St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-07-19
Russians Weak Point.


mense frontier line she could not be
easily invaded by an enemyP On our
borders we are to-day as defenceless as
we were seventy-tive years ago. 1t
looks as five still would tempt our foes
TO come on to Moscow
The German-Russian frontier is vir-
tually In the hands of the Poles, who,
as yet. cherish vain hope of restoring
an independent Kingdom of Poland.
There are 100000 of Poles, and all Of
the Roman Catholic faith. There are
a number of fortresses iii Poland, but
they are considered as quite insignifi-
cant in the face of the formidable Ger
man fortresses on the other side of the
frontier. There are several Russian
regiments stationed at and near War
saw, but their officers are mainly Poles
or Russians Polonized. 1t is an undis-
puted fact that the Polish society, with
all its anti-Russian sympathies, holds
its own in spite of all pressure from the
=autocratic Government. Though con-
quered, the Poles to-day look down
upon Russians as they were wont to do
in the golden period of their history.
In his capacity of Governmental General.
eGourko, is the Chief of all Polish Prov
inceS. He is as good as General as he
as poor as an administrator. He might
an twinkling annihilate all the Polish
rebels, should they face him in an open
field; but he is quite powerless to cope
with the aristocratic conspirators in
their salons. In case of war between
Russia and Germany and such an af-
fair is very possible, Notwithstanding
the interchange of courtesies between
the two courts-the Russians would
speedily have to vacate Poland.
The Austrian-Russiar frontier is in
the hands of Jews in general and of
the Jewish smuggler in particular.
To them patriotism is something for
eeign. The highest bidder is all they
care for. The Cars Government
knows no means to control its Jewish
subjects. The Roumanian Russian
frontier, as well as the northern shore
of the Black Sea, is under Jewish con-
troll The Jews not only control all
exports and imports but even deal in
white slaves. The Novoe Vre7siG has
recently stated that in some harems at
Constantinople there were found sew
geral Russian Christian girls, who, as
they say, were sold there by Jews.
As to Odessa, queen of the Black sea;
Sebastopol, which, up to this date, is
described in Russian textbooks of
geography as being San impregnable
fortress" and the Crimea in general,
these are at the mercy of any foreign
man-of-war. The costly tubs of Adj
miral Popof are looked upon even by
Russians as being only poor scare
crows. The majority of the Crimeans
ARE Tartars of Mohammedan faith, and,
in case of need, they are not to be
trusted. For the glory of the crescent
they viii gladly do mischief to the
Worshippers of the cross.
In the Caucasus, too, the Moham-
medan population outnumber the
Christian. That mountainous ridge
between the two inland seas has cost
the Russians hundreds of thousands of
men and millions and millions of
Lately fanatic Mullah appeared near
Baku and began to preach death to
ythe Christians. Some oil wells were
set on fire. and there were rumors that
the Trans-C Caucasian Railway was I'M
dermined. A panic was spread there
among the Christian population, and
%the Moscow Red0n1astj and the other
Russian newspapers now demand that
the Caucasus be pronounced in a state
of siege, and that absolute power be
granted for a time to the Governor
General, Prince Dondokoff-K orsakoff.
The newly-acauired trans Caspian re-
4pion, with the Turcoman robbers; the
''Turkestan, with the Bocharians and
Khivans, and the Kirghiz hordes will
yet require for years to come a good
regular army in order to keep them in
4 peace and subsection.
1 In Siberia, on the Chinese border, and
1 eOn the Pacific shore Russians who, hav-
ing made thorough acquaintance with
h the Celestial Empire, affirm that Europe
\ may yet see. another invasion OF the
Asiatics like the one that took place in
the Middle Ages. Imagine, they argue,
the Celestials provided with modern i'm
! proved arms, and well drilled, pouring
down on Europe through the Ural
gates! What power on earth could stop
chem? In view of such horrible caiam-
Sity, the Gar 5 Government is going to
send to Siberia one more Governor
General, thus making three. Western
Siberia and Eastern Siberia have each q
Goveruor-G General, and now the Pacific
shore and the Amour region up to Lake
Baikal will have third one. Lieuten-
ant General Baron Korf is appointed to
reform Pacific Siberia and to keep the
Celestials and the other foes Of His
Majesty in proper dread. The peninsu-
la of Kamtchatka, the population OF
which has fallen from fifty to six thou
sand, is to be repeopled. The trade
with the japanese, Chinese and Coreans
is to be developed. The naval posts on