Morning journal and courier., 1892-03-22
COMMUNICATIONS.
A Bow.Wow from Respectable Pup.
pies.


ceedingss We are full of fun and frolic,
it is true, but we are not wicked or un-
kind, or vulgar or revengeful. We are full
of love and good nature and never get into
fights. should like to know il he ever
saw us hanging round saloons and making
liquor casks of ourselves? I should like to
know if he ever saw us insulting young
girls on the streeta I should like to know
if he ever saw us making nuisance of our
selves in the theatrea No indeed he hasn't.
We should be ashamed to do such vulgar
things. We are not ashamed of our own
names either, and always answer to them.
We don't give false names so as to avoid
punishment. When a man has lost all
his manhood, good many people say che
has gone to the dogs" Well, that is not
because we are like him, but because
our hearts are so full of love that we can
look down with pity upon even such de-
graded creature as he. So, Mr.. Editor,
don't you ever insult us again by compar-
ing US to these rowdies. "Bow-wow, bow
wow," we won't stand it. FIDo.
Some of Mr.. Poultney BIgelow,s
Statements Concerning Russia Cor
rected.
To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND CoURIER.
1 send you letter upon the subject of
Russian relief which think will be of in
terest to your readers. Please publish
and oblige one who heard Mr.. Poultney
Bigelow's address before the Satu rday
Morning club on Saturday, March 10.
Y.
March Is, 1892.
Mr.. Herbert Welsh, ESQ:
Dear Sir-Concerning the statements
said to have been made by Mr.. Poultney
Bigelow in the course of a public lecture
recently in New Haven upon Russia and
the Famine Question, in which he is repre-
sented as stating that not one pound of
-four contributed from this country will
ever reach the starving people, that the
difficulties of relief are insurmountable,
that there is no such thing as an honest
Russian, that the Russian government de-
MES the existence of famine, ana that 1t
will hinder, and not help relief, and other
alleged statements to similar effect, I de-
sire to say that if Mr.. Bigelow is correct,
the information upon which the Russian
Famine Relief committee of Phila adelphia
has based its action is entirely erroneous
in every respect.
That committee endeavored by thorough
inquiry through every available channel to
obtain reliable statements of facts con
cerning the distress and the possibilities
of relief, and it believes that it has exact
truth concerning all the questions in
volved.
If Mr.. Bigelow is correct, then the in
formation communicated officially through
the State department, and direct from the
American legation in St. Petersburg, and
the personal aud unofficial information de-
rived from the same source, and also from
the Russian diplomatic representatives in
this country, and other private personal
sources, are all utterly wrong.
The Russian government has carefully
RETAINED from asking officially for relief,
either through the government of the
of this country, but it has watched with
anxious and sympathetic interest every
movement for the relief of it's people that
has been started in this country, and most
especially that which has proceeded with
such rapidity and humanity in the city of
Philadelphia. Generous arrangements
have been made by the Russian govern
ment for the reception of the cargo of the
Indiana and other vessels that may be
sent, and the most thorough, frank, open
and above-board expressions have been
made of the governments desire to secure
such distribution of the benevolent con-
tributions of the people of the United
States as will convince all who have con-
tributed that every dollars worth of their
contributions will be faithfully used for
the service of tine sufferers.
To this end a careful organization has
been constructed, consisting largely of
English people, in corporation with the
American minister, and the English-Ameri-
can Church in st. Petersburg, under the
patronage and protection of the govern
ment, with far reaching systems, which is
at the service of the representatives of the
cargoes of food now en- route. This Or
ganization has been largely aided, and has
the complete approval of the American
Minister, and it is impossible that under
the care and scrutiny which have sur
rounded the perfection of existing plans
any dishonesty or carelessness could inter
vene to prevent the accomplishment of the
benevolent purposes of the donors of re-
lief
These positive statements are made up
on actual information. They are not in
any way the product of fancy or benevo-
lent enthusiasm, and it is impossible that
the information upon which they are
based should be Intentionally or mistaken
ly false.
The three gentlemen from Philadelphia
now in st. Petersburg are accredited by
the state department of this government,
and will have, We are assured
beyond all, all s.3 question every facility It
distribution of the supplies down to the
last pound, or the expenditure of the
money to the last cent. The Russian gov
ernment will provide trains of cars to
carry the food from Libau to the famine
districts, and no possible facility will be
wanting for proper distribution.
You are perfectly free to make any use
| of this statement that you may desire,
either public or private. Yours very truly,
ROBERT G. OGDEN, Chairman Finance Com.