Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-23

yissoyia Colo-ls;.

A representative Of tie Czl9@ts: IA
had long and interesting coat VIE
Mr.. John AsiovsnskF. piore=g res1-
dsnf % Vissoria. and sox s1eceSfn
b1sipsSs nan Of san Frsrsisso. sInes
leaving tsis place in lSs. Mr.. N ha'
vaudsEei far and x7ds-frorn tee oszngs
sroTss 81 Mexico, when sKo1s tie psg
fumes q aAraby, ths Best, 70 ths e0i1
regions Of the far S0rth. zhere v.gsts
ti0u IL stnntsd and toe chief yTocne5loE'
are ieebsrzz. fars and train oil. Ia al
u kis travels he savs. be has usFsr ssel
a more favored spot than tGss hictoris
81 ours. whose ssiabrioos climate, grand
scsoery. Ans drives and varied Prod1s
tons are the envy ard adnIrs;isn d
the people II tie tSo extremes aooT:
mentioned
Fe.fopa z.oTski lies IN The higa lsti
tatss, being tie capital t0zn o. haGs-
cha.ka- At the tine OF tie Crlmean
gar IL Vas place II snfAcsen, inpor
tsuee 70 invite an attack from TIE co1r-
biued British and French fleets. Ine
vessels sailed broadly towards the mar
Dor. They zess met a. the entrance,
Skich - very nArTOw. With determined
resIs:ancs from a Russian fOros station
sd there. Guns had been hastily mount
ed on either side Of the entrance a ssort
time before IN anticipation o. a hostile
visit, and IN fev b Jurs tbs d1ets were
30 knocked about bV the hasssan sho;
that they hauled of fer repairs. The
attack vas renewed again and again.
and AZ last the allies retired bsth-d, and
set sail for Esquimait. On tue way
scrOsz the British Admiral, 10 ut OF
dependency and NOR lhcztIon, com
mitted suicide. Old residents OF VIC
toria rerosnlber the battered and torn
var ships tast erawi@d sloxiy into Ia
q1irsalt harboT early one day in August,
I-s4. and lay for long uase renting
before they ooald resume "a N cruise.
Before another attsmpt-on Petropa1l
Oyski hsd been organized, tse white
winged messenger Of peace settled down
on the o0ntAuding nations and the fleets
returned home. Mr.. Mslowansky says
that the forts which held out so resO-
iutslv against the allied fleets have be- n
and the town. deprived q
garrison aud fleet, has sunk into insig-
uifeanee. The inhsbitapts are made
up Of all nations. with a good spFinkiii g
OF English speaking rsses. A fair trade
- carried on in oils and furs aud Arctic
Ehaiers often resort to the harbor. The
winters sre long and severe.
The main Rus-isn fort on the Asiate
coast IL Vladivostock 800 miles furtoer
south. where there IL tne haroor and
a mild climate. The Russians have
rendered this place almost impreRua-
bic. They have a dockysrd and dry
dock, and sustain a number of war
sbips 10 high state OF efficiency. The
oocapailou of Port Hamilton BY the
British, Mr.. Nslowaasky thinks, was a
master stroke. Ii Was clearly intended
to checkmate Russian inh1ence IN
China and Japan, and at the same time
seosre England . base OF operations
from which her ships may sally forth
or seek shelter in case of var. The
British are actively fortifying Port
Hamilton and have apparently gone to
stay.
TIE war scare, Mr. NJ. thinks, must be
held ansxerable for the terrible d-pres-
sion that now prevails IN European bus
mess circles. although be does not be-
heve that war Was ever seriously IN
tended by either Power. Russia 10 too
poor To stand the strain of conflict,
and England has too much at stake IN
commerce 10 desire war. Neither pow
or will 90 10 war unless as last resort.
Mr., Mslewsnsky laughs At the exag-
geraied aceounts of the treatment OF
political exiles IN Siberia. Unless man
has been guilty. Of murder or some
other heinous crime. be is never pat IN
chains, but IL plsced on limits. Iost IL,
he IL required not to leave q certain dis-
tfici, and 10 report TO the governor OF
that district about once month. bis
family sometimes accompany him into
exile, and be 10 AZ liberty to engage IN
business. prsotice bis profession or work
a, bis trade, and claim his earnings,
Many take up their residence perms-
uentiy IN Siberia after their term of
exile has expired. hurdsrers are chain.
ed to wheelbarrovs or hsndcsrts. snc
are never unclaimed until death re
lisves them. The cart or barrow - al
once their mark Of Punishment, then
implement OF labor and their dwellins
place. Mr. Malowansky says he has
me; many exiles who pronounce the sto
rIes OF their cruel treatment untrue
There are, OF course, exceptions; but az
a rule the treatment is humane.