The morning call., 1893-09-13
Russia Is Friendly With
the Pope.
PRINCE GALITZIN'S VIEWS.
A Russian NobIeman Discusses Top
les of State Regarding Jews
in the Cars Domain.


nerve force. Nearly two years and nan
has he been travelling. most of the time IN
the saddle, nearly always enduring prlva-
tions incident 10 travel in untrodden wllds
and sterile mountain heights, suffering
from cold in sublime attitudes and from
heat in the tropical chimes of India.
Wirhal there was not the fain test sugges-
ton of fatigue about him, but rather
pronounced impression of perfect rest ana
will power could be caught from his bright
eye and his quick energy. Every novel
thing or new incident was noted men
tally, for as we'll as being great traveller
and eminent scientist the Prince is obSerV
ant of passing events aud all be sees as
trained journalist.
His family goes back of the time of Peter
the Great, and at one time Vasili Galit-
Yin, surnamed 1.-THE Great" came near
being placed on the Russian throne. His
great uncle, Prince Dimitrius Augustine
Galitzin, came to America in ITO to ex-
anime military institutions. but became a
Catholic missionary, bought large tracts
of land in Cambria County, Pa, and gave
them to Catholic families.
A dispatch from London in Mondays
papers stating that Roman Catholics in
Russia are to be prosecuted by order OF
Tie OZaT ueDT6SS6u OdlltZIQ aH he
read the news.
II don't think it is true" said he, "be-
cause the relations between the Pope and
Russia are so friendly. Our Emperor
likes the Pope very much. This report
from Europe seems 10 be very ex-
aggerated. Relations between the Pope
and the Gar are so like close friend
ship it cannot be true. Prince GalitZin. an
uncle of mine, who is general in the
army, is Catholic, and there are great
many GSlitZinS Catholicism harmony
with Rome. If yOu remove Catholics you
must remove a large part of the officers Of
the army. Probably five or six aids-de-
camp Of the Car are Catholics and fully
200 or 800 places at court are occupied by
Catholics. and many Catholics are also
Governors Of provinces.
THE difference between the two
churches is trifiing after all. We don't
acknowledge the supremacy OF the Pope.
our priests are married, and If not
married they cannot have a parish;
the word filiOque is not in our creed; we
nse bread and wine for communion. while
Roman Catholics use bread only. Our
church is regulated by the Holy Synod,
but the Gar is its protector. in the cate
ehism his name is not mentioned, except
that we must pray for him as head of the
government"
y Something more than rumor has been
published in effect that the two Catholic
churches are friendly to unon," was
remarked. The suggestion kindled new
fire that frightened the Princes face, and
all at once he grew enthusiastic.
"Oh, yes!" he began. by way of eXcla-
nation, II think that will be the most
beautiful day of my life, when both churches
shall be united; and when the three
churches-the Church of England, Roman
Catholic and Russian-go together. it will
be more beautiful still.
81 go myself into Catholic and Protest
ant churches with great reverence. ] hope
the day Will soon come when people will
understand there is only one Father In
heaven, and as he is father that we all
are brothers"
The Prince brought a new light on the
attitude OF Russia toward her Jewish sub
jects.
About the jews" he began, al will
make great distinction between the Rus
sian Jew and the Siberian Jew. 1t is not
polite or right to prosecute these people
in Siberia, who are quite different from
the Polish Jews. 1t is not true the Gov
ernment wants to exile the Jews. My
idea is that to put the Jews out of Russia
Is impossible, because they constitute half
the population of Southern Russia: also Ia
st. Petersburg. Moscow. Kiev. Odessa,
ETC., ana Siberia is crowded with them.
The idea of the Government, think, is to
regulate things that must be regulated. Ev-
cry year in Russian universities there are
only 5000 places for students-no more, and
Ia competitive examination for these places
IL Is true the Jews are always in first place.
They are very intelligent, so that young
Russians are angry because 2000 places or
more ara taken by Jews and only 500 by
Russians. To regulate this the Govern
ment shut the university against Jews.
which made the educated ones very angry,
and this was the chief motive that caused
false reports to be sent TO foreign lands
about more prosecutions than really exist.
81 must tell you, Pm not a Semitist;
but am very far from being an anti
Semitic. am fond of the Jews, and they
are fond of me; ana in Southern Russia
you will find they speak we'll of me. They
are honest, sober and active in the south,
so 1t would be very wrong on my
side side to speak snlS against aga them: After
finish with this question and the
Jews will remain quiet in Russia. Even
now many Of them understand it is not
persecution. The Caraim Jews at Odessa
are very beautiful people and the Gov
eminent is very fond of them and would
be sorry II they went away from Russia.
Mr.. RObinovich tried to make some refor-
nation among Jews like the Caraim and
he got all privileges from the Government.
In Siberia the Jews are a very nice peo-
pie. good Russian citizens, quite well edu-
Gated and in every way good men. 1t is
never tiuC iHdb tttc jew Is 6Alleu lEOm
Russia, though he may be moved from
one place 70 another and compelled TO live
there"
Prince Galtzin visited the various
prison establishments in Siberia and does
not think they are so bad as painted by
George KEENAN,.
IN Siberia" said he, "there are three
kinds of ails. One is very bad, musty and
cold. They are on the way from Russia to
Siberia. The children, women and weak
persons go in carriages while the men
walk. Prisoners go from large to small
places alternately. One is called march.
the other half a march. They go from a
large to a small place one day and do not
stay long time in the small prison, and
only few days in the big place. But all
This will change. and in five years per-
haps, Siberia will not be used as a place
for convicts. because the system Will be
changed. and instead of sending convicts
there they will be kept in large peniteEti-
aries in Russia.
The second class of prisons are those 10
big towns for very important eonvets, but
prisoners remain in them for only one
winter. The next summer they go far
from Russia to work at hard labor. They
are called central prisons, but In them
there is no hard labor.
The third kind of prison is where