New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-10

without injustice, be compared with the nations
OF Western Europe. Toward the latter Russia
stands in the position Of an army just forming an"
still scattered who should have 10 face an army
with full numbers and concentrated corps. one
may he weak to-day before nations VINO, III
hundred years from now. will be unable TO cope
with her. In this respect the Bulgarian war mas
not erased the impressions left by the Crmein war;
To this day Russia's power is not in proportion
70 her bulk nor to her population. The russians
know this bat they also know that time will raise
their power to the level of the size of their
territory
Alongside Of the unity enforced by territory
and climate, another fact which seems NJ hrs'
glancc'harl TO reconcile with any degree Of uni
formity j. the diversity of race. " The most uni
form Of geographical areas il occupied by the most
morley human familics" Their ara net less than
twenty different races in European Russia alone
and if on" counts tie stocks al the way from the
Iithunnians on the West to the Aincs in thc
Far last next to Japan, the lisr mounts up t"
near fifty. One reason Of this is that Russia las
hardly anywhere a real boundary. On every SIDE
her vast stcppcs vanish insepsibly into ire h.i"S
NJ other nations Humankind has felt free there
70 como and 90, because no limit in sight
And INST bccaua, Of THIS freedom, and Decau"
there has always been in the past so much room
for movement, many Of thcs" races have lirfd sac
hy side for thousand years apparently without
influencing each other n prrticlr One OF 'he
most interesting features OF this Nolu" are wv"
cthnog, phioai maps on" OF European h"SS'' J"
rho ninth century and the other of the same area
in the ninc.crnth century. ON the earlier chart
the General divisions of population are SlavS
li,hun rians. Firms Talks and Greeks On the
later man all these rccur in practically the same
.,I., oil
under the subdivisions of Poles, White Russians
Little Russians and Great Russians, have Vastly
expanded In addition 10 these, however, III"
nlnctc,,nth century shows Tartars, Germans,
Scandiaavlans and Rumanans, and these nave
brought with them TO lars" extent the '"s'o"s
OF their natIv' land.. But alter every allowance
is made for tho inf fence of races Ike the fhhS,
who were once far more numerous ana wr"sPi''"
than AT present III" Tartars. the upsh"' oil NJ
roaulicu's argument and OF Nine. Rasozlrs notes
is that tho >av j. slowly but surely lcavehlhg
the whole of these misccancou, mlli"h'
Of human beings Ills progress illustrates on" oil
the peculiar forms of mgrdior't to b" observer III
Russia Other races move by individuals OF pN
tribes The SIav seems 10 spread Tx" the
lichcn on his own northern plains. but inc
comparison fails in one sense" since when ri' ~
himself the Slav seems TO have had littl" or no
related to each o,hcr-thc>c were everything; the
land on which they settled for the time being
was nothing II is on this alleged defect OF the
Slav. lis la,k of affection for place that a gr'@t
historical dispute has grown up Will" some
make the Russian commune vastly ancient IN
stiution others insist that it j. matter of only
three centuries old and j. practically a crc1'ion
of the State NJ B,aulicu seems 10 hold an in
{, rncdiatc view Tn" growth Of population IT,
self must have put stop 70 the noinadlc habits
~ the people, but the cnging together Of the
COMMUNE would be strengthened rather than OBJ
strlctcd 10y the pressure from without. Only
s"rfdom aud coll 'ctiyc taxation could have taught
the pcaSap; the lesson of permanent tenure"
Even s"rf ia" peasant long retained IN"
privilege. of rgration at intervals. and now that
.nrfdum j. done away with the most calling OPP
~, --ion 10 which he i. sn 'ctrl i, the Law that
binds lum down TO the lands allotted at tl" time
~ the cnanc patton. In the emphatic words 81
Nine Rag Yin. which show the oil Sav spirit in
al it, strength. this coupling of man and earth
j. unnatural aud has com" to bc k" the binding
If living body to corpse.
r. was doubtless the resemblance between the
village community ard other ancient u>agc- of
Russia ~ the idea, Developed ly modern social
-m which cave the attcs - much currency among
-rudi.r, Nihili-m in considerable detail - point
on H. revelation Of the mot.ralsm which
..mcl,ow harmonic, with mysticism IN the
Ru-,im character He remarks that the Russian
leaves the widest scope 70 his imagination Ju''
vher" he should "NrrciSc the most MODERATION
and intellectual -ohiiciS. His natural turn %
mind .hov- oil. with all H. contrasts. il dir
trust and contempt pr generally Received creed,
with H. naiv" trust IN doubtful positions and H.
love of PARADOX.
The translator explains that IL" ha- also don"
something 10 III" ori, ina book IN the way oi
compression. I,y means Of footnOtr> ard littl"
ESSAY, added to the chapters, III" his disputed
or supported positions taken by iii" author. TIL"
English L. Vivid and readable" and Nh" volum'
is an admirable" contribution 10 n knowledge which
will ,oInr day h" III indispensable = th" Western
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