St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-25
The Secret of the Hold Which Turkey Re.
tains on the Key to the
Bosphorus.
Russian Hostility TO Prince Alexan-
der--A Remarkably Powerful
National Sentiment.
Individual and Collective Hatred of
Jews--Display Of Kindly Feel
ing for Americans.
Our Russia Letter.

may seem, Russia prefers TO see the Turk
hold II. and will help him to do SO. Why?
FOR this reason. Russia realizes that Eng
land will never permit her 10 hold the Bos-
phorus and be within twenty-four hours of
the road TO India via the Suez canal; to 90
80 would neceSsitate tho annexation of
Egypt by England and the maintenance of
an immense army there and a consequent
increase of the annua. budget. already
larger than the English taxpayer relisheS.
Austria would not sit quietly by
and permit Russia 10 contro. all OF
the ports on the Back sea.
Then again, and 1t Will be
new feature TO many who are ia
miliar with thls question. .here is
4 powerful element in Russia which is
opposed 10 taking Constantinopie, because
to do so would mean that the Russian cap
ltal would be moved still: further from the
center of Russia. and taken from ST.
Petersburg TO the Crescent city, and to this
there is the greatest objection on the part
the MuscoyiteS in and around Moscow
lthe old capital of RUSSIA, who are jealous
Of The distance which separates ST. Peters
burg from Moscow; and 10 still further in
crease this distance would cause dsaffec-
ton that might have a very dangerous re-
suit and strong public sentiment can
make itself felt in Russia as elsewhere; so
that while there are various
RUMoRs OF WAR
on account of the action of the Bulgarian
prince, Alexander. in refusing TO accept the
governorShip of eastern Roumeia for the
term of i've years, II may accepted as true
that RuSSia's opposition TO the prince has
no reference, either directly or indirectly,
10 the occupancy of COnstantinople. A
propoS of this Bulgarian prince, the Grand
Duke Constantine. who was brother of
Alexander the l. of Russia had a valet of
whom he was very fond. so fond. in TACT
that IL is said he married him to one of his
nlistreSseS and afterwards made him q
count Well, this valet. or count
had a daughter believed TO be
child of the Grand Duke).
who married one of the HOlstien family,
and became the mother of the present prince
Of Bulgaria. so that the emperor of Russia
and the prince might if they were disposed
to do so, claim kinship, but Russia is not
inclined that way at present, and is much
more inclined To give the prince a good
drubbing in addition TO the snubbng admin
istered not very long ago. Russia has a
just cause for grievance with the prince
because his action places i'm jeopardy the
result of Russia's toll for years past and
places the stain OF ingratitude on Prince
Alexander and the Bulgarian people. Rus
sia made Alexander and rendered Bull
garla's present position possible. The
action of this little prince who has
NOTHING TO LOSE
and much to gain is source of great irriIa-
ton to Russia, and although she does not
want to fight. realizing that such a course
would be disastrous TO her financially. still
fight she will if the powers sustain Prince
Alexander in his demand. Say what they
may against the Russian people, their love
OF country is the strongest feeling i'm their
nature. Nowhere in the world is the ma
tional sentiment so powerful, and in no
other country is the love of country and the
love of God one and inseparable as it is i'm
Russia. Though il cost Russia every inch
of her territory and her hundred million
population, TO war will she go if Prince
Alexander is sustained. An alliance be-
tween Bulgaria and the Porte cannot be
successfully maintained for any length of
time. 1t is too unnatural and would render
Bulgaria the object of suspicion TO her
neighbors and would. through Russian in
trigue soon render the prince himself an
object of suspicion TO his own people.
When Prince Alexander was offered the
position of ruler of Bulgaria he asked Bis
marck whether he ought to accept 'By
all means" was the reply. 1T will be a
pleasant remembrance" and it looks very
much as if it might soon prove to be a
(pleasant) remembrance.
NATIONAL FEELING.
To illustrate how strong the national feel
ing is in Russia, the figures will attic It:
During the year 1885. the number of young
men subject to serve in the army was s47,-
$50. OF this number 225, $40 were taken
into the ranks; of the whole number liable
only ., 500 failed to appear. and 2,349 of
this number were Jews. 1t is somewhat
difficult to persuade the Russian, the Eng
lish, the German and the other nationaii-
ties residing in Russia to agree on any given
question. There is one subject, how
ever, on which they are unanimous, viz,
the Jews. They individually and collect
lively hate and despise the Jew. and
while the Russian hates the English
and German, and they in turn hate
the Russian, it is not a circumstance COM
pared in intensity TO the feeling entertained
by these Christian elements in Russia
toward their Jewish brother. The anus
Ing part of all this is that the Jew seems to
be totally obliviOus to this condition of af-
fairs and wends his way successfully in any
branch of business in which he embarks.
not caring whether his Russian, English or
German neighbors like it or not. 1t is a
remarkable fact that in the city of Odessa,
with its 800, 600 population and its large
shipping interests, there is not a Russian
merchant engaged in the export trade and
but one who does an import trade. The
Russians are
NOT GOOD BUSINESS MEN,
and they have seen the Jews and Others
who were strangers in the land reap the
profits and acquire the wealth that should
be theirs, and while the Jews reaped the
largest harvest. the English and Germans
have not been idle, hence the feeling
toward all foreigners except Americans.
toward whom they always display and en-
terrain very kindly feeling, and it is i'm
portant when travelling 10 have this ques-
ton of nationality understood, because
every one who speaks English in Russia is
considered an Englishman unless he proves
or maintains to the contrary, and i'm a
country so hemmed in with restric-
tons and passport regulations and
petty annoyances unlimited, it will be
matter of much moment to remember
''who you are and whom addressing" Why
this should be the case it is difficult to tell,
unless, perhaps. it is because the Americans
bought Alaska and paid for it. and in con-
sequence are regarded as a supplemented.
guileleSs race, from whom no harm can
come. There is feeling often met with
in America that has a sort of contemptuous
pity for the poor devil who happened to be
born anywhere else than under the stars
and stripes-a kind of spread eagleism.
Well. the Russian holds just the same view
in reference to foreigners. except that he
is far more sincere in his pity and con-
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