telling the people what they want to hear." Duterte specifically tells his people everything they don't want to hear, but he's giving them SECURITY, which is the MOST IMPORTANT DUTY OF GOVERNMENT. Criminals want freedom. Normal people want to be FREE FROM CRIMINALS.
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