The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-01
SERVES GAR NICK
RUSSIAN COUNCILLOR OFF COM
MERGE PASSES THROUGH
ST. PAUL
EN- ROUTE TO VLADIvOSTOCK.
NORTH PACIFIC NAVAL STATION
WILL BE HIS ARENA OF
OPERATIONS.
SURPRISED AN AUSTRALIAN.
EN- ROUTE TO VLADIv0SToCK.
SURPRISED
New York, Niagara, Chicago and st,
Paul Were Revelations to j.
Chapman of Brisbane.

commerce for his imperial majesty,
the car Of Russia, accompanied by his
wife and three daughters, and his pri-
vate secretary, George Luhrs, were in
the city yesterday en- route to Vladi-
! vostock, Eastern Siberia. which point
will be the councillors station. Vladi-
vostock is very important commercial
as well as strategic point for the Rus
| sian government. Here the great gov
eminent cables to Japan and China
center, and the Russian government
has its chief North Pacific naval sta
ton.
Councillor Lindholm received his ap-
pointment to the very important and
honorable post, at the coronation cere-
monies of the car. He was in Mos
COW at the time of the terrible disaster
at sun rise, by which 1000 people were
trampled to death, and 1000 injured
The party left yesterday afternoon
for the coast over the Northern Pacific
! A stop will be made, however, at yell
lowstone National park, as the council
! lor is very anxious to see this world
famed spot.
In appearance, he is a distinguished
and polished looking man, and his in
dividuaiity is in keeping with his looks.
He Is gentleman Of the old school,
and acquired his very military bearing
while in the service of his imperial
majesty in the navy. He speaks Eng
lish fiuently, and is affable and gallant
! While granting the Clio an inter
view, the councillor insisted on tramp
| ing back and forth upon the depot plat
| form, as If it were the quarter deck of
his own ship. AS each round was
finished, the councillor wheeled with
the precision of clock work, and went
off on the other tack.
while in the naval service Is years
ago." he said, II frequently touched
at the American seaboard, and once
crossed the continent, passing through
St. Paul. 1 see many changes since
that time. Away back in 1868 crossed
| the Pacific slope as far as the rail-
roads would carry me, and then /
travelled 800 miles by stage All, things
are different now, sir, very different.
You have a wonderful country. very
wonderful" exclaimed the Russian
enthusiastically. 81 have enjoyed this
trip very much. I landed at New York,
last Sunday. and spent a day or two
there. 1t is wonderful city. From
there we went to Chicago and arrived
| here this noon. I am very much i'm
pressed with st. Paul" The councillor
inquired after the other twin, and had
some little difficulty in pronouncing the
name of Minneapolis.
you are in the midst of a wonderful
political revolution, you people of the
United States continued the council
4 lor, coming to more important matters
I than landscape Word-painting ST am
i deeply Interested in the-what you call
it-outcome. I would like to know how
1t all results AS a Subject of an older
and very mighty nation, and a coun-
/ try that looks upon gold as the one
money metal, I look forward with great
apprehension for the safety of the
American republic If you adopt silver.
l say it will mean the ruination of your
countrys national credit, and the blast-
ing of your international commerce. /
consider myself good authority on
commercial matters of international
scope, else why would his imperial
majesty the car have appointed me
to represent him." commented the
councillor with some imitation Of his
big chest. "Why in Russia. we pro-
h1b1t the importation of silver. We do
not want it. 1t is merely an article
of merchandise, and it's value Is up one
day and down the next, and you talk
| of 1t for money, the only money, bah
/ You had better take iron or brass
Paper money is much better, so much
better, for it represents something of
value, 1t represents the honor of the
nation, and any man who has an
American bank note knows that the
| government has the gold to redeem it,
But silver money is absurd. l smile
sir, at the thought. In some ways the
American public is like a child: 1t is
very bright, very energetic, and at
tempts things which other countries
Il I@,.%
lacks experience"
Silver is we'll enough for China.
Japan and India. They do very we'll
with 1t, but American people must not
pattern after these countries for the
conditions are radically different. They
do not need foreign imports, excepting
machinery. They export and receive
gold in payment and pay their cheap
labor in silver. For money, silver will
be the death of your commerce. You
must look to future generations and
not only to the present.
Il can not say that / believe pro-
tective tariff will be Of benefit to your
country. Why do you want to put
barrier around your nation. Look at
England. She is one of the mightiest
commercial nations in the whole world,
| and she has free trade. You may say
that free trade will reduce your wages.
Yes it will in time, perhaps when your
country has doubled in population, and
there are more people to earn wages
But your wages even today are inflated
and not commensurate with the cost
of living. Why today I enjoyed a din
ner for rs cents at the union depot that
was a marvel to me- A man does not
have to earn five dollars a day, or four
or three dollars a day to feed himself
The trouble is that you American peo-
pie live too fast and want too much.
I believe as your population increases
your condition will become more like
those of European countries.
THE great danger which confronts
you people is the taking of control by
the laboring classes, and the ignorant
herdes of men who can not vote in
diligently. I see grave signs of this
already, and it makes me tremble for
your free country, which in some re-
spects may be too free. Your ignorant
classes will grasp the reins of admins
! tration unless the intelligent people
awaken to the danger which threatens
your great country and nation, as sure
~ as fate"
Councillor LindhoIm was in Corea
and on the border during the Japan
war, and witnessed many stirring
scenes. Take 1t all in all, he has
| probably seen more of the world, and
| acquired more of a coSmopolftan edT1ca-