Morris tribune., 1891-09-09
HEENAN ON AN ELEPHANT!

He Will Have a Large Retlnue
OF Servants and Travel
Part of the Way on
Elephants.
Consul Heenan'S lmpreSSlonSl
of Russia and Her People.
The many friends of DR.. Thos. 4.
Heenan, consul at Odessa, Russia, will
read with interest the following from
the PHI ladelphia Times. To see the
Doctor mounted on a huge elephant,
followe i by large retinue of servants
would loe sight worth seeing. Inc
Times says:
DR.. Thomas E. Heenan, United
States { 'onsul at Odessa, Russia, sailed
on the 8 tn of August from New York
to Liver ,ool on his return voyage to
his post of duty. DR.. Heenan IS a
very well known Philadelphian, whose
father was colonel of one of the fam
GUS volunt eer Pennsylvania regiments
during the rebellion, and whose sister
is the wife of General St. CLAIR A.
Mulholland, Chief of Police of Phlla-
delphia undt II Mayor Fox, and now
an artist of II ,nown, with his residence
in West Phila delphia.
Dr. Heenan was appointed to his
prese mt position by President Cleve-
Land and made such a record in the
cons a1lar service that the present OF
fici ais of the State Department re-
one sted him to remain in government
ser vice. Futher proof of the esteem
in which he is held by the Washington
aut horities was shown when, during
his recent return to America on leave
of absence, he was selected by the
g o,1ernment to make a trip into the
f ar East, beyond the Caucasus, next
March. where an American has never
before travelled. This journey will be
made at the request of American mer-
chants and manufacturers who desire
| a ca reful report made upon the growth
of sugar and cotton Industries In that
distant region of the world and con-
oer,,inp which vague and disturbing
ruraors have been received. The I'M
portance of the undertaking cannot
be overestimated. DR.. Heenan Will
travel as the first representative OF the
Republic of the United States which
has visited that portion Of the world
He will be accompanied by large
retinue of servants and during much
of the time he and his companions
will travel on elephants. The trip
will occupy long time and Dr. Heen-
an does not expect to return to his
home for at least four years.
LIFE IN RUSSIA.
In conversation, the American Con-
|sul gives a widely different view OF
life in Russia from that which is con-
veyed by many newspaper publ1ca-
tions. He said: "a great deal OF
the preju dice against the Russian
government originates with the En-
glish newspapers that do not hesitate
to give one-sided reports or to sup
press facts which tend to deny what
they do publish. I know that from
experience. The English are in con-
stant fear OF: Russia. The stories about
Jewish prosecutions are fully exager'
ated. The facts are simply these.
"The law of Russia forbhds for-
eign Jew to remain in the country
4 more than six months. They don't
seem to exile Russian Jews, Of whlcE
there about 5',OC0,CCO. But they think
they have enough Of their own. 1t is
claimed that the German and other
Jews go into the country and take
advantage Of the ignorant peasants
However, even in their severity, the
authorities do not confscate Jew prop
J erty, and even allow them to remain
provided they pay a certain guild tax
Neither do they obstruct them in thell
trade at Odessa and other large cities
In fact, the Jews control the market
there as in other large cities. What
more do they want? The Russians
,, claim the same right to drive the Jews
out of the country that we claim IL
our dealings with the Chinese.
, RUSSIAN PATRIOTISM.
,, "There is no person more patriotic
: than the Russian. You hear more
about Nihilism in this country than in
< Russia. The NiElilists are in a very
: small minority. The average peasant
and he constitutes ninety per cent o
+ the population, is a true Russian