The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-07

and he was put in q carriage, and for
some time travelled on. only stopping
for food. After awhile the bandage
was removed, and surprising that he
must, by that time, have been almost
in Siberia, found that he was Mt the
door of his own home But this punish
ment was sufficient The same emperor
having heard that poet had written a
poem defamatory of his empress, or
dered the poet into his presence. Expect
ing great severity, the poet entered the
palace, and found the emperor and
empress and dukes and duchesses gath
cred together. Good morning" said
the emperor to the offender. II hear
you have written a most beautiful poem,
and ! have sent for you that you may
read it to us and we may have the pleas
ure of hearing it. The man cried out:
send me to Siberia, or do anything
with me, but do not make me read this
poem in your presence" lie was com
PEELED to read the defamatory poem
and then the empress, against
whom it was aimed, said: Il
do not think he will write any
more verses about us again. Let
him GO" And so he was freed. And
now comes in Alexander the Third,
doing the best things possible for the
nation which he loves and which as ar
IDENTIFY loves him. But what an under
taking to rule liz, 600 900 people, made
up OF one hundred tribes and races and
speaking forty different languages.
But, not outstanding all this, things
there move on marvelously well, and
do not believe that out of five hundred
thousand Russians you would find more
than one person who dislikes the en-
peror, and so that calumny OF dread OF
assassination drops so fat it can fall nc
fiatter
Calumny the second-If you 60 to
Russia you are under severest espion,
age, stopped here and questioned there,
and in danger of arrest. But my opin'
ion 10 that If man is in danger OF being
disturbed in Russia it is because he
ought to be disturbed. Russia is the
only country in Europe in which my
baggage was not examined. | carried
in my hand, tied together with a cord
so that their titles could be seen, a pile
of eight or ten books, all OF them from
lid to lid cursing Russia, but | had nc
trouble in taking with me the books
There is ten times more difficulty in get
ting your baggage through the American
custom house than through the Rus
sian. speak not Of myself, for friends
and am not detained. l was severa
DAYS in Russia before was asked Il
had any passport at all. Depend upor
il II hereafter man believes he is uu
comfortably watched by the police o
St. Petersburg or Moscow, it is because
there is something suspicious about
him, and You yourself had better wher
he is around, look after your silve
spoons. promise you an honest maj
or an honest woman, that when you g
there, as many of you will, for Euro
pcan travel is destined to change it
course from southern Europe to those
northern regions, you will have no NOR
Inoles '.ation or supervisal than in Brook
Ign or in New York or the quotes
Long Island village.
Calumny the third Russia and it
ruler are so opposed to any other re
ligion except the Greek religion tina
they will not allow any other religion
that nothing but persecution and i'm
prisonment and outrage intolerabl
await the disciples of any other re
ligion. But what are the facts? | ha,
long ride in st. Petersburg and it
suburbs with the project, brilliant
efficient, and lovely man, who is tn
highest official in the city of St Peters
burg, and whose chief business is to at
tend the emperor. / said to him: g
suppose your religion is that of tn
Greek church," "No," said he II au
. Lutheran" what is your re
ligion?" I said to one of tn
highest and most influential official
ut St Petersburg. He said: 81 al
Of the Church Of England" Myself
On American, Of still another demon
nation of Christians, and never havin,
been inside Greek church in my lit
until went to Russia, could not hav
received more consideration had bee
baptized in the Greek church and al
my life worshiped at her affairs ha
it demonstrated to me very plainly tina
= mans religion in Russia has nothin
to do with his prefermcnt for eithe
Office or social position. The only que,
tions taken into such consideration ar
honesty, fidelity, morality and adaptt
ton. ! had not been in st. Petersbur
an hour before | received an invitatio
to preach the gospel Of Christ as b,
lieved it. Beside all this, hay
You forgotten that the Crimean wa
which shook the earth, grew OF
Of Russia's interference in beha
OF the prosecuted Christians of a
nations in Turkey. But" say
some one, "have there not bee
prosecutions of other religions in Ru
sia?" No doubt, just as in other time
in New England we burned witch,
and as we killed Quakers and as I'll
Jews in America have been outrageous
treated ever since | can remember. an
the Chinese in our land have bee
pelted, and their stores torn down, an
their way from the steamer wharf {
their destined quarters tracked wit
their own blood. The devil of persecl
ton 10 in every land and in all age
Some OF us in the different denomin;
tions of Christians in America have fe
the thrust of persecution, because W
thought differently from those WI
| would IL they had the nn,vn