Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-03


of to-day. / have known number OF the
ministers whom we have sent to that coun-
try, and I find that their ideas OF Russia
and the Gear are far different from those OF
other people. ] met not long ago at Do
troit sx-Minister Lothrop, who represented
this country at ST. Petersburg some years
ago. MI. Lothrop is one of the most
famous lawyers of the Northwest, and he
was very popular in Russia. He is man
Of extraordinary ability and great culture,
and during his stay ct St Petersburg his
daughter married one of the most noted OF
the Russian barona We have an idea that
the Russian people are oppressed BY the
Gar, and that they look upon him as
despot and tyrant Said e1-Minister
Lothrop to me:
Lothrop's high Opinion Of the Csar.
The Russian people are as loyal to their
ruler as are any people Of the world. They
reverence the Czar and look up to him as
the ruler appointed by God. They do not
know him as q man and the masses consider
him of higher order Of creation than them
selves. The Gear has been much misrepre-
sented. He is a conscientious. God-fearing
man and he is doing all he can for his peo-
pie. The Russian Government. however,
has to control moro than. loo. .000, 900 OF souls
1t is made up or many diverse elements, ana
1t has to have vast machinery and numer
Gus officials to control these The Emperor
has to intrust his work largely to subordi.
mates, and though these are on the average
emcient and honest there are in Russia, ~
In the United States. some who may be not.
Russia Is to large extent governed by
the people, and it will be surprising to many
to know that the Russians have civil rights
to larger extent than most OF the other
countries Of the world. According to the
village system Of Russia the villagers GOV
ern themselves They elect their own OIL
GERS, with the exception of few who are
appointed by the Gar They make their
please where they do not come into contact
with the Car. They have their own courts
and they pass their own sentences now ana
then, even to sending prisoners to Siberia
lieving the distress Of the famine and Rus
sia is spending millions upon millions OF
dollars for this purpose. = don't believe
taere tsr Is more course91s, knder @ .a,sn ana De
and consider them one Of the great ma
tions of the world.
Minister Smith ON the Famine.
The Hon. Charles Emory Smith, who has
Just returned from Russia, says that the
famine there will last up until late in Au-
gust, and without the crops are good it will
probably extend on into the coming year.
THE destitution of the people is" says he,
"inconceivable, and q great part of their
loss comes from their stock. The famine
was 80 terrible that the cattle were carried
off by it, and the people have nothing with
which to work their fields. In some prov
inces more than half the horses were killed,
and those that lived are hsggard and lean.
A great number of the cattle were either
killed or starved to death, aud inasmuch as
these are largely used for draft animals in
Russia the loss is incalculable."
al l.
have given between seventy-fve and q hun
dred million dollars to relieve the famine,
and that they are continuously sending
food into the famine districts. Many of the
richest and noblest ladies of Russia are
working among the starving, and they have
soup kitchens and food supply
points throughout the worst Of the dis
tricts. Mr. Smith says that the Russians
feel very kindly toward the Americans for
The aid they have sent to them, and he
thinks the action has brought the two coan-
.ries closer together.
Russia Appreciates Our Kindness.
A few days ago I called at the Russian
Charles de Struve, who has for years repre-
rented Russia in the United States, and he
old me that Americans could not appreci-
tie how kindly Russia felt toward them for
heir sympathy and aid in their time of
rouble, and it is said that this feeling is
current throughout the Russian Empire,
ind thatits moral influences would be very
yreaf.
It is we'll known that ell the gifts of the
United States have been through the Red |
Cross Society, with Miss Clara Barton at its
lead. How much these gifts amount to
will be surprising to the people. Already |
our shiploads have been sent, and these |
will average about 500, 900 each in value
oaded that great ship down to the water,
md it will be of great use in the keeping
live of the cattle. This included 200 car |
Dads of corn, and it came from Iowa alone. |
The millers of the Northwest furnished
hipload of -four and the citizens of Phila-
lelphia bought 5000 barrels of Minneapolis
lour and sent it of. A great deal of money
las been contributed and much Of this has
ome from little children. Miss Barton told
ne she received not long ago $63, every cent
f which was contributed by children who
ad worked for the pennies or had denied
themselves some luxury in order to get
hem for the Russians.
How tho Red Cross Works
There is no more modest woman in the
Tnited States than Miss Clara Barton. She
orks very quietly, and to talk with her
on would never imagine that she had man
,ed some of the largest charitable efforts in
le history Of this generation She is of
bout medium height and weighs, judge,
OF over 125 pounds. She dresses in black,
I'd her only jewelry is her round pin Of
hite enamel, with red cross in the Gen.
II at her neck, and below this great
ansy made of an amethyst and presented
, Miss Barton by the Grand Duchess of
aden.
She does not court newspaper notoriety
Id her manners in conversation are a.
niet and simple Is those of any mother in
le country. She makes you think more of
good mother than Of anyone else and her
res fill with sympathetic tears Is she dis
lsses the woes Of the famine or the sor-
'ws of suffering humanity. She is .
oman who loves her fellow-men and who
endowed with large amount of the
ractlcal ability of knowing how to help
lem. She was the frat woman nurse dur !
g the late war and she did great good in
10 Franco-Prussian war among the
ounded She tells me that the Red Cross
ociety does not stand before the world az |
.gger, but as great information bureau,
bich announces to the people who have
cans where they have the privilege of |
wing to help their fellow-men. It also
ldertakes to forward such gifts to those
ho are in want, and it devotes itself to
.tional calamities rather than to individual
les. FRANK G. CARPENTER
4 IREN0H TRAVELLERS sCHENK