The sun., 1891-01-02
RUSSIAN NEWS AND VIEWS

ne psasans along the Donau are selling their cattle
for anything they ret calf two or three yssrs
old Be had for ave sig fubles lean and famished
horses sold for four and even two rubiss piece
The Of this the poor crop Of Grass last summer
and the prairie nreA which consumed shs largest por
tion Of the fodder that was gathered IN stacka The
peasants are ruined. and the drovera butchers and
traders In hides are making piles Of money
me Ministry Of Education has issusd circular for.
bidding ali persons OF high standing In the
Of schools ana colleges 10 allow authors 70 dedicate
their works TO them. works Of very Indifferent and
In some instancea even Of Objectionable nature, II
they dedicated to persons OF renown IN the educa
ona eircisa necessarily enjoy the patronage Of those
persona and and moro readers than Ia desirable.
The library Of the Rumiantssvskiy Museum and the
public library OF Moscow are sntisisd by law 70 copy
Of svsry publication that appears In Russia A. the
charters OF those institutions date back from the time
when PoAnds internal AFFAIRS were MANAGED by IL
own Constitution the publishers Of the Polish Govern
msnh were not obliged 70 comply with this law. By
special order OF the Ministry Of Education copies Of all
the books published IN the provinces on the Nstuia
named librariss
According TO the reports Of the Excise commison
the Drop OF tobacco In European Russia amounted this
year to A<O8 AL poods, OF which the provinces OF
bttle Russia yield l7sas67 and those Of the south.
west los.eiS pools.
A lady eneinesr has arrived in st. Pstersbure from
to view the factories Of the great capital
In 1883 she built In her native city iron and brass
foundry and steam wood saving and planning mill and
she has conducted these institutions TO tho present
time without any assistance and with great To
also belongs the credit Of having introduced
the peasants Of the Tsrskoy dIstric modern agricu
turAi maohineA
Ths o. Petersburg daiiies complain that thsrs 10
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Of The lower olasssa Russian merchan,s trading
IN Finland become sympathissn with the Finnish
and adopt The Finnish habits Of life and she Ian
guaga mo Same 10 the with the Russians In the
Baltic provinoes who adopt the German Language and
usagsA and with the peAsauts in alberta and In the
Cauoasu who yield their religious visws those
81 chs Sc:9rlren .. heeshen trhea among whom they
dwell In view Of this panoy Of the Russian character
the papers ask Il 10 wise colonixs native Russans
among the alien tribes before the latter become Rus
sanised before tho Catholic religion and sla
vonian nstutions are firmly established among them.
The Medco Sanitation Commission have submitted
for approval TO tho Cabinet plan for The sanitary
regulation OF factoroa According to that plan every
factory which eight vsrsts about and AhaR mhss)
distant from city where there 10 hospital should be
obliged TO have hospital Of s own with . number Of
beds proportionate to the numbsr Of hands Il smpoya
and that suoh hospital should b lifted with drug
store and keep resident physician and asurseon Zach
hospitas periodically and 70 keep strict viSanos and
control over the resident doetorA he drug store and
the treatment OF patients In all the factory hos
pitals Of his district
There were this year 500 grsduatss In the symnasa
ums Of Kiev. ntnety.two Of whom we're JswA OF Al
those Kraduas 46e received certificates Of matRoua-
on in higher institutions Of and among these
were ninety JswA
The Vedonont Of Wilma reports that the school popa-
lation Of volhynia consists Of RussisnA Germans.
Tchskhs (Ruthenansh and JswA and that DE nsse are
making the slovsst progress In learning While among
the three latter nationaliiss seldom meets With
persons who cannot read and vritA among the Rus
slams only person IN eighty nvs knows letters ms
state Of Affairs tells hard the RuosaA populatso Il
shat district Their educated neishbors take aA-
vantage Of their Ignorance NOT only In commercial
transactions but also By way Of props9atins among
sem religious doctrines and social ideas that are OBJ
noxious 70 the Russian nationality.
The Bsshevto Vildomosa Of st. Pstsrsbure sdvooatss
in strong terms the establishments OF special Ain,ssy
of Agriculture At present all the aais pertaining 70
Agricultural interests managed By the Ministry Of
the Interior BY the Ministry OF Imperial Property
By our system OF eentralzation." Gays the paper.
and its consequent bureaucracy nothing can suoosed
that has not direct presentation In the Imperial Oa
not Our agricultural interests would advNnos RuoA
bestsr they had such prssentasion. A. they coma
up st present before the supreme authorities amoog
maas Of other wsshty Affairs they generally laid
ASIDE for future consideration, and the Nlnistsss
through whom they submitted havs always sueusA
70 do about other Affairs which they have - attend"
The Baltic provinces Of Russia are divided int three
sovsrnmentA according 70 the German duohiss which
Meveland. KurlAnd and Esthonia. The imprsssioa
prevails that ~ long shis division kept up and the
natives of those provinces are IN ssparassd
By their traditional boundaries the rsmsmbsanss q
their past glory and indspsndsncs viii b. Kept alive
among them and the Rnssauisins snoet Of the Gov
srnment viii have NO eject upon thsm. Shsy sttll in.
stst upon being 0srmanA and ohaxiah the Ger
man language religion. usagsA and habits Of
living. The press Of st. Petersburg and Mos-
COW. thsrsfors strongly advocates thAs the present
three governments on the Baltic should BE- oonr
sodated into not aeoording their ancient NJ.
onalitieA bat according to their sthnos,aphical ~
racial division fhe original population Of the whole
REGION consists OF KsthonAns aud Lashsa 7hsis tes.
Sitorss should therefore oe divided between the Riga
and The Rsvel sovsrnmeutl and the Kusiand govern
msns should bo ob,isesassd ThiA Is urged would At
once destroy the national traditions and pride Of the
aborisnss and make them more accessible Russian
influences Beside thiA u would be sreat saving Of
expense 70 the central 0ovsrnment II would have to
manage one govsrnnsnt lss than as present
The renowned composer Rsbinsssiu. who has essn
the director Of tho St. Petersburg for
many has resolved 10 resign his post and 70 aut
xusoiA Ho openly declares mat eoo auefBom1om that
has prevailed In Russia for the last ten ysars s more
than he bear and that he wishes spend the last
years of his life 10 Even the vrusns jade.
ophobio publications Ike NovoyS Vremva and Syn Oss
cssvo sxpress their this resolve the sreaS
composer and vrtuosa and hope that he may yet bs
persuaded to stay.
In the budget for the ensuing year viii b An appro
prison TOR the construction Of she srsat Siberian rail-
road which the Government has resolved 70 build fhs
military aathornss advooassa rapid ana energetic
pursuance Of this work. China has Of late b.
gun rssnforos Its troops and forsssss on the bosder
ands and 10 encrosoh apsn Russian Eaghta The new
road send troops the borders Of China,
they claim will "osuss that Government 10 stop its
impsrtinsncss."
great forest Ore 10 raan9 the mountain range Of
Batoom. 20 that the smoke 10 spreading many miles
around Beside the loss Of the nuest timber which thi
nrs iuvovss the destruction Of the forest Will b fatal
To the irrigation OF the entire District for that forest
vas the only on the brooks and rivusts dow
ting from the range Of mountains whioh It covered.
At the last examination Of the gymn asiums and other
institutions Of learning noticed that tho scholars
read Greek and Latin with the German and not with
the ancient classical accent This reportsd TO the
Minister of Education contrary to the spirit Of the
Russian language hence ~ rstardng the progress Of