The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-23
BUILDING AN EMPIRE
Rrsligioas IAbofs u Car Fetef
Of Russia
AUGMENTATION or BARBAMlApss

AGaanas 80 Cusspas e . Rsspss
Txuas1brnsd = Ancseas U0U0
etruck Dowa "a Ds6ui1s.
tCoDyrisht. -. ~ John 0Ark RsApakn-)
A hundred and ssvensy-6ve years ago
one might have seen in Northeaseern Eu-
rope . gigantic carpenter plying his task.
Hs was q builder by instinct ~ well - ~
practice His manner Of structure gno -
rough a. the age and the country, but IL
had strength Of material and correctness
OF plan The builder vas not q carpet
draughtsman who made drawings fur
others 10 examine and follow. bu, . vexit-
abse workman. who with q barbaric sketch
Of the thing 70 b doue IN hiD prod.xsous
mind took. an AZ that might BE- iikenec 10
that Of Ssegfrsed or the Lion Heart, and
went 20 the forest There he cut the tim
Der for himself. hewed II after his own
patterns and went on with the buiicinG
IN the manner OF . true frontiersman-
Such indeed he wAs-the fronssersman oS
Slavic civilization
Peter earned his title q Great = an
architect OF empire rather than - . con-
Queror. His war with the Swedes may BE-
disregarded. but his internal conqueses
were q necessary part OF that order to
establish which in Russia seemed to be his
mission and his inspiration A large por-
ton of his prefernaturaI energy MAS con-
surued In the rattle With his ova euhtecta
and with those who were becoming his sub
tects as the result a v.r. There wero
tsmes when .nxrrrre~t,on -vffh fts nsrs Ae~0.
was q yerstab,e HYDRA. every partirular
head xpis,snx war ara death. fsu. n Wa
dangerous to spit war and death II Peter
the Great. He alwavs accepted the frrt
ana deffed the other. In the coIrrs of
tina the hvssra. seyen tiY,,es slasn Law stiIl
though still wr.thinr in rs hinder parta.
ana the car found time 10 buih nev in
stitutions ard to iay the Foundations Of
that vast imperial structure which has be-
eorp~ the woyder ana the menace AZ the
rest Of Eurooe
TIA acf,xaI refarma accommodates ~
Peter would reat,ire a volume for their
record. The life OF the cxar Law half and
haK over the DIVIDING r.dre Of two cen.
turies- He inhsrffed the expir,n~ ener-
gle. Of ire one aud gave Fashion To the
spr.nx.nx powers OF The other. He vas
BIZ much the greatest creator Of the
ecoch- His task vas the rexenerafion Of
n vast barharian snc,etv vhosa vices
were In himself by hereditary descent.
but over which he rose like a lighthouse
and monitor In the darkness. Hh re-
forms reached in every direction May
were pd.tiCal IN character. Of1efD were
social. Some had respect to the domsstic
estate, some to manufacture. some to
commerce and some to education. The
great motive IN 1t all was the desarminA-
ton on the cDar's part to create 4 civilized
Ruasia out Of the barbarous and half
barbarous raceo over which he reigned.
The political reform was radical. though
not complete. Tho autocratic principle
was retained - before. A council Of
pointed to assist the car and to exercise
authority In his absence The direct exc.
cution Of the laws was assigned to . pro-
curator general. Ten departments OF gov
ernmeut, called COLLEGES, were institWed--
foreign affairs. war. admiralty. treasury.
revenue. justice, property Of the mobiles,
manufactures. mines and commerce. These
functions Of the imperial state were to
be administered In accordance with q new
code OF laws derived from Sweden and
Germany. The old Muscoyate methods
were abandoned. So great was the change
that the car was Obliged to import
many foreign ofjcers. ana nut them into
his colleges Of ADMINISTRATION The ia
division Of the emnlre into feud.i rnvern-
meuts vas broken uo into thirtv-nina nro-
vSnces 10 each ~ wb,ch covaynor. .na
vice governors we're appointed- Tbe nra-
yIncgaI administration -. ssy,,,,ar ~ ~.
imnerIaI. C,itIss vera rulea nv h,,,vn,,ss-
,ers and a coprc,, - .,snt r. Q, pa.a-.
hnrr = s,nerior r,uniesrssI co.,n.,i, .vas 80
sti,1,sa ha,,,r. ao,,ra, - - .,,ha.s.as
co,..,,. -, 80
merc~ ara ,,.nr,ssc,,rs. TAs go.
,,;vbt hav. ,has- 80, -,t,,..
,to,.
-, ~ se - a.r s' M, :" eae coun-
ga - - cn nAe "a Asenker.
a., snoiousnS coI1up.. ~
rr ~ .u,iasstato"
S We % nenc-'of,h 10 VINO
go ,.s'ss-,e 49, -. ~ .or. ~. pIasuees
- e, - sn' SssAl ne was ootxeo'
- s..s,asS an eAis.ins sonotiohs.
~ poice tnroughous
a'o snipie nasisB ies neaa ce1t.r ana
Recommendations INTO al paris ms fnsutu-
Won sre" INTO an iisluis'sioa bcfore which
onenaers were haied IN secret and pun-
isneu Win tortures ana death.
me soc,a REFORM was perhaps most
uinieu.t OF AZ ~ involved transfor'na-
ZION OF tne manners ana customs OF TIC
people. betore THIS epoch Russian eoci-
cry was esseluany Astafic- The women
were seciuae1. Inere was te-ens. Ike
.hc rersian haren. which was said 10 be
Ichca win tWen'y-soven bolts. Women
rus, mus wear .ens over their faces. and the
asu IN Mhica tnes 'raveied must have
1851 cursaths marriage was contracted
~ lho plsass. ana me oefrothed might
ny sec each other until the bridal night
-uiuwises naa the privilege OK putting
iii''shasen ihtahts 10 death The costume