Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-11-26
GLADsTONEs ENCHANTREss.
The Fair NINE. Noril<off. the Mission
AIRY rPhiio-SlaVism In England.
Hamburg Correspondent,

mcntS OF the London cabinet, which till
then had always been friendly to the
| Turks, was u common topic of remark
ON the continent In Europe ut that
time the number of political newspa-
i pcrs and periodicals was probably not
tenth of what i is IN our day, and the
comparatively few political papers Of
that day were under restrictions and
bound Ivy considerations that now seem
incredible. But in the years from 1926
~ 1854 il would he difficult to find any
body who hadnot heard of tho Princess
Dorothea l.icvcn and of the skill and
address with which that lady contrived
70 eonclliato tho sympathies of the
British aristocraey for the cause of
Greek independence, and thus To inilu-
cncc the attitude oC tho London cahi-
net IN this position of its foreign policy.
To-day similar drama is being
played only, So to speak, behind the
scenes, Not, indeed, in the exclusive
drawing rooms of the higher nobility,
| but in mianS more or less accessible To
| the press IN fact, in the press itself A
woman'S skill6ll hands is performing
delicate political task. and tho namc OF
the performer is, nevertheless known
to very few people. Have YOU heard
of Mime. Novikof, the intimate friend
OF the Gladstone family. the prophecies
of fhlio- SMvism of England. the writer
Of number Of articles advocating the
Russo English alliance which have ap.
pcarcd in tIu@r'S Magazine and other
publications of similar tendanciesS This
| lady the wife of u Russian general and
sister.iu-lNw the Russian ambassador
III Censtantinoplc Formerly in Nicnna)
has claims to European celebrity nj
least equal to those whilom of the
Princess lieyen, For compile Of
years or So past Mime. Novikoir has
been constantly 10 I've found hanging
on the skirts, 81 tospcak, OF tho present
British prcmicr-always in his COM
pany. or not far away. Mime NoyikoH
has known how to play on the religious
side of Mr.. Gladstonc's character, and
~ inspire him with II warm interest
IN the Greek church aud in tho dream
ola future union between Anglican
and Oriental Christianity. And il is
mainly to the skill with which that
| lndy has worked on his feelings that
| the noted statesman believes in the pos
s,hility of realizing II Balkan shvonio
federation, independent alike of Rus.
sia aud of Austria. II was on Ihis
| foundation, laid only after some few
years Of intimate intercourse, TINT the
federation project was erected where
Ivy SO fancinll II character has been inf-
parted to the Gladstone policy.
1t is, however, not only the leader of
/ NM, N 4,tn,,,I
Of the friends and adherents of Mr.
Gladstone who have been scduccd by
the siren songs of the lady missionary
Of flilo-S,Nvism, From her they have
caught the warmth md religious en-
thuslnsm OF her Moscow friends for
thelr religious brethren in the oast, md
the political Observation-Disclosures of the
SMvophils dwelling on the banks of the
Moskvn. Mime. Novikoirs descriptions
Of the true tendencies Of Aksakoil and
his friends were adapted with the NEST
dcllcntc tact 10 meet the prcjudiccs and
pcculiuriticS of British churchmcn and
sectarians. At the same time, with Sir
Charles Dixie and unocclosinstieal peo-
pie, she showed herself equally skillful
and equally eloquent in the employ
ment Of the language Of "this world"
and of their common political faith.
During tho whole of the last winter the
pen of this talented Indy was actively
engaged in the service OF tho wings in
their elcctonccring agitation Three
fourths Of the attacks directed against
the Bcaconslcld eastern policy, and
against the representations contained
IN the work entitled Russia before md
after the War are To bo traced to this
lndy's initiative or to her influence, not
To speak Of the numerous letters she
addressed during Gladstonc's electoral
campaign 10 all the Journals TO whose
columns she Ind access
But il was not only British, but like
wise Russian prcjudces that Nine,
| Novikoii had to overcome If the plan
Of combined Russo-British action
against toe Austro-ticrman alliance
was Ia succeed. The Muscovite of the
genuine old stamp had from tho time
immemorinl been accustomed to look
on MI English political parties in the
same light. He hated them MI with
ont distinction. Pcrlidious, herctical
Albion and every soul connected with
il he cursed without hesitation and
without discrimination These Rus
sim Jingoes, therefore, the lady had
likewise 10 win over, and this she did
with letters addressed To- the Moscow
Gdsctio and other Russian papers. She
Taught them that not all Britons held
the same views M Lord Beaconsiield.
She made them understand that e1en be.
yond the German ocean there were still
good Christians 20 be found and even
among the heretica there were disin-
tercstcd friends Of the Orthodox
Church of the east, and that these good
people might be and ought 10 be won
over to the good and common cause of
Russia. After the English elections in
April, this year, the two ends Of this
net which had been woven with so
much delicate address and industry
were carefully made fast upon the
banks oftho Moskya and ofthe Thames.
The only question now how long this
net will hold, and how long the English
Savophils who have been caught in
| IL viii deny their true nature and
,kn.a, 1or snlIi ntantIv M nroanrvn tho