New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-12

dinavian instinct has made them keen and
shrewd in bargaining.
Helsingfors. the capital of Finland. is q city
with q population OF 10000. and Is ceuts
of wealth and refinement. The visitor who d
expecting few signs Of higher civilization In ths
quarter Of the Baltic. is amazed by the stated.
ness of the public buildings and the splendor q
the churches In the course Of mornings
stroll he finds an imposing Parliament HouS
built from the designs Of Finnish architect;
a Senate House filed with portraits Of Grand.
dukes; two Italian Renaissance buildings s.
mirable for their chaste d sign, where the no
blity meet, and where the State archives an
stored; spacious Art Gallery. stocked viii
paintings by Finnish artists; a large group
university buildings including fine lbraJ
well-equipped laboratories and museums: andG
least two magnificent churches. One OF thes
churches Is the Lutheran cathedral. on mas
siye platform of granite. with handsome portca
of COrirthia columns on each SIDE and done
towering above the roof. the ridge OF ~hea
Is ornamented with statues Of the twelve Apps
ties. The interior is rich and impressive. with
a fine altar painting by Russian artist and
large statues Of Luther. Melancthon and Agrie
ola. the Finnish translator Of the New Testa
ment The other church Is the RuSSo-ureet
Cathedral of the Assumption. with colossa
dome and an intetiOr of remarkable richns
and spleEdOr.
The visitors amaZement over the unexpec'e'
glory of Helsingfors increases during every noW
of his stay in this remarkable city There
good architecture on every side Ihere
spacious esplarade filed with good statua0
and fianked with handsome hotels and business
structures There is al imposing theatre MOI
elled after the Dresden Opera House. lhe''
are large hospitals equipped with the most SCI
eutific appliances for surgery. There are pop
technic schools and educational institutions
without number. The public squares are wo'H
Of a city of the highest artistic taste. and Tx
residential quarter shows every sign 81 fenhe
ment and taste. Hc.singfors may be one
the smallest. but it is also one OF the hahr
soonest of European capitals.
Russia not only knows how to wait generates
after generation for the accomplishment u u
ambitious en- is, as Sveaborg on its seven iO~
fed islands can bear witness. but when w
conquest is once made sh" also has the ltte"
cal talent required for governing subject race
with tolerance and wisdom. and for reconcVhs
them TO foreign rule with the material au''
tages of prosperity. Finland. with It's alien i''
and religion. has not been converted into an0'"
Ireland seething with agraran discomfort an
political unrest. It's religion and local llber'"
have been respected. and its prejudices ana SUI
capabilities have not been wantonly excited ~
capital has been rebuilt. and a new era OF pr~
perity has opened. Finland is one Of the quotes
and best ordered provinces Of the Empire "
hlist agitators have been powerless there lux
province has been converted into stfonsh@
Of Russian power. with its naval arsenai
Sveaborg, second defence for St Petersoue
hardly inferior to Cronstadt. where the msf
tiest fleet OF battIe-ships can be deiied. :,
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