Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-28


policy of Germany. Austria, and Great
Britain ever since.
What Russia. however, has failed to
achieve by force OF arms has been 10
certain extent accomplished within the
brief space OF the last twelve months
by the shrewd diplomacy Of the late
Prince Lobanof, and while the sultan's
banner stu floats above the Ylldz Kioek
IL Is well known that Il only files there
by the permission and thanks to the
protection Of the Car. whose vassal The
sultan has become IN everything but
name.
Curiously enough. the masses OF the
people In Russia regard the Germans. far
more than the English, az having consti-
tuted In the past the main obstacle TO
their securing possession OF the Golden
Horn, ana, next to the Turk there Is no
one thai ~ Russian so abomiuates as =
Teuton. Hence no alliance between Russia
and Germany IS probable. and even II
some Kind OF an agreement Is patched
up between the courts OF Berlin and Of
81. Petersburg. based upon dynastic ties.
II Is doubtful whether it Will prove last
Ing, since it is so directly opposed to tho
will Of the Russian people. The very
word "Nyemzi," which H. used TO desig-
nate Germans IN Russian official docu-
ments has for 200 years been regarded as
a term Of contempt, and Empress Cathe-
rine, the Great, never did anything which
increased her popularity more than when,
on being bled one day by a surgeon,
she clutched hold Of her arm, and, al
ludng TO her German birth, passionatcly
exclaimed: What would I not give 10
be able TO squeeze the very last drop OF
the accused German blood from my
yelnsr
THE EMPIRE OF THB EAST.
The other principle Of Russian policy is
the marked trend Of everything In the d.
rection Of the East. All the year around
there Is a steady flow OF emigration from
Russia to Europe into Russia In Asia, a
land Of incalculable wealth. OF unlimited
possibilities. Of which, however the de-
velopment is as yet In embryo. The Mus
covite Government, and the people as well,
recognize this, and realize that I'm the
Asiatic portion OF the vast dominlons OF
the Car lies the source OF Russia's future
greatness, OF her prosperity and OF her
dominion of the world. Every year that
passes witnesses some notable progress
In the development OF these boundless re-
sources Of the trans-Ural and TRANSIENT
casus moiety or the empire, and conse-
quently a proportionate increase to the
strength OF Russia. and this work Is likely
to go even more rapidly forward when
once the great trans-Siberian railroad has
been completed three years hence.
The Russians are imbued with the Idea
that, whereas, tho climax OF their great
ness Is in the future. that of Germany.
Austria, Great Britain. and even France
Is i'm the past; and that while each
decade must necessarily augment the
power and prosperity OF their own en-
pire, IL saps the strength of these other
nations, which daily become less. able
to bear the appalling burden OF military
and administrative expenditure. At the
moment OF the Napoleonic invasion OF
Russia, In 1872. Car Alexander Inn
pressed upon his generals the necessity
Of avoiding all conflicts with the enemy
on fits march toward Moscow. the moro
time we permit 10 pass without coming
TO close quarters. the more certain We
shall be Of final victory" and Ii Is a
popular saying in Russia that. OF all her
military commanders who deserved ma
tional gratitude for having converted the
French invasion into the most disastrous
retreat known either IN modern or ancient
history. there Is not one who stands upon
a loftier plane than General Time"
As in the beginning OF the nineteenth
century, so also at its close, Il General
Time working wonders for Russia; and II
Is still the main preoccupation OF the
Car, as well as Of all his most enlighten-
ed advisers. at all costs 10 avoid con-
hict-that IS, warwick, even II attended
by brilliant victory. can only result in an
arrest and temporary DISCRIMINATION or
that grand work which time Is accom-
plshing for the Muscovite Empire. Hence.
In spite OF all the temptations that are
placed in the way Of the Car by Ger
many Austria, Great Britain, OF even
France, there Is small likelihood OF his
yielding TO them to the extent OF espous-
ing any Of their quarrels or Of partici-
pating In any European war. To his
country peace is OF more vital importance
than TO any other nation.