The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-08-15
Battle Creek, Saaitarium, Aug. s, 30.

Battle Creek, Saaitarium, Aug. s, 90.
Editor TINES:
Among the recent arrivals at the Santa
rum is modest, quiet gentleman. interesting
not only in himself but from the fact that he
stands for one of the great nations of the
the globe, toward which at present all eyes
are turning. To know personally Russian
of the higher class who is thoroughly con-
versant with affairs of his government and
who knows what it is to suffer groundless
prosecutions, is not an every day opportu-
nifty. Mr.. M. Alexander Schultz is graduate
of Odessa, college, and while still student
was arrested for the ''crime" of befriending
two poor mechanics. Although The police
found nothing in their search to justify
proceedings, the fact that his conduct had
once been called in question, placed him
among the class Of suspects" who were
liable at any moment to be seized and hur
ried off to Siberia without formal proceed
ings. His prospects of free and useful
living being thus jeOpardized, he resolved to
leave the country, and as obtaining pass
port was out of the question under the
circumstances, his only recourse was to run
away. In a recent lecture in the Sanitari-
um audience room, Mr.. Schultz graphically
detailed the particulars of his journey Of
five hundred miles to the Austrian frontier.
Among other hardships, he and his COM
panions were compelled to sit for some time
i'm ditch with the water up to their necks.
Being naturally of delicate constitution.
such exposures and the continued strain of
nervous excitement and anxiety most seri-
ously injured his health and gave him the
appearance of "a man forty years old
although only twenty-six. He has been
eight years in this country, speaks English
fiuently, though with slight foreign accent
which adds rather than detracts from his
style as a lecturer and in social relations is
frank and kindly.
Among the most notable statements he
made was that concerning the freeing Of
the serfs by Alexander III. Instead of its
being an act of philanthropy or of broaden
ing policy on the part of the government,
Mr.. Schultz declares il to have been pOliti-
cal necessity, since so many generations of
slavery had so imbruted the serfs that their
labor was no longer profitable to their own
ers. The condition of the peasantry instead
of being improved by so-called liberty, was
made more horrible than before by burdens
of taxes and prosecutions. One third Of all
they raise must go to pay rent of the lani
they till and besides they are heavily taxed
to support the army and other branches of
the government.
During the delivery of the lecture, Mr..
Schultz wore the elegant national costume of
his native country, consisting of red silk
shirt, embroidered with gold thread and
belted down with a wide sash, richly en-
brOidered i'm the same manner, black velvet
short breeches, finished at the bottom with
gold fringe, and top boots. Just before the
close of his lecture he exchanged this dress
for the sharply contrasting garb of the con-
vict-a coarse, dark gray wool suit with
chains around the ankles which are looped
to belt at the waist. TO still further les
sen chances for escape should such desper-
ate measure be attempted one half of the
head is also shaven. Mr.. Schultz has deliver
ed one lecture i'm the city before large
audience in the sanitarium and is invited to
give another soon i'm the Tabernacle. He is
intensely earnesta and eloquent i'm the pic
lures he draws Of the wrongs and sufferings
of his fellow countrymen, and is calculated
to quicken interest already deep in unhappy
Russia. Very respectfully yours,
HELEN l.. MANNING.