The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-05

plieAtsd BY the fact that the crsftiess ana
mcst persistent instixasors cs discomfort
and revolt are the women Of the Polish
mobility. and the Cathode Clergy. Besides.
the Poles are also G1ass. ard IL Is well
known thirs that there IL no sch vfcIenf
hatred a. Among Fear relatives
However. the Razsszrs being now up-
permosf, they regard their former fees
with Indifference. although with never
Ahzting dis.rust. while the Poles CONSTANT
~ f1rne az the restrictions pat over them
and az tie prohibition OF tie free use OF
ms foszn language In their co1asry BY
.ns Russian governors. always on the
lookout for acme new Polish intrigue that
Eould put Ruzsfa ~ . DISADVANTAGES IN
her foreign relations
Apart from this danger. Rrxssx's fron
RUE over Poland u fortified by the consia-
eVatlon that the Russian authorities have
70 shissd the rural and poorer classes IN
nacssing Poland from the seIssf and Aorn-
sneeraz Polish arist1crasy, which really
- OF different blood from the common
people. ana shows little fovbearauce to-
WAra them For the Polish nobility des-
Genes from the sarmaiss, . hauxhry. arss-
1ocEsfic race that had conquered the axrf-
cuikoral Slavic people called the Lsakhs.
end settled on the Oder and the ytsfufa.
Ihas occurred Ia the tsnsh century. ssnee
snaf time the Invaders have merxed In me
lscai population: bat the nesshborhood CT
osrmany and the frequency Of intercourse
an y IMPLANTED the spirit Of feucaisxm
~ roland that dug m abyss between .he
nignsr classes and the lower there. rhi,e
IsnaAiism never found its way into Rus
"a proper. where the great mass Of ths
hooiiisy was OF the same blood ana Of m,
same religion a. the lower classes. a fact
mat made Itself always felt on
po'n SIDES. greatly inducing mu-
.usi understanding. The Polish ar.s-
tocsacy differs essentially from
the common people. even In looks: they
nave more clearly cut features and sr-
pressfva faces: their women are very
handsome. accomplished. proud and de-
voted TO their clergy.
The land settled By the Poles and ex-
tending from the spurs OF the Rarpathisn
mountains 70 the Baltic sea has been the
great highway over which passed a MINI
bar Of tribes and peoples In the course Of
tas great TRANSPORTATION Of nations that
continued for the whole Of the 500 last
ysars OF the dominion Of Rome Henca
tho SAyans hold the Poles to be Of a very
mixed race indeed. and suppose that m
those parts many different nafional.ffes
navs'msrged into one that had adopted the
languages and the civilization OF the one
that was tho higher developed. and thar
proved to be the Polish one
Ihe Poles do not like the purity Of their
Slavis extraction to be Quest!oned. stsll.
even AZ the present day themselves dis
sngafsh several groups Of nationaIitiex
amid the local population. namely, the
Mazoory, the purest OF the local types
ard the nearest related to the fong-hsad-
ca race found In the prehistoric mounds
or Russia and Central Europe. They are
blond. sturdy and much shorter than the
dark. swArthy. southern Pole. and espe-
cislly the tail L1thun.an. They are very
different from the Lsfts. The Nazoory
are considered tina most ancient Polish
people on the place. ~ they ara the tolli-
est: while the Krakoviaks are the hand
soonest OF all Then there are the Kuy-
evy. the Krakovtaks. the Lubiintzy. the
sandornfrfzy, the Koopiks and the Podli-
acks--a crossing with the White Ruassana
All the Poles. OF whatever subdivision.
are OF very bright. impressionable dis
position They are very enterprising, but
show little perseverance. They delight IN
dancing. music. and poetry. The most
poetic and passionate among al dances
ID their national dance. the far-famsd
nazurka- However. both music and poet
~ with them assume tho lyric form: tend
to givs expression to temporary sensa-
tons. and not 70 any desp-seated and long
carried out idea With them II II mostly
sonnsts. eIegies. nocturnes. maxurkax. and
no large epic works. not many operas
and symphonies. II Is 10 the Poles that
ws ara indebted for LAxst. Chopin. weni-
avsky ana such musicians - Paderewxki
and the De Resxxes.
There Is another nation, settled among
the Poles that necessarily calls for the
Interference OF the Russian authorities.
In order TO shelter IL from the oppression
10 which IL Is constantly exposed. This
nation Is that OF the Let's. kindred TO tho
once mighty Lithuanian nation, descended
a. they are both from the rndo-European
race. from which descended the Teufons
the Slavs and tho Lifhunlans. together
with their nearest Of kin. tho Let's. the
vinces of Russia, rs well as IN some OF the
governments OF Russia proper.
The Let's have never been able 70 pro-
tect themselves from their more energetic
nsighbors. never succeeded In preserving
national Independence. Much as they sus-
fsred from the oppression Of their Polish
landlords during the time OF serfdom.
their existence II hardly any sweeter IT
the present day In the Baltic provinces
Of Russia, thoroughly despfsed and bcssed
as they are by the German population
The Let's are tall. blond. clear Of feat
urss, ard DO not display the prominent
chsekhones common among the other pcc-
pie that form the lower classes IN the
Baltic provinces-nsmeiy, the Esths. the
Koors Cor Korses,. and the Lsvonians
who are al OF the Ffnnic. L o. not OF
Arvan extraction.
The Crusasers-fserman barors--invaded
the eastern shores OF the Baltic In the be-
gsn,sng OF the thirteenth century, and In
troducsa there their feuih notions and
the oppression OF the ''pleber that IS IN
sersrahis frorn these. After SIX centuries
az serfaam under the proud German nsrons
and their clergy. who held sway not only
owe. their freedom. bat even ever IN.
lives of the let's and over their con-
ssences who would not let the local
language 30 taught In the schools OF used
In the court rooms the oppressed nsssors-
aiitses conceived che utmost hatred for
their masters. and learned 20 RELY On the
Russian government 20 protect them from
total extinction However, the Esshs and
the f.ef,s are growing IN numbers. a. well
as fn duh haired 20 the invaders" They
even threaten thar unruiy babies with
'fhs German" as . particularly terrible
bugascc.
THE Germans On their SIDE. are aston
ixhes at ths psrvsrs!ty Of the natives. pro-
Tossing a thorough disbelief In their tn
teileetual CAPACITIES. s'nce the latter re-
fuxe 20 conform 20 the urarsstforahfv
higher civilization cs the Germans Ths
latter positively refuse 20 adm, that any
psorlr. net outright idiots. could 50 fail
20 appreciate the ADVANTAGES CO being
as ROOD =. th. Germans" ans consequent
" insist en- holding undispated sway over
tho pocr natives. 20 whsch the Russian
government effects. ari hence arises the
wrath ~ the Germans especially ssace
the Russian language has been declared
TIRE language Of the realm anf tntrnHs-ed
tire Lett languages are taught 20 pupils Of
4Nn ~ss&fg- r-N->lx sNe fskte~ being o.